iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
This is a big update!
iPod Agent 0.6.2 allows you to download movie showtimes from the internet onto your iPod, lets you download daily
horoscopes from the internet to your iPod, has a whole new look to its song browsing capability, and includes
a lot of other improvements.
iPod Agent 0.6.2 adds the following enhancments:
Song Browser
Browse the songs on your iPod in the same way iTunes allows you to browse the songs on your desktop. Once you have songs selected, you can then choose to transfer them off the iPod and onto your PC or you can create a listing of the selected songs in a number of formats (HTML, CSV, Text, etc). In addition, this version adds a ton of new features. The new song browser also allows you to play the selected song while it is on your iPod.
Auto Sync (New Feature)
You can now setup iPod Agent to automatically synchronize your PC with your iPod. This can be configured to happen whenever you dock your iPod or at a scheduled time during the day. When setup for auto sync, iPod Agent will be minimized to an icon in your system tray instead of taking up room on your task bar.
Self Aware
iPod Agent will now detect if another copy of itself is already running and not allow you to open multiple copies.
Floppy Drives Skipped
When iPod Agent detects that an iPod has been connected, it scans the drives to find out which drive letter has been assigned to it. In prior versions, it scanned floppy drives which caused them to power
up for a second. This version skips checking floppy drives which helps speed the process.
Exporting Lists
The Export Listing functionality has been greatly improved. You can now select any selection of songs you want to include on the listing. The HTML format listing have been improved with a much better look
and the dynamic HTML version is much faster. The Export Listing function has been combined with the Music Transfer function. You now go to the song browser and select the songs you want. You then just click a button to either transfer those songs to your PC or to create a listing. This allows listing to contain any songs you want (certain albums only, certain artists only, all songs, etc.). The prior versions only allowed creating a list of all the songs on your iPod. You can also now select what data you want in your listing (song title, artist, bitrate, size, etc.).
Transfer Songs from iPod to PC
The transfer songs from iPod to PC function has been greatly improved as well. It is now easier to select which songs you want to tranfer by using the new Song Browser window. You can now specify a custom format for the directory structure that will be created when transferring the songs to your PC. A new format code
to format track numbers as two digits (track #1 becomes track #01, etc) has been added. You can now optionally specify a "media size" for the destination directory. This is useful if you plan on burning the songs to CD or DVD after you've transferred them to your PC. If you select "DVD" media, it will then create mulitple "disk" directories that will only contain the number of songs that will fit onto a DVD. After the songs are transferred to the PC, you may have a "Disk 1" folder, "Disk 2" folder, etc. You would then know you can select all the songs in "Disk 1" and burn them to a DVD. Then, do the same for each of the other "Disk" folders.
Folder Synchronization (New Feature)
Allows you to specify any folder on your PC to be synchronized with your iPod. The contents of the specified folder will be copied a specified folder on the iPod.
Horoscope Synchronization (New Feature)
Daily horoscopes can now be downloaded to your iPod from the internet.
Movie Showtime Synchronization (New Feature)
The showtimes of movies at your local theatres can now be downloaded to your iPod from the internet.
Outlook Calendar Synchronization
You can now specify how many days into the future for which you want to include appointments as well as how many days in the past from which you want to include appointments.
Outlook Mail Synchronization
Mail synchronization now allows you to specify how many days in the past from which you want to include mail. You can also select to include the date the mail item was received to the beginning of the email name on your iPod. This results in the mail to be sorted by date when viewed on the iPod. Mail items larger than 4kb are now broken up into 4kb chunks and linked together. In prior versions, large email would get truncated on the iPod.
Weather Synchronization
Weather forecasts downloaded to your iPod are now broken up into 4kb files if they are larger than 4kb. In prior versions, if these files were larger than 4kb they would get truncated on the iPod.
RSS Feed Synchronization
RSS news feeds are now named with the name entered by the user for the news feed within iPod Agent. Prior versions would name the feeds based on the name inside the feed itself. Also, the files are now broken up into 4kb files if they are larger than 4kb.
Resizable Windows
Many of iPod Agent windows are now resizable. If a window contains a list of items, it is probably resizable. When the window is resized, the listing will expand/shrink to allow you to see more information at a time if you have a large monitor.
Integrated Help
iPod Agent now has online Help. From any window within iPod Agent, press the F1 key on your keyboard to open the help system.
You can get more information at www.ipodagent.com (http://www.ipodagent.com) or you can download this new version directly by clicking here (http://www.ipodsoft.com/downloads/ipodagent/ipodagent062.zip).
Enjoy!
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Shadow] at [2007-11-9 20:22:10]

