The winamp ipod plugin (aka ml_ipod) is a plugin for winamp. It allows you to manage your iPod from within the winamp media library. It supports all kinds of iPods, from the classic first generation iPods, to the iPod mini, photo, nano and shuffle and everything in between.

Important note: A new style of iPod support called pmp_ipod is built into Winamp version 5.2 and above (and was developed by the former lead developer of ml_ipod). ml_ipod is therefore offered as an alternative for those who find the inbuilt iPod support lacking in features.

New features:

• iPhone/iTouch support disabled by default, because newer devices and iTunes versions caused Winamp to crash. iOS 4 or 3 wasn't supported anyway, due to Apple's implemented protection to keep us out of the game. It can be re-enabled for older devices in the preferences, on the "Advanced" tab. You must restart Winamp after this change.
• some bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.10 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim Bursian

No new features, only bugfixes.

You can download version 3.09 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim Bursian

New features:

• support for iTouch with FW 2.x (experimental) without patching device. Special thanks to a developer who wants to stay anonymous and helped a lot here! Without your help this wouldn't have been possible. This is not yet compatible to iTunes, so don't try it if you still want to use iTunes for your device!!!
• iPhone/iTouch shows "sync in progress", no need to run AfterSync or reboot after transfer
• automatically launch 'aftereject.cmd' after any device eject, if it exists. aftereject.cmd must be in ...\Winamp\plugins\ml_ipod folder and is optional
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.08 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

New features:

• support for nano 4G (incl. cover art and photos)
• photo support for iPhone and iTouch
• full support for new iPod classic 120GB
• photo thumbnails have no black border anymore (just like iTunes does it)
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.07 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

New features:

• sync playlist tree with specially named WA playlists, e.g. "My best / Part 1 / Angel" (FR:2024972)
• podcasts get correct release date on iPod (if downloaded with Winamp)
• warning for incompatible iPhone FW 2.x
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.06 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

New features:

• hierarchical subfolders for playlists
• using the notes feature for playlist folders for older iPod models, see http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=209375
• Move audioscrobbler status dialogs to lower-right corner (FR:1896480)
• Eject Button Failsafe (FR:1940366)
• different resize methods for images, depending on size. (to scale down, BOX, to enlarge use BICUBIC)
• get iPhone FWID from serial string, no need to query registry etc.
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.05 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

This is a minor bugfix release
New features:

• if "[SS]" is found in comment, skip-when-shuffleing flag is set
• hidden winamp.ini setting 'albumArtResizeMethod' for image resize algorithm (default is BILINEAR)
• image format 1020 for iPod 4G (rotated 90° ccw, RGB565)
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.04 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

New features:

• first version for iPhone/iPod touch support, see http://mlipod.sourceforge.net/wiki/IPhone
• new languages: Spanish and Russian
• support for album artist field (new column, transfer from ML, new field in edit dialog...)
• iPod-Tools item: Reset all playcounts to 0
• menu item "Reset play count" (FR:1847740)
• prevent ml_ipod start if iTunes is running
• prevent iTunes from opening when iPod is attached while Winamp is running
• if album artist is 'Various' or 'Various artists', the compilation flag is automatically set
• mp3gain on single songs
• handling of ITMS purchased songs (*.m4p) just like *.aa
• highlight cursor reseting after using "Edit iPod file info" (FR:1744002)
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.03 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

New features:

• support for iPod classic and 3G nano
• full compatibility with Winamp 5.5
• look for coverart in "albumname.jpg"
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.02 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

Caution: To use ml_iPod with the classic or nano 3G, you need to install the latest development patch after installing 3.01. Official version 3.01 is not enough! The same holds true for Winamp 5.5, which changed some internals in the used API.

No support for iPhone or iPod touch yet, sorry.

We started to collect donations for an iPhone now.

