Status of iPhone (iPod Touch?) support?

Ellipsys · 21st October 2007, 16:45

Hello all. I was wondering if anyone was working on iPhone and/or the new generation iPod support for Winamp? I'm increasingly annoyed that I have to use iTunes to sync my iPhone, especially now that I'm running Vista x64 and iTunes, while running fine, just refuses to let the iPhone be connected since its not a 32bit OS!

Is there any progress being made at all? I'd settle for just managing music, but I'd really like to be able to transfer pictures, videos etc... back and forth.

Thanks.

Rocker · 21st October 2007, 16:58

it doesn't run as a standard storage device. so I don't know if it can be done without a driver being made.

Ellipsys · 21st October 2007, 17:46

Isn't the mlipod plugin essentially a driver to foster management of the ipod style database? (IE, I know iPods are never mass storage devices etc...) Is it just an issue of encrypted or somehow different databases than the earlier models of iPod?

nyp4life · 9th November 2007, 15:32

any update on this? lol itunes is getting more and more annoying for me..

Atticka · 6th December 2007, 23:03

Seriously, iPhone support in Winamp would be amazing.

Coders are releasing apps now that support syncing without iTunes, no reason Winamp shouldnt be able to support the iPhone or iPod touch.

nyp4life · 16th December 2007, 18:27

still nothing on this? please people save us from the evil iTunes...

tuffscott · 21st December 2007, 04:44

Yea, seriously. Is anyone working on this? I can't stand iTunes anymore. Nothing is like Winamp when it comes to management.

iTunes:

homes32 · 21st December 2007, 18:12

the ml_ipod team is working hard on this.

check out this topic

and get the ml_ipod plugin here if you want to help test it. you will need to download the stable release and the latest development patch.

if you really want to help you could call the apple devs. and tell them to add disk mode support to the iphone and the touch. then supporting them would be cake

jammersirl · 31st December 2007, 16:30

Hey guys,

Just thought I'd stick a post down considering the number of people who've viewed this topic.

I did as the above said and downloaded and installed the ml_ipod plugin and then installed the latest development patch on it, and I can manage my ipod touch through winamp 5.51 Pro perfectly.

Good work guys!

Jamie

nyp4life · 3rd January 2008, 16:55

hmm.. got the plugin and development patch on winamp 5.51 and it still doesn't connect to my iPod touch. winamp does nothing after plugging my iPod in.. guess i'll just wait till they finish this project

Hsoj721 · 11th July 2008, 02:37

yea, seriously, F*** itunes. And yes I did not capitalize it on purpose. itunes SUCKS.
to back myself up, it uses quicktime to run. separately.
anyone need other reasons? oh yeah, and Winamp has drag & drop and is Fast.

_bullet_time_99 · 11th July 2008, 12:40

Quote:

Originally posted by jammersirl
Hey guys,

Just thought I'd stick a post down considering the number of people who've viewed this topic.

I did as the above said and downloaded and installed the ml_ipod plugin and then installed the latest development patch on it, and I can manage my ipod touch through winamp 5.51 Pro perfectly.

Good work guys!

Jamie

Yes, it works for me! good work on it.

surgey · 30th July 2008, 05:03

Just to warn people...I found this thread via Google when I searched for managing an iPod Touch with Winamp..

ml_ipod 3.05 does NOT WORK on the new firmware
it will mess up your ipod and you will be forced to restore it and lose everything (god damnit!)

That means if it's jailbroken or unlocked you have to do that all over again, unless you saved the custom firmware that pwnage creates..then you can just restore that, but you still need to load all your settings/apps again and of course you lose all your media as well..

Oh well, I hope this will help to prevent someone from ruining their device so they won't have to go through the same thing I did, heh.

On a personal note I am seriously regretting purchasing this device...I've had to jump through so many friggen hoops just to get it to act like a decent media player and have cool apps on it..and at least for now I am forced to use that piece of garbage iTunes

homes32 · 30th July 2008, 16:01

Quote:

Originally posted by surgey

ml_ipod 3.05 does NOT WORK on the new firmware

this is a known issue that iPhone 3G and iPod touch with FW 2.0 is NOT supported yet

surgey · 30th July 2008, 16:19

Yeah, I read that on the site, but I thought I would try it anyways..
I always do stuff like that :X Anyways, just warning people..

