Windows Software for iPod

A great variety of iPod software has been developed to really make your iPod "sing". Backup and file recovery utilities are essential, but did you know that you can also use your iPod to record audio, use it as a PDA, a hard drive, a bartender, and a translator? Innovative software allows you to do all that, and more. Many companies offer free trials for download from their website. All the iPod Software on this page is for windows. - Editors

Applian Replay Radio, Applian Technology http://www.replay-video.com/replay-radio/index.php Automatically record radio shows: Recordings can be automatically transferred to an iPod or other MP3 Player, burned to a CD, or you can just listen on your PC. Get the most out of your radio listening time with Replay Radio - Capture Broadcast Radio Shows, Podcasts and XM Radio. - Schedule Recordings with Replay Center. - Find Shows with the Replay Media Guide. - Easy One-Click recording and capture With the release of Replay A/V 8, Replay Radio is no longer offered. Replay A/V does everything that Replay Radio does, plus it includes a superior recording technology, and can record streaming video clips as well. $ 39.95 4 Stars Windows Only

Ashampoo Music Studio, Ashampoo http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/products/php/product.php?idstring=0039 This all-in-one digital music creation and managemen includes everything you need to create, edit and manage your digital music collection: Rip CDs and import CD data, import external playlists in M3U, PLS, ASX, P4U and WPL formats, burn your playlists to regular CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray disc, record directly from all your sound card inputs (microphone, line in etc.) and store the tracks directly as WMA, MP3, Ogg, FLAC or WAV files, and find, move and repair damaged digital audio files $ 29.99

CD to iPod Solution, McFunSoft, Inc. http://www.mcfunsoft.com/ctis/ CD to iPod Solution is a lightweight, fast, and powerful program for digitally extracting audio from CD-roms to iPod. It can extract audio files from CD and transmit them to your iPod easily. Besides, if the CD-rom unit on your computer supports Digital Audio Extraction and has an ASPI manager installed, CD to iPod Solution can directly read the audio from your music CD-roms and store it on your hard drive in either WAV, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis format. Not that this is a bad product - but we believe such functions belong within the catalog program - such as iTune - and not via any addition. iTune does an excellent job of ripping CD, and is free... While CiS offers direct creation of Ogg files, there are Open Source iTune plug-ins that offers that as well - and free. So - why spend money on this product?Well, perhaps do you dislike iTune? It still makes more sense to purchase a more comprehensive solution... $ 19.95

Recording to iPod Solutio, McFunSoft, Inc http://www.mcfunsoft.com/rtis/ Recording to iPod Solution is an easy to use program, without bells and whistles, specially designed to digitize recordings of music cassettes, LPs to your iPod. Of course the program can also be used for sound recording.Want to save cassette recordings of (family) events you cherish to iPod, CD or MP3? or record your LP's and 45's that have been stuck on the attic for ages to iPod? All supported in Recording to iPod Solution! With it, you could record those brilliant sound bites right on your iPod audio player! $ 12.95

Replay A/V 8, Applian Technology http://www.replay-video.com/replay-av/index8_radio.php Replay A/V can record more than just radio shows. You can capture Web Video clips (like YouTube, Google Video, MySpace), Sirius and XM Radio, Internet TV Stations, Podcasts, iTunes and Shoutcast Radio, Webcams, radios and other devices attached to your PC, and more. The built-in scheduler and Media Guide open up a world of new media waiting for you to enjo Quality integrated solution that offers good value for the price. Applian offers reliable support and regular upgrade. Replay A/V 8 is a mature product, the son or Replay Radio - by now most bugs were ironed out. $ 49.95

River Past Audio Capture, River Past http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/audiocapture/ River Past Audio Capture is River Past's award winning audio recording software. Rip audio from your LP, audio cassette, and VHS video tapes. Record TV, radio, or your own karaoke singing. Use it as a universal audio converter by recording from the speakers. Sometimes it is the only way to transfer DRM protected WMA or iTune audio files to WAV or MP3.Record to MP3 or WMA for your portable audio players, or share it on the internet. Record to WAV or AVI so you can use it in your favorite video editing programs. $ 29.95