New features:

• rearrange playlist order by drag and drop (FR:1742569)
• enable drag n drop of ML playlists to iPod
• enable drag n drop of playlist entries to iPod
• Chinese version
• some more sorting options for SPLs
• refresh album art on specific songs will refresh metadata like composer, comment... too.
• composer field column (off by default)
• composer field editable in iPod view
• composer field is transfered from ML data and may be used in live SPLs (FR:1734522)
• iPod Transfer Log includes iPod name (FR:1744201)
• "Play iPod" Hotkey (FR:1718930)
• enable renaming of playlist on the fly during transfer
• enable hiding of smart playlist name on
• enable hiding of playlist name on iPod
• default for "writeAtEjectOnly" changed to FALSE
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.01 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

New features:

• Complete redesign of the prefs UI (greatly improved usability)
• Photo upload
• Multi-User support (access levels for the iPod)
• SPLs really query the iPod data now, not Winamp's library
• Full video support (incl. video podcasts)
• determine video type by folder
• process iTunes 7.1 DBs without loosing playlists
• option to automatically insert chapter markers to audiobooks
• preserve iTunes podcasts if "handle podcasts" is off (FR:1685435)
• special title formatting (ATF like)
• don't lock MediaLibrary during transfer
• option to autofill on connect
• calculation of remaining time during transfer, based on transfer rate
• preserve chapter data for audiobooks
• option to autoselect iPod in ML on connect (default is off)
• GUI to set option "auto-eject on close"
• holding Shift while connecting puts iPod into read-only mode
• database writing only during eject
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 3.00 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

• convert Winamp replaygain values to iPod Soundcheck values, this lets you use replaygain on your iPod!
• autofill from chosen playlist
• save/restore to/from archive
• recover dead iPod even without archive
• German translation
• keep basic metadata (artist, title...) in transcoded tracks. Makes it easier to recover a dead iPod.
• playlist deletion with Del key, playlist creation with Ins key
• automatically initialize factory new iPods (that don't have a iTunesDB yet)
• much better handling of iPod shuffle
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

You can download version 2.04 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here.
 - Achim

• gapless playback for iPod Nano 2G and for transcoded files
• automatically eject on Winamp close
• individually selectable columns by right-click in the list header
• customized icons in ML tree view (needs Winamp 5.3 or above)
• sort playlists by clicking on column headers (as in the main iPod view)
• option to recover database that has been changed incompatibly by iTunes 7.1
• new column "Time Added" in iPod view
• process the "PartOfCompilation" flag in MP3 files (set by iTunes)
• delete deselected playlists when syncing (FR: 1673539)
• improved error messages during "copy to HD"
• fixed some Winamp 5.33 issues: Playlist SendTo, SmartPlaylist selection for Sync
• fixed: problem with transcoding to LC-AAC
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

BTW: The current status of donations can always be seen on the patch download page. We are very close to the goal...
 - Achim

• new: last.FM (AudioScrobbler) support:
  - global hotkeys
  - special ml_AudioScrobbler.dll plugin (1.1.11p2)
  - last.fm iPod mode: automatically switch to online mode when iPod gets connected, and back to offline when disconnected
• new: special podcast view, has a "feed" pane in the upper half, and the special query is no longer shown
• new: option to remove old podcasts from ML and hard disk during podcast sync
• new: better pref dialog for podcasts
• new: option to inhibit confirmation during podcast sync
• new: option to automatically perform a sync on connect (in "Sync Settings")
• new: option to transfer WAV files without transcoding (with a hidden setting "transcodeWavFiles=0")
• new: albumart folder file spec may contain wildcards and several filenames, seperated with semicolons
• new tool: create archive (iPodData.zip)
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

 - Achim

The "New Year Edition": 

• Transcoding is back! (Only with Winamp 5.3or above)
• "Gapless playback" with 5.5G iPods (not with Nano, sorry)
• extract cover art from audible files (*.aa)
• Cover Art for Motorola phones
• some new menu items for "Help..."
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

A full list of all changes can be found here. Enjoy, and have a great New Year!
 - Achim

Whats New: 

