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You can avoid all this syncing-problems by using a cardreader an configuring iPodder so that it downloads directly to the card inside the cardreader.

I'm hoping not to have to do that. I'm too cheap to own a cardreader, and the whole idea behind podcasts is to appear on your player without fuss.

how do I find my device id?

Use regedit to surf to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows CE Services\Partners
If you have only one Pocket PC, you'll see a single key which is a 8-digit hexadecimal number--that's your Device ID. If you more than one number, you'll have to experiment to find which one it really is.

Look for a program called PlaylistSync, I think it might do just what you need.

http://www.freewareppc.com/multimedia/playlistsync.shtml

Just to let you know: I have a version of Doppler for Pocket PC and smartphone in the works... :-)

Erwin, please let me know when the new update of Doppler comes out. I can't wait!

Thanks, PromoGuy! PlaylistSync works as well as I originally intended. I couldn't use the link you sent me directly, but I could download it from the author's site:

http://www.viksoe.dk/code/playlistsync.htm

Erwin, I'm really looking forward for the Pocket PC version of Doppler. Please have a setting to only sync files that are less than a period of time old. Right now, with my solution or PlaylistSync, I have to manually delete the old files on my PC to save space on my IPaq. It would be awesome if it only synced things less than a week old, and deleted podcasts on my IPaq older than that.

Check out MobSync (freeware) http://www.interq.or.jp/punk/doino/home/software.htm

It syncs any folder on your PC to any folder on your Pocket PC. Freeware.

This Site posted interesting information about getting podcasts to sync with your PocketPC. Here is a piece... Last week, I saw this wild fire running through the blogs about podcasting. I have a Pocket PC--perfect. Of course, I ran in...

I have to agree that it would be great to do the sync'ing directly on the ppc BUT sync'ing large amounts of data over activesync plain and simply sucks. It takes ages and it's pretty unreliable when sync'ing large files. This sometimes results in having to sync'ing big files several times before they end up on the ppc/flash card correctly. A lot of ppc cradles use USB1 this is one of the reasons why it's so slow, activestink is another.

Card readers are really cheap these days. I ended up going out and buying a USB2.0 internal card reader for 13 euros! (about 15$) I suppose anybody can afford that? (a couple less drinks at the pub and Bob's your uncle)

Now in the evening all I do is pop in my 1gig SD card in the reader and the computer automatically syncs all my new content to it and removes old stuff etc.
In the morning I take out my card (just like getting the newspaper :P) and pop it in my ipaq and I'm on my way with all my mp3's, podcasts and videos.

I use a freeware program called SyncBack which is scheduled to run 11.00PM at night. instead of taking a couple of hours I can now sync a couple of hundreds of MB's in a matter of minutes (2 to 5 mins)
I just love it.

Before I sometimes had to wait +/-16mins to upload a 80MB video or mp3 audiobook via activesync, with the chance of it screwing up halfway and I having to start all over again. now it takes me a minute, maybe two. :)

SyncBack is a mirroring/backup/sync'ing tool which is very customisable and a great tool for this kind of thing.

My setup is as follows: I just made a dir (SD), in there I have 3 dirs (podcasts, videos, music) when my podcasts are finished downloading I just choose a bunch I like and just drop 'em in the podcast dir after that I just forget about them.
(alternatively you could just have your rss aggregator download the files directly to the 'podcast' dir)
Same for videos or mp3's I want to listen to on the go. Then at 11.00PM SyncBack automatically synchronises all the new data with my card replacing the old content with the new stuff. SyncBAck has quite a few options and filter you can configure to have it sync the way you like it.
Personally I don't like the idea of the computer deleting stuf based on when it was downloaded since I often have some shows from a couple of weeks back which i haven't listened to yet, but that's just me.

how can i delete old ipodder files from my comp??

Yeah MobSync does the trick - delete on ppc deletes on pc too.

Consider using PocketRSS as this handles audio enclosures. giyf