Moving from Creative to Apple

[The Londoner]

Apologies if this is the wrong forum so perhaps a mod could move it if necessary but could not spot a better place.

Currently on my third Creative MP3 player, and a third one that yet again has reliability issues. Now thinking the unthinkable and pondering a move to the dreaded Ipod. However, all my music tracks are in the Creative Media source player. I don't want to have to go through my entire music library again to get it onto an iPod, so does anyone know if an easy transfer from one system to another is possible? If not, I may have to bite the bullet and go for another Zen.

[The Dude]

The Londoner said:

Apologies if this is the wrong forum so perhaps a mod could move it if necessary but could not spot a better place.

Currently on my third Creative MP3 player, and a third one that yet again has reliability issues. Now thinking the unthinkable and pondering a move to the dreaded Ipod. However, all my music tracks are in the Creative Media source player. I don't want to have to go through my entire music library again to get it onto an iPod, so does anyone know if an easy transfer from one system to another is possible? If not, I may have to bite the bullet and go for another Zen.

Did you rip them from your own CDs or buy them from an on-line music store such as iTunes? If so, where from.

Are they in MP3 format?

And sorry but;

You said:

"Currently on my third Creative MP3 player, and a third one that yet again has reliability issues."

And then you said:

"Now thinking the unthinkable and pondering a move to the dreaded Ipod."

What, more dreaded than another Zen?

[The Londoner]

Ripped from my own CD's and yes I think they are in MP3 format.

I realise the disparity between Creative reliability and the "dreaded iPod", but it is the universal acceptance of the thing that gets me.

[cjs]

I have a Zen V Plus.....its been fine for over a year. If your tunes are in MP3 then you will just be able to copy them onto an Ipod via your PC, use iTunes. Ipods don't like WMA files though!