• full Album Art support for iPod Photo, iPod Video and iPod Nano (FR:1241247). This leads to a much bigger installer package, because we have to include some support libraries to convert the image formats.
• Podcast handling improved, using "Podcasts" menu on iPod now; special Smart Playlist named "Podcasts" is automatically created for that
• a lot of bug fixes and minor improvements

A full list of all changes can be found here. Enjoy!
 - Achim

Whats New: (not too much this time)

• fixed: Playlists are messed up with Winamp 5.3 (Winamp 5.3 uses different format for playlists) You should not use any version prior to 1.44 with Winamp 5.3 or beyond!
• fixed #1566002: Playcount wrong during smart sync ratings

 - Achim

Whats New: 

• new: select specific playlists for sync (FR:1401482)
• new: manually select smart playlists to sync (FR:1553102), possibility to copy all matching tracks from selected SmartViews to iPod during Sync
• new: update timestamp and playcount when played in WinAmp using ml_ipod (FR:1168007)
• new: set "compilation flag" if comment starts with "[C]"
• new: added "Eject" to treeitem menu
• new: Format iPod asks for iPod type
• a lot of improvements of the sync process
• a lot of bug fixes (some Winamp crashes, timezone problems, user-specific configurations, iPod alarm function, international characters in playlist names and more...)

A full version history can be found here.
 - Achim

Whats New: A lot of new stuff and bug fixes are included. Please update your installation soon.

• new: Motorola SLVR and ROKR support (FR: 1494468)
• new: possibility to normalize volume with mp3gain for all tracks on the iPod (mp3gain must be installed) (FR: 1505882)
• new: Volume Boost Option (Tags In Database, FR:1115842)
• new: preferences page for volume adjustments
• new: syncing of smart views has an extra checkbox in preferences now
• new: exclude the standard smart views "Audio", "Video", "Recently Added", "Top Rated" in Sync
• new: menu item "Documentation..."
• new: handling of iTunes subtitles
• new: prefixes in comment, [MV]=music video, [TV]=TV show, [MTV]=music TV show (FR:1515642)
• new: iPod Shuffle has simple list view as default view
• new: Italian version (thanks to Vathek, FR: 1511168)
• new: don't create playlist when dropping dirs from explorer if the Ctrl key is held down
• new: sort by "last played time"
• new: dynamically detect iPods on network drives
• new: better options for cleaning up iPod and database

Bug fixes: (for details see http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?gro...amp;atid=644704)

• fixed: string comparisons were case sensitive
• fixed: crash with "format"
• fixed: Playlistnames with apostrophes are garbeled
• fixed: playlists aren't synchronized (since WA 5.22)
• fixed #1518720: winamp stops responding when lots of songs in playlist of ipod and one is double-clicked
• fixed: databases without masterplaylist lead to wrong behaviour (no correct tree items)
• fixed #1512423: video podcasts converted to audio podcasts
• fixed: sporadic crash when "Eject" is clicked
• fixed: unclosed thread handles during copy
• fixed: sending multiple playlists to iPod broken
• fixed: "Probe iPod for lost songs" is very slow
• fixed: crash with "Delete playlist and files"
• fixed: volume boost settings from iTunes get destroyed
• fixed: crash when sending "All artists" to HD (very old bug)
• fixed: crash with prefs page and no iPod connected
• fixed #1509674: "couldn't write new ipod database"
• fixed: handle read-only iTunesDB files
• fixed: live smart playlist sorting by track name
• fixed: on Shuffle, more than F00..F02 was used for music
• fixed: Crash with "Check songs on iPod" and corrupt DB entries
• internal: correctly detect Shuffle iPods on connect
• internal: don't write iTunesSD on non-Shuffle iPods
• internal: speed up filesize lookups
• internal: changed layout of iTunesDB to match the one from iTunes better (order of mhods)
• internal: create a debuglog.txt file

You can download this version of the iPod plugin here
 - Achim

Whats New: This is mainly a bugfix release for bug 1509674: 1.40 was not able to handle syncs for large iPod music collections (more than approx. 2000 songs).

