Re: iRiver support (was: Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] xine metadata, and iPod HAL support)

[Mark Humphreys <mmarquee btinternet com>]

I have just registered the following project!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/irivervfs/

I can get a list of the contents of the database, and once I can make a
tree matches this, then the actual display should be quite
straightforward. 

I will let everyone know progress

Mark H.

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 16:24, Andre Meyer wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Of course, it is easy to treat the iRiver as an external disk. This
> could be added to the source list as a new device like any other
> location, I assume. BTW Is it possible to get rid of the iPod icon?
> 
> Syncing should be rather straightforward, too. I use rsync for this
> purpose (http://www.eskimo.com/~roger/programming/iriver_ihp-120.html).
> 
> With respect to the database there are specs and code available for
> generating it. Unfortunately, I have no experience in C/C++, just Java
> and Python. In fact, I was going to use the available Python code to add
> Zope support (Web-based editing of the database).
> 
> The code I found on the Web even supports Ogg, which the original on
> Windows does not. You may want to take a look at the following links:
> 
> iRivNavi.iDB file specification
> http://www.marevalo.net/iRipDB/iRivDB_structure
> 
> C
> http://www.marevalo.net/iRipDB/
> 
> Python
> http://starship.python.net/crew/marduk/software/iriver/
> http://wiki.stodge.org/index.php?page=iRiver+H-Series+Linux+Synchronisation
> http://randomwalking.com/projects/irivdb-py.php
> 
> Windows
> http://tdt.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.gacel.de/ihptool.htm
> 
> good luck in case you try (and thanks in advance if you do!)
> Andre
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 15:48, Christopher Ness wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 14:14, Mark Humphreys wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have one. 
> > 
> > Right here!  I've got one too.  It's just a USB drive when it's
> > mounted
> > right.  
> > 
> > Too bad the new firmware has been delayed.  :(
> > 
> > > I have started an attempt to build a gnome-vfs module that reads the
> > > database. I can get a list of the files, its just as matter of
> > > presenting it. Once this is done, I may try and have a look at the
> > ipod
> > > source and having go at an iriver source, hey it beats big brother!
> > 
> > I'd love to see the iriver use RB, but I think it might take some
> > firmware hacking to have it update the DB every time a song is played,
> > but that would be the ultimate.  I'd take it just mounting the iRiver
> > and letting me transfer songs back and forth between my machine and my
> > player.
> > 
> > I'm offline for the summer, but where can I find out about your
> > progress
> > when September rolls around?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
>