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[zxsix]

Tried in the handheld and portables forum first and got no replies, so gonna give it a whirl in here....


Prior setup to sync to ipod was a smartlist that determined what files were sync'd to ipod.
That smartlist had a random sort and a ~s=20000  (limit size to 20,000 MB).
I don't use the ~fill option since I need some empty space on the ipod for use as a portable hard drive to transfer files.

Now....
I've re-ripped the majority of my collection into flac lossless format.
I know where to configure in MC to have the files converted during sync to 320kbps MP3 files.

Before I initialize and wipe the ipod and start syncing again, I'd like to get all my ducks in a row.

Looking at the smartlist that syncs to the ipod, it has quite a few fewer albums than I usually see.
Obviously it's using the limit size filter based on the size of the flac files and not an estimate of the post-conversion mp3 files size.

Do I have to guesstimate a size?  i.e. flac = 5 x mp3 approximately.
Based on that, I guess I could up the smartlist to ~s=100000.

Any better way to do it to a specific size based on the converted file size instead?

I really want to use as close to 20GB as possible on the ipod, leaving the rest as free space.

[Matt]

Be sure to check out the handheld cache feature.  That way, files won't need to be converted a second time if you resync.

[zxsix]

My sync smartlist is based around a random selection, so approx. 1800 files are sync'd each time.  I'll definitely use the cache.

Still need pointers on the limit feature though.

[Alex B]

You can use time instead of size.

e.g. for about 20,000 MB of 320 kbps MP3 files you can use this rule:

~t=145h

One hour of audio at 320 kbps consumes about 137.33 MB of storage space.