[gpodder-devel] structuring podcasts on iPod
- From: thp at perli.net (Thomas Perl)
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:37:26 +0200
Hello!
?On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 19:48 -0500, Mark Alford wrote:
> > it _should_ be not the podcasts "playlist" but a special podcasts menu
> > item in your music menu that will list the episodes grouped by
> > podcast, so you have a "virtual folder" per-podcast and the episodes in
> > there.
>
> My iPod is a "classic", 3rd generation.
> To get to my podcasts I select
> Music -> Playlists -> Podcasts
> and there they all are, in no particular order that I can fathom.
> It would be great to have them structured into virtual folders.
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 22:11 -0400, Andy Busch wrote:
> For that generation, this is expected behavior. The special "podcast"
> filing was introduced with a firmware update midway though the fourth
> generation (and Photos).
Here are some related links to podcast firmware of 3G iPods:
http://forums.ilounge.com/archive/index.php/t-109830.html
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/29/ipod-software-updates-adds-a-slew-of-podcasting-features/
I don't know if the current firmware supports podcasts or not, you
should give it a try. I think updating the firmware should be
non-destructive to your music files, but better safe than sorry.
If it doesn't work out, we should write a script that looks into the
iTunesDB and finds all tracks that belong to one podcast and
create/update the corresponding playlists.
Please try updating the firmware first, and if it doesn't work out,
please:
* Write a FAQ (wiki.gpodder.org/faq) stating that 3G iPods don't
support Podcasts menu (link to this and your reply in the mailing
list archive)
* File a bug at bugs.gpodder.org, also linked to the mails in the
mailing list archive
We'll try to find a solution then :)
Hope that helps,
Thomas
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