ipods/itunes....

[gypsy_cream]

is there any way of loading an ipod with mp3s without using fucking itunes?

[skosh]

lol that's my gripe with ipods

did ye get my email gypo?

[thepigjockey]

You could try using fucking ephpod to load your fucking ipod then you wouldn't have to use fucking itunes o fucking k? :illin:

http://www.ephpod.com/

[darrell]

You have to download a program

[darrell]

Pigjockey got in first....... Thats the one

[gypsy_cream]

thanks :)

[gypsy_cream]

yep mum got it, just replied xxx

[gypsy_cream]

effing ephpod : - D

[soulcheck]

iTunes fuckin suck. Why are they hashing mp3 names (at least on shuffle)?

[grobelaar]

You can fucking use this fucking software too, if you fucking like...

http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/

Our office audio coder uses it on his fucking iPod...

[AVX23]

ephpod is a neat little program.

u can also install other sofftware onto ur ipod itself - not necc for handling the tunes, but for doing other shit like controlling nuclear strikes and suchlike.

well - u can play doom and shit.

[gypsy_cream]

i only have a shuffle so i cant use all the wee plugins

[soulcheck]

There is a playlist generator for shuffle:

http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/

You need python for that, but it allows you to just copy mp3 straight ipod, without changing ther names and directory structure.

@Grobelaar. The point isn't that it's impossible. The point is that Apple didn't implement it that way. If it was microsoft, people surely would throw loads of shit onto them ;)

[gypsy_cream]

i have a pc

[gypsy_cream]

tbh...i wouldnt mind usin itunes if i had a mac.. itunes is just horrible to use on a pc

[AVX23]

tbh...i wouldnt mind usin itunes if i had a mac.. itunes is just horrible to use on a pc

I didn't mind using v5 so much - it was fine, and it worked with last fm, so I quite liked it, but then I installed 6 and was like - get that the fuck off my machine - it's a fucking peice of shit, to make things worse - it now won't seem to allow me to get v5 working again, so I've given up with it.

Winamp will allow u to interface with pods (think u might have to pay for the newest version tho with this feature) and the likes nowadays - as will windows media player v10 +

The handy thing about that is that it makes making playlists really easy.

[gypsy_cream]

arghh i hate winamp too ... i wish foobar supported ipods :-p

[Spandex]

I got winamp interfaced with an ipod without spendin any cash. There's a plugin for it. I also used something called "Yamipod" for a bit. S'good cos it's tiny so u can bung a copy on the pod... then plug it into someone else's machine and run it from off the pod drive (windoze, osx and linux versions)... then just drag MP3s in and out.

[AVX23]

I got winamp interfaced with an ipod without spendin any cash. There's a plugin for it. I also used something called "Yamipod" for a bit. S'good cos it's tiny so u can bung a copy on the pod... then plug it into someone else's machine and run it from off the pod drive (windoze, osx and linux versions)... then just drag MP3s in and out.

sweet - will have a hunt for that plugin !

I've never heard anyone say they don't like winamp Gypo - it's a pretty stable, and easy to use wee program.

what's foobar all about then ?

[gypsy_cream]

that sounds good spandex...


paddyavx... its just crashy and sticky and clumsy...i dont like usin it. foobar2000 is so much smoother www.foobar2000.com

[AVX23]

that sounds good spandex...


paddyavx... its just crashy and sticky and clumsy...i dont like usin it. foobar2000 is so much smoother www.foobar2000.com

I'll give it a whirl :) ta

[gypsy_cream]

altho if that plugin for winamp is good ill go back to winamp :)

[JonnySpeed]

winamp is horrible

[soulcheck]

altho if that plugin for winamp is good ill go back to winamp :)

It's built in in winamp >= 5.2

[AVX23]

I quite like winamp myself - never had any issues with it - weird that u guys have had probs with it, but then I'm running quite an old version of and never ever updated it, also don't have any skins or plugins running with it, maybe that could make it run better.

unimportant I guess - in the big scheme of things - especially when you consider - THERE ARE KILLER WALES SWIMMING ABOUT THE RIVER FORTH RIGHT NOW ! a whole pod of them !!

I'm off to see If I can spot them tommorow - I'll take my camera :) heheh - sorry to derail, but that info has had me quite excited since last night !

(my workmate just reminded me about this)

[gypsy_cream]

oki doki thanks

[kams]

but you can't get 4000 britney skins for foobar can you?

[gypsy_cream]

thats why i like it

[stinkfinger]

just get a tape walkman when ur out and about, and listen to records when your in the house. a lot less hassle.

[r_v]

arghh i hate winamp too ... i wish foobar supported ipods :-p

clair, have you tried foo_pod?

thread here (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=19156&st=2025&p=437611&#entry437611)

[AVX23]

just get a tape walkman when ur out and about, and listen to records when your in the house. a lot less hassle.

haha - caveman :)

[stinkfinger]

yeah, it jut seems a bit more straight forward than faffing about with computers and downloads and all that malarkey. bring back tapes.

[AVX23]

Damn that thing they call progress huh :) Damn it stright to HELL !

[stinkfinger]

progress? depends on your definition of progress...

[JonnySpeed]

unimportant I guess - in the big scheme of things - especially when you consider - THERE ARE KILLER WALES SWIMMING ABOUT THE RIVER FORTH RIGHT NOW ! a whole pod of them !!

you got to keep an eye on the Welsh swimming ninjas

:)

[gypsy_cream]

dan...i was doin that but someone bought me an ipod..the shuffles are alright

[stinkfinger]

the only shuffle i know is the five knuckle one...

[skosh]

i sold my tape walkman last year too :)

[stinkfinger]

much u get for it???

[skosh]

aboot £3 haha! was a good one too!

these days i use an iriver, easy peasy, just stick the usb in and it just works as an external hard drive nae bother!

[grobelaar]

There is a playlist generator for shuffle:

http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/



@Grobelaar. The point isn't that it's impossible. The point is that Apple didn't implement it that way. If it was microsoft, people surely would throw loads of shit onto them ;)

eh? I just suggested some software...

[soulcheck]

I felt some irony there ;) Sorry if i was wrong :)

[Paddy]

my mate james reverted back to his tape walkman after his work gave him an ipod when he left. it now resides in his desk drawer gathering dust (the ipod, that is).

[gen-eral]

i tried nickin Kol's minidisk player off him but he was havin none of it

[kol]

damn straight. you'd only lose it.:)

[gen-eral]

damn straight. you'd only lose it.:)

:-p ;)

[kol]

this gives me an idea for a thread!

[bob]

damn straight. you'd only lose it.:)

and its pish,


anyway anyone have any recomdations of what I can run on linux for my ipod?

[Yer_Maw]

have you tried rockbox? replacement firmware, takes off need for itunes, works as hd.

http://www.rockbox.org/

[wheezer]

I take it you've tried it? I'd like to try it except I'm on a mac and very happy with itunes integration

[bob]

not tried that yer_maw but I would rather leave the ipod alone