I've a 5G iPod, which I manually manage using iTunes 8 on my main Windows XP PC. I've also got a brand new netbook laptop, which also runs Windows XP.
I'd like to be able to download podcasts whilst away from home using the laptop and sync them to my iPod, without wiping the rest of them (or my music) already on the player. Then, on my PC at home, be able to download and sync only 'new' shows that haven't already downloaded.
Would it be as simple as installing iTunes on the laptop and subscribing to the same shows in its podcast library? Some googling found
this forum post, but there didn't seem to be a definitive answer.
Alternatively, is there a Winamp plugin that could achieve the same effect? Do the iPod management plugins for Winamp also manage podcasts? I'm not dead set on using iTunes to manage my iPod on my main PC, so being able to set up Winamp for a music library, podcasts and manual Ipod syncing on two computers would be ideal.
I would preferably like to be able to do this without installing iTunes on the laptop - which doesn't have enough disk space to hold my entire music library.
Google hasn't been much help, although it did bring up this
previous - though crucially different - Ask Mefi question.
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posted by horseblind at 10:15 AM on October 28, 2008