iPod sofware for Windows

New Morpheus with BitTorrent support adds podcast searching and publishing to its popular P2P file-sharing and search application. Morpheus makes it easy to burn CDs or transfer audio and video files to your iPod or MP3 player. Morpheus' set of features makes it simple to search, discover, download, and play all types of media files including MP3 audio, music, movies, videos, games, photos, and documents. Search multiple P2P networks including the Neo Network, Gnutella and BitTorrent to find rare and unique content you can't find elsewhere.

Licence: Free

dBpoweramp Music Converter nicknamed the Swiss knife of audio: Digitally rip audio CDs, Convert effortlessly between audio formats, extend Windows shell, Edit ID Tags. CD Ripper: secure, fast and supports AccurateRip, making it the only choice when ripping cds. CD details and extended information such as label, rating, composer and album artwork are retrieved from All Media Guide. Convert: effortlessly between audio formats whilst preserving ID tags. Practically every audio type supported, including mp3, mp4, m4a (iPod & iTunes), Windows Media Audio (WMA), OGG Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless, Wavpack, Monkey's Audio, and FLAC (from Codec Central). A broad range of DSP effects including ReplayGain Normalization, Graphic EQ, Fade. Windows Integration: audio info tips and columns. Advanced ID tag editing.

Licence: Free to try; $18.00 to buy

iTunes, the award-winning digital-jukebox software, is now available for Mac and Windows. The iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store as Mac users, with the same music catalog, the same personal-use rights, and the same 99-cents-per-song pricing. With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog now offers more than 1,000,000 songs. Features include a free download with no hidden charges for extra features, MP3 and pristine-quality AAC-encoding from audio CDs, smart playlists, more than 250 free Internet radio stations, and the ability to burn custom playlists to CDs and MP3 CDs, to burn content to DVDs to back up an entire music collection, and to share music via Rendezvous over any network, cross-platform.

Licence: Free

MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library. It includes a CD ripper, CD/DVD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and manual or automated playlist editors for creating music mixes. Its player automatically adjusts volume levels so that you don't have continually fiddle with the volume control and supports hundreds of Winamp plug-ins and visualizations; or if you prefer, it can use Winamp as the default player. It also includes portable audio device synchronization that allows you to quickly synch tracks and playlists with iPods, MP3 Phones, and other portable audio devices.

Licence: Free; Paid upgrade available

RealPlayer 10 is better for your Mac than ever. Watch near DVD-quality video, view video clips in full-screen theater mode, optimize your sound with our graphic equalizer, play Quicktime files. The free RealPlayer 10 behaves just like your other Mac applications and is the first product that integrates Real's revolutionary new Harmony technology. RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices, including the Apple iPod. RealPlayer is the only digital-media player you need for finding and downloading new music, playing and managing audio and video clips, and taking your digital entertainment with you. RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand.

Licence: Free