Does anyone know if ml_ipod is still under development?
I mean, the last version was released 4 months ago, and Firmware 2.0 has been out for about a month..It seems as though it has been abandoned, which is sad because I really liked the UI.

Would anyone be interested in starting a donation fund for the developers if they would integrate 2.0 support and / or transcoding on the fly?

Again I'll express my frustration towards Apple for making it next to impossible to have people use their devices how they would like...

May steve jobs die of cancer in pain pain pain!

homes32 · 30th July 2008, 16:31

good idea to warn people here.

its still under development but the lead developer just had a baby so he has had other things on his mind I imagine...

it appears that apple introduced a new complex hashing scheme that is taking some time for the devs to reverse engineer.

heaven forbid we use something we own the way we want to.

logaen · 31st July 2008, 17:37

I'm waiting too ... for ml_iPod support.

For now ... I use TouchCopy

John Roberts · 29th August 2008, 09:29

Personnaly, my iPhone was never detected by Winamp + ml_ipod.
I have found this other iPhone manager that supports iPhone and iPod Touch natively.

logaen · 29th August 2008, 09:32

Quote:

Originally posted by John Roberts
Personnaly, my iPhone was never detected by Winamp + ml_ipod.
I have found this other iPhone manager that supports iPhone and iPod Touch natively http://www.copytrans.net/manager.php

Much thanx John ... look like a cool software!

Entegy · 3rd September 2008, 05:35

Winamp relies on a device mounted with a drive letter. Same with ml_ipod. Attach your iPhone/touch. There's no drive letter! It's mounted as a media device. I heard rumours of disk mode coming to iPhone/touch in later updates, which would allow it to work as a storage and not a media device.

nathan_h · 6th January 2009, 02:10

Been several months since the last update in this thread. Anything new? I REALLY miss the ability to transcode from FLAC to MP3 on the fly when filling up my ipod.

Juanus · 6th January 2009, 02:53

Yes, there has been new information about this. See this thread.
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=301368

nathan_h · 6th January 2009, 04:22

Thanks!

21st October 2007, 16:45	#1
Ellipsys Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4	Status of iPhone (iPod Touch?) support? Hello all. I was wondering if anyone was working on iPhone and/or the new generation iPod support for Winamp? I'm increasingly annoyed that I have to use iTunes to sync my iPhone, especially now that I'm running Vista x64 and iTunes, while running fine, just refuses to let the iPhone be connected since its not a 32bit OS! Is there any progress being made at all? I'd settle for just managing music, but I'd really like to be able to transfer pictures, videos etc... back and forth. Thanks.

21st December 2007, 04:44	#7
tuffscott Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 3	Ipod Touch Support Yea, seriously. Is anyone working on this? I can't stand iTunes anymore. Nothing is like Winamp when it comes to management. iTunes:

21st December 2007, 18:12	#8
homes32 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: MN Posts: 288	the ml_ipod team is working hard on this. check out this topic and get the ml_ipod plugin here if you want to help test it. you will need to download the stable release and the latest development patch. if you really want to help you could call the apple devs. and tell them to add disk mode support to the iphone and the touch. then supporting them would be cake homes32

31st December 2007, 16:30	#9
jammersirl Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 1	Ipod Touch working with Winamp Hey guys, Just thought I'd stick a post down considering the number of people who've viewed this topic. I did as the above said and downloaded and installed the ml_ipod plugin and then installed the latest development patch on it, and I can manage my ipod touch through winamp 5.51 Pro perfectly. Good work guys! Jamie

