iTunes Question

Ok, so I came by an iPod the other day and am starting to fill it up, and am finding iTunes horrible, slow and cumbersome.  But complaints aside--is there some way that I could find out exactly which mp3's from my library are on my iPod at the moment?  In a move of incredible stupidity, I imported some folders that had multiple copies of many of my mp3's (all id3'd identically! ><) so now my library is bloated with dupes.

I'd really prefer not to just delete at random, since that would cause sync problems if the copy I deleted happened to be the copy on my iPod and I'd have to redo hours of work picking and choosing music again...is there any reasonable way to do this, or am I fucked?

You  have an iPod. and you're using iTunes. Course you're fucked.

Oh and if you have synced your iPod with iTunes, I'm pretty sure it copies over everything, so just check your iTunes playlist or whatever. iTunes blows big chunks, so if you dislike it, and are using a non-color screen iPod, go grab ml_iPod for Winamp, and be free from the shit that is iTunes.

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Hey, the having isn't even my fault--I would never have shelled out for one myself.  A charitable friend flowed it to me after upgrading to a Video.

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Very nice, thanks for the info.  iTunes is cumbersome as fuck and is very slow in operation for me (ie, even lags when I scroll through my library).  I do indeed have a B&W iPod, so I'll be grabbing that soon.

btw, 2 and 3 were the same people. me :P

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Actully, winamp now comes with full Ipod support, so you don't need the plug-in if you got the latest version.

Actually. If your iPod is synced with your library. Clean up your library, then plug the iPod back in. All changes to your library will be reflected. No need to screw around with anything else.

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Why do you blindly hate itunes? Why is it laggy? Why is it shit? I think it's perfect for keeping everything anally organized.

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It's cool to bash anything Apple.

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OP here, I don't hate Apple at all actually.  And iTunes DOES keep my music adaquately organized, but it also lags like crazy.  Now, I don't have crazy amounts of ram, but one would think that simply browsing a list of MP3's wouldn't be the most CPU-intensive operation.  My only beefs with it are as follows: iTunes is missing a few key common-sense features integral to truly anal sorting, it's not nearly as intuitive as other similar programs I've used over the years, and of course, the killer lag.

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One of the features I'd like is a more comprehensive/intuitive ID3 tagging mechanism within iTunes.  As is, I usually use a better, faster program to tag my mp3's, THEN import them into iTunes.  A pain, to be sure, but it STILL saves time and aggravation, ironically enough.

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Good points. I have yet to see this "killer lag" but i'll believe you.