# 1 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
First i want to say that this is a REALLY GREAT PROGRAM but i have a small request. I go to school in a small college town and i can't get the movie listings here. Any chance on getting a second option to look up movie listings through.
# 2 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
What's your zip code? I'm currently using hollywood.com.
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:19:12 >

# 3 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Shadow... we need to talk about that little "agent" guy... I like the old dude better!!!
Btw who let you out of your cage?
# 4 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
You don't like my SouthPark agent? :o
I've been wanting to find a new graphic for my "agent". I had been using the agent graphic from Microsoft Agent and I figured I should create my own instead of ripping off MS. If anyone can come up with a custom agent icon that looks better, feel free to send 'em to me. :)
And, I found a broken bar in the back of the cage. :D
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:21:16 >

# 5 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
The Zip Code is 75965 Nacogdoches, TX...thanks
# 6 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
I was wondering what happened to the development of iPodAgent! Great to see major changes.
A few points tho:
- I was clicking on various albums in the Export Music section when the following error message popped up: An unhandled exception has occured in your application.... Syntax error: Missing operand after 'S' operator. Here's the detailed info:
************** Exception Text **************
System.Data.SyntaxErrorException: Syntax error: Missing operand after 'S' operator.
at System.Data.ExpressionParser.Parse()
at System.Data.DataExpression..ctor(String expression, DataTable table, Type type)
at System.Data.DataView..ctor(DataTable table, String RowFilter, String Sort, DataViewRowState RowState)
at Red####.Mark.Maggie.App.SongBrowser_Control.FillSo ngList()
at Red####.Mark.Maggie.App.SongBrowser_Control.lstAlb um_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.OnSelectedIndexChange d(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.WmReflectCommand(Mess age& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage (Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(M essage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
- In the RSS News Feed settings window I have to scroll horizontally to see the last column. Make the length of the window longer perhaps?
- The Status of Horoscopes did not change to `Synchronisation Complete` after a sync - Horoscopes did sync tho. Imagine this display problem would also affect Movies and Folders?
- Love the new Folders Sync! Useful for me as I use my iPod to store monthly backups. Is it smart enough to copy only files that are new since the last sync tho? Dont want it to copy a few Gigabytes of data across each time I sync, even though the files havent changed.
- Didn't like the new agent logo either :p
# 7 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
hmm icon...?
ok. ...only a small suggestion .
[EDIT]
i deleted the links to the icon suggestion, because it has been declined . :cool:
# 8 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
I love the new update of iPod Agent. I really love the new additions of the horoscopes and movie listings and since I live in a big city (Chicago) they have a crapload of movie theater listings. So I can know the movie times no matter what part of the city I am in. Keep up the good work.
# 9 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Originally posted by mozzer1984
The Zip Code is 75965 Nacogdoches, TX...thanks
Cool Nacogdoches, I work for BancorpSouth in Tupelo, MS; we have a few branches in the area. Neat to know where people are sometimes.
rmoody at 2007-11-15 17:26:25 >

# 10 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
STILL a Great app! Man keep it up! BUT I have a request...when getting music off your iPod. Can you make so we can transfer the "playlist"? Ex. I have the Millenium Funk Party which is a various artist album. I created a playlist called Millenium Funk Party and I meant to transfer the entire collection of songs just as I have it on the iPod to the pc in a folder called the same, but ended up doing by artist/album. Needless to say gotta search thru some 300 folders to find each file. CRAP! Just a suggestion to be able to transfer songs as playlist as well as artist, album and such.
# 11 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
All I can say is that this program gets better and better every update!
# 12 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Originally posted by Shadow
You don't like my SouthPark agent? :o
I've been wanting to find a new graphic for my "agent". I had been using the agent graphic from Microsoft Agent and I figured I should create my own instead of ripping off MS. If anyone can come up with a custom agent icon that looks better, feel free to send 'em to me. :)
And, I found a broken bar in the back of the cage. :D
I KNEW IT!!!
# 13 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
mozzer1984, I'll see what I can do for an alternate movie listing site.
noogabooga, arrgh...not that "s" error again. I had problems with that with some of the original releases. Would you be able to email me your iTunesDB file off your iPod? This would help me find the problem. It's located on your iPod in the iPod_Control\iTunes folder.
As for the RSS settings window being too small, well, you know it's now resiable don't you? :) Just grab the lower right hand corner and drag it to make it larger.
Currently, the folder sync isn't "smart". It will copy over all files each time. I'll see what I can do to add that into the next release. I'm also probably going to add a single file sync as well.
I guess my new logo has to go. I'll work on that too.
grimmet, thanks for the icon. It's not bad but I'm not sure I like it enought to use it.
Mr94Supra, I'm not sure what you are asking. You can already select a playlist from the playlist dropdown box. If you want to transfer all the songs from one playlist, just select the playlist and check all the songs for it and transfer away. Are you asking for something different?
maximum, thanks! :)
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:30:30 >

