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30 Free Tools to Rock Your iPod
In order to make your ipod better, 30 free tools will be the best pick for you!
General iPod Managers
(1) Floola (Win, Mac, Linux) – portable iPod manager.
Features: (1) move audio and video to/from iPod, (2) manage and import/export playlists, (3) last.fm support, (4) multi-lingual, (5) lyrics and podcasts support, (6) search files, (7) iPod troubleshooting, (8) manage notes, (9) sync files between PC and iPod
(2) YamiPod (Win, Mac, Linux) – yet another portable iPod manager.
Features: (1) playlists import/export (PLS,M3U), (2) PC to iPod autosync, (3) built-in music player, (4) last.fm support, (5) search, (6) song list export and more
(3) Sharepod (Win)
Features: (1) move files to/from iPod, (2) built-in music player, (3) search, (4) create winamp-style playlists, (5) network file sharing (office, college, etc.), (6) built-in music player and more
(4) Ephpod (Win) – not as flexible as the ones above but has couple of cool features.
Features: ultra-fast song transfer, powerful playlist creation features, one click sync, winamp support, bunch of extras (news, weather, movie listings, etc.)
(5) Rockbox – open source replacement firmware for mp3 players.
Features: (1) dynamic playlist creation, (2) multiple themes, (3) gapless playback, (4) in-built clock, (5) tagging, (6) plugins and more
(6) Amarok (Linux) – iTunes alternative.
Features: (1) manage, create playlists , (2) podcasts support, (3) last.fm support more
(7) Rhythmbox (Linux) – integrated music management application (inspired by iTunes)
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(8) iPodifier (Win) – automatically monitors selected folders, converts videos to an iPod format, adds them to iTunes, and syncs them with your iPod.
(9) Cucusoft (Win) – converts all popular video formats (DVD/VCD and AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB) to an iPod format. Lets you process several files at once.
(10) BoilSoft (Win) – converts AVI, DivX, MPEG, VOB, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4 and more, to iPod/PSP formats
(11) KeepV (Win) – lets you download and convert Flash/FLV files (YouTube, Metacafe, Dailymotion, etc.) to an iPod compatible format
(12) YouTube Mate (Win) – lets you download, convert and transfer any YouTube video onto your iPod video (or iTunes) right from your desktop.
(13) YouTube Robot (Win) – download your favorite videos from Youtube and convert it to Ipod video format. Can also be used to convert other video formats, i.e. DivX, XVid, MP4, DVD, VOB, AVI, WMV, ASF
(14) iPod Video Converter (Win, Mac) –you can convert both DVD media and video file media to iPod video/iPod movie. Drag your video file on top of it and it’ll convert it into an iPod format
(15) Handbrake (Win, Mac, Linux) – lets you rip your DVDs to iPod, PSP and Zune
(16) CDex (Win) – a portable app that allows you to ripp cds directly to your iPod
(17) iSquint (Mac) – convert several popular video formats (MOV, MP4, AVI, DV, MPG, VOB, 3GP, ASF, WMV, FLV, M4V, etc.) to an iPod format
(18) Vixy – web-based video downloader and converter for iPod
(19) TVHarmony (Win) – perfect TiVo companion that lets you monitor TiVo for your favorite programs, download and convert them to iPod/PSP/Palm/XBox… formats. Ability to download stuff from popular video sites included.
(20) Videora (Win) – convert regular PC video files (AVI, MPEG, etc) into iPod compatible format
Cool iPod Extras
(21) iPodWizard (Win) – lets you change the graphics, font and strings on all iPod models with screen
(22) PodPlayer (Win) – lets you play music directly from your iPod. View songs in iTunes-like manner (by artist, genre, album, playlist, etc), extract songs, find duplicates, and more.
(23) CantoPod (Win, Mac) – get song lyrics on your iPod (with over 200.000 lyrics to choose from)
(24) vPod (Win)- transfer music from Windows to iPod. Scans your music library and shows what’s not on your iPod.
(25) iPodDisk (Mac) – another tool for copying music from your iPod.
(26) 100 Portable Apps to put on your iPod (Win, Mac) – all-purpose, no-install-required software (office tools, antivirus, email, games, etc.)
(27) Axport (Win) – handy iTunes addon that enables you to copy files off your iPod with one click
(28) iDirectionz (Win) – store driving directions on your iPod
(29) gPodder (Linux) – podcast receiver, catcher and sync (with iPod) tool
(30) GoogleGet (Win) – weather+news combo tool
