access ipod files?

[Bob Goodwin]

Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 17:01 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> Craig White wrote:
>>     
>>> ----
>>> 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
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Ok, with your help I was able to make it work.  When I plug in the
>>     iPod two icons appear on the desk top, one labeled "Apple iPod" and
>>     another marked "Luc & Matt."  I had to mount the second one and then
>>     I can see the files you mentioned "/iPod_Control/iTunes/" etc. 
>>
>>     Then starting amarok produces a listing of the contents of the iPod
>>     from which I can copy stuff to the hard drive and play it via xmms.
>>
>>     Thanks to all for the help.
>>     
> ----
> just as an fyi, I think that if you want to use Amarok to 'play' ipod
> stuff, it requires that you have livna repository configured and then, 
>
> yum install \
> gstreamer-plugins-good \
> gstreamer-plugins-bad \
> gstreamer-plugins-ugly \
> gstreamer \
> gstreamer-tools
>
> I suspect that you already have faad2 & xmms-faad2 installed since you
> are playing from xmms and thus probably already have livna configured.
>
> Craig
>
> (probably gstreamer and gstreamer-tools are already installed)
>
>
>
>   

    Yes, I installed whatever was necessary for xmms, vlc, and audacity
    to handle mp3 files.  I will have to check for the stuff you list above.

    Thanks. 

    Bob Goodwin