Gosh I know this isn't freeware but if you have problems with sharepod (I did, as well as 'eph pod') pony up 10 bucks for Senuti. A youtuber named 'soldier' has posted a video podcast covering it. Again shame on me for recommending paid software but ephpod and sharepod left out half of my songs during transfer, giving me only a red error bar next to them. Ugn!!