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nospam wrote:
> In article <ld38se$se$1@dont-email.me>, Ed Cryer
> <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>
>> It has "Entire music library" ticked (together with "include music
>> videos" and "include voice memos"), and the line graph at the bottom
>> shows "48.91 GB free". But when I move the tick to "Selected playlists,
>> artists, albums and genres" the line graph changes to "15.85 GB free"
>> and the video content accounts for the increase (about 35 GB). In
>> addition I get boxes for p a a & g with all items unticked.
>> Weird. All I can figure is that it's suddenly decided to include all the
>> films that were on the iPad save but didn't restore to the ipod.
>
> the graph at the bottom is based on a random number generator. any
> similarities to what's on your device is purely coincidental.
>
> i regularly sync and it tells me i am several gig over capacity, yet
> the sync completes without error and the device ends up with 2-3 gig
> free, exactly as it was before the sync. this happens even if i don't
> change much. i have *no* idea how it calculates anything.
>
> anyway, just pick the music and videos you want and sync. if it really
> doesn't fit, it will tell you during the sync.
>
> what works best is to make a master playlist of the subset of music you
> want and then make other playlists based on that. that way, you get all
> of the benefits of automatic syncing.
>

Well, I did it following all your advice, and it's worked fine. In fact 
the playlist technique seems very intuitive and natural after doing it. 
I just gave the current music library a name, and changed the sync 
settings on all 3 devices. I was pleasantly surprised to see that what 
you told me about the misreported memory sizing proved true too.
Now I can add playlists for whatever I want, with names like "Pink 
Floyd", "Led Zeppelin" and "Beethoven" and "Mozart".

I think I have a rational explanation for the memory thing. I have a 
large library of films on the iPads, and when I restored to the ipod it 
just didn't take in the longer ones; but the sync settings remain "all". 
So then, it must have taken the lot into account to get its estimate, 
but at actual run-time ignored them.
That covers my case, but not the ones you mentioned.

Thanks a lot.

Ed

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Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-06 21:49 +0000
  Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 16:57 -0500
    Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-06 22:13 +0000
      Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 17:29 -0500
      Re: Added ipod Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@isp.spam> - 2014-02-06 20:28 -0500
        Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 21:45 -0500
          Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-07 14:29 +0000
            Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-07 15:11 +0000
              Re: Added ipod Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-07 17:07 +0000
              Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-07 12:09 -0500
                Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-07 18:31 +0000
                Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-07 15:43 -0500
                Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-08 17:02 +0000
                Re: Added ipod Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-08 17:10 +0000
                Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-08 12:54 -0500
                Re: Added ipod Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-07 22:53 -0800
                Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-08 12:02 +0000
                Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-08 12:54 -0500
                Re: Added ipod Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-02-10 19:41 -0800
                Re: Added ipod Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2014-02-11 15:02 +0000
            Re: Added ipod nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-07 12:09 -0500
        Re: Added ipod Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-07 03:38 +0000
          Re: Added ipod Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-07 15:40 +0000
            Re: Added ipod Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-07 17:08 +0000

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