Copy music from iPod to PC

I'll give iPod 0 points in this case because it's not easy to get your music back from your iPod.

It's not a secret that all the music files on iPod are in the hidden directory \iPod_Control\Music\.

To see hidden files in Windows XP:
1. On the Tools menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
Note: To access Windows Explorer, click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.

To see hidden files in Windows 7:
1. Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.
2. Click the View tab.
3. Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, and then click OK.

Copy all files/folders from \iPod_Control\Music\ to a folder on your pc.

But our adventure does not end here: the files have wrong names.

Download Tag Scanner and rename the files using a mask. E.g.: %artist% - %title%

Program interface is intuitive.

But the mp3 files may not contain ID3-tags(optional information). In this case you should switch to the "Tag editor" in the program TagScanner and add the information you know yourself. I added authors and titles for only 16 songs(out of 367).

Alternatives:

• Practice in programming and write a little script. For example, using id3lib.
• Use iTunes.