Floola

Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes) under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. Floola can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation.

Take a look at the feature list to find out what it can do and feel free to suggest anything that might be missing.

Features:

• Cross plattform:
• Works on any Windows (98 and above), any Mac and any linux distribution with GTK installed.
• No installation required:
• Put the application on iPod and launch it on any PC, immediately.
• Copy:
• add and extract songs to and from iPod.
• Playlists:
• Easily manage, import and export (m3u, pls) playlists.
• Last.fm:
• Join the social music revolution.
• Localization:
• Available in different languages.
• Lyrics:
• Lyric support even on older iPods (3G and above).
• Search for duplicates:
• Easily find duplicated songs on iPod.
• Search lost files:
• Easily find songs lost in your iPod.
• Artwork:
• Add artwork to your songs easily.
• Export to HTML:
• Create HTML files containing list of your iPod files
• Fix iPod:
• Did a software mess up your iPod? Fix it!
• Notes:
• Manage notes.
• Growl support:
• (Mac version only) Get beautiful system notifications.
• Music:
• Play iPod's music.

What is new in this release:

• FloolaDesktop is now available
• translations updated
• minor bugs fixed

What is new in version 6.1:

• Twitter integration
• fixed Facebook authentication
• translation issue with terms containing line feeds icons can be removed from minelayer
• album artwork added to miniplayer
• update translations
• memory usage improvements
• quicker file add process
• last.fm option to submit any kind of media not just music
• improved smart playlist editor window
• minor bug fixed

What is new in version 6.0:

• Facebook integration
• database compression for iPods with upgraded hd
• fixed some crashes under linux
• update translations
• menubar optimization

What is new in version 5.9.1:

• issue copying files with international characters
• nano5G support fixed
• fixed an issue where loading would hang
• youtube download fixed
• auto delete unused backup files on low free space
• fixed issues with playlist menuitems under windows
• several minor issues fixed

What is new in version 5.8:

• issue with database update on iPod shuffle.
• podcast window improvements
• improved quit on error
• improved playback when using Windows Media Player
• update translations

What is new in version 5.7:

• fixed issue when deleting items on shuffle3G
• update translations

What is new in version 5.6:

• fixed playback issue under windows
• updated languages

What is new in version 5.5:

• nano5G and shuffle 3G support!
• "add this artwork to items in album" feature
• database update when needed
• updated languages
• added scrollbars to smart playlists edit window
• fixed issue where some files would not play entirely after edit operation
• files can be copied over from a network mapped drive

What is new in version 5.4:

• improved artwork scaling algorithm under windows
• first playlist could not be renamed
• listbox clicks should now behave as expected on every platform
• app would freeze when sorting playlists under certain conditions
• alert when all podcast episodes were downloaded
• album artwork no longer has white borders
• fixed issue on menubars when changing translation several times
• fixed some issues when editing notes
• sort by date added issues fixed
• runs some basic database sanitization when needed
• fixed youtube download
• clean orphan items feature
• fixed some selection issues when renaming items
• fixed issues when deleting photos
• fixed issues when deleting playlist items
• added sort submenu when right clicking on playlists
• fully compatible with iTunes playlist sorting
• improved compatibility with some untagged mp3 files
• added mediakind smart playlist field support
• improved smart playlist window
• improved jpeg artwork decode
• artwork window will resize according to artwork size
• new "retrieve new episodes on startup" in podcast preferences
• playback position of currently playing song was not saved when quitting
• fixed bug in threaded add/delete artwork
• improved show by menu item
• improved podcast update notificiations
• translations updated
• transcode now allows selecting ALAC codec
• unknown elements are now renamed to "unknown artist, unknown album, etc."
• searching by keyboard now properly ignores leading "the " and "a "

Requirements:

• libpng