Welcome to the Winamp iPod Plugin website
WARNING: iPod support is built into Winamp version 5.2 and above (and was developed by the former lead developer of mlipod). mlipod is therefore offered as an alternative for those who find the inbuilt iPod support lacking in features (although the inbuilt support is catching up).
Download here!
The winamp ipod plugin (aka ml_ipod) is a plugin for winamp. It allows you to manage your iPod from within the winamp media library. It supports all kinds of iPods, from the classic first generation iPods, to the iPod mini, photo, nano and shuffle and everything in between.

iPod Plugin Version 2.01 Released - 01/01/2007
The "New Year Edition":  You can download version 2.01 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here. Enjoy, and have a great New Year!
 - Achim
iPod Plugin Version 2.00 Released - 11/03/2006
Whats New:  You can download version 2.00 of the iPod plugin here
A full list of all changes can be found here. Enjoy!
 - Achim
iPod Plugin Version 1.44 Released - 10/03/2006
Whats New: (not too much this time) You can download version 1.44 of the iPod plugin here
 - Achim
iPod Plugin Version 1.43 Released - 9/30/2006
Whats New:  A full version history can be found here.
You can download version 1.43 of the iPod plugin here
 - Achim

Frets On Fire X Apr 2026

The true genius of Frets on Fire , however, lay not in its gameplay but in its architecture. The game was built to be endlessly extensible. It supported custom songs written in a simple text-based format, allowing a community of hobbyists to chart their favorite obscure punk bands, classical fugues, or video game chiptunes. This moddability gave birth to a vibrant ecosystem. Forums like ScoreHero and the game’s official wiki became repositories of thousands of user-generated tracks, transforming the game from a product into a living, breathing service maintained by its fans.

Furthermore, Frets on Fire acted as a crucial bridge and a laboratory for innovation. It was the primary inspiration for Frets on Fire X , a community-driven fork that refined the engine and added support for actual guitar controllers. More importantly, the game's open-source code provided a foundation for Phase Shift , a more advanced simulator, and even influenced the development of Clone Hero —the modern standard for PC rhythm gaming that has kept the genre alive long after Guitar Hero ’s commercial decline. frets on fire x

In the mid-2000s, the living rooms of America were battlefields. Plastic guitar peripherals, splashed with colorful buttons, were clutched in the hands of aspiring rock stars attempting to conquer the fretboards of Guitar Hero and Rock Band . While these commercial titles were immensely popular, they were also expensive and closed ecosystems, locked to specific consoles and song lists. It was in this environment that a small, open-source phoenix rose from the digital underground: Frets on Fire . The true genius of Frets on Fire ,

In conclusion, Frets on Fire was more than a clever time-killer. It was a proof of concept that passion and accessibility could triumph over polish and marketing. By putting the power of song creation and distribution into the hands of the players, it preserved the rhythm game genre during its dark ages and laid the groundwork for its passionate, niche revival. The plastic guitars of yesteryear may have gathered dust, but the fire that Frets on Fire ignited continues to burn brightly in the open-source community. This moddability gave birth to a vibrant ecosystem

Developed by Finnish programmer Unreal Voodoo and released in 2006, Frets on Fire was not merely a clone; it was a radical act of democratization. Stripped of licensed master tracks and flashy 3D venues, the game distilled the rhythm-action genre to its purest essence: colored notes falling down a track, to be matched with colored frets on a keyboard. By allowing players to use their standard QWERTY keyboard as a guitar (typically mapping the F1-F5 keys as frets and Enter as the strummer), the game eliminated the need for a $60 plastic peripheral. Suddenly, anyone with a PC could experience the tactile thrill of "playing" a rock song.

iPod Plugin Version 1.41 Released - 6/27/2006
Whats New: This is mainly a bugfix release for bug 1509674: 1.40 was not able to handle syncs for large iPod music collections (more than approx. 2000 songs).

You can download this version of the iPod plugin here
 - Achim

iPod Plugin Version 1.40 Released - 6/12/2006
Whats New: This is a major upgrade, quite a lot has changed. Too much to mention it all here.
The most important features are: Make sure to read the release notes that come with the installation! Information about the podcast stuff can also be found in this thread.

You can download this version of the iPod plugin here
If you like it, consider making a .
 - Achim

iPod Plugin Version 1.32 Released - 4/28/2006
Whats New: You can download this version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Achim
ml_ipod now maintained by Achim Bursian - 4/25/2006
Although ml_ipod will become obsolete due to Winamp 5.2 and ml_pmp, I still like it because it is more capable (at the moment) and it is open source. So until ml_pmp becomes as powerful as ml_ipod is now, I'll continue to maintain it.

If you like to support that, consider making a . If possible, I'd like to buy a iPod Video some day to improve video handling with ml_ipod.

 - Achim
Farewell... - 2/23/2006
Winamp 5.2 has been released, which has its own portable music player support. It doesn't yet have all the features of mlipod, but it will hopefully have most of them soon. Also, I wrote it, so I don't think I will be contributing much to the mlipod project anymore. If anyone else wants to start contributing in a major way, get in touch.

Thanks for the support and donations guys, it has been a fun couple of years.

 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.31 Released - 1/5/2006
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Amir Szekely
Switching from iTunes?
Then here are 2 more plugins that might help. The iTunes database importer and the M4P input plugin. These will let you import your library from iTunes (so you don't lose any playcounts, ratings or anything) and play back music purchased with the iTunes Music Store.
iPod Plugin Version 1.30 Released - 9/23/2005
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.21 Released - 7/18/2005
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.20 Released - 5/23/2005
Whats New: WARNING: PestPatrol has an error where it says that this version contains spyware. ml_ipod is an open source project and contains NO spyware whatsoever. I have reported error this to PestPatrol. In the mean time, don't worry, ml_ipod is 100% malware free.

You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.14 Released - 5/01/2005
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.13 Released - 4/08/2005
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.12 Released - 2/06/2005
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
 - Will Fisher
Help mlipod support the iPod Shuffle - 01/27/2005 (updated 02/01/05)
iPod shuffles are very cheap, only $100 or so. So lets all pitch in to get one for the project!

Heres the deal: You donate to the project, and I'll use the money to get a shuffle. As soon as I get it, I'll reverse engineer the apparently new database format used by the shuffle, then make it work with mlipod.

Target reached, iPod ordered! Thanks to all donators!



 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.11a Released - 8/15/2004
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version of the iPod plugin Here
A full version history can be found here.
This release is just fixing some issues that loads of people were experiencing. I blame the SDK, cause kichik found a problem with it that was causing most of it. ;)
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.11 Released - 8/15/2004
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
Also, some very nice anonymous person $50 to me yesterday! I shall do as I said and shall spend it on beer. Thankyou kind sir, I dedicate this release to you.
 - Will Fisher
New discussion area - 7/24/2004
Just a quick note while I'm hard at work on version 1.11, we have a new discussion area at the winamp forums.
Direct your browsers here: Winamp iPod Plugin Discussion Forum
Enjoy!
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.1 Released - 6/18/2004
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.09 Released - 5/19/2004
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.08 Released - 4/25/2004
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - Will Fisher
iPod Plugin Version 1.07 Released - 4/20/2004
Whats New: You Can Download the Latest Version Here
A full version history can be found here.
 - David Serrano
New Layout - 4/20/2004
As I am sure you can all tell we have a new layout now. If you run into any problems with the site please let me know and I'll try and fix it asap. Anyway, enjoy :)
 - David Serrano

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