River Past Talkative, River Past http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/talkative/ River Past Talkative is the easiest way to convert text to spoken audio.With a text editor interface, it is no harder to use than WorkPad. Yet, speech options are readily available for reading or saving to audio.Use it to proof-read your own writing, or listen to news, emails, website or other writings while you are busy doing something else. $ 19.95

iPDA, ZappTek http://www.zapptek.com/ipda/ Who needs a PDA when you have an iPod? Transfer your PIM data to your iPod so it's available whenever you need it; iPDA supports transferring information from Entourage, Stickies, Mail, Address Book and iCal, and web based calendaring systems such as Google Calendar. You can transfer Word, PDF, Pages, RTF and text documents for quick access and reading on the go. You can even download RSS feeds, weather forecasts and news headlines directly to your iPod. We rate it in the middle. Many users have had great experiences with this software. Adjectives such as "Awesome!" are often seen, along with "can't live without"...However others have had intermittent issues, mostly with Mail. Furthermore, bug releases are slow to be made. ZappTek is a small shop and has limited resources - and even Apple can take a long time to resolve PDA sync issues...The problem is that once you've committed to this tool as part of your workflow, you depend on it. $ 19.95

Kainjow Life2Go, Kainjow LLC http://www.kainjow.com/life2go/index.php Swiss knife of data synch,it allows all sort of web-accesibel date and files to be transfered to your iPod: Weather, stock quotes, documents (such as PDF, RTF, Word docs and more). It does backups as well. $ OS X / Windows Data Synchronization

Pod Load, RiotRun http://www.riotrun.com/ Want to grab a bite to eat while listening to music? Maybe you want to find out where the Museum of Natural History is located. Or, perhaps you want to find the three closest clubs for a night out dancing? Well, as easy as it is to download a song on iTunes into your iPod, now you can have a complete directory of restaurants, nightlife and tourist attractions for any major city on your iPod as well. On Demand Information. That is the power of the Podload. Interesting concept that could reduce the weight of any backpack. Price is per City/State pack, starting at $2.99. Value will increase if they end up offering more than the current few American cities and States. $ 2.99

RSS Radio, Dorada Software http://www.dorada.co.uk/ Easy to use tool to download and listen to Podcasts: Expands on the functionality of the first generation of Podcast Client Software to provide a sophisticated yet easy to use application with many advanced features It works, it does not crash, and has no malwares included... Yet we find it had to get excited about RSS Radio when other products look better and are either cheaper or free. $ 17.49 3 Stars Windows Only Data Synchronization

MarkAble, iPodsoft http://www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.php?n=MarkAble.HomePage Markable gives you the ability to convert recordings from many audio formats including MP3, WAV, and Audio CD into an audiobook format your iPod will understand. $ 15

River Past Audio Converter, RiverPast http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/audioconverter/ Easy-to-use, fast, and powerful batch audio conversion and extractor software: Convert from Dolby Digital AC-3, Apple AIF (AIFF/AIFC), Monkey audio APE, Unix AU, FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec), MP3 (MPEG Layer-3), M4A (MPEG-4 Audio), MKA (Matroska Audio), MPA (MPEG-1 Audio), MPC (MusePack/MPEG Plus), OFR (OptimFROG), OGG Vorbis, RealAudio RA/RAM, SD2 (Sound Designer 2), SND, TTA (The True Audio encoder), WAV and WMA (Windows Media Audio). It can also extract audio from mobile phone 3G video (3GPP/3GPP2), ASF (Advanced Streaming Format), AVI, VCD DAT, DivX, DV, IVF, MKV (Matroska Video), QuickTime MOV, MP4 (MPEG-4 video), MPG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video), RealMedia RM, OGM (OGG Media), DVD VOB, WMV (Windows Media Video) and XviD $ 29.95

River Past Wave@MP3, River Past http://www.riverpast.com/en/prod/waveatmp3/ River Past Wave@MP3 is a simple and FREE software which converts between MP3 audio and WAV file.Select the file to convert from, and click on "Convert". It is that simple.

Amadis DVD to iPod Converter, Amadis Media http://www.amadis-soft.com/dvd_to_ipod.htm Amadis DVD to iPod Converter is an powerful and easy DVD iPod ripper application for converting DVDs to Apple iPod movie and video with excellent output quality. You can enjoy your favorite DVD on your iPod as a portable DVD Player. With integrated advanced MPEG4 encoder, it is faster than other DVD iPod Converter software, and just a few clicks is enough. Amadis DVD to iPod Converter supports batch file processing. You can check the chapters or videos you want to convert and convert them one by one, alse can select any audio track and subtitle as you want. $ 31.95

