[thelist] alternative to Winamp?

[Anthony Ettinger]

--- Ken Schaefer <Ken at adOpenStatic.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-
> > bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Anthony
> Ettinger
> > Subject: Re: [thelist] alternative to Winamp?
> > 
> > --- Frank <lists at frankmarion.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > At 08:05 PM 2005-09-25, you wrote:
> > > >I'm looking for an alternative to winamp
> > > (preferably
> > > >open source or GPL) for windows XP.
> > >
> > >
> > > Not open source, but I love iTunes.
> > 
> > Yikes! :-)
> > 
> > The thing I hate about iTunes is that it creates a
> dup
> > of every mp3 you add to your iPod. I would much
> rather
> > simply copy over the songs/directories I want on
> my
> > iPod.
> 
> You need to look in Edit -> Preferences (when you
> have your iPod connected). 
> 
> I have one iPod that synchronizes everything that's
> ticked (which is what I
> think is happening with you), and another iPod that
> I manually drag tracks
> over. iTunes stores the settings for each iPod
> individually. I have it setup
> this way because the second iPod is an Nano, and
> doesn't have the capacity of
> the first iPod (and so I need to be a bit choosy
> about what I want to put on
> it). 
> 
> Alternatively, just uncheck some of the boxes in
> your library, and they won't
> synch.
> 

Yeah, I have syncing unchecked (otherwise it removes
the mp3s off the iPod that aren't on your hd).

The thing I don't like is the iTunes directory it
creates with what's currently on your iPod (taking up
twice the disk spaces, because it's an identical copy
of everything from your source directory that you
added to iPod.

Anthony Ettinger
ph: (408) 656-2473
blog: http://www.chovy.com

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