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by zupcsics - 9/14/06 1:18 PM
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Need a flexible 'jukebox' program for WinXP

by zupcsics - 9/14/06 1:18 PM

I need a digital music manager (jukebox) program that supports the following:

Must have:
1) Location of music library is configurable
2) Maintains (reads AND writes) playlists in standard format - this rules out MusicMatch Jukebox 10 I believe. (The last time I checked, MMJB will read playlists, but seems to only make changes to its internal copy of the playlist.)

Highly desirable:
3) Ideally supports more than one library
4) Good (modern? ;-) support and UI for playlist editing - drag & drop from library to playlist, more than one playlist window open at a time to enable copying/moving files from one playlist to another, rename playlists without jumping through error prone hoops, etc.

Nice to have, but not holding my breath (;-)
5) Ideally supports different download sets for different players.

Any recommendations? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated - thanks!

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Need to rescue (upload) music from iPod - in useful format

by zupcsics - 9/15/06 12:22 PM In reply to: Need a flexible 'jukebox' program for WinXP by zupcsics

My desktop's hard disk crashed, and I also need to be able to upload the music from my iPod onto a computer in the typical Artist folder/track name music library format.

Anyone have any suggestions for a music player that can do this much??

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Rescuing music from an iPod

by zupcsics - 9/15/06 1:09 PM In reply to: Need to rescue (upload) music from iPod - in useful format by zupcsics

OK, I found some resources for rescuing music from an iPod using small 3rd party utilities anyway. A few resources of interest in case anyone is interested. I hope this helps ...

(Maybe this should be incormporated in to a FAQ/sticky for this forum?)

Please note that this is for the purpose of recovering a music library, NOT for anyother purpose (sigh ...)

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How To Copy songs from your iPod to your hard drive
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4719

Copying music from iPod to computer
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/

PodUtil – free/ 10 pounds British sterling
http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/software/podutil.php

PodPlus/iGadget: $20 successor to a very popular freeware option with many options in addition to the music copying feature.
http://www.ipodsoft.com/index.php?/software/podplus

iPod Access
http://www.findleydesigns.com/ipodaccess/indexWin.html


EphPod - www.ephpod.com

Xplay - www.mediafour.com/products/xplay/

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I thought you

by PudgyOne - 9/16/06 1:13 AM In reply to: Rescuing music from an iPod by zupcsics

`had to use iTunes to upload and download your music to your iPod.

iTunes can be found at


http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/


Hope this helps.


Rick

Post 5 of 5

I thought you had to use iTunes

by zupcsics - 9/27/06 11:03 AM In reply to: I thought you by PudgyOne

Not at all (although perhaps that's what Apple would like you to think ;-)).

To my knowledge, iTunes doesn't solve my problem/address the functions described in my post. (Please let me know if it does currently.)

I reality, lots of tools support this capability - most of them in rather rudimentary fashion unfortunately. I'm looking for a better one. (See my original post for a few of the many things I wish the apps would do better).

cheers ...

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