Amadis DVD to iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4/AVI Converter, Amadis Media LLC http://www.amadis-soft.com/dvd_to_mp4.htm Amadis DVD to iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4/AVI Converter is an powerful and easy DVD MP4 ripper application for converting DVDs to MP4 movie and video with excellent output quality. It can convert DVD to iPod video, PSP video, Mobile video, PC mpeg4 video and so on. You can enjoy your favorite DVD on your iPod, PSP, Mobile, etc. With integrated advanced MPEG4 encoder, it is faster than other DVD MP4 Converter software, and just a few clicks is enough. Amadis DVD to iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4/AVI Converter supports batch file processing. You can check the chapters or videos you want to convert and convert them one by one, alse can select any audio track and subtitle as you want. $ 39.95 3 Stars Windows Only File Converter - Video

DivX to iPod, Acala http://www.cutedvd.com/html/divx_to_ipod.html Convert DivX/XviD/AVI/MPEG/VOB video to iPodAcala DivX to iPod is a professional mp4 converter software, it design for anyone who wants to enjoy the most pop movies from internet on iPod. Acala DivX to iPod is able to convert divx, xvid, avi, mpg, mpeg, vob, vcd, svcd to Apple iPod MP4 files, with fast speed and hight quality. It is a one-click solution program. It also supports Automatically Shut down your computer after the conversion had been done. it means you can just go to sleep or have a cup of coffe, Let your computer do all the jobs and automatically shutdown when all jobs are done. And its preview and edit function make you edit the video easily! $ 29.95

DVD iPod Ripper, Acala http://www.cutedvd.com/html/dvd_ipod_ripper.html Acala DVD iPod Ripper is a intuitive to use program which convert your DVD movies to iPod movies. The build-up enhanced encoder deep compress output min files with high speed and lossless movie quality. It is a one-click solution program. It also supports Automatically Shut down your computer after the conversion had been done. it means you can just go to sleep or have a cup of coffee, Let your computer do all the jobs and automatically shutdown when all jobs are done. And its preview and edit function make you edit the video easily! Good value, quality encoing at a fair price. $ 34.95

iPod Video Converter, Amadis Media http://www.amadis-soft.com/video_to_ipod.htm Amadis iPod Video Converter is a powerful video convert tool for playback on iPod. It can convert almost all video formats, e.g. DivX, XviD, AVI, WMV, MPG, MPEG, ASF, RM, RMVB, MOV, ASX, SVCD, VCD format. It can provide batch file convert. At the same time, you can also select the video and audio parameter e.g. framerate, image size and so on as you like. $ 24.95

Ivy Video Converter, iPodsoft http://www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.php?n=Ivy.HomePage Ivy is a video converter that can download videos from many popular online video sites and convert it for your iPod. $15.00

M2Convert for Apple iPod, M2 Solutions, Inc http://www.m2solutionsinc.com:80/ipod-converter.htm M Convert for iPod converts DVDs and multimedia files from any supported format (including AVI, ASF, WMV, MOV, MPG, MPEG, AVC, OGG, MP4, DivX, IFO, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC and more) to Apple iPod compatible format using H.264 or MPEG-4 compression, with the option of inserting them directly into your iTunes library. Now you can convert and compress your multimedia files* and watch them on the go!* Supported input formats: AVI, ASF, WMV, MOV, MPG, MPEG, AVC, OGG, MP4, DivX, MP1, MP2, IFO, DIC, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, AC3, Vorbis and more.M Convert for iPod now offers full TV resolution! Use your iPod as a video library to store your videos and DVDs. Then connect to your TV to watch whenever you want! $ 29.99

MOVAVI ConvertMovie, MOVAVI http://movavi.com/convertmovie/index.html ConvertMovie is a simple yet smart and powerful video converter. With ConvertMovie, you can easily convert between all popular video formats, save your video and DVD for iPod, PSP or mobile phone, join multiple video files into one, rip your DVDs and extract soundtracks from your video files. $ 34.95

Movavi DVD to iPod, MOVAVI http://movavi.com/dvdtoipod/index.html Movavi DVD to iPod is a one-click solution to quickly convert DVD and videos of different formats to play on your iPod. And even more: DVD to iPod converts DVDs for new 30G/80G video iPods, to MPEG-4 with the resolution 640*480! DVD to iPod provides ready-made presets and is unbelievably easy-to-use. It saves your time and is ideal for frequent travelers and all iPod fans! **The Personal license entitles you to use the program only for non-commercial purposes in a non-business, non-commercial environment (e.g., at home). Movavie offers slick products with well-designed interfaces, and this is no exception. DVD to iPod does not try to be a jack of all trades: It does a single job, but does it very well. $ 29.95

