10 must-have apps for using an iPod with Windows

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After purchasing your very first iPod, have you connected it to your PC and used it? Without the appropriate applications, you will find it extremely difficult even to get your player started! Here are 10 must-have applications, compatible with Windows to enhance your iPod experience.

1 ITUNES 8

THIS is where you can get started. Till a few years back, the software was bundled along with the player, but not any more. You can download the latest copy of iTunes + iPod from www.apple.com/itunes/download. Install iTunes and plug in your iPod to your computer. In your iTunes window, click the “File | Sync iPod” menu command. And there you go your iPod is up and running! You can download a host of your favorite album art, subscribe to Podcasts and also download your favorite television show episodes. The only glitch is that the iTunes store is not avaliable worldwide. One advice, keep the “Manually manage music and videos” option checked, or else the songs on your iPod will be reset each time you connect the device to the iTunes. Also if you upgrade the version of iTunes for your iPod, it will not be compatible with any previous versions.

2 ITUNES FOLDERWATCH

IF YOU update your collection of songs frequently, you might lose track of the number of files appearing in your iTunes library. Even if you don’t add files, and you have changed the original location of your files after adding them to the library, iTunes does not search and replace them. To avoid such a big confusion, you can use iTunesFolderWatch. You can download a trial version of the software free of cost from http:// albumbrowser.klarita.net/iTunesFolderWatch.html. You can directly import tracks into iTunes and they can be eventually organized automatically into playlists, making it very easy for you to browse for any new additions that have been made to your iTunes library.

3 ISPROGGLER

IF YOU are perpetually tuned into Last.fm, then this one’s for you. The iSproggler application “sproggles” or tracks the songs that you play on your iPod and the name of the song is added to your Last.fm music profile. The tracks are sproggled from your iPod after you synchronize it with your iTunes. iTunes picks up the tracks recently played on your iPod through the updated play count.

4 ICONCERTCAL

IF YOU are waiting with baited breath to attend concerts of your favorite bands, whose tracks are playing in loops on your iPod, this application is for you. You can download this free iTunes Plug-in from http://www.iconcertcal.com. Install the add-in on your PC. You can view all your add-ins through iTunes visualizations. Select the iConcertCal from “View | Visualizations” menu command and press [Ctrl] + [T] to view it. Type you city and state. And voila! you can view a personalized calendar of upcoming concerts and what’s more, you can buy the concert tickets as well! This application is not avaliable outside a few selected locations in the USA.

5 ENCYCLOPODIA

DO YOU crave for knowledge when on the go? Then Wikipedia.org can come to your rescue. But how can you get a enormous website like Wikipedia.org on your iPod? Well, you can use an application called the Encyclopedia. While it is extremely user friendly and easy to use, it doesn’t work on, with the following iPods, namely 5th Generation (Video), Nano, Video, andHTML clipboard quite obviously the shuffl e (it does not have a display). You can download the application free of cost from http://encyclopodia. sourceforge.net/en/index.html.

6 MINILYRICS

HAVE you always dreamt of having your own karaoke machine at home, but couldn’t afford one? Well with the help of this application, you can make that dream come true. Although you can’t really use this on your iPod, but you can surely use it with your iPod. You can add lyrics to your tracks and then put them on your iPod. If you decide to play music from your iPod, you can relay the lyrics by installing this application on your target computer. For free download of the application visit www.crintsoft.com/dl.htm. You can buy the application (or donate to the website) if you like it.

7 DOUBLE KILLER

IF YOU collect music from many of your friends, this is an absolute must-have, whether you own an iPod or not! You don’t even need to install the software; just extract the contest of the zip file and run it on your machine. You can search folders for duplicate fi les through combination of file name, size, modification date and content and you an then delete them manually or automatically. You can download a free copy of the application from www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller.

8 SUPER

SUPER is an acronym for Simplifi ed Universal Player Encoder & Renderer. With this application, you can convert both audio and video fi les to fi le format that your iPod supports. You can also seperate the music from any video file, if you need to do so. Hence, you can have store your media fi les irrespective of their formats and, eventually ensure that your iPod can play them with the help of SUPER. Free download of theHTML clipboard of the application is available at www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html.

9 ARES TUBE

YOU might have used many add-ons for your web browser so that you can download and view videos from popular video sharing websites. Have you ever dreamt of downloading videos directly for your iPod, that too without any format conversion? Then you need this application. Although you can use an application called iTube to download videos directly from youtube to your iPod, with this application, you get access to over 45 web portals to download videos from. You can download the application free of cost from http://ares.mp3.es.

10 MEDIA MONKEY

SOME people fi nd iTunes difficult to use especially because there are hardly any add-ons for non MAC users. Moreover, the server of the iTunes store is either down, or it isn’t available in most countries. Also, the iTunes player tends to be extremely selective of the media that it plays and eventually saves on to your iPod. You can avoid these issues altogether by switching your loyalties to another application. One such freeware is Media Monkey. It provides you with all the features of iTunes, and is lighter on your system, because it does not run multiple applications simultaneously. Moreover, you can also rip music CDs. The application is free and can be downloaded from www.mediamonkey.com/download.

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