DJA wrote:
My sister just got an iPod. She dual-boots Linux and W2K. Since she did
absolutely no research before buying her Shiny, she has now discovered
that iTunes supports only Mac, XP, and Vista. Go figure. ;) So she can't
even download music onto it!
Is there any practical support for using iTunes, or even an iPod in
Linux? Right now she just wants to be able to put music onto the the
little beast. I don't think sharing is even on her radar at the moment.
She's running FC5 or FC6 (I can't remember - maybe it's time to move her
to F8), and I've never really paid attention to what music apps ship
with Fedora.
While I got some answers to my question(s) in the form of "Yes, you can
use an iPod with Linux", I need more specific info than that.
Specifically,
How does one actually get a ripped track to the iPod? What application
or tool?
Must the track be in a specific format (e.g. MP3, FLAC, OGG, etc.) or
will any common format do?
I managed to just copy a couple of tracks to the Recordings directory on
the iPod, one each in MP3 and FLAC. But my sister found no way (whether
her ignorance or Apple's) of getting either of those tracks to play.
I guess this whole process is so New Generation and common knowledge now
that us old folks can't figure it out.
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~DJA.
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