I've had an iPod for years... I actually owned one of the first generation iPods soon after it came out, and ever since then the iPod has absolutely been my portable music
player of choice. I love it for how easy and intuitive the interface is to navigate. I love it for the click wheel, and how that makes it so simple (and fast!) to navigate through a player that can now hold up to 60 GB of music. And I love the iPod for its looks, as well!
But one thing I haven't loved about it since I started using Windows quite a bit is that I have to have iTunes installed if I want to transfer songs to and from my iPod. That's not a huge deal, since I like iTunes (it's really the only player I use on the Mac, and when I use Linux I actually look for players similar to iTunes), but on Windows it's a bit inconvenient. I like Windows Media Player, and since I'm currently trying out a free trial to the Rhapsody music store, much of what I listen to on Windows is in WMA format, which the iPod can't play.
Of course, I still have all my MP3 and AAC files, of course, that the iPod can play, but it's kind of annoying having three music players installed all at once. I would much prefer it if there was an alternate way to manage my iPod, one that would ideally let me use Windows Media Player to transfer songs to and from it, and luckily for me (and anyone else facing the same situation as I am), there is!
The solution to this problem comes from a company called MGTEK, and has the very uncool name of dosisp. I have no idea what that stands for (!), but dosisp is a plugin that allows you to use Windows Media Player 11 to manage an iPod (the USB models only, or Nano or Shuffle). The dosisp plugin supports MP3 files (NOT files encoded as AAC, so watch out for this if you have a library that you've ripped with iTunes, since iTunes wants to default to AAC, even on Windows), with bitrates from 16 to 320 kbps, so if you have audiobooks in MP3 format, you should be fine.
But one thing I haven't loved about it since I started using Windows quite a bit is that I have to have iTunes installed if I want to transfer songs to and from my iPod. That's not a huge deal, since I like iTunes (it's really the only player I use on the Mac, and when I use Linux I actually look for players similar to iTunes), but on Windows it's a bit inconvenient. I like Windows Media Player, and since I'm currently trying out a free trial to the Rhapsody music store, much of what I listen to on Windows is in WMA format, which the iPod can't play.
Of course, I still have all my MP3 and AAC files, of course, that the iPod can play, but it's kind of annoying having three music players installed all at once. I would much prefer it if there was an alternate way to manage my iPod, one that would ideally let me use Windows Media Player to transfer songs to and from it, and luckily for me (and anyone else facing the same situation as I am), there is!
The solution to this problem comes from a company called MGTEK, and has the very uncool name of dosisp. I have no idea what that stands for (!), but dosisp is a plugin that allows you to use Windows Media Player 11 to manage an iPod (the USB models only, or Nano or Shuffle). The dosisp plugin supports MP3 files (NOT files encoded as AAC, so watch out for this if you have a library that you've ripped with iTunes, since iTunes wants to default to AAC, even on Windows), with bitrates from 16 to 320 kbps, so if you have audiobooks in MP3 format, you should be fine.
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