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[Nominus Experse]

Ja, I've got an iPod 160 Gigabyte... thing.

I've got my music on the iPod itself.
I go to another computer and plug my iPod into it.
All I want to do is listen to the music on the iPod - I don't want to transfer the music files over to the other computer.
I simply want to access my iPod in order to play the files through the laptop's speakers.
The "Synchronizing" symbol pops up on my iPod.
I hastily tear the iPod out, because I suddenly have this question:

When it begins synchronizing with another computer, will it erase all my music? (Since the laptop has no media on it)

and...

Can I play the music on my iPod through the laptop?



Thanks.


EDIT:

HA! I conquer you iPod!

I found a way to make it not enter the synchronization stage, thereby making iTunes never automatically start or load/install itself.

Topic can be locked/deleted/made a playground for spam now.

[CimminyCricket]

Rawr, Nom, you are a genius.

[Rostum]

I like to not use iTunes and sync my iPod up to Winamp instead. It's a much better program, imo.

Of course this is assuming you don't buy from iTunes, which I have no idea why people would pay money for MP3 files (they are the worst compression). You'd rather go buy an CD that has uncompressed tracks on it.

[rubah]

You don't buy mp3s from itunes, you buy m4ps!
and sometimes people give them to you for free, so you take them 8)

[Rostum]

You don't buy mp3s from itunes, you buy m4ps!
and sometimes people give them to you for free, so you take them 8)

Whatever. 8)

I know lots of places you can get them for free.

[blackmage_nuke]

I hastily tear the iPod out

The instruction manual writer must be rolling in his grave.

[Nominus Experse]

I PANICKED

[Roto13]

iTunes is the devil.

[The Ceej]

This is one of millions of reasons why you don't install iTunes. You don't need iTunes. iTunes is evil. If someone bought me an iTunes gift card, I would hand it back to them and say, "You just wasted your damn money."

ml_ipod is what you should be using. It's a plugin for Winamp and it's better than the built-in iPod support.

[Nominus Experse]

Since my other two computers are in repair at the moment, I have to rent out a laptop from the college library. They come pre-installed with iTunes, and do not allow the borrower (me) access to remove pre-installed programs.

Otherwise, duh. I smurfing hate iTunes. DRM and all this other that is not only frustrating to bypass, but slows the machine down considerably.

And I loathe Macs.

And I do use WinAmp, so I'll look into that plugin.

[The Ceej]

This is where to find it. But be warned that two iPod support plugins cannot be installed in Winamp simulateously. ml_ipod will make you uninstall the included iPod support in order to install it. You can do it. ml_ipod is a million times better.

[Mirage]

I like MP3 players that simply work as portable mass storage units. Nothing more, nothing less.

[KoShiatar]

Teach us Nominus, because I hate automatic synchronization issues.

[Nominus Experse]

It's pretty easy, actually.

Go to Edit>Preferences>iPod and check the box for manual syncing. If you don't want to autosync when you connect the iPod to do this, hold down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (or it might only be Ctrl+Shift) for a number of seconds after the iPod appears in the source list. This sometimes takes forever on some machines (~3-25 seconds)

[crono_logical]

I'm sure nothing's stopping you use knoppix on the borrowed laptop - might even be safer since you know it'll be a clean OS image you're running and not have a small chance of being infected with trojans or keyloggers or whatever