Revision: 1770
http://gtkpod.svn.sourceforge.net/gtkpod/?rev=1770&view=rev
Author: teuf
Date: 2007-11-10 02:18:11 -0800 (Sat, 10 Nov 2007)
Log Message:
-----------
* NEWS: update for 0.6.0 release
* README.SysInfo: explain how to get the firewire id from an iPod Touch
Modified Paths:
--------------
libgpod/trunk/ChangeLog
libgpod/trunk/NEWS
libgpod/trunk/README.SysInfo
Modified: libgpod/trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- libgpod/trunk/ChangeLog 2007-11-10 04:32:04 UTC (rev 1769)
+++ libgpod/trunk/ChangeLog 2007-11-10 10:18:11 UTC (rev 1770)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-10 Christophe Fergeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * NEWS: update for 0.6.0 release
+ * README.SysInfo: explain how to get the firewire id from an iPod Touch
+
2007-11-10 Jorg Schuler <jcsjcs at users.sourceforge.net>
* src/db-artwork-parser.c (parse_mhba): fix double g_free on mhba
@@ -14,7 +19,7 @@
* src/db-parse-context.c (db_parse_context_get_m_header_internal):
fixed memory leak.
-2007-11-08 Christophe Fergeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+2007-11-08 Christophe Fergeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* src/itdb_device.c: (itdb_device_requires_checksum): the iPod Touch
needs a firewire id as well
Modified: libgpod/trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- libgpod/trunk/NEWS 2007-11-10 04:32:04 UTC (rev 1769)
+++ libgpod/trunk/NEWS 2007-11-10 10:18:11 UTC (rev 1770)
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+Overview of changes in libgpod 0.6.0
+====================================
+
+* support for iPod Classics and Video Nanos
+
+The database from these models is protected by a checksum. When this checksum
+doesn't match the content of the iPod database, the iPod won't show any
+track (ie it will look empty). Support for writing this checksum has been
+implemented in this release thanks to the awesome work of a few people in
+#gtkpod. However, to calculate this checksum, a so called "firewire ID" is
+needed which is different from iPod to iPod. Since reading it from the iPod
+requires special permissions, the firewire ID must be written in a regular
+file on the iPod so that libgpod can find it and use it to generate the
+checksum.
+
+libgpod installs a HAL callout to do that automatically when
+everything is installed in an appropriate place. It can also be done manually,
+see README.SysInfo for more information.
+
+Cover art should be working except for non square covers, preliminary photo
+support but this hasn't been widely tested yet.
+
+
+* support for iPhone and iPod Touch
+
+This requires manual user intervention: the devices must be jailbroken and
+mounted through sshfs. The iPod Touch also needs a firewire ID which must be
+manually set, see README.SysInfo
+
+Cover art is implemented but not tested at all, ditto for photo support on
+the iPod Touch
+
+
+* additional tools to get the firewire id from new iPods including a HAL
+ callout which will make the process totally automatic when it's properly
+ installed. These tools need libsgutils to be installed.
+
+* endianness fixes in the artwork writing code
+* now depends on glib 2.8 or newer
+
+Huge thanks to wtbw and Simon Schulz without whom that release wouldn't have
+been possible. Thanks as well to the people on #gtkpod for the testing they
+provided.
+
+Other contributors to the release:
+- Jesse Bouwman
+- Alex Eftimie
+- Christophe Fergeau
+- Filippo Giunchedi
+- Javier Kohen
+- Tobias Kreisel
+- Eric Lassauge
+- Nicholas Piper
+- Jorg Schuler
+- Simon Schulz
+- Todd Zullinger
Modified: libgpod/trunk/README.SysInfo
===================================================================
--- libgpod/trunk/README.SysInfo 2007-11-10 04:32:04 UTC (rev 1769)
+++ libgpod/trunk/README.SysInfo 2007-11-10 10:18:11 UTC (rev 1770)
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
The 2nd method requires more manual intervention. First, you need to get your
firewire id manually. To do that, run "sudo lsusb -v | grep -i Serial" (without
the "") with your iPod plugged in, this should print a 16 character long string
-like 00A1234567891231. Once you have that number, create/edit
-/mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo (if your iPod is mounted at /mnt/ipod).
-Add to that file the line below:
+like 00A1234567891231. For an iPod Touch, this number will be much longer than
+16 characters, the firewire ID is constituted by the first 16 characters.
+Once you have that number, create/edit /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo
+(if your iPod is mounted at /mnt/ipod). Add to that file the line below:
FirewireGuid: 0xffffffffffffffff
(replace ffffffffffffffff with the string you obtained at the previous step
and don't forget the trailing 0x before the string)
@@ -32,3 +33,9 @@
invalid content to the iPod, double-check the content of that SysInfo file to
make sure the FirewireGuid line you added isn't gone. If that happens, readd it
to the end of the file, and make sure libgpod rewrite the iPod content.
+
+
+
+Once that is done, if you compiled libgpod from source, you can test that
+libgpod can find the firewire ID on your iPod by running
+libgpod/tests/test-firewire-id /ipod/mount/point
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