Re: [Banshee-List] iPod Shuffle 2 (the clip-on shuffle)

[Brandon Perry <bperry volatile gmail com>]

I am not sure how new the iPod Shuffle 2 is, would this be an effect of
the hashings?

On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 09:56 -0400, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> On 9/26/07, Brant Anderson <rabrant gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm new to Banshee. I thought it would be fun to try out my iPod Shuffle
> > with it. So, I did.
> >
> > The program told me that I needed to rebuild my database, so I did.
> >
> > I then put one song onto my iPod to test it out. I can browse to the song in
> > nautilus and play it as from a drive on my computer. So, I thought hey this
> > is awesome! Next, I unmounted my iPod and plugged in my headphones. My iPod
> > does nothing except flash a green and amber light alternately. No sound. :-(
> >
> > I was wondering if anybody knew of a fix to this. I am running Fedora 7 and
> > installed the version from the livna (I think it was from livna) repository.
> > Banshee version 0.12.1. I have this strange feeling that the problem has
> > something to do with the reconstruction of the iPod database. Any thoughts
> > or feedback on getting my iPod Shuffle to work with Banshee would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Brant Anderson
> 
> First, I'm not an iPod user, but I've been around long enough to see
> the answers a few times.
> 
> With an iPod problem, typically the best first response is to make
> sure you have the latest version of Banshee. Apple likes to change it
> up to keep the Linux guys hopping. If you've synced the iPod with the
> latest version of iTunes, you almost certainly need to be running the
> latest version of Banshee.
> 
> JSR/
>