Danny Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 I'm looking at getting an 8gb nano (or a 80gb classic) as i can connect it to my car stereo and control it from that. The problem is i have absolutely no intention of ever using iTunes. Does anyone know of any good 3rd party software?So far ive found Anapod Explorer which doesn't look bad but could be better.Id prefer it just be much more like a file manager than any playlist crap. Any other ones people recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc7r Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Why don't you get a Microsoft Zune I hear they're really good.Then you can use WMP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/the...ties-329507.phpThat might be of some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Then you can use WMP?Id rather stick nails in my eyes.http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/the...ties-329507.phpThat might be of some use.Cheers Jon but not really much in terms of file transfer tools on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 i use a program called songbird, i just google searched for itunes alternatives, plus the fact i was listening to oasis-songbird at the the time, but yeah so far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Yamipod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 songbird is ace.amarok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Nokia 5310 XpressMusic with an 8gb card. Just got one on sunday and its a pretty awesome phone, not much bigger than the old Nano, and one less thing in your pocket. Plus its just drag and drop file transfers. Still has a standard 3.5mm jack socket too, and all the normal mp3 player features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrayvon Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Id rather stick nails in my eyes.Haha what media play do you use out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Haha what media play do you use out of interest?Foobar2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 WinAMP supports it as standard on 5.5 onwards, but there is a plugin for winamp which has many more options such as organising your play list on a shuffle, for those of us with them. Also allows you to connect as many iPods to as many computers so long as they use WinAMP and I am pretty sure you can take music off the iPod using winamp as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis.jackson Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 What is wrong with itunes just so i know cus iv been using it for years and neaver had a ploblem with it.I download my tune and it goes on there right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I used to use iTunes till it messed up on me. I never had any problems with it but some people just like nice clean simple programs without any bloat and are very much to the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jennings Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Stick linux on it. Then use Windows explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 And loose the headunit compatibility. Great...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Out of interest what headunit do you have? I use my sony MP3 player through my headunit (because its sony ) But any drag and drop style mp3 player will work with most USB compatible head units. So don't rule everything out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jennings Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 And loose the headunit compatibility. Great......Ah. You never said that. I love iTunes..... because its apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Ah. You never said that. I did read my first post.Its an Alpine headunit with 'full speed ipod support' whatever that means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 I love iTunes..... because its apple.Dude. Seriously.Being a rather ungeeky, sheltered child, I didn't even know you could use third party software. But as a hater of itunes and most things Apple I may give one of these a go too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Don't blame me if you brick your player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Any change in firmware will loose the compatability between his head unit and the iPod.I'm sure I read that there was a hooky kittle program which let you drag and drop songs onto them. Can't for the life of me remember the name of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 I'm sure I read that there was a hooky little program which let you drag and drop songs onto them.Oh my god! What a brilliant idea!! You mean you could just add songs just like that, I mean, wow. Now why the fcuk didn't iCharlie's beloved Apple think of that?!DaveP.S. That's in no way a sarcastic dig at Haz for what you've written, just me wondering why the hell Apple have to be so retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Danny - have you tried those Alpine HUs? If you can, go to Halfords with an iPod and try it out... I tried one about a year ago and the interface was really slow. It might be OK on a nano with only a handful of tracks, but on my 30Gb 5G it was painful trying to skip through all the artists. It starts at A and clicks forward one artist at a time (you can't go back), so if you want something in the second half of the alphabet, you're turning the knob for probably a whole minute, I shit you not. Maybe they've improved it though. I reckon the best plan is just an iPod into the aux leads and just control it off the iPod. Or if you're feeling clever, mount an iPod dock somewhere on the dash and wire that into the stereo. That's my plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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