30th July 2008, 05:03	#13
surgey Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: buffalo, ny Posts: 10	Blargh!! Just to warn people...I found this thread via Google when I searched for managing an iPod Touch with Winamp.. ml_ipod 3.05 does NOT WORK on the new firmware it will mess up your ipod and you will be forced to restore it and lose everything (god damnit!) That means if it's jailbroken or unlocked you have to do that all over again, unless you saved the custom firmware that pwnage creates..then you can just restore that, but you still need to load all your settings/apps again and of course you lose all your media as well.. Oh well, I hope this will help to prevent someone from ruining their device so they won't have to go through the same thing I did, heh. On a personal note I am seriously regretting purchasing this device...I've had to jump through so many friggen hoops just to get it to act like a decent media player and have cool apps on it..and at least for now I am forced to use that piece of garbage iTunes

21st October 2007, 16:58	#2
Rocker Hiding in plain sight (mod) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 9,910	it doesn't run as a standard storage device. so I don't know if it can be done without a driver being made.

21st October 2007, 17:46	#3
Ellipsys Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4	Isn't the mlipod plugin essentially a driver to foster management of the ipod style database? (IE, I know iPods are never mass storage devices etc...) Is it just an issue of encrypted or somehow different databases than the earlier models of iPod?

9th November 2007, 15:32	#4
nyp4life Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	any update on this? lol itunes is getting more and more annoying for me..

6th December 2007, 23:03	#5
Atticka Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 19	Seriously, iPhone support in Winamp would be amazing. Coders are releasing apps now that support syncing without iTunes, no reason Winamp shouldnt be able to support the iPhone or iPod touch.

16th December 2007, 18:27	#6
nyp4life Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	still nothing on this? please people save us from the evil iTunes...

3rd January 2008, 16:55	#10
nyp4life Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	hmm.. got the plugin and development patch on winamp 5.51 and it still doesn't connect to my iPod touch. winamp does nothing after plugging my iPod in.. guess i'll just wait till they finish this project

11th July 2008, 02:37	#11
Hsoj721 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1	yea, seriously, F*** itunes. And yes I did not capitalize it on purpose. itunes SUCKS. to back myself up, it uses quicktime to run. separately. anyone need other reasons? oh yeah, and Winamp has drag & drop and is Fast.

30th July 2008, 16:19	#15
surgey Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: buffalo, ny Posts: 10	Yeah, I read that on the site, but I thought I would try it anyways.. I always do stuff like that :X Anyways, just warning people.. Does anyone know if ml_ipod is still under development? I mean, the last version was released 4 months ago, and Firmware 2.0 has been out for about a month..It seems as though it has been abandoned, which is sad because I really liked the UI. Would anyone be interested in starting a donation fund for the developers if they would integrate 2.0 support and / or transcoding on the fly? Again I'll express my frustration towards Apple for making it next to impossible to have people use their devices how they would like... May steve jobs die of cancer in pain pain pain!

30th July 2008, 16:31	#16
homes32 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: MN Posts: 288	good idea to warn people here. its still under development but the lead developer just had a baby so he has had other things on his mind I imagine... it appears that apple introduced a new complex hashing scheme that is taking some time for the devs to reverse engineer. heaven forbid we use something we own the way we want to. homes32

31st July 2008, 17:37	#17
logaen Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 80	I'm waiting too ... for ml_iPod support. For now ... I use TouchCopy

29th August 2008, 09:29	#18
John Roberts Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1	Alternative Personnaly, my iPhone was never detected by Winamp + ml_ipod. I have found this other iPhone manager that supports iPhone and iPod Touch natively.

3rd September 2008, 05:35	#20
Entegy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 169	Winamp relies on a device mounted with a drive letter. Same with ml_ipod. Attach your iPhone/touch. There's no drive letter! It's mounted as a media device. I heard rumours of disk mode coming to iPhone/touch in later updates, which would allow it to work as a storage and not a media device.

6th January 2009, 02:10	#21
nathan_h Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 10	Been several months since the last update in this thread. Anything new? I REALLY miss the ability to transcode from FLAC to MP3 on the fly when filling up my ipod.

6th January 2009, 02:53	#22
Juanus Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Santa Monica, CA Posts: 734	Yes, there has been new information about this. See this thread. http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=301368

6th January 2009, 04:22	#23
nathan_h Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 10	Thanks!

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