• Fixed #1509674: "couldn't write new ipod database"
• Workaround for Winamp bug in 5.22/5.23 that caused crashes during "Sync ratings"
• Fixed #1505632: lyrics dont transfer
• Fixed #1505969: SendTo always sends to first attached iPod
• Smart playlists from iTunes are marked as "external" in view

You can download this version of the iPod plugin here
 - Achim

Whats New: This is a major upgrade, quite a lot has changed. Too much to mention it all here.
The most important features are:

• Podcast support, Podcast sync button adds/removes only podcasts
• Syncing of Smart ML Views to Smart Playlists on iPod
• Option to fix corrupt timestamps in ML and iPod (older versions messed these timestamps, so be sure to do this once)
• Hotkey "copy currently playing song to iPod"
• New <disc> tag for reverse sync
• "Prefer iPod to Media Library" option for playback
• Width of columns is remembered now
• Create playlist from directory name when drag/drop from explorer
• Handling of video files (*.mp4) for 5G iPods
• On-The-Go playlists finally work, saved OTG playlists are converted into regular playlists with name "On-The-Go 1"...
• French and Chinese version included in the installer now (many thanks to Koniyan and Pierre for the translations).
• and lots of bugfixes, including some Winamp crashes, handling of Audible.com files, playlist handling with Winamp 5.22 and beyond, ...
  More information can be found in this thread on Winamp forums

Make sure to read the release notes that come with the installation! Information about the podcast stuff can also be found in this thread.

You can download this version of the iPod plugin here
If you like it, consider making a donation to support the project.
 - Achim

Whats New:

• Added support for audiobooks and (rudimentary) podcasts, new options page "Speech" to configure it. Audiobooks are recognized by genre.
• Fixed: Bookmarkposition of audiobooks is not zero'ed now
• New options for autofill (on "Sync settings" page):
  • use autofill query independently of sync query
  • do not delete any files during autofill, only fill the empty space
• Fixed crash when deleting song from playlist (broken since 1.31)
• Fixed crash when opening smart playlist query editor (broken since 1.31)
• Fixed unwanted confirmation box on first transfer
• Fixed "Check Songs on iPod" (needed several runs if some files were missing on iPod)

You can download this version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Achim

Although ml_ipod will become obsolete due to Winamp 5.2 and ml_pmp, I still like it because it is more capable (at the moment) and it is open source. So until ml_pmp becomes as powerful as ml_ipod is now, I'll continue to maintain it.

If you like to support that, consider making a donation to support the project. If possible, I'd like to buy a iPod Video some day to improve video handling with ml_ipod.

 - Achim

Winamp 5.2 has been released, which has its own portable music player support. It doesn't yet have all the features of mlipod, but it will hopefully have most of them soon. Also, I wrote it, so I don't think I will be contributing much to the mlipod project anymore. If anyone else wants to start contributing in a major way, get in touch.

Thanks for the support and donations guys, it has been a fun couple of years.

 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Fixed error messages on ejection
• Fixed ml tree items handling
• Fixed size rounding
• Fixed compatibility issue with Anapod Explorer that caused 100% CPU usage
• Updated CVS for easier compilation

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Amir Szekely

Then here are 2 more plugins that might help. The iTunes database importer and the M4P input plugin. These will let you import your library from iTunes (so you don't lose any playcounts, ratings or anything) and play back music purchased with the iTunes Music Store.

Whats New:

• Transcoding of incompatable files
• Full-Album Autofill
• CD Disc number (this will work in Winamp 5.11 and better only)
• Fixed up dragging code for playlists
• Other bugfixes

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Fixed Crash when using the new version of iTunes
• Better Copy to Hard drive dialog
• Better Sync Confirm box, allows you to see/alter whats being transferred
• Fixed re-paint issues when transferring files
• Fixed occational crash on exit

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Autofill for iPod Shuffles
• Advanced naming of files copied to iPod
• Sync now updates modified songs
• Last played and playcount updated when playing songs via mlipod
• Reads play counts from the iPod Shuffle
• Optionally detect "Fake" iPods
• Switched to a better random number generator for playlist shuffling
• Fixed send-to from playlist (and associated length error)
• Fixed hitting Cancel during a transfer
• Fixed ratings sync
• Fixed ipod size statistics

WARNING: PestPatrol has an error where it says that this version contains spyware. ml_ipod is an open source project and contains NO spyware whatsoever. I have reported error this to PestPatrol. In the mean time, don't worry, ml_ipod is 100% malware free.

