[SGVLUG] Ipod on Linux

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On 6/4/07, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
> Over the weekend I tried out gtkpod again -- I'm happy to report it
> "doesn't screw up the settings" [playlists] like Amarok does/did.
>
> I also found out that KDE has a form of "integrated" support for ipods
> (called "kpod", I think) that is still in development, but it lets you
> "browse" the ipod as a mounted drive (and has a couple of other
> "features" built in)
>
> Another alternative to consider is "Crossover" from Codeweavers -- this
> is a fork/variant of Wine that (essentially) has commercial support.
> One of their claims-to-fame is that it will let you run iTunes from
> within Linux, and while that is a true statement, the version that they
> support is 4.something (iTunes is up to 7.2 as of this morning)  I have
> yet to try this with my iPod -- this I *know* will screw things up
> [iTunes, in particular, is a little weird -- if you connect your iPod to
> multiple computers w/iTunes, each copy of iTunes will overwrite what's
> on your iPod with it's own database of files]

This is acctually not true, there is a setting that you set in iTunes
that controls this or at least there used to be a setting that
controlled that. But it actually makes sense from a stop piracy point
of view.

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net
> > [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of Alex Roston
> > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:34 PM
> > To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> > Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Ipod on Linux
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions. Has anyone tried all three apps or some
> > subset? (Amarkok, gtkpod and yamipod?) Does one work better
> > than others?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> > > Last week's "Linux Reality" podcast has a listener tip on
> > using ipods
> > > and gtkpod in particular
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.linuxreality.com/podcast/episode-63-home-servers-part-9-bac
> > > ku
> > > p-servers/
> > >
> > > [oh, and if you couldn't tell from the title, that
> > particular podcast
> > > talks about setting up a backup strategy using things like rsync]
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net
> > >> [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of Matt Wette
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:41 AM
> > >> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> > >> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Ipod on Linux
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> There is also gtkpod: http://www.gtkpod.org/
> > >>
> > >> Alex Roston wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> My daughter just got an IPOD, and I'd really prefer not
> > to set up a
> > >>> Windows machine just so she can use it. What's available to
> > >>>
> > >> link Linux
> > >>
> > >>> to an Ipod, and how does everyone like what they're using.?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> Alex
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>