I have a PC with a full iTunes collection of music (roughly 40GB), I've also got a 64GB iPod Touch (4th Gen) which has everything synced and is used as my main portable media device. I also have an 8GB iPod Touch (4th Gen) which I keep in the house, connected to the Wifi and plugged into a speaker dock.
Obviously the 8GB isn't big enough for anywhere near my full collection but I understand with Home sharing I can get the iPod to basically stream the entire iTunes content - which is brilliant and exactly what I'm after.
I've set everything up and although I did have some issues with the iPod loading the entire library (apparently it's a common issue for the loading wheel to stick on half full).
It does just seem to every time I come to use the iPod no content is available and I have to delete the sync details and add them again, I obviously cannot update to the latest iOS as it's too old. I either have to remove my homesharing details from the iPod and add them again, or I have to go to Music on the iPod, Shared and then select the Shared Library and wait for it to load (it will stop loading if the screen times out so I have to turn the screen timeout off and it can take like 20 minutes).
I just want a portable device that is able to play the content from my PC via iTunes but cannot seem to get it to work successfully.
Any ideas?
Obviously the 8GB isn't big enough for anywhere near my full collection but I understand with Home sharing I can get the iPod to basically stream the entire iTunes content - which is brilliant and exactly what I'm after.
I've set everything up and although I did have some issues with the iPod loading the entire library (apparently it's a common issue for the loading wheel to stick on half full).
It does just seem to every time I come to use the iPod no content is available and I have to delete the sync details and add them again, I obviously cannot update to the latest iOS as it's too old. I either have to remove my homesharing details from the iPod and add them again, or I have to go to Music on the iPod, Shared and then select the Shared Library and wait for it to load (it will stop loading if the screen times out so I have to turn the screen timeout off and it can take like 20 minutes).
I just want a portable device that is able to play the content from my PC via iTunes but cannot seem to get it to work successfully.
Any ideas?