# 14 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
noogabooga, I found the bug that was causing the "syntax error" you were getting. I've uploaded a new version that fixes this problem. Please download version 0.6.1 here (http://www.ipodsoft.com/downloads/ipodagent/ipodagent061.zip) or visit the website at www.ipodagent.com (http://www.ipodagent.com).
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:31:25 >

# 15 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
hi guys, i uploaded an archiv with 11 ipod icons.
some of them were extracted from ipod related software, some of them were pieces of free icon collections. maybe a good base for those who'll help to create a new ipodAgent icon.
http://www.pochoirs.de/leechs/ipod_icons.rar
# 16 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
any way us canadians can use the movie listing feature? how about driving directions?
# 17 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
also, i love the south park dude.
# 18 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
i think tribute.ca may work.
# 19 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
What do you guys think of this image? An iPod Agent user submitted it to me a while back. I really liked it large but I wasn't too sure I liked it sized to 32x32 and 16x16 (the two most comon sizes in Windows). But, I'm willing to give it another chance. I don't have the guys name here at work but if I use it I will definitely give him credit. In case you are clueless, it is an abstract of a suit/tuxedo (bow tie and lapels).
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:36:28 >

# 20 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Hey, bkushush, I'm glad someone else likes my SouthPark guy! :)
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:37:30 >

# 21 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Shadow, while the logo looks nice and simple it doesnt relate very well to the program name iPodAgent (uh ok so agents wear suits). And thanks for fixing up my problem!
I reckon something similar to the Gamespy logo would look great.
# 22 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Hello
Rather than numbering the notes while importing, I was wondering whether it would be possible to use the note's names instead.
While browsing the notes on the iPod, it is really just guessing and luck to find a specific note.
Another functionallity that might be helpful would be to be able to do a kind of reset of everything that has been syncs - meaning by that to be able to delete everything and do a new clean sync.
Thanks for a great program.
# 23 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Wow, this program is getting better and better - great job Shadow!
I'd definitely like to see an option to get Canadian movie listings.
# 24 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
noogabooga, I'm at work right now and they have the GameSpy site blocked. Could you (or someone) post the pic you are talking about?
mmjaeger, those are some good suggestions. I've added them to my "to do" list and hopefully they'll make it into the next release.
As for the "agent" icon, I thought about doing something with Agent Smith from the Matrix movies. Thoughts?
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:41:36 >

# 25 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Ok, here is my first attempt at the logo with Agent Smith from The Matrix. What do you all think?
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:42:41 >

# 26 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
for uk cinema: http://www.channel4.com/film/cinemadvd/ look at the right hand side bar and 'cinema search' if you can incorporate this for UK users that would be great! i like the abstract tux logo btw
# 27 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
I like the Tuxedo one...
Adobe Illustrator is MIA right now... if you wait till next week i will have something new for ya, besides it wont be an issue till V. 7... its not that big a deal.
# 28 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
I just released a new version of iPod Agent. This addresses a few more bugs that popped up with the release of 0.6.0. It also fixes a bug with Outlook 2002 (and earlier) mail sync that's been there since the start. This release has one new enhancment. Here's the list:
New enhancment:
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Outlook Note Names
When synchronizing Outlook notes, the resulting note files on the iPod were being named with a number (1, 2, etc). This made it difficult to find the notes you wanted on the iPod. With this release, the notes will be named with the first 25 characters of the subject of the note instead.
Bug Fixes:
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Outlook 2002 (Office XP) Mail Synchronization
When attempting to sync Outlook 2002 (and presumably ealier versions of Outlook) mail, iPod Agent would report errors of "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" for each mail item. This has now been fixed.
Song browsing of "No Album", "No Genre", "No Artist"
There was an issue when select "[No Genre]", "[No Artist]" or "[No Album]" in the Song Browser. The corresponding songs wouldn't show up. This has been fixed in this release.
Messages for movie and horoscope sync process
The messages indicated the sync status during the sync process for movies and horoscopes were not showing up. This has been fixed in this release.
Dierct Download (http://www.ipodsoft.com/downloads/ipodagent/ipodagent062.zip)
More Info (http://www.ipodagent.com)
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:45:42 >

