[X4U] Need to split or shrink an .mp3 file

[Mark Des Cotes]

I'm going through iTunes. The mp4 files import fine into iTunes and I  
can play them without a problem but when I try to drag them onto my  
iPod Shuffle through iTunes the iPod doesn't highlight to allow me to  
drop the file. mp3s work fine. I can drag the original mp3 file onto  
my iPod and it would work other than the fact that a message appears  
saying the file is too large for the iPod.

I found the following link that shows the file formats iPod Shuffles  
accept. MP4s are not listed.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2565?viewlocale=en_US

I need to either split the file into two and still have it be an mp3  
or somehow downsample/resample it so that it's under 960MB.

Mark Des Cotes
Owner-Graphic Designer
Marksman Design

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On 30-Mar-09, at 12:09 PM, Linda wrote:

> On 3/30/09 10:55 AM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>
>> but my
>> iPod won't accept it.
>
> Mark,
>
> What exactly happens when the iPod won't accept the file? Are you  
> going
> through iTunes to the iPod, or trying to drag straight to the iPod?  
> (You
> used to have to go through iTunes to put audio on an iPod, and I've  
> seen
> many people get frustrated trying to drag music straight to the iPod,
> bypassing iTunes.)
>
> ~Linda
>
>
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