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Multi-iPod Support. This involes many changes, including:
• Ability to rename the iPod
• Most Preferences are stored on a per-ipod basis
• Automatic detection of new iPods

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Massive responsiveness boosts all round!
• Fixed occasional crash on Clear Search
• Fixed view corruption on edit artist or album

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Basic iPod shuffle support (autofill pending)
• Live smart playlists

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher

iPod shuffles are very cheap, only $100 or so. So lets all pitch in to get one for the project!

Heres the deal: You donate to the project, and I'll use the money to get a shuffle. As soon as I get it, I'll reverse engineer the apparently new database format used by the shuffle, then make it work with mlipod.

Target reached, iPod ordered! Thanks to all donators!

Click here to Donate

 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Fixed crashbug with ratings sync
• Fixed crashbug with Copy to Hard Drive
• Fixed playlist sending not detecting changes to the end of the playlist

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
A full version history can be found here.
This release is just fixing some issues that loads of people were experiencing. I blame the SDK, cause kichik found a problem with it that was causing most of it. ;)
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Sync Confirmation Box
• Update Checking
• Configuration Overhaul
• Faster Transders
• Hides iPod icon when not in use
• Automatic Autodetection
• Added 'Probe iPod for Lost music'
• Added 'Copy to Hard Drive all songs not in ML'
• Added SmartShuffle
• Playlists now are sorted
• 'Edit' button for smart playlists
• An assload of small fixes

You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
Also, some very nice anonymous person donated $50 to me yesterday! I shall do as I said and shall spend it on beer. Thankyou kind sir, I dedicate this release to you.
 - Will Fisher

Just a quick note while I'm hard at work on version 1.11, we have a new discussion area at the winamp forums.
Direct your browsers here: Winamp iPod Plugin Discussion Forum
Enjoy!
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Smart Playlists
• Sync Playlists
• Hymn DRM Removal support
• Last Played date support
• Loads of problems with database reading/writing fixed
• Speed improvements in switching to/from playlists
• Speed improvements in send files
• Loads of small things

You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• Copy to Hard Drive now waaay better with:
  • Runs in its own thread, so you can use winamp while its copying
  • Given its own dialog box
• Added "Randomize" to the playlist sorting menu
• Added "Clear Search" button
• Artist-album view made faster with large music collections
• Times in status now in "d days+hh:mm:ss" format
• Volumes in status now in GB for volumes greater than 1024MB
• Comparing track numbers in duplicate detection, to reduce false hits
• Fixed skipping non existant files on transfer
• Fixed crash on delete with key shortcut
• Other assorted fixes

You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• About in Prefs with changelog
• Fixed dup detection for files with incomplete metadata
• Added Experimental file copy mode which won't lock the ML up during transfer, but causes other problems
• Only look for iPod connection/disconnection when ML is open.
• Send to from winamp playlist works
• Now able to change, view ratings from within winamp
• Small issues fixes, including
  • Right click on iPod tree item
  • Playcounts now synching properly
  • Listviews not updating on eject

You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - Will Fisher

Whats New:

• On The Go Playlist reading (AFAIK not done by EphPod or gtkpod)
• Justins rad fixes:
  • Arrow keys in artist-album view work
  • Send-To from playlist fixed
  • More!

You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - David Serrano

As I am sure you can all tell we have a new layout now. If you run into any problems with the site please let me know and I'll try and fix it asap. Anyway, enjoy :)
 - David Serrano