Ipod to pc? • Non-Gaming • Software • Eurogamer.net

generica 8 Oct 2006 16:15:06 4,279 posts
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Could anyone recommend some free software which allows you to transfer the music on your ipod to a pc rather than the reverse?

Salaman 8 Oct 2006 16:57:10 24,162 posts
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Try anapod

generica 8 Oct 2006 17:28:00 4,279 posts
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R.M, the music files are illegible using that method but thanks anyway.

Just what I was looking for, thanks Salaman.

generica 15 Oct 2006 14:16:55 4,279 posts
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I've just tried this but the trial doesn't allow you to transfer the files from your ipod. Is there any free software that does?

plok 15 Oct 2006 14:19:25 1,296 posts
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yamipod This should do all you want to do...and its completely free - no trials.

EDIT: link didn't work

Edited by plok at 14:19:41 15-10-2006

Universal_Hamster 15 Oct 2006 14:23:22 4,948 posts
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Can anyone reccomend me a good DVD - iPod burner?

generica 15 Oct 2006 14:28:41 4,279 posts
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yamipod doesn't work with the new firmware ;_;, thanks though.

generica 15 Oct 2006 14:28:45 4,279 posts
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plok 15 Oct 2006 14:30:01 1,296 posts
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generica wrote:
yamipod doesn't work with the new version of itunes ;_;, thanks though.

Bah! Have they not sorted that yet...oh Beta has iTunes 7 support.

Actually, something I wanted to test but never had but think it would work...iPod has all the mp3's on it with the ID3 tags in place - though names and folder structure messed up. Does anyone know if its possible to therefore copy all the mp3s on an iPod onto your PC, tell iTunes to make its own nice tidy folder structure and then import the mess of files you copied from the iPod???

/afraid he may have lost everyone

generica 15 Oct 2006 14:33:24 4,279 posts
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Yes, or at least anapod can (just not with the trial).

plok 15 Oct 2006 14:54:53 1,296 posts
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generica wrote:
Yes, or at least anapod can (just not with the trial).

Ah but I'm wondering can it be done just with iTunes. Just manually copy the messed up file structure onto your PC. Get iTunes to import music from the messed up structure and copy it into its on nice file structure. It should then rename all files according to ID3 tags, and you can then delete the stuff you manually copied. No? Losing everyone again. Maybe I'll shutup til I try it myself! :-D

generica 15 Oct 2006 15:05:49 4,279 posts
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Is there a way to stop itunes from automatically running whenever I connect my ipod? The yamipod beta seems to be working perfectly for me untill itunes pops up.

Also, is there a way to stop itunes from automatically updating my ipod? I'd like to be able to do it manually.

plok 15 Oct 2006 15:09:38 1,296 posts
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There should be a option in iTunes iPod setting that say "Don't automatic open iTunes when I connect this iPod" and enable Manual Syncing...I don't have my iPod by me right now to confirm this. But I know thats how mine is set up.

generica 15 Oct 2006 15:18:53 4,279 posts
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I'm searching itunes but I can't find those options. Anything more specific?

plok 15 Oct 2006 15:26:29 1,296 posts
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Are you using iTunes 7? If you click on the iPod in it those options should be there where it shows you the nice coloured bar of amount of stuff on your iPod.

Before iTunes 7 I think they were in the Preferences on the iTunes tab.

EDIT: Link that might help here

Edited by plok at 15:29:41 15-10-2006

ed 15 Oct 2006 15:30:20 260 posts
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plok wrote:

generica wrote:
Yes, or at least anapod can (just not with the trial).

Ah but I'm wondering can it be done just with iTunes. Just manually copy the messed up file structure onto your PC. Get iTunes to import music from the messed up structure and copy it into its on nice file structure. It should then rename all files according to ID3 tags, and you can then delete the stuff you manually copied. No? Losing everyone again. Maybe I'll shutup til I try it myself! :-D

iirc the iPod has a database of song titles etc. which it uses to give you all the info quickly, rather than searching through several thousand mp3 files it just loads up one database. This means the id3 tags are not included on the actual mp3, to save space, and the ipod opens the song by it's strange filename. Programs like ipodagent and yamipod take the song info from the database and re-insert them into the id3 tag.

So to give you the short answer, no you can't do it that way.

plok 15 Oct 2006 15:33:06 1,296 posts
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ed wrote:

plok wrote:

generica wrote:
Yes, or at least anapod can (just not with the trial).

Ah but I'm wondering can it be done just with iTunes. Just manually copy the messed up file structure onto your PC. Get iTunes to import music from the messed up structure and copy it into its on nice file structure. It should then rename all files according to ID3 tags, and you can then delete the stuff you manually copied. No? Losing everyone again. Maybe I'll shutup til I try it myself! :-D

iirc the iPod has a database of song titles etc. which it uses to give you all the info quickly, rather than searching through several thousand mp3 files it just loads up one database. This means the id3 tags are not included on the actual mp3, to save space, and the ipod opens the song by it's strange filename. Programs like ipodagent and yamipod take the song info from the database and re-insert them into the id3 tag.

So to give you the short answer, no you can't do it that way.

But I thought I'd seen when manually browsing the iPod in Windows it knew the Artist etc...dammit...I need to find my iPod now!

Shadrach 15 Oct 2006 15:35:30 1,878 posts
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I use Ephpod. Works for me.

ed 15 Oct 2006 15:39:57 260 posts
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maybe I'm wrong. but that was my understanding of it...anyway, there are some quite lightweight and simple progs out there such as sharepod which doesn't need to be installed. it can just be copied onto the iPod and run from there. It also allows you to access the ipod as a shared drive over a network, if you're into that sort of thing

plok 15 Oct 2006 15:50:40 1,296 posts
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You are right in how the iPod works. It does run of a database which it reads...but I don't think it strips ID3 tag info from the files when it transfers them.

Sharepod looks like Yamipod. Cool. I always choose Yamipod because it worked on Windows, Mac and Linux.

tedster11 15 Oct 2006 16:06:01 575 posts
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long fingers is ok

generica 15 Oct 2006 16:33:01 4,279 posts
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Thanks a lot everyone, I used yamipod in the end. I've copied all the music into the itunes music folder but I don't know how to now transfer this into itunes without selcting each individual track (which is not something I wish to do to over a thousand). Does anyone know of an easier way?

Dougs 15 Oct 2006 16:53:26 100,414 posts
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Just done the same with Winamp for my Creative, after a reinstall of XP. Worked a treat. No use to you, but felt the need to share!

djchump 15 Oct 2006 17:18:55 4,463 posts
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I have a copy of a freeware app called "iDump" - which is just an .exe that you can have on your ipod and run it from there.

It will scan your ipod and show you all the music on there, allow you to select which ones to copy over, specify a folder to copy the mp3s to and also allow you to specify the filename format (with subdirectories) for the copied files - e.g. I use something like: "C:\MP3\{albumname}\{tracknumber}_{artistname}_{songtitle}"

Very handy for copying tunes from my home PC to work PC ;-)

It also has the option to create an m3u playlist of all the files you copied/dumped - you then tell iTunes to import the playlist and it will add all the tunes you dumped into iTunes for you.
:-)

Edited by djchump at 17:19:47 15-10-2006

generica 15 Oct 2006 19:45:11 4,279 posts
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