Creative NOMAD - Related Software

Related Software

Besides the NOMAD Explorer or MediaSource programs included with the devices, there are other programs which can be used to manage the player and to transfer data.

Bundled software

• Creative NOMAD Explorer - Software included with older NOMAD models and used to transfer music and data to the device. This has since been replaced by Creative MediaSource

• Creative MediaSource - A fully featured audio player for Microsoft Windows that also manages NOMAD devices and can be used to transfer media to the device or to synchronise playlists with the device - a feature that was unavailable in the previous NOMAD Explorer software.

Free software

For early models

• The NOMAD Manager Project is a program to control the original NOMAD player under Linux

• The Nomad II Linux USB driver - for using the Nomad II under Linux

For NOMAD Jukeboxes

libnjb is the driver underlying most of the following programs

Amarok is a music player for Linux

Banshee is a music player for Linux

Gnomad is a Jukebox Manager for Linux

Neutrino is another Jukebox Manager for Linux

XNJB is a Jukebox Manager for Mac OS X

Nomadsync is a Jukebox synchronization tool for both Microsoft Windows and Linux

Creative Nomad Jukebox KIO::Slave is an integration driver for KDE

JBHTTP is a webserver interface to Jukeboxes that is similar to what Notmad Explorer (see below) did for Microsoft Windows

Apple's iTunes is also capable of controlling the Nomad Jukebox.

Proprietary software

Notmad Explorer by Red Chair Software is a (now defunct) jukebox management program for Microsoft Windows. The program was notable for fully integrating NOMAD devices into Windows Explorer, providing a web-based interface to the device and providing search capabilities using a built-in SQL database