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XPlay

XPlay - 2.0 RC1

Use your iPod with Windows

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Selected Version: 2.0 RC1
Release Date: 2004-03-01
License: Beta
Downloads (version 2.0 RC1): 193
Downloads (all versions): 32,253

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Product Description:

If you want to use an iPod with Windows, you'll be happy to hear that the much-talked-about XPlay is here, at last.

The Apple iPod is easily the greatest portable MP3 music player yet, created by our friends at Apple. The only downside to the wonderful iPod is that, until now, it was only for Macintosh users.

XPlay is new software that enables Windows Me, 98SE, 2000 and XP users to experience the pride of iPod ownership.

What's new in this version:

  • Automatically restore 3rd-Generation iPods, and the iPod Mini
  • New file types supported: WMA, AAC, Audible, M4A
  • Activate your Audible.com content
  • Genre and Composer categories
  • Dramatically faster
  • Support for play counts
  • New “task pane” in XP provides familiar and intuitive navigation
  • Improved support for international characters
  • Change song tag information on your iPod (MP3 and Audible only)
  • Additional song details available
  • Auto-complete fields in song tag properties
  • Support for album art
  • “Jump To” in context menus
  • Support for Windows XP themes
  • Choose columns in details view
  • New “Thumbnails” view under XP, and improved Tile view in XP
  • Summary information available based on: Albums, Artists, Composers, Genres, and Playlists

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 98

Additional Requirements:

  • Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
  • 7MB HDD space
  • Apple iPod software 1.1 or newer
  • FireWire or USB connection

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XPlay Reviewwhat a pain - Version: 2.2.8, 3/23/2007 12:33PM PST

mac46
I guess it does what its supposed to, what would be a fairly good program is marred by the PITA updates,compatibility issues with versions of iPods, god help you if you need to reinstall this and you didn't pay the $4.95 download tax...
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XPlay CommentaryA lot of questions... - Version: 1.0, 4/30/2004 07:39AM PST

CambAngst
I've been using XPlay to listen to music on my Mac-formatted iPod through my PC since the early beta versions. Over that time, I've had an interesting love/hate relationship with the product.
I love XPlay when it works:
- My iPod mounts flawlessly and I can play all MP3's via WMP.
- I've used Xplay with Win98, Win2K and WinXP, all with good results.
- The speed of the app has improved dramatically over time.
There are also soem bad things that people should be aware of:
- Every time Apple updates the iPod firmware, Xplay breaks.
- When Apple updates iTunes, Xplay breaks ~ 50% of the time.
- It typically takes anywhere from 1 to 5 days for MediaFour to update Xplay after such a change.
- XPlay doesn't add the capability to play any file that WMP couldn't play by itself. Ergo, you can't listen to Protected-AAC files through your PC.
- Once version 2.0 of Xplay was released, support for version 1 was killed immediately. Since Apple issued an iPod firmware update less than 2 months after Xplay 2.0 came out, many people who bought version 1 less than 6 months ago are being forced to buy a $15 upgrade to version 2.0. Not even Microsoft is this brutal.
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XPlay CommentaryBe wary... - Version: 2.0 RC1, 4/23/2004 06:17PM PST

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Swampthing
Not so sure about this app. After installing it, Xpod immediately wiped all the songs from my iPod and replaced it with "sample music" crap. Fortunately I had all my music backed up on my Mac, so I just reloaded it. I thought this app would allow me to extract all the tunes from my iPod and place them in a folder for iTunes Windows to read... but halfway through it said "Not all could be transferred." Perhaps the instructions weren't clear or perhaps it was a difference of Mac vs PC iPods, dunno yet.
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