I just got an iPod of Christmas and was delighted to use it on my PC.Surprisingly as soon as I attached my iPod Windows98SE Recognized it as an Apple iPod Thanks to Maxim Decim USB Drivers.But I couldn't get iTunes on Windows 98SE and after trying several other equvalents(vPod,EphPod).To My surprise non of them detected my iPod Nano, even though it was installed by windows.I checked in the My Computer Folder and sure enough the iPod Drive was there.The Computer recognized it as a normal USB Disk Drive.But every software I tired could not detect the iPod.

What Should I do?

You don't need iTunes.

Use Windows Explorer to copy the files over if you must.

tried it...it stores the MP3's Just fine..but when I browse for the music I don't find it...iPod isn't a traditional Drag and Drop Digital Player, you have do some formatting to the Sound Files Before it is sent to the iPod


Oh Man, that means I have to return my iPod to wal mart

How about this?

http://macs.about.com/od/ipod/qt/ipod_winamp.htm

Now you know why a generic $60 MP3 player is better than an iPod - drag and drop, and it's done.

Meanwhile, consumers are attracted to Apple because of their extensive advertising campaigns

Edit: Here is someone who has just gotten into the same situation as you.

Hello!

"iPod USB driver for Windows 98"
http://www.98-drivers.com/ipod.html

"Guide to iPod and Windows ME"
http://www.geocities.com/mmcfly8888/

"Mediafour Xplay 2"
http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay/


Regards, Roman

I had the same problem, and I found a good solution -> anapod. It is the only downloaded software I ever paid for, and believe me, it's well worth it. I just used PayPal to pay it and that's it. You can download and install a 30-day trial as far as I know, it just has some restrictions. I've been using it for 1 year now and it's awesome.

Try reTune.
http://retune.sourceforge.net/

This is console based program, but works.
And it runs from your ipod, so you don't have to have pc with special software installed.
It handles album art too it says.
I use this to transfer my mp3s to iPod.

- Copy mp3s to iPod, run reTune. done.

nice isnt it.
enjoy

UPDATE-After an extensive research from the provided links(Thank You Everyone) I realized that my iPod was Formated for MAC and downloaded the Anapod Reinitializer to format my iPod and reinitialize it to use on a Windows PC.After that I retried it on Anapod and sure enough it worked...!

Thank You Everyone!

I see you solved your problems.

For others that don't use Anapod (I do, however, use Anapod), You can get YamiPod, which runs on all versions of windows from Win98 through Vista, as well as Linux and MacOS. (http://www.yamipod.com)

you can use foobar2000 (www.foobar2000.org), with the foo_dop.dll component.

you can also try the rockbox (www.rockbox.org) firmware.

RockBox firmware is awsome. It works very well, and it includes drag and drop.

Glad you got your iPod working FoxHound

@ LLXX, I've noticed the same thing. A standard MP3 player (Ie. Creative, Sandisk, generic mp3 player) are much better, not just for drag and drop, but in sound quality too. The iPod has almost no bass response (vastly depending on headphones) but people buy it mainly because of the advertizing, but the reason I got my iPod was because it was the cheapest 4gb flash mp3 player I could find at the time. I would not want a Hard Drive player because its moving parts/can get damaged easier than a flash disk. Thats why I got mine. I like my iPod, but I also like my Creative MP3 player.

Once again, FoxHound, glad you got it working

It's never too late ...
Try with ephPod2

--- HAPPY NEW YEAR --- Bonne Année --

Thanks Reno, I will try that one, even though it works now :)

Foxhound, I know you've gotten your iPod to work, but you might be interested in this software as it may just work on Win98.

Anyway, I've been looking for an iTunes replacement, and I have found a really good program to put music on the iPod with out it. I'm currently using it on my PII 366 laptop (WinXP though) and the software says it won't work with Win98, however the developer said there has been some interest in porting it to 98, so that could be a good thing for some of us (I might be putting Win98 on my PII 366 laptop soon).

Anyway, the software is called vPod, and is available here: http://www.vonnieda.org/vPod/

Can iPode be used on the car with a car kit!?

Vastly depends on which iPod you plan on using.

Regardless though, there are other methods, ie) an FM transmitter or a cassette adapter. These two methods will work with anything that has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack.

There are some iPod specific ways, ie) an adapter that allows you to use the iPod controls through the controls of your vehicle, however, I don't beleive these work with the Nano/Shuffle models.

I'd like to get one with a lot of space, about 20 or 25 GB
which one will be best for me?

The iPod Video with 30Gb is about the smallest you can get right now with a Hard drive, unless you want a flash drive, which the biggest you can get is 8Gb. (iPod Nano 2nd Generation with 8GB - Black only)

I'm thinking of getting one this summer, but I really don't know. I'm not really happy with my iPod Nano 1st Generation. It's really nice looking, but the functionality leaves a lot to be desired. That and the amplifier in it is terrible. It barely has enough power for the headphones I use with my Creative Zen Nano (note the name ) The treble is really nice, but theres almost no bass.\


I don't know about the iPod video though, perhaps it has a better amplifier in it?

www.jrmediacenter.com, thay support just about any media player on the planet.....

sure. be sure you also buy an ipod car charger so you can charge the ipod's battery in your car when the ipod battery runs out. car chargers for ipod was cheap (I recently bought one at ROSS for $5 bucks)

Hey There,

Sorry to pull your Rod back there again, but this is The Main problem I'm facing, I own a Toshiba Laptop and just gotten a new iPod Shuffle 1GB 2nd Generation 2007 from "Santa" and I've been doing some reaserch into the little bugger cause I'm a cheap-skate and won't buy any of The software on the market.

Re-viewed mostly all posts and want to put an end to chasing down software for it. also i don't have much of a clue what will happen when i use this software,

I've downloaded the winamp v5.51 only to find it won't support win 98
httpdownload.nullsoft.comwinampclient...music-7plus.exe

RealPlayer is for XP now

http://retune.sourceforge.net/ (is not specific for the shuffle)

http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/
iPod shuffle Database Builder which needs Python to create and modify

http://www.python.org/


http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/trial.php
is where i found the anapod and the reinitilializer (if your starting from scratch you need to format the thing to suit the windows platform, all other happy hackers who tried installing thier Mass Storage Device E: driver through a USB hub and tried calling it G: need to run it through win XP atleast once to format it...which i did )

p.s. On the Contrary when i took it to my friends Xp computer he already had a nano installed and the shuffle was gettin real s***ty tryin to open the drive while initializing it through iTunes...
so we took it to his Xp Laptop and loaded iTunes there two and it finally worked.

Got the ipod98driver from redchairsoftware too, and it's installed.
because this D*** won't share http://www.98-drivers.com/ipod.html

http://www.vonnieda.org/vPod/
vPod - Free Windows iPod Transfer Utility
Sound great! if only i hadn't already initialized it with iTunes

http://www.wincert.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=57 (seems like a promisimg tutorial)
Windows 98 and iPod - WinCert.net Forums
Go here http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/sup...sist.php?c=9899
and download the iPod for Windows 98 driver file.
requiring ephpod: http://www.ephpod.com/
asks for you to update your firewire (which i can't find)

http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/
Yet another iPod manager - Home
Yamipod looks really promisimng since i've loaded and initialized it once and have one lousy song on it (but i don't know how to make it work as a hard disk)
p.s. will be using 7zip.
Bang, i need iTunes. and quicktime

(all taking as much as 3 days to suck it through a tincey 56k modem)

don't bother asking cause iTunes won't work.

P.s. iPods should be stickyfied

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