On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 23:25 -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
Hello there,
I'm planning to buy an ipod and after googling for "linux+ ipod" I think I'm going to use GTKpod. I have a question though...
Assuming my iPod is already formatted with FAT32, isn't it just a matter of mounting the ipod and copy my mp3's to some specific folder on the "mounted drive"? Why do I need an app? I initially thought that the ipod (Nano 2G in this case) wasn't perceived as an "USB mass storage device" but I'm confused now :(
You can of course browse the file system on the ipod. However, music files are not stored with their original names. They are renamed to odd names. Track info is all taken from the ID3 tags (NOT the file names) and placed in a database. That is also what makes it a challenge to simply copy mp3 music files off the ipod. gtkpod makes this easy. Note also that konqueror has an ipod: service that makes reading from the ipod very easy. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org