Softer DVD Ripper Platinum, iSofter http://www.isofter.com/dvd-ripper-platinum.htm iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum is design for backup your favorite DVD movie to your computer by converting DVD to AVI, DivX, XviD, VCD, WMV, MPEG4 format video files, with almost same quality, but just only 10% size.It also support ripping MTV, music DVD to MP3 audio, you can listen to your favorite movies on your iPod now! $ 39.95

iGadget, iPodsoft http://www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.php?n=IGadget.HomePage iGadget replaced iPod agent and lets you get your music off your iPod as well as putting your contacts, emails, RSS feeds, podcasts and more onto it. Great functionality at a low price, will benefit your iPod toolbox. There are minor glitches and limits we would like to see expanded to grant it a 5-star rating, such as being locked in using Outlook as mail client to sync. $ 15.00

iPod Access, Findley Designs, Inc http://www.drewfindley.com/findleydesigns/ipodaccess/index.html Application for copying songs from your iPod back to your Macintosh. Unlike some other iPod applications on the market today iPod Access utilizes the iPods internal database to display song information. By using the database song listings can be displayed instantly, playlist data can be viewed, and songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store can be displayed properly. Other applications must fetch song data from each song individually, making them extremely slow and incompatible with file formats other than regular MP3s. $ 19.99 OS X / Windows

iPod Music Liberator, Zelek Software http://www.zeleksoftware.com/products.htm Allows users to copy music directly from their iPod to any computer, filling in a missing feature of iTunes. You see, iTunes only allows for a one-way transfer of music from your computer to your iPod. But what if you want to move music to another authorized computer? What if you want to make a backup of your music? What if your computer crashes and you lose all of the music on your computer? What if you buy a new computer and need to move your music? What if ... ? Use the iPod Music Liberator for all of your iPod music copying needs. Not a bad program, but faces good competition from others that are either cheaper or free.Furthermore, for something called 'Liberator" the registration requests are very aggressive. Price issue has been recognized by Zelek and they offer a comb deal on their web site: A discount of up to 50% is available on purchasing multiple licenses. $ 15.00 OS X / Windows File Transfer

Anapod Explorer, Red Chair Software http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/ napod Explorer is composed of Anapod Explorer itself, Anapod CopyGear, and Anapod PhotoSync. Anapod is the most advanced Windows iPod software available, offering iPod management through full Windows Explorer integration under My Computer, easy drag and drop iPod transfer and iPod backup, PDA function support, photo and video transfer, web page interface access to your iPod through a built-in web server, powerful search and reporting capabilities using a built-in SQL database, and much more, all in one compact package. Multiple versions available, from $20 to $30.

iTSync, iTSync Software http://www.itsyncsoftware.com/itsync.htm iTunes library and folder synchronizer, duplicate and dead file eliminator

aPodder, aPodder.org http://www.apodder.org/ A free client designed for the visually impaired.Podder is maintained and enhanced by Dr. Susan L. Gerhart (vita). Dr. Gerhart offers podcasting and web search analysis services through Research Outlet and Integration using the twURL application. Considering that a great number of software for the iPod essentially duplicate each other's functionality, anything innovative is good.When that innovation also serves a valuable social purpose, it cannot be ignored. For people all around the world, what we take for granted is anything but: Sightless or semi-sightless people face a daily challenge doing things we do without even thinking.There is some dark humor in saying this product does not look as good as it could. However it works, and works well. It deserves our support, if only because there is no way to predict if we may need it tomorrow. $ 0

Dekart Private Disk Multifactor is a volume-based, on-the-fly disk encryption application, which enhances the strong NIST-certified AES 256-bit encryption algorithm with a second and third biometric authentication factor a smart card or token, and a biometric device.It is possible to use only two authentication factors, namely a PIN code protected USB token or smard card, used to store all necessary data to decrypt the encrypted data. You can at any time decide to start using biometric authentication, the third factor. A solid solution to ensure the privacy of your files, PDM is a professional quality product with good functionality. The main drawback is the price. $ 79.00

