[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 1157707] Re: Podcasts are not shown under my iPod's 'Podcasts' menu

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** Description changed:

- In Banshee, when I transfer a podcast to my iPod classic (6th
- generation) it won't show up under the main menu's 'Podcasts' button. If
- I click on the button nothing happens but the preview-pane on the right
- side of the menu does show that there is a certain number of podcasts
- available (though this number doesn't seem to match with the actual
- amount of podcasts on the device). To find my podcasts I have to
- navigate to 'Music > Genres > Podcast'.
+ In Banshee, when I transfer a podcast to my iPod Nano (3rd generation)
+ it won't show up under the main menu's 'Podcasts' button. If I click on
+ the button nothing happens but the preview-pane on the right side of the
+ menu does show that there is a certain number of podcasts available
+ (though this number doesn't seem to match with the actual amount of
+ podcasts on the device). To find my podcasts I have to navigate to
+ 'Music > Genres > Podcast'.
  
  This bug has been reported in 2007
  (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/140489) and says
  to be fixed, but it obviously isn't fixed.
  
  I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.2 64bit with Banshee 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2.
+ 
+ *** Update
+ 
+ I used iTunes on Windows to reset my iPod to its factory settings. I
+ then uploaded music and podcasts to the iPod but both showed weird
+ behavior. The Podcasts again don't show up under the Podcast menu in my
+ iPod, but I also couldn't get them to play via the Music menu (podcasts
+ stayed at 0:00) while the music did play. Both the music and podcasts
+ weren't shown though in Banshee so I couldn't delete them.
+ 
+ Connecting the iPod to another laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 32bit (lets call
+ this laptop B) and the same version of Banshee (Banshee
+ 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2) did show the music and podcasts. Adding new
+ podcasts on laptop B also fixed my original problem of not seeing them
+ under the Podcasts menu. After this, on laptop A Banshee recognized the
+ music as normal again though the podcast was now indexed in the Music
+ playlist instead of the Podcast playlist. Newly uploaded podcasts again
+ don't show up under the iPod's Podcast menu.
+ 
+ To recap: Everything works fine on laptop B, though not on laptop A. One
+ explanation I can think of is that I reset the iPod using iTunes on the
+ Windows partition of laptop B and maybe the iPod only 'likes' being
+ altered using laptop B. The idea that my iPod might be picky about its
+ laptop is fueled by sentences from its manual like "If you’re using iPod
+ nano with a Mac and you want to use it with a Windows PC, you must
+ restore the iPod software for use with the PC" and "You cannot switch
+ from using iPod nano with a Mac to using it with a Windows PC without
+ erasing all data on iPod nano". I don't know much about Apple stuff
+ though. As a further test I might do a reset on laptop A to see if my
+ theory is right.

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Title:
  Podcasts are not shown under my iPod's 'Podcasts' menu

Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In Banshee, when I transfer a podcast to my iPod Nano (3rd generation)
  it won't show up under the main menu's 'Podcasts' button. If I click
  on the button nothing happens but the preview-pane on the right side
  of the menu does show that there is a certain number of podcasts
  available (though this number doesn't seem to match with the actual
  amount of podcasts on the device). To find my podcasts I have to
  navigate to 'Music > Genres > Podcast'.

  This bug has been reported in 2007
  (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/140489) and
  says to be fixed, but it obviously isn't fixed.

  I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.2 64bit with Banshee 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2.

  *** Update

  I used iTunes on Windows to reset my iPod to its factory settings. I
  then uploaded music and podcasts to the iPod but both showed weird
  behavior. The Podcasts again don't show up under the Podcast menu in
  my iPod, but I also couldn't get them to play via the Music menu
  (podcasts stayed at 0:00) while the music did play. Both the music and
  podcasts weren't shown though in Banshee so I couldn't delete them.

  Connecting the iPod to another laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 32bit (lets
  call this laptop B) and the same version of Banshee (Banshee
  2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2) did show the music and podcasts. Adding new
  podcasts on laptop B also fixed my original problem of not seeing them
  under the Podcasts menu. After this, on laptop A Banshee recognized
  the music as normal again though the podcast was now indexed in the
  Music playlist instead of the Podcast playlist. Newly uploaded
  podcasts again don't show up under the iPod's Podcast menu.

  To recap: Everything works fine on laptop B, though not on laptop A.
  One explanation I can think of is that I reset the iPod using iTunes
  on the Windows partition of laptop B and maybe the iPod only 'likes'
  being altered using laptop B. The idea that my iPod might be picky
  about its laptop is fueled by sentences from its manual like "If
  you’re using iPod nano with a Mac and you want to use it with a
  Windows PC, you must restore the iPod software for use with the PC"
  and "You cannot switch from using iPod nano with a Mac to using it
  with a Windows PC without erasing all data on iPod nano". I don't know
  much about Apple stuff though. As a further test I might do a reset on
  laptop A to see if my theory is right.

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