# 29 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
heres the Gamespy logo...
urs would show an iPod next to it of course
# 30 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Been playing around with the Export Listing function and here are my thoughts:
- I noticed that the selection list for `song elements to include` changes when I go out then back in from the set-up screen. Initially I checked Genre, Album, Track, & Title then click Close. When I go back in, it now has Genre, Artist, Track, Title & Year checked!
- Is it possible to include a button/link on the dynamic page that will expand the entire tree? Also would be good if u can expand the entire tree down to a particular level.
- The program should allow you to specify ur own title on the web page and should include more general info about the music collection like total filesize, play length, etc...
- If you can somehow export ratings & playcounts, this would be TOTALLY awesome.
- In the CSV listing, why is it neccessary to use double quotes on some fields only? Fore example, I noticed the track number doesnt have double quotes. Either use double quotes for ALL fields or remove them and use a separator like the semicolon. Makes it easier to import it into Excel or a database.
- When there is no Year info, the listing should not display `0`. A dash or space character maybe!
cheers
# 31 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
noogabooga, thanks for the great feedback. I'll check into that first item. An "expand all" type button should definitely be doable. I'll also look into adding more "general" information and getting the ratings and playcounts.
Edit: Wanted to add...I am currently working on adding the ability to customize the formatting of the HTML output. Custom title, custom fonts, colors, size, etc. That should make it into the 0.7 release.
As for the CSV format, I believe that I am formatting it in the usual CSV way. Text fields usually include double-quotes so the program reading it doesn't get confused if the field text includes commas within the data. If the quotes weren't there, it would think the comma is a field separator instead of part of the data. I've exported my whole song collection (some 5000 songs) using the CSV format and Excel and Access read it just fine. What program are you using that is having problems?
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:48:48 >

# 32 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
you ipodsoftguys doing a very good jod an awsome support and whats imho really nice, is that you try to ad all the users suggestions.
thats my comment on that.
and btw. an issue i recently noticed: if you sync folders with the ipod ipodagent. he does not include subfolders, even if the box is checked. thats strange .
# 33 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
and, by the way, and "sync&quit" would be nice 8)
cheers
grimmet
# 34 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Nice looking software. I installed it, even though I dont have an ipod. Nice Southpark dude. :) I cant wait to get an ipod to use this software!
# 35 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
I didnt realize this b4 but mine does not Auto-sync, even though the box is checked. please look into this ASAP.
Also, is it possible to have an option for it to: sync when connected, eject and quit? (each would be a seperate box)
# 36 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
grimmet, I'll look into the subfolder thing. You can already sync and quit. Just put a checkmark in the box labeled Auto eject after sync.
enjoilax, which auto sync did you try that doesn't appear to work? The "on dock" sync or one of the daily syncs?
As for an option to eject and quit on connect/dock, I was going to have that at first but then I figured it actually wouldn't work too well. Think about it...if you enable such as feature and dock your iPod, it will auto sync and eject. How, then, would you go about using iPod Agent normally (to change settings or use other features) if every time you connect your iPod it syncs and ejects it? You'd never be able to regain control. So, I decided not to include that kind of feature. If someone can see a good way for this to work, let me know and I'll reconsider my decision.
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:53:54 >

# 37 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
I don't know if anyone's asked this (don't have time at the moment to look through the whole topic, so I'll just ask:
I can't get RSS feeds to show up on my 1G iPod in the contacts section. Is this program designed to output RSS feeds to the Contacts list, or to the Notes list (which doesn't appear on 1G iPods)?
# 38 Re: iPod Agent 0.6.0 Released!
Currently, the RSS feeds get saved in the Notes section only. I do have it on my "to do" list to add the functionality to save news feeds as contacts to accomodate 1G and 2G iPods. However, I have no idea when I'll find the time to add that functionality in. Perhaps in the next couple weeks.
Shadow at 2007-11-15 17:55:55 >