DOT.TUNES , Dot-Tunes, LLC http://www.dotpod.net/ Web server application that supports mp3, AAC, aiff, .wav, mpeg, mp4, and .mov files, allowing you to share your iTunes library contents with your friends in other cities, your classmates across the dorm or the coworkers scattered throughout the building.DOT.TUNES contains a custom web server designed specifically to serve the audio tracks from your iTunes at lightning fast speeds. Through seamless integration with your iTunes data.Advanced features like podcasting and RSS feeds allow your subscribers to easily stay up-to-date with your latest adventures. Whether you're making new music by the hour, doing bad pop karaoke in your living room or working on a video diary of your cat, keeping your friends in the loop is as easy as one click. Good application that makes it easy for you to share your music library on a local networkHowever the interface is rather clumsy and could benefit from a redesign. It becomes even more difficult to use as your library expands, as adding files to your shared list has you jumping throuh hoops. $ 30

iPresent It, ZappTek http://www.zapptek.com/ipresent-it/ Who needs a laptop to give a presentation? Make your next pitch using your iPod. With iPresent It you can convert your PowerPoint and PDF presentations into slideshows that are synced with your iPod. Never carry a laptop into a presentation again; it's all on your iPod! Keynote 2 lets you export presentations in JPG format, and thus makes this product somewhat obsolete. But if you chose not to purchase the iLife package, this little tool may be a cheap solution to allow you to make presentations from your iPod.It has a large fan base, and peer reviews are full of praises. We agree. $ 17.95 OS X / Windows

MarksMan, iPodsoft http://www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.php?n=MarksMan.HomePage MarksMan lets you back up old bookmarks and create new ones for audiobooks stored on your iPod $ 12

Pod Secret, Pariahware, Inc http://www.pariahware.com/ Pod Secret allows one to store encrypted notes, medical vaccinations, credit cards, bank numbers, traveler's check, serial numbers, passport, driver's licenses, or any other data that you wish on removable media such as an iPod or a thumb drive for convenient portable access! A RealBASIC program doesn't need to be bad. However this one is overpriced compared to other such solutions, is limited in functions, and is bloated in size.Look elsewhere... A free solutions could be as easy as an encrypted image file! $ 29.95 OS X / Windows

BitCast, Bitcast http://www.bitscast.com/software/ A RSS reader/database/aggregator, a podcast receiver/player and now p2p enabled. Supports both iPods and Microsoft Media PlaysForSure devices. THis little freeware application is not bad at all. 100% free of viruses and adwares/spyware, quite an important consideration, it offers a wealth of funtions. $ 0

Juice, The Juice team http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php Cross-platform podcast receiver. Lets users select and download shows and music and to play whenever they want. Easy to use and simple to understand, it may not be the best looking product out there but it gets the job done well enough. Very good value. $ 0.00

NIMIQ, Ed Alkema http://www.nimiq.nl/ Easy Podcast client for Windows that syncs with with iTunes and Windows Media Player and supports BitTorrent downloads. Exmplary support from the creator of this podcast clients makes it stand above the rest. Not to menton features such as Bittorrent Support and supports for all sorts of enclosure types.

A simple, free tool that lets you listen to podcasts directly. Podcast Amp allows you to listen to Podcasts from your desktop, nothing fancy, but at least you don't have to install an "aggregator" then download the Podcast and then open the file in another program.Podcast Amp plays the Podcast immediately so you can check out a Podcast before you decide to subsc Definitely a beta tool for moderate to advance users, but it provide much needed functionality for a "quick and dirty" scan of podcasts.In the creator's words:"Podcast Amp was developed basically for me... since I think a lot of the podcast software is kinda cumbersome, and a lot of Podcasts out there suck. I just wanted a way to check out some Podcasts and see what's out there before "subscribing" and downloading to my iPod." $ 0.00

PodNova, Active8 http://www.podnova.com/ Offers a custom version of iPodder that supports OPML and integrates with the PodNova site. Download files into your MP3 Player or iPod. The creators of PodNova are developers which are tied to the podcasting phenomenon from day one. Erik de Jonge wrote the first lines of code in the Open Source project iPodder (now better known as the Lemon version). Robin Jans has more then 7 years experience designing userinterfaces, and was one of the first users of the then called iSpider client which developed on that early feedback. As I write this PodNova is tracking 73,966 podcasts - that's a fair dose of contents.PodNova is a well crafted product from people with long experiencea in creating good products. A far as alternate Podcast clients goes, it's one of the best solution available. $ 0.00

Primetime Podcast Receiver, Lance Robinson http://www.primetimepodcast.com/ WMP, iTunes, AAC bookmarkable conversion for iTunes/ iPod. Allow you to manage podcast subscriptions and schedule automatic scans for new podcasts. Straightforward and easy to use, it makes it simple to add new subscriptionsIntegrates seamlessly with Windows Media Player to assist in synchronizing files. Solid and stable. $ 0.0

Ziepod, ziepod http://www.ziepod.com/ Ziepod is an easy-to-use toolkit to reach and manage audio-based content published through podcasts. $ 0