A good alternative to itunes? (for my ipod)

[MuNkY]

I like itunes, its easy to use and simple BUT Itunes somehow isnt catching ALL of my music in my music folder, and when i say not catching all, i mean almost HALF (like 4000 songs) is missing on the ipod. I open up the same folder in winamp, and it shows all of them(right around 8,000 songs). Is this something i did in the settings of itunes? if not, what is a good alternative to put music onto my ipod. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[digital_exhaust]

Anapod Explorer is awesome, in my opinion. It's not free, but does ALOT more than iTunes. And for free, Ephpod works.. Winamp will work with your iPod as well...

 

[B. W.]

What format are the songs that aren't imported in? Can you drag the songs to your library?

The newest version of Winamp has iPod support built-in (lite doesn't work, I believe). There's Anapod and Ephpod, which was already recommended above, Yamipod, foobar2000 and foo_dop, and countless others.

 

[MuNkY]

Almost all of the songs are in .mp3. a select few are in .ogg and .wmv (probly like 100 or so songs, maybe) so i know thats not the problem.. i tried dragging them, they show up in itunes when i drag them folder by folder but they wont transfer to the ipod. no error messages or anything.. its kinda wierd. ill try some of this other stuff thanks guys.

 

[phide]

iTunes can be bitchy about moving too many files around at once. Try reducing the number of songs you're moving at one time.

 

[Nasty_Savage]

Delete the itunes library file and re-add them?