iPod help

[valis2]

I went with a Zen mp3 player because I wasn't in love with iTunes/iPod.

Now I find that I have to load a ton of music (1,000+ songs) onto a brand new iPod. The songs I have are all in .wma format, and need to be in .aac format for the iPod player, I presume.

I can find no other method of converting them, save to convert each song one at a time. However, my time is incredibly slim, as I'm leaving in a week for a long trip, and I'd rather not sit and convert each file one at a time.

I'm holding out hope that, once plugged in for the first time, it will start up a sequence that goes to all of the music, converts it to .aac, and downloads it to the iPod, all with minimal fuss on my end. Yeah, and I'd like a pony, too.

Anyone know of these matters? Any ideas or help?

ETA: And it won't convert any song numbered 10 on an album. ha!

ETA2: Thanks, innerslytherin!

Comments

[celisnebula.livejournal.com]

This link might help:
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/converting_wma_to_mp3_for_ipod.html

Unfortunately I don't think my Jhymn converter does MP3 to aac format, though it does go the other way.

*pets her pretty little colby mp3 player*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

innerslytherin just found an option to convert all folders into .aac files, so I'm set. Thanks!

[celisnebula.livejournal.com]

Cool.

I normally have the opposite problem, I download everything in mp4 format because it's smaller, and then I just convert all the stuff in my Itunes folder/account to mp3 for my player, and then leave the movies in the ipod format because they take up less space when you have them on a hard drive or burn them to disc.

[morricone1900.livejournal.com]

aac is evil. convert to mp3! :]