[haiku-development] Re: iPod on Haiku
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:06:51 +0200 CEST
> On 07/04/2009, James Bell wrote:
> > but they did used to
> > ask what format you wanted the disc in: HFS+ or FAT32. This had the
> > aggrevating side effect that if you owned an OS X box and a Windows
> > box, you couldn't sync your iPod to both without reformatting the
> > iPod
> > partition (another reason to ditch the device).
>
> Uh. I've been able to sync my FAT32-formatted 4G iPod to both for
> years now. I believe this limitation was lifted when the Shuffle was
> introduced, or even before.
Ok.
> As for the DB, it's not encrypted, but crypto-hash-signed in the
> newer
> models to detect corruption. So the hashing algo had to be broken in
Ah yes, I wasn't sure. To "detect corruption" ? ROTFL worst excuse
ever. checksum or md5sum is way enough for this.
> order for 3rd party apps to write to the DB, which Apple felt was
> done
> in violation to the DMCA or something. Meaning that (as long as no
> similar bill passes there) European citizens can just ignore the
> noise
> and sync their iPods to any alternative music manager they see fit.
Or just stop supporting such evil company and buy a more open one :)
François.
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