Winamp + nano - what am i doing wrong

FrankJH · 4 Feb 2007 at 18:26

I think i am doing some thing obviously wriong but I cant work out what

New Ipod nano 8Gb, songs listed in audio section of Winamp 5.32 (free version) select the tracks / albums I want on the nano -right click and select "send to F usb drive" but after waiting for tracks to finish ransferrring and disconnecting nano through software and then physically no tracks, albums or artists are actually listed!!!

Bailey_sufc · 4 Feb 2007 at 21:27

use i tunes

FrankJH · 4 Feb 2007 at 23:08

thank you for giving a helpful post - much appreciated :rolleyes:

Snakey · 5 Feb 2007 at 00:13

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

tom_nieto · 5 Feb 2007 at 07:52

Bailey_sufc said:
use i tunes

Not such an unhelpful post actually.

In essence what you're doing is using the ipod as a usb memory stick. This won't enter the tracks into its file system and hence you won't have any tracks, just used space. There are other ways to load music on to your ipod, but itunes is by far the simplest. I used winamp since I started listening to music on computers, however since getting an ipod, I've only used itunes. It's a clever move by apple, and I tried to resist it, but actually it makes little overall difference to me whether I use itunes or winamp.

FrankJH · 5 Feb 2007 at 09:23

the whole point is you can use winamp to fill an ipod correctly - people on here do it or certainly claimed to have. Now maybe I should have specifically stated I didnt want to use Itunes as I dont particularly like it (even though I hadnt used v7 which does seem better now Ive used it)

I asked a specific question in regards to winamp, if someone blatently doesnt know why bother posting?

tom_nieto · 5 Feb 2007 at 11:06

Do you have to install a specific ipod plugin for winamp? I doubt it comes with one as standard.

Spyhop · 5 Feb 2007 at 11:56

ml_ipod plugin is needed if I recall. As said, it sounds like Winamp is currently treating the ipod as a standard removable hard drive.

FrankJH · 5 Feb 2007 at 14:03

on the winamp options page here:

http://www.winamp.com/player/

It looks to me that even in the basic player the Ipod plug-in is included

At work now so will check when I get home

TheVoice · 5 Feb 2007 at 19:10

ml_ipod works better than the default Winamp plug-in that handles iPods. It's worth trying.

FrankJH · 5 Feb 2007 at 21:16

oh ok I didnt realise there was another plug in, I wrongly guessed that the default plug in was the same thing

sorry guys

Snakey · 6 Feb 2007 at 15:16

FrankJH said:
the whole point is you can use winamp to fill an ipod correctly - people on here do it or certainly claimed to have. Now maybe I should have specifically stated I didnt want to use Itunes as I dont particularly like it (even though I hadnt used v7 which does seem better now Ive used it)

I asked a specific question in regards to winamp, if someone blatently doesnt know why bother posting?

I assumed you didnt want to use iTunes (and I know how you feel) thats why I linked you to alternative software (Anapod).

btw If your running Vista, iTunes wont work

FrankJH · 6 Feb 2007 at 16:13

I have tried anapod in the past - thank you

running MCE2005 currently didnt think there was much point installing Vista with only a 7600GS in my 25P

Thanks again