Everything iTunes

Give your iPod a good looking icon so it looks great in Windows Explorer!
In your iPod’s root directory, create a new file called “AUTORUN.INF” and in it type this: [more]

Export your artwork as image files [using Yahoo Widget Engine].
The iTunes Album Browser Yahoo Widget creates a folder full of all your artwork as part of it’s own database. [more]

This script simply builds a playlist of songs whos tags are missing artwork. A new user playlist called “No Artwork” is generated, and added to it are all songs that still need artwork adding. [more]

Ask the readers: How do you show iTunes visualizer, fullscreen, on two screens?

When using two or more monitors with a single computer, it is not possible, with Windows, to fullscreen the iTunes visualiser without one the second screen becoming completely black. [more]

AlarmClock.vbs begins playing “Party Shuffle”, or a playlist that you choose.
This script can be added as a scheduled event in windows, so it will wake you up by playing a song. [more]

Full list of keyboard controls (for Windows). This list covers them all – from [Enter] to play a song, to [Ctrl+Alt+Down], which mutes the volume…

Let me highlight a few in particular: “Snap window to screen size”, “Reshuffle the current playlist” and “Toggle artwork”. [more]

This script will run through your iTunes library and delete all those pesky little exclaimation marked “dead” tracks, which iTunes cannot find on your computer. [more]

EDIT: As a keen reader has pointed out, this software no longer works, due to changes made in the latest release of iTunes. Instead, use HKTunes, found on google code.

Makes your multimedia keyboard buttons work with iTunes when the program isn’t currently in focus, or is minimised.

It is common to find that, when it’s not maximised, iTunes will not recognise your media or gaming keyboard shortcuts as commands to play, pause, skip song, etc. This simple plugin fixes the problem in most cases. It saves you having to bring iTunes up on screen each time you want to use the keys. [more]

Synchronise Google Calendar to your iPod. This walkthrough will allow your iPod to automatically sync your GCal whenever it is plugged into a computer. [more]

All songs that have lyrics (anything but blank) in the lyrics ID3 tags are put in a playlist.

This is useful when you only want to synchronise songs to your iPod, for instance, that have lyrics, or when you’re using a karaoke program [like Evil Lyrics]. [more]