Hi all, I¹m writing some RB code to parse and detect iPods. And I need to ask your help. In order to detect different iPods, I¹m trying to collect together as many of the hidden iPod ³SysInfo² files as I can, as these files tell me the model number etc. of the iPod.
So, although it¹s a little off-topic, I wondered if I could ask the NUG¹s help. Do you have an iPod (any iPod)? If so, would you be happy to share the contents of your iPod¹s SysInfo file? If you would, here¹s what I need. The contents of a SysInfo file looks a little something like this (from my 5th generation 60Gb white iPod Video): BoardHwName: iPod M25 pszSerialNumber: XXXXXXXXXXX ModelNumStr: MA003 FirewireGuid: 0x000A2700147FDCA9 HddFirmwareRev: BU011A RegionCode: FB(0x001A) PolicyFlags: 0x00000000 buildID: 0x06118000 (6.1.1) visibleBuildID: 0x01118000 (1.1.1) boardHwRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0) boardHwSwInterfaceRev: 0x000B0005 (0.0.11 5) bootLoaderImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0) diskModeImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0) diagImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0) osImageRev: 0x00000000 (0.0 0) iPodFamily: 0x00000000 updaterFamily: 0x00000000 I¹ve deliberately obfuscated my serial number (the second line, pszSerialNumber) as I don¹t want everyone knowing it :-) I¹m hopeful that if I can collect a good range of these, then (together with the ones I¹ve gathered from friends) I can put together some code to detect all of the different iPods. I¹m also trying to work out what the RegionCode equates to, so if you can let me know what country your iPod was purchased in, that¹d be great too! So if you¹d like to help, please send your iPod¹s SysInfo files, together with the type of iPod (model, disk size, colour of iPod (important!), and country of purchase) to me, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or, if you¹d prefer, just post the contents of the file as a reply to this email. I¹d recommend that you remove your iPod serial number from the file first, as I have above. I¹m especially interested in iPod Minis, U2 iPods, and black iPods, but any and all SysInfo files are useful (I still don¹t have many). To find out what iPod you have, check at the following link: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61688 To get the SysInfo file on a Mac: First up, make sure your iPod is set to mount as a hard disk on your Mac. You can set this by plugging in your iPod and making sure the prefs option at iTunes > Preferences > iPod > Music > ³Enable disk use² is turned on. Next, do the following: Open Terminal (it lives in the Applications/Utilities/ folder) Type in: cd /Volumes and hit return. ³cd² just set the current directory to be a list of all hard disks on your computer (so we can find the iPod). Then, type in: ls and hit return. "ls" will list all attached volumes, hopefully including your iPod. On my mac, it went like this: Last login: Mon Jul 10 12:38:22 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! Owl:~ dave$ cd /Volumes Owl:/Volumes dave$ ls iPod OS 10.1 Owl Unused 2 Wolf Elephant OS 9.2.2 Unused 1 Unused 4 (As you can tell from the list above, this iPod is called "iPod".) Next, you want to change the current directory to point to your iPod. (Don't worry, this won't damage it.) Type in: cd iPodName ...where iPodName is the name of your iPod in the list of volumes. If the name has spaces in, then start typing the first word of the name, and press Tab. Terminal will auto-complete the name. Alternatively, stick a backslash before the spaces. For example, you would end up with: cd Name\ With\ Spaces/ The current directory is now your iPod. Next, type in the following: cp iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo ~/Desktop This will copy the iPod's SysInfo file to your desktop. Don't worry, it won't affect the original file on the iPod at all. You can then go to the desktop, and you should see a file called "SysInfo". Either email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or post its contents here, having removed your serial number. To get the SysInfo file on a PC: Your iPod needs to be mounted as a hard disk on your PC, so that you can browse to it via the File Explorer. Plug it in, and browse to the iPod¹s hard disk. Once there, go to ³Tools: Folder Options², select the ³View² tab, and set the ³Hidden files and folders² option to be ³Show hidden files and folders² (if it is not already). Click ³Apply². You should now be able to see a hidden folder called ³iPod_Control². Go into this folder, and into the hidden subfolder called ³Device². In there should be a file called ³SysInfo². Copy it (command-C), then go to somewhere else on your computer such as your desktop and paste (command-V) the file there. Again, either email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or post its contents here, having removed your serial number. Thanks for any help! Dave. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
