iPod Question

[Castaway Kev]

I've got a 30 GB iPod Classic. I've got about 20GB of music, and probably 45GB of videos.

In the past, I've only selected a few movies to have on the iPod at a time, and I've had the entire music selection on it. What I want to do is limit the music on the iPod to free up space for movies.

I know I can manually manage my music, but then I would have to check a box for each song to not have it on the iPod. When you want to take 20GB of music down to 10GB of music, that is a lot of boxes to check. Is there a quicker way to manage the music? I don't want to have to create 10GB of playlists, either.

Any help you can give will be appreciated.

[arielrocks]

You can hold down the shift button, then use the up or down arrows to select the music - this is much quicker because you can add/uncheck huge sections at a time - does that help?

[Caederus]

Rate your music and create some smart playlists. A smart playlist can be set up to have only a given amount of material (songs, podcasts, video....) and for only specific criteria. They update automatically so you can get a different selection of music every time.

I have one that has 10 songs that were played the longest time ago that I rated 4 or 5 stars. So it's like finding a forgotten treasure every time I listen.