Talk:Comparison of iPod managers

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[edit] Flagrantly inaccurate!

Since when does iTunes allow extraction of music from the iPod? The whole point of the "sync to iPod system" is to try to enslave the iPod to iTunes, and to prohibit the copying of tracks from one computer to another via iPod. You can only sync iTunes with an iPod, not an iPod with iTunes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.225.91.186 (talk) 16:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Since version 7.0. It only works for extracting FairPlay purchased songs from an iPod onto the PC/Mac, and you must then authorize that computer with iTMS as one of the 5 machines that are allowed to share a single iTMS user account. Any non-purchased songs will be wiped from the iPod, and the iPod will thenceforth be synchronized with the new computer's library instead of its original computer. Goosnarrggh 16:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rockbox firmware missing?

Does anybody else thinks this list lacks for "Rockbox"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.160.81.87 (talk) 05:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Foreign characters?

Why is there no information on foreign character support? From this discussion, I can see that such a column was included at some point but was removed and I cannot find it by sifting through the history. Why ON EARTH would you remove such an important fact, even if the information was incomplete, and why was it not restored???

[edit] Linux?

Uh, why don't we see any Linux comparisons here? I know of at least one, that is gtkpod. Maybe it's the only one available for Linux, but it should still be listed here as it is a decent manager. — Jeremy | Talk 04:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extract foreign (russian) titles

Why is there a whole column for "Extract foreign (russian) titles"? What's so special about Russian as opposed to Japanese, Chinese, Arabic...? HenryFlower 22:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Russian text is all I've tested any of them with. I'm not sure if other languages would be supported so thats all I can say for sure. A better term like 'non-unicode' would work better if it were true. All I know is that foreign character support is important. Corktin 08:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean by extract? Do you mean display? In this case, iTunes since version 6.0 if not earlier has been able to display my Russian songs as well as some random Norwegian songs. Am I misunderstanding the column?

Changed to Non-English

[edit] How is this in any way neutral?

I cant see how the ratings of good/fair/poor are neutral. Unless this is from a third party source (which has not been listed and that in itself may be an issue) Mising Media monkey

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[edit] Suggestions

The name of the different columns are not very intuitive. For example, what does "Import into iTunes" mean? or "Extract Music"? Either renaming, or providing a more thorough description below somewhere would be helpful. Also, what does it mean if a box is just white? Unknown? I think that could be indicated somewhere as well.

Keith 15:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


Rythmbox should be added as an option on linux only supported players. I'm running Ubuntu and Rythmbox is auto detecting my iPod, but I have not fully explored its functionality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.188.121.142 (talk) 10:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


Hey, how can iTunes import videos from iPod? I have not understood this functionality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.75.121 (talk) 18:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Windows versions

The Windows table would be much more usefull if it listed which win versions the various programs support. People wanting support for say win98 (which apple itunes does not offer) should not be forced to research each program separately to try to find a possibly useful one. -69.87.204.122 23:33, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DRM'd/Protected AAC music files & videos?

Why not have a column that indicates which players will sync the iTunes Store user keys to the iPod, thus making it possible to play music and videos purchased through the iTunes Store?

This might be useful information for third-party developers who want to know whether it's possible to write an app that can replace iTunes for syncing, but still allow you to buy music through iTunes. It could happen. Brian Tiemann (talk) 21:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] support of new iPod database format?

Wouldn't it be good to have a column display the status of support of the new database format? Furthermore i find it confusing that some managers are explicitly listed for supporting it while others aren't. 81.10.249.154 (talk) 14:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Multiple iPods?

What, if any (or all), of these programs supports managing the playlists on a collection of iPods? -- ke4roh (talk) 00:39, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ipod touch/iphone support?

Should a field be added for touch/iphone support under the transfer features table? Something like itouch/iphone support. I myself am trying to find an ipod manager which supports the ipod touch other than itunes. --EvilMonkeySlayer (talk) 09:25, 4 June 2008 (UTC)