Alternative Software for iPod?

[crofty83]

Does anyone know of any decent alternative software for the Apple iPod Video 30GB? Would need to have podcast support

[sikoone]

Yamipod is free so you may want to look at it. Anapod Explorer isn’t free and doesn’t list podcast support,but features-wise it looks pretty good. I’m considering buying myself. The one thing about the program i don’t like is it has to go online and create a machine-id tying the program to that particular CPU. A friend of mine uses it and loves it.

[Ascii2]

[URL=http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/featpw.php]Anapod Explorer…i don’t like is it has to go online and create a machine-id tying the program to that particular CPU.

I would not recommend the purchase of software that calls home, collects data on the user or his/her machine unless the user wills it to occur.

Think what would happen if you wanted to change your CPU.

[Ascii2]

Does anyone know of any decent alternative software for the Apple iPod Video 30GB? Would need to have podcast support

Software for the iPod device? Are you refering to non-Apple firmware?

I was able to find Rockbox ( http://www.rockbox.org/ ):

Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players. It runs on a number of different models:

Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
iRiver: H100 and H300 series
Apple: iPod 4th gen (grayscale and color), 5th gen (Video), Nano and Mini 1st/2nd gen
iAudio: X5 (including X5V and X5L)
Additional models are in development