No one has beaten Apple at the portable - audio - player game yet.
iTunes is a free software application for Mac and Windows that you must first download, then use to find and buy songs.
This is a list of 7 applications that are designed to make up the ground that iTunes hasn't kept pace with.
>> iDumpiDump it's a freeware that will allow you transfer your songs off your iPod to a PC, iDump does come wrapped in installer but you can simply drop the .exe in the root directory on your iPod and run it from there.
>> iPodCopyiPodCopy is a useful application that allows you to copy songs or playlists from your iPod to your PC. Songs are saved under artist/album folders. Large copy operations can be canceled while in progress. Copy all your music in a couple of mouse clicks. Transfer songs and playlists from your iPod directly into iTunes.
>> iGadgetiGadget lets you to realize the full potential of your iPod. With iGadgetTM, you'll be able to transform your iPod into much more than a simple music player. You'll have the ability to turn your iPod into an information repository.
>> MediaMonkeyMediaMonkey is an easy-to-use organizer for serious music collectors.
It catalogs your CDs, MP3, WMA, and OGG audio tracks, and looks up and intelligently tags and renames/reorganizes them.
MediaMonkey rips CDs, converts audio file formats, and easily creates mixes. It integrates with Nero for CD Burning, and with Winamp for playback.
>> Plato Video to iPod ConverterThe application converts various video file formats to MP4 for iPod, supports almost all digital video files (AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, SWF) into an iPod-ready format. It features hardware auto-detect: Automatically detect your hardware and decide the best converting speed.
>> SuperAV ConverterIt works flawlessly, converting both audio and video files from almost any format imaginable into almost any format imaginable.
SuperAVConverter is an all-in-one, multimedia converter. You can rip CD tracks to WAV, MP3, WMA, and OGG files, and convert audio and video files. Supported audio formats include WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, APE, AAC, AC3, and RMA.
>> iPodSynciPodSync is a tool to keep your Microsoft Outlook calendar contacts, tasks, and notes synchronized between your PC and your iPod. iPodSync also syncs weather forecasts and news from the Web. iPodSync turns your iPod into a PDA. You specify what information you want to sync and iPodSync does the rest.
If you have any suggestions feel free to leave a comment and we will update the list.
Update: 13 More iPod Applications
written by Florin C.
| Jay says: |
06:09 / 15 mar 2007 |
Now how about a program that'll remove that crappy protection from songs bought from the itunes store, so i can burn them to cd/play them on my 360
what about anapod...
Nothing here helps you FILL your iPod with fresh stuff - for that I'd recommend <a href="http://www.thefilter.com"> The Filter </a> and MyStrands
Hey Jay, why don't you try using iTunes to burn your purchased songs to a CD. Here's the instructions from the help menu:1) To create an audio CD:Choose iTunes > Preferences, click Advanced, and click Burning.2) Select Audio CD as the Disc Format.3) To have all the songs on the CD play at the same volume, select Use Sound Check.Click OK.4) Select the playlist containing the songs you want to burn to the CD, and make sure all the songs you want to include on the CD have a checkmark beside them.5) Click Burn CD (at the bottom of the iTunes window) and insert a blank disk.- If the playlist contains more songs than will fit on the CD, iTunes burns only the number of songs that fit on one disc, and then asks you to insert another disc to continue burning the remaining songs.- If the playlist includes Audible spoken programs with chapter markers, the chapters are burned as separate tracks.
| Bueno says: |
06:44 / 15 mar 2007 |
Only one of these is actually free...the rest are shareware or demoware. I don't see the purpose to paying for any of these.As for a means of removing the itunes copy protection Jay. Check out http://hymn-project.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1553 That should get you what you need. DRM is for people that aren't smart enough to remove it. Down with the RIAA, the MPAA, and DRM!
| Andre says: |
06:46 / 15 mar 2007 |
What about Sharepod? That app is real cool.
