On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 10:22 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Todd Zullinger wrote: > > Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > >> Can someone tell me how to go about copying the all music off an > >> ipod and then putting some of the files onto another one? > >> > > > > Sure. If you have gtkpod started and the ipod is showing up in the > > left pane, you right click and select "Copy Tracks to Filesystem." > > > > In the dialog that opens, you browse to the directory to which you > > want to export the music. You can specify a format for the exported > > files in the filename format box. There is an unfortunate bug that > > affects gtkpod on F8 which makes the tooltip that explains the > > available formats disappear nearly instantly[1]. The tooltip reads: > > > > "Determines the filename of tracks you copy from the iPod, e.g > > '%a/%A/%T - %t.mp3' or '%o'. You can separate several patterns by > > semicolons -- gtkpod will determine which one to use by the filename > > extension given. Artist: %a, album: %A, composer: %c, title: %t, > > genre: %G, track nr: %T, CD nr: %C, year: %Y, original filename > > (requires extended information file): %o, current playlist: %p, the > > character '%': %%." > > > > If you have mp3 and aac (mp4, m4a) tracks on the ipod, you could use > > something like this to organize them by artist/album/tracknum-title: > > > > %a/%A/%T-%t.mp3;%a/%A/%T-%t.m4a;%a/%A/%T-%t.mp4 > > > > After you've saved the contents of one ipod, you can then add those > > files to another ipod. Perhaps it's best to ensure that this part > > works well first, then move on to adding files to the other ipod? > > > > Is the ipod you will be copying to is a newer ipod (classic, video > > nano, touch, or iphone)? > > > > [1] I think this might be a gtk bug, but I've not had much luck > > tracking it down. If anyone has ideas or has seen similar > > problems in other gtk apps on F8, I'd love to hear about it. > > > > > > Ok, that seems to permit me to save files from the iPods using gtkpod. > > Playing back the files I saved seems simplest using Amarok. > Unfortunately the iPod I have to experiment with this morning > belongs to a teen aged grandson and contains nothing but whining > adolescents singing, a horror to work with! > > The files on the iPod are grouped such as "Top Rated," etc. and I > have only been able to copy those groups into newly created > directories. I would prefer to be able to copy the entire contents > of the iPod in on fell swoop. I'm still looking at that. > > Thanks to all for your help. > > Bob Goodwin > > > To extract all songs from an ipod, create a playlist that contains all songs or select all songs on the ipod in gtkpod. Then in gtkpod select "file" > "Export Tracks From Database" and then select either "Selected Playlist" or "Selected Tracks" depending one what you did earlier. -- Adam Hough <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
