How to transfer music and video from iPod to iPod？

[Stephanis]

Many people own more than one iPod, iPod 2 iPod is a program that allows you to transfer your music and video between them. Until now this hasn't been possible without losing all your existing songs. iPod 2 iPod gives you the power to take control of your music collection.

This guide will be helpful to the iPod Players that Transfer Songs Between iPods.

Step 1: Minimum installation

Ensure your computer meets the minimum installation requirements.

To see more information about iPod2iPod from here:

http://www.dvd-video-converters.com/ipodco.../ipod2ipod.html

Step 2: iTunes

Although iPod 2 iPod will detect and automatically close iTunes...

We do not recommend attempting to run iPod 2 iPod while iTunes is running.

Step 3: Start

Download iPod 2 iPod here

When iPod 2 iPod first starts it appears as follows:

Connect your first iPod device via either USB/Firewire connectors.

It will take iPod 2 iPod approximately 15 seconds to auto detect then display the music from your first iPod.

Your first iPod is identified as a 'tab' on both the left and right sides of the screen.

Step 4: The Right Click Menu

Use the "Right Click" menu to carry out a range of actions on the individual song tracks.

To initiate this menu place the cursor over the music list and click on your right mouse button.

Play Enables you to listen to the currently selected track.

Show All Shows all music on your iPod. Useful when viewing songs within playlists.

Select All Songs Selects all music within the song list.

Select Similar Songs Selects all songs matching the text in the first column.

Find Duplicate Songs Finds duplicate music on your iPod. You will be given the option to clean-up any songs found, freeing up space!

Find Unlinked Songs An annoying issue in iTunes, the "Unlinked Songs" function helps discover music titles which are no longer associated with the actual music file.

Find Unique SongsCompares the iPods in the left and right panels, and displays the songs which are on one iPod, but not the other!

Delete Selection Removes music no longer required.

Step 5: Transferring music

Select the songs you wish to transfer and either drag them to the destination panel,

or click on the "arrows" to transfer music from one iPod to another.

The way you view your music is up to you, sort by Artist, Genre, Album, or even group similar songs together, then drag and drop them onto another iPod. Quickly find all the songs which are present on one iPod but not another, and transfer the ones you are missing.

It is easy to end up having duplicate songs on your iPod, iPod 2 iPod tracks these duplications and allows you to remove them in seconds. It also optimizes storage space on your iPod allowing you to store more songs!

[Boris]

:0 Who would want to pay $39.95 for the iPod 2 iPod software referred to above

....................... when you can get this equivalent bit of software for transferring files from iPod to PC for FREE ? :) :) :)

iPod Getter - Freeware

A simple software application to extract tracks from iPod music players back to host computer.

Key features of "iPod Getter":

· Quickly open and display the content of the iPod database with many commonly used fields;

· Sort database view by any of the fields;

· If needed, view only the first few tracks from the database;

· Define the output filename of the extracted tracks using easy to understand templates;

· Extract one or many files in one operation;

· No complicated installation - simply unzip the program and run from any directory; very intuitive interface; and fast extract operation.

I don't have an iPod - but this works !

- tried by 2 of my friends because it was recommended by MicroMart magazine

- ranked No. 4 in their top 44 Open Source applications review of 29/8/07

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/iPod...load-65833.html