Best iTunes alternative?

EvilFranky · 2 Jan 2010 at 19:22

What do you guys use other than iTunes for your iPod music organisation?

Looking to try something new, I'm not a big fan of iTunes...

Ratbag · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:30

I use MediaMonkey for music organisation and Sharepod for managing the ipod.

xen_ · 2 Jan 2010 at 20:51

Song bird works for putting music on, but tbh I don't think it's very good, worse than itunes I think.

Fillado · 2 Jan 2010 at 22:16

Winamp is probably the only other "music manager" I can think of with good iPod support

marc512 · 2 Jan 2010 at 23:15

+1 mediamonkey, used it for my ipod when itunes/quicktime didnt work for vista

Syngress · 3 Jan 2010 at 10:57

+1 Mediamonkey

cokecan · 3 Jan 2010 at 12:42

I don't mind iTunes but I hate all the other crap they bundle with it, so I just installed a bloat free version along with QTlite

doggs · 3 Jan 2010 at 12:45

My vote goes to Media Monkey

swinnie · 3 Jan 2010 at 13:31

I have just reinstalled my system, after a year of the old install, I felt it needed a little clean.

I have always used WinAmp as my music player, however, I have also found this a little "bloated" - even in classic mode, and the iPod support was abismal.

I now use SharePod to update my iPod with music, which works flawlessly. For my music player, I am now using MediaMonkey which I am very impressed with. The simplicity, yet "intelligent" design makes it incredibly easy to use and manage your music.

Ziggy · 3 Jan 2010 at 14:24

I use a plugin for foobar2000. It's all of 1.5MB.

However, that's only because I have a 5.5G iPod: if you have a modern one it requires you to have iTunes installed, which partly defies the point of avoiding that bloat****.

Also if you don't use foobar2000 you probably won't want it.

swinnie · 3 Jan 2010 at 14:47

Ziggy said:
I use a plugin for foobar2000. It's all of 1.5MB.

However, that's only because I have a 5.5G iPod: if you have a modern one it requires you to have iTunes installed, which partly defies the point of avoiding that bloat****.

Also if you don't use foobar2000 you probably won't want it.

I've got an 8GB 5th Generation Nano, and you need iTunes to setup the iPod - latest firmware, registration etc, enable disk mode, and use SharePod - perfect

I looked at foobar2000 when I was looking to replace WinAmp and didn't like it as the interface was a bit too simple. MediaMonkey fitted the bill perfectly, with a small footprint.

Arjun806 · 3 Jan 2010 at 17:39

I used to use Winamp when I had an iPod, and I found that it worked perfectly

icysniper · 3 Jan 2010 at 19:04

Syngress said:
+1 Mediamonkey

agreed

, you can convert all your songs with the program, change the bitrate, everything iTunes can do and way more

swinnie · 3 Jan 2010 at 20:05

Arjun806 said:
I used to use Winamp when I had an iPod, and I found that it worked perfectly

I found it didn't work well with either of my sisters' iPod Shuffle.

Turtles · 3 Jan 2010 at 20:30

swinnie said:
I looked at foobar2000 when I was looking to replace WinAmp and didn't like it as the interface was a bit too simple.

Configs

foobar2000 + foo_dop plugin

Swordfish · 3 Jan 2010 at 20:32

I actually use Media Player to organise my music. It does do the job very well.

beefkeef · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:39

Ratbag said:
I use MediaMonkey for music organisation and Sharepod for managing the ipod.

Thanks for recommending this - i've just installed it and it's so much nicer than Itunes, I can't believe i've just put up with Itunes naughtiness for so long !

Cheers

Abooie · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:10

I use the Zune software.

http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/software/download/

edit: It's just been updated for Windows 7 and uses a new Podcasts library. Also you'd still need something to sync with the iPod.

icedbullet · 12 Feb 2010 at 16:50

+1 Zune Software

I just DL'ed it because of what Abooie said. So far I'm very impressed, especially with the ease at which it organises your music. Looks slick too, goes well with windows 7