At last I have found a way to copy audio or video files from iPod to any computer. You don’t need to install anything in the computer and also you don’t need to tamper your iPod firmware which may make your warranty void. You can run the program from your iPod itself, which gives you the freedom to transfer files from any computer to your iPod and also vice versa. And before we precede just a line of caution.
Note: Don’t use this program to copy copywrited files. Use this program only for backing up your non copy-writed files.
First things first. You need to download a program called Share pod. You can download the program from its download page. After downloading extract the files from the zip file into a separate directory in your iPod. In order to do this you may have to enable disk mode for your iPod in your iTunes.
Now just double click the ‘SharePod.exe’ file to start the program.
The program will start and then will list the songs and play lists in your iPod. Now select the files that you want to copy to the computer and then click the ‘To PC’ button which is present in the top left corner.
A dialog box will appear. Specify the directory where you want the files to be copied and also select the template to name your file based on artist, album etc. After filling in the dialog box click the transfer button.
The files you have selected will be transferred to your system and once it is done a dialog box will appear confirming the transfer.
That’s it. Your files are now copied to your computer. The program will also generate and import XML file which you can use to import the copied files into your iTunes.
In the similar way you can use this program to transfer files from your computer into iPod without using iTunes at all. But if you are going to do this, then you should disable automatic sync in your iTunes, otherwise the next time you start iTunes it will override all your copied files.
As I have said before (here and here) I was not very happy with iTunes and now SharePod has come to my rescue and now I can separate my iPod from iTunes. If you are still wondering why to use Sharepod instead of iTunes, here is the list of advantages of SharePod
- Ability to copy music back form iPod to computer
- Very fast and small in size
- Requires less memory
- No installation
- The program can be carried in iPod itself
etc.
In spite of all these advantages, SharePod has some disadvantages too.
- Works only in Windows
- No support for podcast. (And because of this I have to still use iTunes for my podcasts)
Hope this is useful and do let me know what you feel about the program.
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AWESOME! Well, so now we can use the iPod on any Sys without installing that stupid iTunes. UberCool.
i have another iPod Video Converter , just i click, you can convert dvd to ipod,cool~~~~
http://www.yaodownload.com/video-design/video/ipod-video-converter/
That’s indeed nice. Thanks.
NagB /at/
Startups.in
old news mate, you should use “podplus”, its even easier and supports ALL generation of ipods
I will agree with tazrespect as far as this being old news, I had Anapod almost a year ago. However Anapod and PodPlus are commercial programs, and after paying £210 for a fucking music player, why should we spend that exta $15 just to get some software that should be bundled with the item?
A good freeware or open source program is always appreachiated by me, however screw the lot of it, im getting GTK-Pod for my new version of SuSE 😀
Phil
This is lame, easiest way 2 do it without downloadin n e shit is jus use the search function on your compuet, search in the Ipod as if it was a a hard drive and search for “*.mp3, *.m4a” this will bring up all thoes files in your ipos and just copy and paste them to where ever you wish, simple.
What do u have to do inorder to upload videos in sharepod?
this all sounds well and good but does any of this mean i can copy files from my comp to my ipod without using itunes? [maybe thats a dumb question, but i’m a new ipodder]
@ally_Cat
Ya you can use ‘SharePod’ itself to transfer files from your PC to your iPod without using iTunes.
@Asad
I didn’t think about that. Will let you know once i am find out a way.
@sudar thanks =)
can someone tell me what this error is i keep getting it when i run the exe
“run time error 339 – component comdlg32.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid”
@Pete,
You need to copy the comdlg32.ocx file to the same folder where you are having the Sharepod.exe program. BTW which operating system are you using?
@ASad,
Well it seems that you can even upload Video files from your pc to your iPod using SharePod. But before that you need to convert it to the .mp4 format.
is there any way i can put the pictures on my ipod back to my computer….
@ Shirley,
You can copy the pictures if you have also copied the Full resolution pictures when you first put them in iPod using iTunes. Otherwise I am not sure whether it is possible or not.
Hope this helps
Cheers,
Sudar
is there a website someone can direct me to that will show me how to get the music from my ipod onto my new computer [which does not have the music from my ipod] ?
What do you mean, a different directory?
Best iTunes/iPhone/iPod Transfer for Windows and Mac Review:
http://dvdtoitunes.net/itunes-ipod-transfer-copy.html
here is a step on how to copy ipod to computer.Please connect me.
http://www.ipod-copy-transfer.com/
Thanks for sharing information now i don’t need to worry during traveling
because of such itune i was not able to transfers good songs from my friends PC
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