Quote Originally Posted by spiffykyle View Post
You need them in itunes before you can sync your ipod, however itunes plays more than jus AAC. It plays MP3, WAV, etc. No WMA/WMV since that's a microsoft format.

If you have all of that music on your computer, you can just point itunes to where it is located and it will all show up in your itunes library. Basically just File -> "Add folder to library"

Then itunes will take care of the rest, and everything will stay in MP3 format.

Personally I like itunes for organizing my music and whatnot. I was using it before I got my ipod a few years ago.

spiffy

Ok so itunes will still play songs in other formats even when add them to your itunes library? That's good to know, thanks.