I just got a new computer and I transfer all my songs from my ipod to my itunes. but i really want my ratings and my playcounts to follow. I've downloaded programs such as podplus, copytrans, ipodrip, but most of these costs money. And for some reason they don't work. I'm trying out IpodRip right now but it doesnt seem to detect my songs. and it gives me this error message:


See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Argument 'Length' must be greater or equal to zero.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Right(String str, Int32 Length)
at iPodRip.DBReader.SongDataControl()
at iPodRip.DBReader.Control()
at iPodRip.StartUp.FindIpod()
at iPodRip.StartUp.Timer1_Elapsed(Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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iPodRip
Assembly Version: 1.0.1916.33618
Win32 Version: 1.0.1916.33618
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/The%20Little%20App%20Factory/iPodRip/iPodRip.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.data/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll
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AxInterop.QTActiveXPlugin
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/The%20Little%20App%20Factory/iPodRip/AxInterop.QTActiveXPlugin.DLL
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Interop.QTActiveXPlugin
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/The%20Little%20App%20Factory/iPodRip/Interop.QTActiveXPlugin.DLL
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 7.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 7.10.3052.4
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/microsoft.visualbasic/7.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/microsoft.visualbasic.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.







please help.