So I really have been digging the Windows 7 beta. However, Itunes does not sync podcasts correctly on the 64 bit version. IF syncing works at all, it takes a while. I had used winamp to listen to my music a while ago, but had switched to amarok when I started single booting linux (yes, I hated Vista that much). Now that I'm back to using windows a bit, I wanted my podcast experience to go flawlessly.
As much as I dislike iTunes, they have got podcast management down pat
- search for podcast
- subscribe to podcast
- download episodes
- sync with ipod
- after an episode has been listened to, delete from computer hard drive
All this can be done with winamp. You will need two things, winamp and the ml_iPod plugin. While winamp does come with ipod support built in, ml_iPod has many more features. The following steps should get you up to speed on podcasting with winamp
- install winamp
- install the ml_iPod plugin (it will tell you it has to remove the built in ipod plugin, this is ok)
- set a directory to save the episodes in
- plug in your ipod
- enable podcast support for the ipod
- point it to your episode folder
- set the query for when to delete old episodes
- Add your podcasts by searching for them in the directory, or adding them manually using their RSS feed
3 comments:
Will this work for other music players (e.g. sansa e280) or just iPods? Specifically, I am interested in the auto-deletion feature, either after a listen or after a podcast reaches a certain age.
not really sure. I want to say yes but you'll have to try it
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