Re: Plans for EphPod
"Gordon Harris" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:48:10 -0600
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First impressions of iTunes for windows, using 3rd Gen 40gig iPod, windows format, wiped clean, (using Ephpod tools) iTunesDB then manually deleted (Ephpod bug?), 5000+ (30+gigs) MP3s xfered using iTunes. iTunes: Nice interface, especially the layout in "browse" mode. Seemed to xfer mp3s to the iPod nearly as quickly as Ephpod...but that's a guess. I didn't time it. iTunes preserves leading spaces in MP3 title tags (yeah!) which is my only pet peeve with Ephpod. On the negative side...the iPod "skips over the 1st track on playback" problem is MUCH, MUCH worse (boo!) with MP3s xfered by iTunes...(Long filenames?) In fact, it seems like my iPod now skips nearly 1 out of every 4 or 5 tracks. I'll most likely re-wipe my iPod and re-xfer all the MP3s using Ephpod. So...my vote is for Joe to keep Ephpod "alive" or open-source it...I'll keep using it, anyway. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Joe Masters Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 2:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ephpod] Plans for EphPod So, Apple's got their iTunes out, and once you guys have had a chance to test it, please let me know (to the group if you think it's generally interesting, to me if you think only relevant to me) if you think the development of EphPod should continue. I am planning to open-source what I can of EphPod (it depends on several commercial packages, and those would have to be taken out) under some license (still trying to figure out which one would be best), and so if you're interested in helping me do that, I would appreciate it. I know I've been slack in recent months on updates, and I don't want EphPod to be abandonware. --joe ------------------------------------------------------ ephPod Mailing List FAQ and HomePage http://www.ephpod.com mailto:[email protected] to susbcribe mailto:[email protected] to unsusbcribe mailto:[email protected] the mailing-list itself ------------------------------------------------------ ephPod Mailing List FAQ and HomePage http://www.ephpod.com mailto:[email protected] to susbcribe mailto:[email protected] to unsusbcribe mailto:[email protected] the mailing-list itself