Getting Composer on iPod from Windows?

You can access Composer data on a Windows iPod in two ways (that I know of):

1. Tag your music with the standard ID3v2 composer tag. Use XPlay (http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay) to add your music to your iPod. The composer tag will be browsable.

2. Inport your music into Media Center 9 (http://www.jrmediacenter.com). Populate the composer tag within MC9, then use MC9 to send your music to your iPod. The composer tag will be browsable on your iPod.

I believe XPlay is $30 and MC9 is $40. In a nutshell:

XPlay gives you a "Windows Explorer" interface for your iPod, making manually adding/modifying/removing music to/from your iPod as easy as browsing through folders on your computer. XPlay also comes with a "plugin" for Windows Media Player 8 and 9, which will allow you to synchronize your iPod with WMP playlists, in much the same way that the provided software, MMJB, does.

MC9 is a direct replacement for MMJB, allowing broad control over the organization and management of your music. You can create playlist (both regular and "smart") and synchronize your iPod with them. MC9 also has many things that MMJb doesn't have, such as ratings, playcounts/last played dates, composer info, video and TV playback, digital image cataloging, and dozens of other "power" features. There's a slight learning curve which turns off some customers, but once you're past it, you'll find that you're in total control of ALL your media.

(oops, hehehe, i dinna even notice what forum it was in. senility is a pain sometimes)