Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Rhythmbox - IPOD use case

[Mats Taraldsvik <mats taraldsvik bickeringleague net>]

Hi,

On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 22:03 +0100, Klaus Reichl wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
> 
> I bought my IPOD by mistake (I do like the HW design, more and more hate
> the SW), however, after running rhythmbox on it a could think of a new
> spring.
> 
> What I'd like to see is:
> 
> 1) (amarok inspired): no interrelationship between different computers
> and target (MP3 Player)
> 
>    => iTunes and Rhythmbox are wrong in the sense that they argue 
>       the illusion of comfort because of the interrelationship between 
>       the ONE computer and the player
> 
>    This illusion is wrong and plays for $$ SHOPS
> 
>    => I would like to download to IPOD target from where ever I am
>       and paid for service independent of the backing computer
>       e.g. Home Computer summarizing MY CDs
>            Company Environment for shared buyings
>            Laptop for own offerings
>            - worked on my Laptop last summer pulling in some CDs
> 	     all other (located on my main computer) where killed by
>              iTunes)
> 
> 2) (this is my idea):
>    => save the Music in arbitrary format (OCC in my case)
> 
>    => automatically translate it to whatever the target (player) 
> 	is capable of storing.
> 
>    So here is what I'm currently doing:
> 
>    * Download CD to computer in OGG or alike 
> 	(goal: backup without lossage)
> 
>    * Convert OGG => MP3 (sound-convert)
> 
>    * Burn the (alternative directory) to IPOD
> 
>    What I'd like:
> 
>    * Download CD to arbitrary format
> 
>    * Burn it to IPOD transparantly (converting from OGG -> MP3
> on-the-fly).
> 
>    This would be real cook, n'est pas?
> 

Not sure if this is what you are asking, but Rhythmbox already converts
transparently between music formats, depending on your settings. In my
case, my music collection in lossless flac-format, and Rhythmbox
converts to ogg vorbis when I transfer files from the library to my
SanDisk Sansa Clip. (ogg- and flac-capable flash player, btw, but I have
the 2GB version, where flac would consume too much space)


> cuK

Mats
> 
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