access ipod files?

Craig White craig at tobyhouse.com
Tue Dec 11 20:31:38 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 13:31 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Alessandro Brezzi wrote:

>     I think it's called a "mini" but I'm not certain.  Bought them about
>     two years ago so they are not the latest!
> 
> 
>     /var/log/messages   [This looks like the appropriate part after
>     plugging in the ipod.]
> 
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access    
>     Apple    iPod    
>             1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 12000555 512-byte
>     hardware secto
>     rs (6144 MB)
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive
>     cache: write thro
>     ugh
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] 12000555 512-byte
>     hardware secto
>     rs (6144 MB)
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
>     Dec 11 13:17:09 box6 kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive
>     cache: write thro
>     :
> 
> 
>     As for the file system it uses, I don't know anything about it but
>     it is whatever it was delivered with and the kids deal with it via
>     Windows XP.
> 
>     I think I am beginning to lose interest in the project.

>     lsusb
>     Bus 005 Device 012: ID 05ac:1205 Apple Computer, Inc.
>     Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
>     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
>     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 050d:0980 Belkin Components
>     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
>     Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:0870 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Express
>     Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c408 Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button)
>     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
>     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
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normal fedora would have device automatically mount when connected -
i.e. /media/DEVICE_NAME as the current logged in user.

Evidently it is device known as /dev/sdc

Probably best not to fool with it much as root

in a terminal, you can figure out what is mounted simply by typing
'mount'

IE...my ipod (not a mini)

mount command shows...
/dev/sda2 on /media/80IPOD type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uid=1000,utf8,shortname=lower)

so my ipod is /dev/sda and /dev/sda2 is mounted at /media/80IPOD

$ ls -l /media/80IPOD/
total 80
drwxr-xr-x 2 craig root 16384 Jan  1  2000 Calendars
drwxr-xr-x 2 craig root 16384 Jan  1  2000 Contacts
drwxr-xr-x 6 craig root 16384 Sep 10  2006 iPod_Control
drwxr-xr-x 2 craig root 16384 Jan  1  2000 Notes
drwxr-xr-x 3 craig root 16384 Nov 22 12:08 Photos

so far so good...

ls -l /media/80IPOD/iPod_Control
...
ls -l /media/80IPOD/iPod_Control/Music
which then shows all the folders and the music is inside the folders.

The file/folder naming scheme doesn't make sense to us.

but it can be discerned from 
/media/80IPOD/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB
but it needs something that can make sense of that.

That's where Amarok, gtkpod or other programs come in.

Find the icon on the desktop and right click it, tell it to 'Safely
Remove' and then after telling you to remove it, disconnect from
computer. Fire up Amarok (or whatever), once it launches, then connect
the iPod again...Amarok should find it just fine.

Craig




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