Sharepod

Just noticed that Sharepod is up to v3.8, and now included a feature I have been dying for - video last-place-resume.

I use my Classic primarily for watching video on the train to work, but when the train (or tram) is crush-full that's not a possbility, so I drop it into normal video mode. The problem is that when I toggle back to video later, I have to start from the beginning and fast-forward to where I want. This is annoying as it's slow and chews battery very quickly.

SP v3.8 fixes this by allowing tagging of the video files with an auto-resume function, so that if you select a previously played file it jumps back to the last known position. Thanks to Apple for enabling this, and bigger thanks to the Sharepod author for making it possible to access. You can even enable multiple files at once by shift-clicking all your video, then right-click, Edit, and tick the option in the Other Tags tab.

The downside is that the Eject button is broken when the app is run from the iPod itself (doesn't happen with v3.7) and the new artwork support function (which personally I don't give a toss about) is causing issues with deleting files; I get an "iPod ArtworkDB not found" error. Looks like I'm not the only person with this issue.

My workaround for the meantime is to run v3.7 on the iPod itself (I keep the app in a folder with a shortcut on the root set to auto-run when the device runs in Windows) and run v3.8 from Windows itself. This allows tagging of video files as they're loaded (which I only ever do from home anyway) and v3.7 is still onboard for deleting stuff and file manipulation if I am out and about.

Personally I think I'll just install Rockbox on the thing if they ever get it ported out to the Classic, but as I have next to zero programming skillz I won't be too harsh about this deficiency. :)