[KLUG Members] iPod & Linux.

[Mark Bystry]

I just installed iTunes last night on my suse 10 box. It's version 4.7 
and I used codeweavers 4.2 to install it. Obviously iTunes 4.7 is older 
since the new version is up to 6.0 right now. I have not tried to buy a 
song from it yet though. Maybe I can try tonight.

I tried installing version 6.0 and it just died on install. Not quite 
supported yet, I guess.

Mark Bystry
SuSE 10.0
KDE 3.4.2



Andrew Eidson wrote the following on 11/4/2005 11:29 AM:
> Actually you can use the most current version of Wine and get Itunes working
> ( according to the e-mail I received from Wine.. I have not tried it yet ).
> You may want to try that as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-bounces at kalamazoolinux.org
> [mailto:members-bounces at kalamazoolinux.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Smith
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:14 AM
> To: KLUG
> Subject: [KLUG Members] iPod & Linux.
>
> I recently purchased an iPod (Nano).  I've never owned an iPod in my life
> before this.
>
> I knew before my purchase that I couldn't just plug the iPod into an USB
> port on a Linux box, copy mp3 files to it (like it was a USB flash
> drive) and expect them play on the iPod.
>
> Yes, I knew that [something like] iTunes was required to load audio files on
> the iPod for them to play there, even though Linux can use the iPod as a USB
> disk.  And there is no native iTunes available for Linux.
>
> I did some research and learned there was some OSS Linux software for the
> iPod available, but I didn't know the quality of the packages, and frankly
> wasn't expecting a whole lot.  I was half expecting to be required to use my
> Mac powerbook, or VMware+Windows w/iTunes.
>
> The first thing I did was plug my Nano into a USB2 port on my SuSE 10.0
> desktop.  Immediately it started a program named "banshee".  It knew it was
> an iPod and ask me to name my Nano.
>
> I then imported some mp3 files into my local banshee music area.  Next I
> pressed the button to sync with the iPod, which it did, and the iPod now
> plays the mp3 files perfectly!  Very slick!  Thought I'd share ...  :-)
>
> I've heard from someone else that this did NOT work under SuSE 9.3, and
> earlier versions.  I also saw there are some updates to banshee for SuSE
> 10.0 in the last couple days which is supposed to fix a occasional crash in
> the GUI (which I've seen) and support the latest version of iTunes.
> Sweet!!!  :-)
>
>  - BS
>
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