On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 12:41 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote: > Rick Stevens wrote: > > Amarok works very well with iPods. I use it with a 30GB video iPod and > > an iPod Touch. Try to get a Windows-compatible iPod. If you get a > > Mac-formatted iPod, you need a friend with a Mac to turn off the HFS+ > > journal or Amarok won't be able to read or write the playlists or sync > > it to the Amarok collections. > > > > You will probably also need the amarok-extras-nonfree RPM from livna to > > get MP4 and AAC playbacks from the iPod. > > Rick, is your iPod a Generation 6 device? Also, how can I tell when I buy it > whether it is "Windows-compatible"? ---- Rick misspoke. iPods now come 'uninstalled' and the first computer/iTunes it is connected to becomes the determinant format for the iPod. If the first computer you attach it to is a Macintosh, iTunes will make the filesystem on the iPod HFS. If the first computer you attach it to is Windows, it will become VFAT. I don't know that you can have anything but an overengineered USB disk if you connect it to Linux first. Craig
