[gpodder] Re: Getting started on adding back sync support for iPod
- From: Joseph Wickremasinghe <jnwickremasinghe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:04:29 -0700 (PDT)
Thomas,
I just submitted a pull-request for ipod sync functionality in gpodder 3. Sorry
it took me such a long time. I spent way too long trying to get gtkpod / iPod
support set up in Ubuntu 12.04 / Mint 13 before realizing it doesn't seem to be
fully supported.
I also sunk a lot of time into getting my new phone set up. (I upgraded to a
Samsung Galaxy S4 and tried to get MTP support working - no luck there. I'm
currently having to sync gpodder over sshfs to my phone - which is no way to
live :). I'm going to switch back to a HTC phone soon.)
Anyway, as I mentioned in the pull request the sync process works well, but the
UI can lock up during the actual syncing. However, I may be able to manually
copy the files over & update the ipod directory myself, but let's save that for
a future enhancement.
For now, those wishing to sync should mount with ifuse and then use the ifuse
mount point as the location of their device in gPodder. Two way synching and
playlist creation are not currently supported.
I've beeing developing this under Ubuntu 10.04 with an iPod Touch. Users will
need to be able to successfully manage their device with gtkpod before gPodder
will work.
Comments & suggestions are always welcome :)
Joseph
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From: Thomas Perl <th.perl@xxxxxxxxx>
To: gpodder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 10:28 AM
Subject: [gpodder] Re: Getting started on adding back sync support for iPod
Hi,
2013/4/3 Joseph Wickremasinghe <jnwickremasinghe@xxxxxxxxx>
So, I finally got my hands on an iPod and will be able to start looking into
adding back iPod device sync support to gpodder.
>
Nice! Looking forward to iPod support for those users of gPodder using iPods :)
My general plan will be to adapt the feature from the gpodder 2.20 release.
However, I'm totally unfamiliar with using iPods with Linux computers. I tried
to sync some feeds from gpodder 2.20 to my iPod & couldn't even figure out how
to set it up correctly in gpodder's device preferences. Then there appears to
be some 'ifuse' application that allows users to treat their iPod as a
filesystem type device - I don't know if that's needed?
>
What we did in gPodder 2 is to use the "libgpod" bindings for Python
(python-gpod), which has been developed out of the "gtkpod" project. I haven't
used an iPod for some years now, but AFAIK gtkpod still works with the
"classic" iPods.
If "ifuse" works as filesystem-based device, maybe you could try that first and
if it works with gPodder's "filesystem-based" MP3 player sync (just copying
files into folders), that could be one option.
In short I need some assistance on how people were using gpodder to sync with
their iPods so I can replicate that set up and start working on the feature.
Suggestions, anyone?
>
How to set it up in gPodder 2:
- Install python-gpod
- Configure the device (device type "iPod" and mountpoint directly where the
device is, e.g. "/media/My iPod/")
- Sync :)
Once you get it working with gPodder 2, you should be able to add the same
thing to gPodder 3. But again, check if "ifuse" or some other solution might
provide a quicker way of achieving the goal - maybe even without having to use
libgpod.
Perhaps Thomas, you could add me as a blog author after all, so I can
communicate updates or solicit feedback to the end users that way? :)
>
Invitation sent - you should now be able to post to the blog.
Thanks,
Thomas
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