Re: [Banshee-List] Ubuntu's got 1.7.5

[Daniel Caleb <nix tek12 com>]

On 09/15/2010 07:16 AM, "Andrés G. Aragoneses" wrote:
> To add to Michael and Alan's comments:
> - Check if the addin "AppleDevice" is enabled. If it is, you're using
> the new libgpod addin.
> - If "AppleDevice" is not enabled, then you're using the deprecated
> library and only iPod support (no support for iPodTouch or iPhones). In
> this case, I would recommend you to choose one of this 3 options:
> a) Wait until Banshee's Ubuntu repo packages AppleDevice extension.
> b) Wait until 1.7.6 release which is due today, and wait until Banshee's
> Ubuntu repo packages this version.
> c) Use Banshee 1.7.3.
> 
> The reason for (b) and (c) is about a bug I accidentally introduced in
> 1.7.4 which will be fixed in 1.7.6 (it's not that the bug breaks iPod
> support, but it makes it much less efficient time-wise and it doesn't
> report the user when it's finished, so the user may disconnect the iPod
> too soon).
> 

I recently tried using Banshee 1.7.4 again, since 1.6.2 or something to
that effect. I also attempted to sync my 80GB iPod Classic with it as
well. The problem I ran into was that I ended with an "other" section
that ate all the free space on my device. I remember there being a bug
in earlier versions of Banshee with the artwork - I didn't delve to
deeply into what was going on in this instance and due to time
constraints I went back to gtkpod to manage my ipod.

Has the issue with bloated artwork dbs been resolved as well? I know it
had to do with the underlying toolkit that Banshee was using, so perhaps
the movement to libgpod has resolved this.

Thanks
Daniel