2 Programs1. Floola - Allows you to manage your ipod, add/remove/edit music, playlists and video.(It's also free)2. 3GP converterFree way of converting most video too ipod format.
| Geoff says: |
06:56 / 15 mar 2007 |
Good list. Have a look at iPodifier, tho (http://ipodifier.com). It really simplifies the process of getting TV content from DVR apps like SageTV, BeyondTV or even Tivo onto your iPod.
| Neon says: |
07:42 / 15 mar 2007 |
Your forgot to include SongBird, which is currently in development and will be a superb application once its out of developer preview beta.http://songbirdnest.com/
Shuffle-db (shuffle-db.sourceforge.net) is a fantastic open source application for your shuffle. You put a small file on your shuffle, then copy your music over from any computer, and run the executable once. Quick, easy, painless.
You forgot another great copy utility. CopyPod! CopyPod is the best iPod backup I have used, and is truly a simple to backup music to your computer without losing your tags. There is even a suite of utilities tha' includes CopyPhoto to back up all your iPod photos! THIS is the way to go in iPod utilities.http://www.copypod.net/index.php
| Frank says: |
09:48 / 15 mar 2007 |
For filling your ipod I use Bossa. www.mybossa.com. It has a playlist generator that's super easy to use and fast. It can also automate the music you play through itunes. As far as bypassing the protection on iTunes bought songs, you can burn songs that you've bought to a cd and then import them back into iTunes as an mp3. It takes some time and the quality of the song sucks. As a matter of fact, it's amazing that people don't have a problem paying 99 cents for a crappy 128k AAC file!
| eno says: |
09:48 / 15 mar 2007 |
what about an app that will let me tag multiple videos at once. I am tired of going through my videos one by one just to change the video kind.
| Chris says: |
10:03 / 15 mar 2007 |
I use <a href="http://www.zamzar.com">Zamzar</a> (http://www.zamzar.com) to convert videos to an iPod ready format - it's free and online.
I second the filter recommendation. It is great.http://www.thefilter.com
| loki says: |
10:38 / 15 mar 2007 |
My favorite iPod extraction tool is Senuti.
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
| Tom says: |
10:57 / 15 mar 2007 |
So iTunes isn't a top seve program for the iPod?
Hey Ron Zalonis. I looked at the CopyPod website and it's very cool. I downloaded the trial and love the program. My vote is for CopyPod. You all have to try this!!
iPod linux
Hey Tom,from top of this page:"This is a list of 7 applications that are designed to make up the ground that iTunes hasn't kept pace with."
You don't mention foobar2000 with the foo_dop component. This list will never be as cool as it could be.
would be cool to see this geared towards linux.
| Kara says: |
12:32 / 15 mar 2007 |
I'm biased, but I have to lobby a vote for <a href="http://www.mogopop.com">Mogopop</a> - lets you basically make mini-websites for iPods with a free 50MB account. There's already a ton of stuff there, also downloadable for free.
| Christ says: |
13:57 / 15 mar 2007 |
Would be nice to see this geared towards MAC.As windows is teh sUX0r.
| Ward says: |
16:11 / 15 mar 2007 |
One app I use a lot is StationRipper http://www.stationripper.comRecords iTunes radio (and others, like last.fm). Legit way to fill up my nano and listen to stuff that played during the day, at the gym.
| colm says: |
21:46 / 15 mar 2007 |
yamipod is a program that lets you copy everything back onto a computer from an ipod and its freeware. Very simple to use!
| colm says: |
21:47 / 15 mar 2007 |
oh yeah, its a single executable program so you can run it straight off the ipod as well
| Mac says: |
23:19 / 15 mar 2007 |
lol windoze appz
| Greg says: |
15:11 / 28 mar 2007 |
Your first sentence is delusional in that it does not take the excellent creative vision:m into consideration. Rated higher by reviewers unwilling to take bribes from apple. :)
These are some great Apps I hear that Itunes is ditching DRM protection in the future. I read it somewhere I think. Anybody else hear anything about that?
| tdawg says: |
09:05 / 21 dec 2007 |
how about i GET my 360 back! i got that stupid redlight error and its about to be my 3rd week without it! they told me from the day i sent it i would get it back within TWO weeks!!!!!!
here is another useful free online video conversion site: www.all2convert.comthe new version of all2convert i like more! it`s amazing.it`s true, that all moves around us and life goes on and the best simple for this is new update of www.all2convert.com - free multimedia web site.New video features: 1. Direct Videos convert2. Watch videos in iphone and mobile phones3. Cool videos area4. Free TV channels 5. All2convert free video community... and more!
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