Help w/ I-Pod

[3-LockBox]

Don't know why you don't want to use iTunes. It's a great program.

I already have lots of MP3 on my computer, and no way in hell am I going to pay 99 cents for a 128kbps-MP3. Basically, all I want to do is transfer the stuff from my hardrive to the Ipod

[BarryL]

You can rip songs into iTunes. You don't have to buy them. What I don't know is that if you transfer your songs into iTunes whether it automatically removes them from your other program. Unfortunately I don't know the answer your question.

[ForeverAutumn]

What I don't know is that if you transfer your songs into iTunes whether it automatically removes them from your other program.

Theoretically, once an MP3 file is on your computer you should be able to play it from any media player that will play MP3s. I have iTunes and MediaMonkey on my system and I can play songs that I've ripped into iTunes on MediaMonkey and vice versa. But, I always use iTunes to sinc my iPod.

I suspect that you won't be able to put songs onto your iPod without iTunes. But I don't know that for sure. However, you should be able to install iTunes on your computer and use it to transfer your existing MP3s to your iPod without having to buy new files. I have over 2500 songs on my iPod, but I've only ever purchased one song from iTunes. The rest were ripped from CDs.