Re: n00b questions about ipods and linux (fedora 6 and 7)

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Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 12:41 -0800, Dean S. Messing wrote:
> > Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> > > Amarok works very well with iPods.  I use it with a 30GB video iPod and
> > > an iPod Touch.  Try to get a Windows-compatible iPod.  If you get a
> > > Mac-formatted iPod, you need a friend with a Mac to turn off the HFS+
> > > journal or Amarok won't be able to read or write the playlists or sync
> > > it to the Amarok collections.
> > > 
> > > You will probably also need the amarok-extras-nonfree RPM from livna to
> > > get MP4 and AAC playbacks from the iPod.
> > 
> > Rick, is your iPod a Generation 6 device?  Also, how can I tell when I buy it
> > whether it is "Windows-compatible"?
> ----
> Rick misspoke. iPods now come 'uninstalled' and the first
> computer/iTunes it is connected to becomes the determinant format for
> the iPod. If the first computer you attach it to is a Macintosh, iTunes
> will make the filesystem on the iPod HFS. If the first computer you
> attach it to is Windows, it will become VFAT. I don't know that you can
> have anything but an overengineered USB disk if you connect it to Linux
> first.

More evidence of my n00b status: I though iTunes was basiclly an
on-line store where teenagers could download (for $) the latest "pop
tune".  Now I hear you saying that I must connect the iPod to iTunes
to get it to work.

Maybe I'll reconsider my purchase.  (half kidding.)  Though I'm not an
OSS purist, I absolutely _hate_ being made to use a non-linux OS.
Since my VMware XP installation is not set up to do USB diddling, I'm
not sure what we'll do.

Question: If I break down and have it "become VFAT", and later my daughter
wants to use it with an Apple computer, what then?  

Dean

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