[sclug] Ipod nano

[Robin Lewis]

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ed wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:00:55 +0000
> John Stumbles <john at stumbles.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Neil Haughton wrote:
>>
>>>> mount -t hfs /dev/ipod /mnt/ipod Just Works (tm) for recent (e.g.
>>>> debby sarge) distros. At least it understands the -t hfs bit - I
>>>> don'thave a real hfs to try it on yet.
>>>>
>>> I stand corrected!
>> In the end it didn't matter as the nano's fs is vfat.
>>
>> However gtkpod is a chocolate teapot :-(
>>
>> Bizarre user interface - we couldn't get our brains round the _two_
>> Artist/Album/Genre etc panes or the 'gtkpod' default in the Playlists
>> window  - and no documentation.
>
> those panes can be ignored, i found that expanding the pod tree on the
> left, and then just drag the music into that, then press sync and it
> writes it. the album/artist/genre panes are based on the id3
> information of the mp3s. my music collection was free of id3 data until
> i got the pod, then i had to sort all that out with some scripting.
>
>> Bloody useless (lack of) error messages even on stdout/stderr.
>> Nursing it along mounting and unmounting it manually (since gtkpod's
>> 'Handle mounting/unmounting of iPod drive' function only seemed to
>> work erratically) we managed just to get some mp3s onto the 'pod, but
>> as soon as we got home (and back online) sproggy installed itunes on
>> XP and has been using it since :-(
>
> the sprog might like things that are different to our tastes. it might
> be more convenient for them to use ichewns as opposed to gtkpod, which
> is my personal choice.
>
> gtkpod might appear useless, but i think it's that way because of the
> interface on the ipod, the way that categorises the music has an
> influence on the menus.
Thankfully, Archos have the right idea. Standard Mass Storage combined
with an on-device library that is updated once you disconnect the
device from USB.

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Robin Lewis
Proud Slackware user
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