Craig White wrote: > 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. More evidence of my n00b status: I though iTunes was basiclly an on-line store where teenagers could download (for $) the latest "pop tune". Now I hear you saying that I must connect the iPod to iTunes to get it to work. Maybe I'll reconsider my purchase. (half kidding.) Though I'm not an OSS purist, I absolutely _hate_ being made to use a non-linux OS. Since my VMware XP installation is not set up to do USB diddling, I'm not sure what we'll do. Question: If I break down and have it "become VFAT", and later my daughter wants to use it with an Apple computer, what then? Dean
