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Title: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: skitzo on July 18, 2011, 11:43:45 PM

Does anyone know of any free ipod touch to pc transfer utilities? I just installed a new hard drive and want to get all the music off my ipod but i can only find trial versions that limit it to 250 songs.

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: Rewind on July 18, 2011, 11:50:00 PM

I did it once before with an iPod classic. You don't need external software I know that. Keep looking on google?

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: skitzo on July 18, 2011, 11:51:31 PM

Yeah I know you can do it with ipod classic but more modern ipods you can't do that. I've been through like 3 or 4 programs already.

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: zimtstern on July 19, 2011, 11:33:43 AM

amarok, ephpod, yamipod.. i remember doing that with poddox.

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: SuperMAn on July 22, 2011, 10:17:35 AM

You don't need any tools to transfer songs from an Ipod to PC.  Just browse the Ipod through my computer, enable hidden files and you will find all of your songs.  The names will only show as 4 random characters so you have play them through Itunes, or rename each one.

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: Cameron on July 22, 2011, 10:42:40 PM

Quote from: SuperMAn on July 22, 2011, 10:17:35 AM

You don't need any tools to transfer songs from an Ipod to PC.  Just browse the Ipod through my computer, enable hidden files and you will find all of your songs.  The names will only show as 4 random characters so you have play them through Itunes, or rename each one.

The only bad thing about doing it that way is it appears as that name in iTunes (as far as I remember, did it a couple of years back), and they all have to be renamed.

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: SuperMAn on August 03, 2011, 03:04:54 PM

No they have the correct name if you play them in Itunes.  If you use anything else you will have to rename all songs.

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: yossarianuk on August 03, 2011, 03:17:36 PM

I believe Ubuntu (and most other versions of Linux) has the ability to do what you want 'out the box'

I use rhythmbox and in Ubuntu 11.04 with an ipod touch - file names are correct...

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: xrichardx on August 04, 2011, 04:38:41 PM

maybe the names are stored in the file and you can read them with a software like this:
http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: SuperMAn on August 04, 2011, 05:02:23 PM

Quote from: xrichardx on August 04, 2011, 04:38:41 PM

maybe the names are stored in the file and you can read them with a software like this:
http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Does this application rename the songs automatically?

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: xrichardx on August 08, 2011, 01:43:03 PM

Just searched a little bit and found this Page (in German):
http://www.tippscout.de/mp3-files-titel-alben-und-interpreten-schnell-erfassen-und-aendern_tipp_2878.html
the 4. point.
Translated it means, you can rewrite the file name, when you load all songs you want to rename and then mark them. then you have to click on "Convert" - "Filename - Tag" or just Press Alt + 2
then you can enter some variables like:

%artist% - %album% - $num(%track%,2) - %title%

and the song / all songs you marked will be renamed in e.g.:

Ben Harper - Burn to Shine - 01 - Alone.mp3
Ben Harper - Burn to Shine - 02 - The Woman in You.mp3

Hope that helped :D

Title: Re: ipod to pc transfer
Post by: SuperMAn on August 09, 2011, 09:10:45 AM

Cool, I will try this out when I get home.