Quote Originally Posted by Lindy
So, basically, the iPod rips everything out of a track that takes up space.

And you complain about not being able to fill up all the space, christ, you have, what, 30 gigabytes?

At least encode it at a decent rate!

192vbr, though I have a lot of old stuff that's just plain 192 or 128, and the difference between 192 and 128 is VERY noticeable for me, I even re-ripped a bunch of albums at 192 to replace the 128 versions I had, and it's much better.
I never complained that I couldn't fill up the space, I just said that I need more music to fill it up. I plan to keep my iPod for a very long time, and since I collect CDs every other week, it'll bound to expand. So by that, I try to keep file sizes low.

I have a 15GB iPod, my laptop will probably have at most 30GBs. I might buy an external HD to store all my music and such later on. But I'm very limited on money right now. So I have to keep bitrates low, otherwise I'll end up needing to buy a new HD.