Rockbox : Open Souce OS for mp3 players

Rockbox has released thier new version of thier product which will add the missing zest to all the old mp3 players, every mp3 player company release a new version of thier product, all the older version look pale in comparison. With Rockbox, we can add that missing spice.

Check out why you should use Rockbox at http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WhyRockbox
Download Rockbox and also check if your mp3 player is compatible at http://www.rockbox.org/download/


Also read more on Rockbox at Mp3 Players: Breathe New Life into Your Aging MP3 Player with Rockbox

Manging your itunes Library

An article on code project by one of the readers igalnassi is quite interesting, it explains in simple way how to be manage your itunes libray with simple rating of the songs on iPod, once the songs have been rated as he has explained, a small application he has wrote does the managing job wonderfully by deleting unwanted songs from iPod, identifying duplicates etc.

Download the application.

Read the article Manage Your iTunes Library With Simple Clicks to know more about it.

Tidying up the mp3 ID3 tags

Everton from Connected internet, has written this very useful article on how to add ID3 tags to your mp3 collection.
He details the steps to add the tags using couple of freeware software and iTunes (for iPod).
I found this article very useful and especially the picard tool from MusicBrainz is a great one.

For the steps to add the tags to the mp3's please check the article mentioned above.

Cool and necessary tools for iTunes

Using iTunes throws up a lot of questions.
I have been using iRiver for couple of years, and when I plugin my iRiver, I manually manage the music files on it, drag and drop the files required and deleting and not allowing windows media player to manage, but with iPod, since I am forced to use iTunes as and when I hit a roadblock, I google and have found some cool tools for iTunes

1)iTunes ART importer
This allows users to search for an album cover image of a song automatically.
More information regarding this can be found at iTunes ART importer.

2)iTunes library updater
How to make iTunes automatically scan for new songs added to the your songs folder without you having to add it manually every time, this one I found it to be very useful since I keep updating my songs list every week.
More information regarding this can be found at iTunes library updater.

Deleting songs from iTunes but not from iPod

After getting an iPod (actually gift from one of the clients we have for having delivered the portal), I am totally hooked on it and every day I use it, I am finding different issue and googling for the problem took me to this url, which explains how to delete songs from iTunes but still keep the same in iPod.

The author provides 2 solutions, simple and ease to use (does not need any additional install).

Fixing up your iPod music collection

Found this cool video which explains how to get rid of duplicate entries, adding artwork, tags.
I found this very useful as I am new to iPod.

Video can be found at Cnet Reviews.