iTunes alternative to upload music to iPhone

[djesteban]

Hi all,

I am wondering if there's a software that I could use to upload music to my iPhone without having to use iTunes?

Thanks in advance!

[djesteban]

Well... I thought I should post the solution I found, since somebody might find this useful.

I am using the foo_dop component for Foobar2000, and it works like a charm; the only annoying thing is that you actually have to install iTunes, which is really unfortunate but there's obviously no way to get around that it seems... at least I don't need to launch it and disabled the gazillions processes it launches at boot time. It even puts coverflow covers if you have external cover jpg in your mp3 folder, pretty complete if you ask me.

All right, hope this will help anybody else who's just disgusted at iTunes like I am.

[MeddleMan]

Hehehe, would you believe it? I think my whole day has been one major Deja Vu. Ok a couple threads up or down from here there is another labelled "What do you think?" This thread is a about a guy who is revamping a program called GT-iMedia (and needed some fresh ideas which is how I got involved). The program is free and despite looking a little too much like iTunes to make you comfortable buddy, it is worth a look and GygaSoft has on their site the latest avaliable version is 3.4.something or rather around that. It does all the things iTunes does (well all the good things you want) and serves as a COMPLETE replacement. If you can get a friend to use it aswell, from what I'm guessing, it also bypasses the annoying sync requirement which otherwise erases your iPod/Phone/Touch, and allows you to just drag and drop, meaning you can get al those songs from your friend w/o shunting them back home on a USB stick.

It's worth a look.

Peace out man.

[Unrealistic]

Double Twist too.

[Boktai1000]

I know you said you found your solution, but since you're on the topic of iTunes alternatives for uploading, check out SharePod - http://www.getsharepod.com/

[conan_2000]

MediaMonkey is a great application that can do this. Much faster than iTunes and has great features for managing large libraries of music.

[blade1269]

I know you said you found your solution, but since you're on the topic of iTunes alternatives for uploading, check out SharePod - http://www.getsharepod.com/

+2

[iconoclast]

Winamp has really good iPod support as well

[Mockingbird]

Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iPod_managers

[david]

MediaMonkey FTW ;)

[:: Lyon ::]

You can try SharePod. Works wonders on my iPod, not sure if it's support iPhone though

[GygaMan]

IF you don't one give it ago to GT-iMedia then I would go definitely for SharePod

[ravisoorya]

Floola supports almost all features offered by iPods including photos, artwork, podcasts and smart playlists!

It automatically converts any incompatible audio or video file so that you can copy almost any file to it. It allows adding youtube and myspace videos with a single click. Now it even makes it possible to keep your Google calendars synched!

Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do and feel free to suggest anything that might be missing.

Cross plattform

Works on any Windows (98 and above), any Mac and any linux distribution with GTK installed.

Portable

Put the application on iPod and launch it on any PC, immediately.

Copy

add and extract songs to and from iPod.

Playlists

Easily manage, import and export (m3u, pls) playlists.

Last.fm

Join the social music revolution.

Podcasts

Join the social music revolution.

Web videos

add files to iPod just copying the page url

Localization

Available in different languages.

Lyrics

Lyric support even on older iPods (3G and above).

Search for duplicates

Easily find duplicated songs on iPod.

Search lost files

Easily find songs lost in your iPod.

Artwork

Add artwork to your songs easily.

Videos

Videos can be added to iPod.

Convert

Convert audio and video incompatible formats

Google Calendars

Synchronize them easily

Export to HTML

Create HTML files containing list of your iPod files

Fix iPod

Did a software mess up your iPod? Fix it!

Notes

Manage notes.

Growl support

(Mac version only) Get beautiful system notifications.

Snarl support

(Windows version only) Get beautiful system notifications.

Music

Play iPod's music.

Photos

Freedom to simply add photos to iPod.

Changes in 5.5:

• nano5G and shuffle 3G support!
• "add this artwork to items in album" feature
• database update when needed
• updated languages
• added scrollbars to smart playlists edit window
• fixed issue where some files would not play entirely after edit operation
• files can be copied over from a network mapped drive

for windows

download

for linux

download

[Growled Member]

I've used both MediaMonkey and Winamp, and they both worked well for me.

[deletedxyz]

Mediamonkey is definitely the best music manager and it supports my iPhone 3GS.

However, it's not free. It's $30 for a 3.x license and $40 for a lifetime license. If you want freeware, then Winamp is the best alternative. It even features file monitoring and is not a resource hog like iTunes.

[medium_pimpin]

Songbird