iPod and generic mp3 player support in Edgy and Dapper

Patrick Carey paddycarey at gmail.com
Mon Oct 9 13:09:45 UTC 2006


i always found the ipod support in amarok to be pretty good, even in
breezy, but better in dapper and edgy, have you tried that?

On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 13:58 +0100, Sean Hammond wrote:
> Ah, actually it seems GTKPod does not work on Dapper, it tries to sync
> the changes to the iPod before exiting:
> 
> Error opening '/media/ipod/iPod_Control/Music/F04/gtkpod424116.mp3'
> for writing (Read-only file system).
> 
> Error opening '/media/ipod/iPod_Control/Music/F05/gtkpod302268.mp3'
> for writing (Read-only file system).
> 
> It looks as if iPod support, via Rhythmbox, Banshee or GTKPod is
> pretty dodgy on both Breezy and Dapper. What about Edgy?
> 
> On 10/9/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > More info, my Ubuntu Breezy user reported to me that GTKPod didn't
> > work. My friend running Dapper who found that Rhythmbox and Banshee
> > failed tells me GTKPod does work. Any info on the status of GTKPod?
> >
> > On 10/9/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > So, among the people I have installed Ubuntu Breezy for I have:
> > >
> > > * Someone with an iPod who had mixed results using it with GTKPod and
> > > Banshee, Rhythmbox didn't use it at all apparently
> > >
> > > * Someone who ripped a load of music into OGG then went out and bought
> > > an mp3 player
> > >
> > > So, I wanted to know what the support for these devices is like on
> > > Edgy and  Dapper, but I can't try them myself since I don't own any,
> > > although I have some info about ipods and Dapper from a friend:
> > >
> > > * Rhythmbox can play music from iPod, but that's all (can't move music
> > > on or off the ipod)
> > >
> > > * Banshee seems to support moving music on and off the iPod, but crashes
> > >
> > > So what is the status of iPod support in Rhythmbox and Banshee on
> > > Dapper and Edgy?
> > >
> > > And I've heard the Rhythmbox ipod plugin does OGG-mp3 conversion. How
> > > does the Generic MP3 player plugin in Rhythmbox work? Will it
> > > automatically convert OGGs to MP3 when you drag them onto the MP3
> > > player? On Dapper? On Edgy?
> > >
> > > So I can figure out how best to help these embattled users at some
> > > point in the future.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> >
> 





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