[Lizard King]

I bought a notebook pc and on my old pc (i still have it) I had a bunch of songs (not purchased songs) in my iTunes that I downloaded or burned from friends on there. They are all mp3's burned to cd-r's and when I try to rip them onto my new pc using windows media player the tracks arent showing up? I know for sure they're on the discs..what gives?

I want to put them on my new mp3 player (zen) maybe there's another way, anyone? Im used to doing things the iPod/iTunes way, but I found synching it with wmp seems the easiest with this new player.

[Billy]

Why do you sync? I've never understood the point of doing so and whenever I have tested out syncing in the past, it made adding media to my player too damn slow.

Because it is a Creative product and MTP compliant, you should simply be able to drag and drop your media right in windows. Have you tried doing this?

[Lizard King]

Why do you sync? I've never understood the point of doing so and whenever I have tested out syncing in the past, it made adding media to my player too damn slow.

Because it is a Creative product and MTP compliant, you should simply be able to drag and drop your media right in windows. Have you tried doing this?

a friend suggested that, he owns a zen player and filled me in. it works alot faster and easier. thanks anyway billy.

just to add, i love the zen player, its great!

[cferneyh]

Why do you sync? I've never understood the point of doing so and whenever I have tested out syncing in the past, it made adding media to my player too damn slow.

Because it is a Creative product and MTP compliant, you should simply be able to drag and drop your media right in windows. Have you tried doing this?

a friend suggested that, he owns a zen player and filled me in. it works alot faster and easier. thanks anyway billy.

just to add, i love the zen player, its great!

LK - since you've used both an iPod and a Zen, what do you like about the Zen? I'm curious to know what the main attraction is.

[Lizard King]

none of these are slights against the iPod, Ive had two iPods and I liked them both, this is just what I personally like about the zen..

-very light and compact, my iPod video was heavy I didnt like having it in any of my pockets, but thats just me.
-FM tuner, I do like some radio from time to time
-SD slot for extra memory
-nice user interface
-great sound
-microphone/sound recorder (although Im sure Ill never use it, but if you ever want to record a conversation, its there)
-long battery life

plus it does all the things that my iPod could do...plays video, pictures..etc. Also Im not into iTunes like lots of people are, 95% of my music comes from my cd collection so I have no real use for it anyways. Plus the Zen supports unprotected AAC files and songs from the iTunes store if need be and its very user friendly I think. So maybe it comes down to preference or personal taste, Ive had both and I liked my iPod but I like this one better.

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