Re: Ipod using linux?
- From: Michael Perry <mperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:26:19 -0800
On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:46:05 +0000, ac wrote:
> I have never used any ipod and don't know anything about them at all.
> I do use mp3 files with a portable usb mp3 player though. A friend who
> uses linux is asking about an ipod (nano) (and suse 10) - what is the
> current situatuioion please? Anyone using an ipod with linux? itunes
> seems to be the mac/doze software, and i have not heard or seen linux
> mentioned, even in groups about this. Is it really just down to mp3
> with fat folders and files via usb?
>
> tia
I've been using gtkpod with a 40g ipod with very good results. Please
tell your friend to first read the howto about mounting the ipod's file
system. I made a rather stupid mistake before I read the howto and before
I setup /etc/fstab and gtkpod to automatically do its mounting thing.
I think gtkpod is one of the nicest music management things I've found of
late. I use Debian but I am reasonably sure a SuSE 10 rpm package exists
for it as well.
Its not really down to simply mp3 files, usb and fat folders. The ipod
maintains a database of some sort which can get corrupted and music must
be copied in a specific way. Therein lies the problem I had once. I was
manually mounting the ipod's file system in linux and managed once to
simply disconnect the ipod before unmounting it. Not a good thing and I
corrupted the ipod's database quite completely. Its much better to read
about how to use gtkpod to mount/umount the ipod.
After that, it all works great!
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