Sorry, been busy...

Bad news I'm afraid. I have made little progress on MusicBridge 3.0, mainly due to moving house, and work in general.

Just thought I'd give an update in case anyone is holding their breath...

MusicBridge 3.0

Today I started work on MusicBridge 3.0. The main planned features revolve around export/import functionality. Giving users the ability to take advantage of MusicBridge syncing across disconnected multiple computers. The functionality will offer the opportunity to export from either iTunes or WMP into a format ready to be imported into either iTunes or WMP. MusicBridge will be required to be installed on each machine. The export/import process will be disconnected and the data will be transferred by means of an XML file that the user will move from one machine to the other.

The process will require a 'similar' structure for the music folders on each machine. It will not require matching absolute paths, but will require filenames and 2 levels of containing folders to match.

e.g.

Computer A path:
C:\Users\James\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\Bruce Springsteen\Magic\Last to Die.mp3

Computer B path:
D:\My Music\Bruce Springsteen\Magic\Last to Die.mp3

would match.

The level to which paths must match is "Bruce Springsteen\Magic\Last to Die.mp3"

My current plans are for an "All data" sync only, excluding artwork.

I would like feedback regarding this functionality and whether you would like to see more flexibility in the types of sync and whether you would like to see the inclusion of artwork.

I also welcome any other feature requests.

MusicBridge 2.0.1 now available from Download.com

Download.com have finally published MusicBridge 2.0.1

http://www.download.com/MusicBridge/3000-2141_4-10742870.html?tag=lst-1

MusicBridge is Paul Thurrott's Pick of the Week

Paul Thurrott chose MusicBridge as his software pick of the week on his Windows Weekly podcast (episode 35) on the TWiT network.

http://www.twit.tv/ww35

The MusicBridge section starts at about 48 minutes in.

Positive comments from Paul Thurrott

I am a big fan of Paul's and listen to his Twit Windows Weekly Podcast, so I am pretty excited that he has made some very positive comments about MusicBridge 2.0 on his blog:

http://www.internet-nexus.com/2007/09/sync-itunes-windows-media-player-and.htm

download.com fixed it a while back

Just a follow up note to say that cNet did fix the extension problem.

download.com extension problem

For some reason download.com have added a .bin extension to the MusicBridge download, it should in fact end at the .zip

I have asked them to fix this.