this thread has an exe attachment that will download a fid for you. write a perl wrapper to pull fids from the CSV export of emplode and you can back up all your files.

http://empeg.comms.net/php/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=hackers_prog&Number=34490&page=&view=&sb=&o=

As to why there is no source, I stopped making the source or even the tool available when i read another thread about being careful about posting software that allows people to pull out and potentially share music from the empeg.

I don't need the FBI breaking my door down. my apartment manager would be pissed.

of course, if someone at sonicblue wants to give me a written ok to distribute such code ;-)

(and don't tell me emptool's all GPLed so it should be o.k. I don't want to be Bruno's bitch at Leavenworth, even if the chance is remote)

Call be paranoid, but I don't trust the music mafia.