Sync iTunes with non iPod mp3 players
I do not know why some users swear on iTunes and prefer to use it as their main software to manage and play their music collection. The biggest drawback in my opinion is that iTunes was designed to only work with iPods and not other mp3 players from different manufacturers. I personally think that it does not really make sense to install iTunes if you do not own an iPod but apparently some users are doing it.
And one of them decided to write a program called iTunes Sync that syncs the playlists in iTunes with third party mp3 players from different manufacturers such as Creative Labs, iRiver and Sandisk. Not all players are working yet but the author is trying hard to implement support for them in future versions.
The software requires only three steps to sync your mp3 player with iTunes. They are:
- Setup a playlist in iTunes that you want to sync to your MP3 player
- Configure your MP3 player in iTunes Sync by giving it a name, selecting an “identification file or folder and selecting a playlist from iTunes
- Now just click Synchronize and watch the magic happen!
Update: iTunes Sync has been updated, you can check out the latest release version here. The program ships in three interface languages, namely English, German and Spanish.
Update 2: Note that the program has not been updated since 2009. While that is usually a good indicator that a program may not run that well anymore, especially since it depends on another program that is updated regularly, it is not the case for iTunes Sync which appears to be working just fine. Note that the program is fully compatible with all recent versions of the Windows operating system.
If you want, you can try an alternative such as Nod Pod which can also sync iTunes music with third party mp3 players.
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The warning message about AAC streams when you load streams is because you don’t have the free Orban AAC/aacPlus Player Plugin installed.
http://codecpack.co/download/Orban-aacPlus-Player-Plugin.html
Justin, thanks for the information.
does this support AAC ? or only mp3 streaming
I’d say it supports all pls streams but I have not tried that so cannot verify it 100%.
Thank you Martin for a most informative and viable solution (it allowed me to play streams from a Netherland internet radio station in my WMP)! Continued success to you!
Barnabas (USA)
Your steps’ recommendation is still valid until 7th October 2012.. Thank you very much !!
Thank you!
You must convert file.pls to file.m3u
because file.pls open with winamp and file.m3u open with wmp.
Hi
2017 still kicking on Windows 7
Thx a ton
Hey, even i can do it, i stumbled through it and it works great! The only instruction advice i will add as i had to figure this out, when the wmp box opens that says save or open the bar on right says wmp click that drop down and select “open pls in wmp” once you do that it will work . Took me quite some time to discover that as i am no computer expert by any means. Having said that, previously i had downloaded codec packages and something about aac. None did any good. This rocks, i listen to a lot of internet radio and a number of them have dropped flash player and getting wmp to work had been a nightmare. So many thanks for this great solution to another problem that Micro-Hell will not even address. Peace- Out
openplsinwmp came in a zip file. I unpacked it, and didn’t find anything that looks like an executable, and even the files in the “doc” folder were in a format windows didn’t recognize. I’m not stupid. you said it would open effortlessly. It didn’t. This a rabbit hole I don’t want to go down.