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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. "

2 of 398 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FUD by Travelsonic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Your wrong, it's copyright infringement.

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  2. Danger, Will Robinson! by neflyte · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I used this product for a while last year until one sunny day my iPod refused to show me any playlists. I mounted the iPod as a disk and took a look around...sure enough the music was all still there. iTunes wouldn't see my music, the iPod wouldn't see my music...not even ml_iPod itself would see my music. ml_iPod had corrupted my iPod database.

    When I tried to leave forum posts to the creator for support, he was nowhere to be found. I discovered that many other users also shared my hardships. I had to download EphPod and use its recovery features to even get the iPod to show me anything. I then had to further download Anapod Explorer and use its recovery features to recover a bunch of 'lost' music. Since that day, I have vowed to myself to never use the ml_iPod plugin again.

    FWIW, I have my doubts that something like this won't happen again. Be cautious people...you're putting your iPod database at risk!

    My $0.02

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