Comments on: Ultimate Guide to Manage Your iPod under Linux : Revised

By: How do i put a video from limewire onto itunes?

How do i put a video from limewire onto itunes? — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:56:05 +0000

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By: punkid

punkid — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:42:55 +0000

Just change the 320:240 to 640:480 inside the script. (note: there're two 320:240s you need to modify)

By: Donald

Donald — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:04:07 +0000

Sorry about that!

So, its in the CMD+ lines.

Properties of my ipod:

MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

By: Donald

Donald — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:21:56 +0000

I’ve got a new question…
I’ve converted three films (avi) with your script, but the image is really really small… In the center of the screen, I think, 2 cm on 4…
My Ipod is the Classic one, 120GB 5th generation. Do you have any idea about the properties of convertion?
Thanks again

By: punkid

punkid — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:20:19 +0000

Hi, Donald. I havent tried the game part, yet. AFAIK there’s probably no way to do this under Linux by far. Maybe you could google some tutorials on installing 3rd-party games under windows.

By: Donald

Donald — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:31:35 +0000

Hi,
First of all, thank you VERY much for this tutorial. I’m a newbie using linux and without it I would have jumped over a cliff a long time ago!
I’ve got a question though… Do you know how I could put some games downloaded from internet on my iPod (Classic 120g)…
Thanks for you reply

By: Cann0n

Cann0n — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:18:56 +0000

In Slackware 12.2, all I had to do is set up my ipod in fstab and configure Amarok at the mount point, as far as the 2nd Gen Nano anyway. iTunes fails, since you cant “copy” music off of them. At least that is what they say. I haven’t used Microsoft related software since the release of Windows ME.

By: Michel

Michel — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:51:52 +0000

Hey guys I’m back with some more news that I’d like to share.

First of all, Floola has improved enormously. My problem was always the photos: adding them was dead slow. While it will never scream, it has become faster andmore stable, so that I now use Floola exclusively for managing the iPod. Thanks to developer Tomas! Check out: http://www.floola.com.

Secondly, I found HandbrakeGTK a perfect and esy to use utility for ripping DVDs straight to iPod’s MP4 format. Transfer them with Floola and Bob’s your proverbial uncle. Here’s a link to how to install on Ubuntu: http://linuxcrypt.net/?p=119

By: punkid

punkid — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:36:56 +0000

Have you tried this dirty trick:

ln -s /usr/lib/libgpod.so.4 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3

By: BV

BV — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:47:48 +0000

Thanks for the *excellent* guide.

I have tried a nano 4G with the svn snapshot of libgpod.

Here is what works:
1) music transfer to iPod
2) album art

What does not work:
1) videos — I think that files are transfered but the database is not updated.
2) photos because kipi is broken. Kipi looks for libgpod.so.3, but libgpod-svn makes libgpod.so.4. Rebuilding kipi-plugins fails.

So in summary, the key functions work, but the nice-to-have do not.