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Not in the mood of using EphPod? (Are their any specific reasons why you’re not going with EphPod, or do you just not want to install any new programs, and since you use Winamp to listen to music, you got the plugin?)

Posted by Dan on 27 May 2005 @ 1pm

I’ve always liked Winamp. I actually installed it just for this plugin. Before this, I’ve been using iTunes for quite sometime. I haven’t looked at EphPod in awhile, so it won’t hurt to check that out. But for now, I suppose I’m deep into testing ml_ipod further.

Posted by Bryan on 27 May 2005 @ 2pm

Back to iTunes

I can’t ml_ipod to work smoothly. The live smart playlists wasn’t working out, and the smart playlists weren’t matching up in the iPod and Winamp. Also, importing the iTunes database didn’t correctly import the last played time…

Posted by All Narfed Up on 27 May 2005 @ 7pm

i’ve been using it for about half-year now…i don’t have any iTunes-bought tracks, so maybe it’s easier, but there is that iTunes DB import function in there as well to help transfer your library over.

i love it, as:
1) i don’t need to run iTunes anymore, which is a resource hog, even if you haven’t launched it (e.g., all these background processes)
2) it syncs faster
3) WinAmp has plugins so i can customize the pc-side of playback all i want

yeah, live smart playlists are my only gripe. they don’t work that well. the only way they work fine is if you keep the Search Params very simple. Use the Simple Editor and you can create some simple queries, like “Genre is” or “Rating is above or equal” or “Playcount is”.

i’m happy with it though. I also haven’t yet upgraded to WinAmp 5.2 (i have 5.1.x) , which has iPod support built-in. I don’t think it has all the functionality that ml_ipod has, so it’ll take a few more versions before I switch over.

Posted by schav on 6 May 2006 @ 9am