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How to transfer iPod music to Windows Media Player on Windows

I got a new iPod Nano that is my birthday present. I have recently add music and video files that from iTunes. It is MP3 format. I want to have them transfer them to Windows Media Player. I try to drag-and-drop the playlist on iTunes to WMP, but they don't open or play with Widnows Medai. What do I need to do?

The answer:
There are two things we should understand. iPod Explorer - Transfer iPod music to Windows Media Player

First, Usually, the iTunes music you have bought may have DRM protection. If you want to copy it to other media player to enjoy the music, you need to remove the DRM protection first. You can find tools such as SoundTaxi, Tunebite to do this.

Second, if you have convert the DRM from your iPod music, You add the music to iPod and then you can add it to Windows Media player with this iPod Explorer. Which is a tool that can access the iPod music from computer and enables you to copy the music from iPod to Windows Media player.

  • Access your music from any Windows program like Windows Media Player.
  • Drag and Drop Songs, Playlists or Video to other iPods, or devices like MP3 Players or mobile phones.
  • Drag your music back into iTunes.
  • Move entire genres, albums and artists.



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Step-by-step guide: How to transfer iPod music to Windows Media Player with iPod Explorer


Transfer iPod music to Windows Media Player Step 1: Download iPod Explorer and install it to computer. And then you can start it from your computer desktop.
The first time you plug your iPod into your PC via the included USB cable. You iPod should be detective by this iPod Explorer. You can see an icon on your computer and open it. You can see all your iPod files just like it is a hard drive.
The trial version allow you to use free for 30 days. You can just try to use it to copy music from iPod to Windows Media Player, If you think this software is useful, you can buy it too.

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Transfer iPod music to Windows Media Player step 2:
Launch Windows Media Player on your computer. You can create a new playlist on your Windows Media Player and ready for the music coming from iPod.

Then you can just drag-and-drop the music on iPod to this Windows Media Player's playlist you have just built.



iPod Explorer gives you complete access to all the music and video stored on your iPod.
Because iPod Explorer is implemented as a hard disk, you can access your music and video from any Windows application.
Transferring music to another device like an MP3 player or mobile phone can normally be done by simply dragging and dropping. With iPod Explorer you can also drag music and video from other MP3 players directly onto your iPod.
Music is automatically converted to MP3 files on the fly, so that it can be played in any media player including Windows Media Player and Winamp. You will wonder how you ever did without it. iPod Explorer makes anything possible!

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