Apple iPod Touch Firmware Update to IOS 4.1

[Arathorn136]

OK, so today I updated my iPod Touch 3rd Generation to IOS 4.1 firmware. So I allowed it to update (it took an hour-ish), and lo and behold, when I go to sync my music to it, it only does some of it. I quickly noticed a pattern: the music that I had rpped from CD's (legal music) is synced fine. The music that I downloaded using a YouTube converter, on the other hand isn't there. Not only is it refusing to sync my donloaded music to my iPOd, but whenever I try to play it through iTunes, this message appears:


The album art, song names, and everything else is ther, but apparently it is lost in my computer/ deleted, never to be found again. Trust me, I've looked.

So now, I have no music, because of this software update.

On top of that, my iPod refuses to connect to my home WiFi network. I know this isn't just my network acting up though, because both my computer and my sister's iPod touch (which is running on iOS 3.1.2, the version I had before updating it), are working fine.

Tomorrow I am giving my iPod to a friend who will attempt to sync their music into my iPod. If that works, it will solve my music problem, but not the WiFi. I can get over the music, but the WiFi is really me off.

I have even tried reverting to an earlier version of firmware, by downloading it, but apparently it is incompatible even though it is an .ipsw file.

If I can't resolve this, I am phoning Apple. If they can't fix it for me, I'm jailbreaking it.

Does anyone know anything that may help me???????

[Rota]

I hate that itunes turns all the music into that proprietary format. I have a generic brand mp3 player, and I can't play any iTunes music on it. I can only play music I turned into mp3's from my CD collection. Is there any freeware for a mac that can change that stupid iTune format songs into ACTUAL mp3s?

[Arathorn136]

I hate that itunes turns all the music into that proprietary format. I have a generic brand mp3 player, and I can't play any iTunes music on it. I can only play music I turned into mp3's from my CD collection. Is there any freeware for a mac that can change that stupid iTune format songs into ACTUAL mp3s?

Use a YouTube converter (video2mp3.net). It's what I was using up until this stupid software update stopped me from using files like this. The converter literally takes the URL of a YouTube video, and turns it into an MP3.

[acer5200]

Use a YouTube converter (video2mp3.net). It's what I was using up until this stupid software update stopped me from using files like this. The converter literally takes the URL of a YouTube video, and turns it into an MP3.

I usually download the video using Orbit downloader, and convert the flv to mp3 using Any Video Converter.

This way, if I lose the mp3 file, I still have the video file, and it only takes maybe a minute to convert it.

Both programs are free

EDIT: Also, all the music in my iTunes are mp3... I don't know about any 'special format'...

[Arathorn136]

I usually download the video using Orbit downloader, and convert the flv to mp3 using Any Video Converter.

This way, if I lose the mp3 file, I still have the video file, and it only takes maybe a minute to convert it.

Both programs are free

Oh, the one I'm talking about is a website. You just paste in the URL. The only thing you downlaod is the song at the end.

[jorbaud]

Also, all the music in my iTunes are mp3... I don't know about any 'special format'...

They are AAC.

[acer5200]

They are AAC.

Where do I find this?

And I think I have a decent audio converter lying around somewhere.

[Rota]

My iTunes wants to turn everything into ".m4a"
... whatever that is. It doesn't play in any other player I have used.

To test this, just get a CD that doesn't have a song you already have in your iTunes.
Open the CD on your computer and just drag the track file into the itunes player's playlist.
It will auto-convert the file to this .m4a format when it saves the song to the iTunes library.
... At least my version of iTunes does this.

I have to use a crappy program on an ancient PC i have in the basement to make the CD song into mp3 format and save it to a thumbdrive. Then put it in the iTunes library. At least I must do that if I want it to be in the mp3 format.

[jorbaud]

Where do I find this?

And I think I have a decent audio converter lying around somewhere.

All songs you download from itunes store are in AAC. I do not think it is possible to get AAC songs into MP3. I have looked before but could not find an audio converter that worked with them.

[acer5200]

I'll test out my audio converter tomorrow and give the link if it's good.

And m4a is yet another audio filetype.