DS Forums

 
 

Lyrics on an Ipod


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 10-08-2006, 08:44
Bextor
 
Posts: n/a

What is the benfit of having them on there? I put a couple on it last night and it doesn't really do anything.

Am I missing something here?
  Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 10-08-2006, 09:36
welwynrose
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Posts: 29,549
it's so you can sing along
welwynrose is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 10:09
jbeavon
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Runcorn - Near Liverpool
Posts: 3,145
It's a completely tacky un-necessary feature, which if implemented on any other player, would be tagged as that. But because it's an iPod.........
jbeavon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 10:49
Bextor
 
Posts: n/a
Originally Posted by welwynrose
it's so you can sing along
But it doesn't show up on the Ipod, just itunes.
  Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 11:22
sancheeez
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,762
Originally Posted by jbeavon
It's a completely tacky un-necessary feature, which if implemented on any other player, would be tagged as that. But because it's an iPod.........
Yup.

I can display song lyrics on my player (it's not a iPod) and it's tacky and un-necessary. I've never used the 'feature' and doubt I ever will ....


Originally Posted by Bextor
But it doesn't show up on the Ipod, just itunes.
If thats right, then that goes beyond the realms of tacky and pointless into the land of plain old stupidity. lol.
sancheeez is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 11:27
jbeavon
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Runcorn - Near Liverpool
Posts: 3,145
Originally Posted by Bextor
But it doesn't show up on the Ipod, just itunes.
And they tell us Windows has unnecessary bloat!
jbeavon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 11:41
dan tribe
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Plymouth
Posts: 730
Originally Posted by jbeavon
And they tell us Windows has unnecessary bloat!
You can get lyrics to display in Windows too
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304619

Anyway it's only text, it's hardly going to make a program "bloated" is it?

Last edited by dan tribe : 10-08-2006 at 11:42.
dan tribe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 12:05
andy.uk
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Grande Bretagne
Posts: 570
Originally Posted by Bextor
But it doesn't show up on the Ipod, just itunes.
If you press the centre button a few times whilst listening to a song that you have added lyrics for it should show them.
andy.uk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 12:11
jbeavon
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Runcorn - Near Liverpool
Posts: 3,145
Originally Posted by dan tribe
You can get lyrics to display in Windows too
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304619

Anyway it's only text, it's hardly going to make a program "bloated" is it?
Ahhh, damn, you got me. Can't you just tell i don't use windows media player. It's a completely pointless feature, which to my mind would make it bloat! Things that are useful, aren't bloat!
jbeavon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2006, 15:49
moisie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Herts
Posts: 2,378
It's no more pointless than having album artwork. Some people like to from time to time check the lyrics of a particular song. Nothing wrong with that. Since it's only text as someone said it's hardly going to bloat anything code or filesize wise. Plus it's not as if it's a prominent feature.
moisie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2006, 20:25
bongo88
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 514
I must admit that I love to have the lyrics and album work of every song/album on my iPod because it's making the most of what I've got - I paid a couple of hundred quid for it, so I'll make the most of it. If you press the centre button a few times, the lyrics come up.
bongo88 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2006, 21:03
jbeavon
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Runcorn - Near Liverpool
Posts: 3,145
Originally Posted by bongo88
I paid a couple of hundred quid for it, so I'll make the most of it.
Why not just buy something cheaper, without the "extra" functionality, so you don't need to make the most of it!

Of course, by reading the lyrics, or looking at album art, you're also increasing your risk of your more expensive iPod being stolen.
jbeavon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2006, 21:55
cky1989
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 381
I can get lyrics to display on my ipod but its too much hassle. If you want to get the most out of your ipod why not install rockbox or linux and play snes games on it
cky1989 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-08-2006, 01:08
aaronon
 
Posts: n/a
How do you display lyrics?....sometimes i sing along but forget a couple of lines. (on my own of course!) Is it built right into iTunes?
  Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 16:40.