| Art Alexion on 20 Jul 2006 13:43:35 -0000 |
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If anyone is interested, here is how I solved this. Amarok 1.4 handles iPods completely differently than earlier versions and detects space left on smaller devices, like the Shuffle. A script called TransKode handles on-the-fly conversions of flac and ogg to m4a (or aac or mp3) when transferring songs to the iPod. Get transKode at http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=27512 On Tuesday 18 July 2006 10:36, Art Alexion wrote: > I have an iPod Shuffle (512 MB). > > I prefer the way that amarok manages my library, but am concerned about the > way that amarok 1.3.x handled the limited space on my Shuffle. It didn't > seem to detect the available space, and the transfer process crashed when > the limit was exceeded. I killed a Shuffle irretrievably by trying gtkpod > which was supposed to handle this better. I now have 1.4.x, and am led to > believe this problem was addressed. Anyone have any experience with this? > > I tried using iTunes over SMB, but am really disappointed with the way > iTunes does not seem to handle changes to the Library. That is, if I add > or rename files, amarok periodically scans for such changes and updates the > library dynamically. With iTunes, every addition or change has to be > handled manually (typical of commercial software, it thinks it is the only > music management system). > > That said, iTunes does a great job of loading tunes onto the Shuffle. Does > anyone know of a way to get iTunes to detect changes to a directory and > update its library? > > Ancillary question: I installed a plugin for iTunes/Quicktime to play ogg > files. When loading the iPod, it dynamically converts the ogg to aac, > necessary for playing on the iPod. Does anyone know of a similar plugin > for amarok? (ogg to mp3 would play on the iPod also.) -- _____________________________________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment - signature.asc - is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html _____________________________________________________________ Attachment:
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