For all you owners of RIO 300, don't download all these alternative programs. Some of them transfer the songs with errors (the music skips), and some just simply crash the player. So far I've been fortunate that initializing the device took care of this problem. I may not be so lucky next time. So, if I were you, I'd stick to the Rio Manager (not AudioPort, nor MusicMatch). Just the good ol' Rio Manager. It doesn't rip mp3s and it doesn't convert bitrates, but there's plenty of free software available for download that do it. The Rio Manager may not be as cool-looking as the RealOne software, which by the way I never got to work with my player, BUT IT DOES THE JOB. Only if you don't get the RioManager to work on Windows XP, should you try using RIOsitude. As for the uploading feature of some of these programs (eg MP3MAN, RIOsitude), I really don't miss it. If I wanna transfer a large file somewhere, I'll either use a CDRW, CDR or a ZIP. No chance you'd see me carrying the RIO cable and LPT1 adapter around just be able to transfer files to another computer. Where's the portability in that?
Friendly piece of advice
For all you owners of RIO 300, don't download all these alternative programs. Some of them transfer the songs with errors (the music skips), and some just simply crash the player. So far I've been fortunate that initializing the device took care of this problem. I may not be so lucky next time. So, if I were you, I'd stick to the Rio Manager (not AudioPort, nor MusicMatch). Just the good ol' Rio Manager. It doesn't rip mp3s and it doesn't convert bitrates, but there's plenty of free software available for download that do it. The Rio Manager may not be as cool-looking as the RealOne software, which by the way I never got to work with my player, BUT IT DOES THE JOB. Only if you don't get the RioManager to work on Windows XP, should you try using RIOsitude. As for the uploading feature of some of these programs (eg MP3MAN, RIOsitude), I really don't miss it. If I wanna transfer a large file somewhere, I'll either use a CDRW, CDR or a ZIP. No chance you'd see me carrying the RIO cable and LPT1 adapter around just be able to transfer files to another computer. Where's the portability in that?