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 ==Urgent Problem== 
 Please Please Help! I want my music back!  

 I would really appreciate help on this, and I'll do what I can to repay you if your advice helps. 
 A friend borrowed my iPod (video), and it somehow crashed. Now it doesn't show up my songs any more, and even in the settings menu, it says I have zero songs. 
 However if I plug it into my computer and check the Ipod_Control folder there are still many song files there (in e.g. F21 folders and named e.g. YXCG.mp3). How do I get it so I can play them on my iPod? I spent ages giving all my songs ratings and putting them into playlists, so is there a way I can get that back as well? I figure it might have something to do with importing a song list or whatever stored on my ipod. 
 So to clarify, I can look at the music files by browsing through the iPod as a hard drive, but when I want to listen to music on my iPod it isn't there. 
 Please mail me  
 Cheers 

 P.S. I know I shouldn't place this right here, but I really am frustrated and desperate for help... -( 
 :Try resetting your iPod (hold Center and Menu for 6 seconds). Or completely wipe it and re-sync all songs from scratch.   

 ==Extracting music== 
 What programs are good for extracting music from you ipod? It should be in the article. 
 :ephPod 

 Another Free, easy to use and small program to both play back music directly from your iPod as well as extracting ANY media from an iPod (audio AND video) is PodPlayer   

 ==Frequent Pausing bit under Common Critcisms== 
 Okay, who keeps deleting my brief description of the iPod minis' frequent pausing problem?  I had a major problem with this when I had my iPod mini and I'd really like to share this with everybody. 
 : It's me. Because it's not regarded as common and only applies to the mini which is discontinued. You say that the headphone contacts are ""substandard"", but according to who? It's best if you have sources. Consider adding it as a brief sentence to the iPod mini article. And sign your discussion comments please.   

 According to who?  Numerous internet articles I've found, plus I heard it directly from a technician when I went to the ""Genius Bar"" at the Apple Store in Denver, CO.  Okay, so the mini is discontinued, but for people who bought a brand new iPod mini the month before it was discontinued (like me,) many people still have them and use them.  What gives you credentials/authority over me to delete what I put on there?  Are you any more of an encyclopedia author than myself? 

 I'll take your suggestion that I should put it in the iPod mini article, but if you think it's just going to be a ""brief sentence"" you are sorely mistaken.   

 While this issue has also been experienced for some, it is not always a ""common"" issue. I own a mini as well as a 5G (the mini which my significant other now uses), neither have the described issue. If a comment about this is going to be added to the mini article, please keep it to a neutral opinion and more of a factual basis and not a long described paragraph. And the headphone contacts? I have not had any issues about this either.   

 ==Timezone issue== 
 About the recent addition.  Are there any sources on this aside from forum posting?  Does anyone know if it is all timezones that involve the addition of a half hour?  For example is French Polynesia affected as well?    

 Pick up any iPod with a screen and scan the list of timezones under Settings -> Date & Time -> Set Time Zone.  
 I've done the work as follows. Each timezone has a corresponding DST setting. 

 ===Included=== 
 Eniwetok (+12)* 
 Midway (-11) 
 Hawaii (-10) 
 Alaska (-9) 
 US Pacific (-8) 
 US Mountain (-7) 
 US Central (-6) 
 US Eastern (-5) 
 Caracas (-4) 
 Buenos Aires (-3) 
 Mid-Atlantic (-2) 
 Azords (-1) 
 London (0) 
 Paris (+1) 
 Athens (+2) 
 Moscow (+3) 
 Abu Dhabi (+4) 
 Karachi (+5) 
 Almaty (+6) 
 Bangkok (+7) 
 Beijing (+8) 
 Tokyo (+9) 
 Brisbane (+10) 
 Magadan (+11) 
 Auckland (+12) 

 * In the order they include it, it seems likely they may have accidentally misdefined it as -12 - this may or may not matter. 

 ===Missing=== 

 I've deduced all of the missing timezones from the relevant list on Wikipedia: 

 Marquesas Islands (-930), Newfoundland (-330),