Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee 0.11 ipod problem

[Aaron Bockover <abockover novell com>]

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 00:49 -0400, Gregoire Gentil wrote:
> Yes, I read about this:
> http://abock.org/2006/09/14/we-need-you-and-apple-sucks-part-2/. But
> in any case, to my mind, it's up to Banshee to adapt itself to iPod -
> not sure that Steve Jobs really cares about Banshee. ;-)

Wow, you completely did not get my point. Of course we adapt. We already
have adapted. It took only a few days from that post. Our adaptation was
in Banshee 0.11.0, libipoddevice 0.5.0, and ipod-sharp 0.6.2. My point
is simply that it's unfortunate things have to be this way instead of, I
don't know, an open standard - wishful thinking.

Does "ipod --list" show anything?

--Aaron

 
> My iPod shows now in its About dialog menu:
> GNUpod 0.98.3
> Version 1.0.1
> Model MA487LL
> Format: Windows
> The iPod has never been reinstalled and it has never plugged into a
> Windows system. The disk was originally formatted in FAT and I did all
> what is written below.
>  
> Note that the GNUpod format is perhaps the problem. I begin to guess
> that Banshee really needs an Apple iTunesDB. If there is no DB or
> written with another standard, it fails. Could my assumption be
> correct?
>  
>  
> Gr�ire
>  
>         
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Matt Philmon [mailto:mattisking gmail com] 
>         Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:35 AM
>         To: banshee-list gnome org; gregoire gentil com
>         Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Banshee 0.11 ipod problem
>         
>         
>         Perhaps this is a bit daft... but just in case, is it possible
>         the newest iPod's came without the newest firmware? Have you
>         checked to see your new iPod is running the latest and
>         greatest firmware? The reason being that some things have
>         changed in libipoddevice to deal with recent changes to the
>         firmware. I'm just stabbing in the dark of course. Other's
>         might have better suggestions. 
>         
>         Matt
>         
>         On 9/24/06, Gregoire Gentil <gregoire gentil com> wrote: 
>                 I'm trying to sync a brand new ipod nano with Banshee
>                 0.11. It's not
>                 working. Can anyone help to debug this situation. Here
>                 is more
>                 information:
>                 
>                 - It's a brand new 4GB ipod nano bought in the US last
>                 week.
>                 - I have Banshee 0.11, libipoddevice 0.5 and
>                 ipod-sharp 0.6.2 on Gentoo
>                 with kernel 2.6.17.
>                 - The iPod is automatically mounted by the system
>                 on /media/usbdisk
>                 (vfat type).
>                 - Initially, /media/usbdisk/iPod_Control/iTunes only
>                 contained firsttime 
>                 (not iTunesDB file)
>                 - When launching Banshee, the iPod icon appears and
>                 when accessing its
>                 properties, the size of the iPod and the size of the
>                 content is reported
>                 well.
>                 - When trying to import the iPod, CPU goes at 100% for
>                 4 seconds and 
>                 then vanishes. Nothing happens. Import continues for
>                 ever.
>                 - I then tried gtkpod. Gtkpod complained about not
>                 finding iTunesDB.
>                 Perhaps I didn't configure gtkpod well.
>                 - I then tried gnupod. Perl scripts enabled me to
>                 create an empty 
>                 iTunesDB file.
>                 - Then back to gtkpod with more configuration,
>                 everything worked fine. I
>                 was able to read the iPod and sync mp3 files from and
>                 to the iPod.
>                 - Then back to Banshee, I still have the problem of
>                 eternal import. 
>                 
>                 Anyone has an idea what's the problem and how to
>                 debug? Many thanks by
>                 advance,
>                 
>                 Gregoire
>                 
>                 PS: I can tar the content of my ipod nano and put it
>                 on a website if it
>                 can help.
>                 
>                 
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