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Plugin For Winamp Allows Downloading From iPod

Posted by Hemos on from the busting-out-in-new-ways dept.

slicenglide writes "A newly released plugin for Winamp allows you to copy music from your iPod to your computer. Wired has picked up the story and includes a link to the WinAmp plugin page where you can grab yourself a copy. "

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  1. Re:Big Deal by flamearrows · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But it isn't obvious to the common users, nor is it an easy or efficient method of doing so. The winamp plug-in solves both problems.

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  2. Re:Big Deal by Trillan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The real problem is that the story is in the mainstream media now.

  3. Direct link to homepage by Will+Fisher · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here is a direct link to the homepage for the winamp iPod plugin.

    We have many other features than just copy to hard drive, mlipod provides fully fledged iPod management. Go check it out!

    Will - Lead dev for mlipod

  4. Re:Wow, news to me by Jarlsberg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree with you. If I had bought an Ipod, I would have assumed you could copy tracks back and forth, just like you can with any other MP3 player (that I've used, anyway). I don't really *get* the whole Ipod thing (why all the fuzz over a simple music player?), so I never bothered to buy one.

  5. Re:Wow, news to me by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 3, Interesting
    That's why I got a Sampod.

    It supports open, industry standards like OGG Vorbis. Also, the "DRM" is used by a wide number of vendors, giving me the choice of at least 8 on-line music stores to purchase or "lease" music from.

    I simply plugged it into my Windows XP laptop and it worked--no software to install. Just press the "sync" button from Windows Media player 10.

    Copying music off is as easy as copying music on.

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  6. Total Commander and Senuti could do this already. by Domini · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Total Commander can see the files on the iPod using this file system plugin. (link to download may be broken, but plugin can be found elsewhere...)

    TC is all you really ever need, and can replace explorer quite effectively with loads of added bonuses.

    I've also used a neat OS X util called Senuti (iTunes backward) to be able to copy from and to the iPod and do all sorts of other cool things.

    (Next to zsh and vi, it's the cheese!) ;)

  7. *SIGH* How quickly people forget... by DLWormwood · · Score: 3, Interesting
    If it applies to your own MP3 collection, I'm shocked there has not been more outrage about this. What right does Apple have to restrict how you use YOUR music?!

    I've already mentioned this before, and it looks like I'm going to have to mention it again. It was not Apple's original idea to "prevent" music uploading from MP3 players, but it was the natural result of two factors:

    1. iTunes was originally a third-party sound player called SoundJam, which was originally made to work with players like the Diamond Rio. The original Rios, being very small capacity propretary flash devices, didn't have the circuitry and UI to handle uploading files back to a host computer.
    2. The RIO was challenged in US court by the RIAA as encouraging piracy, but the court found in favor of Diamond partly because the RIAA's argument made no sense for a device that couldn't upload, only download.

    Apple's continued "hiding" of the song files from the rest of the file system is simply legal cover to defend themselves from the RIAA. Do you really think Apple could have gotten the Music Store off the ground if the iPod more openly supported uploading?

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