iPod Nano

[JoeHill]

Chris Aitken wrote: 

> JoeHill wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > So now you'll be needing ffmpeg ;) That way you can convert practically
> > anything you want to mp4 to play on the Nano.
> >     
> So, nano plays mp4's not mp3's?

Both, mp3 audio and mp4 video. On my classic I've been going kinda nuts, I've
got two seasons of Futurama, one season of Venture Bros, and two seasons of
Rescue Me. It's nice having 80GB 8-)
 
> I uninstalled and re-installed pirut (Add/Remove Programs) and grabbed 
> gtkpod that way. I figured that pirut would solve dependencies that way. 
> I typed 'gtkpod' and the application opened. So, does that change 
> anything or should I still complete your steps? Maybe when I got pirut 
> to install gtkpod it brought with it the correct libgtk+, thought rpm 
> does not indicate this:

No, you need the gtk2-devel package. Craig left some instructions in reply to
one of my other posts, they should let you find the exact package you need.
He's using Fedora too, so it should be gtk2-devel. Then try and build gtkpod
again.
 
> [root at p733 chris]# rpm -q libgtk+
> package libgtk+ is not installed
> 
> Of course I couldn't resist trying gtkpod. You are right - it is a much 
> easier interface than amarok. However, I got the same problem - the 
> application (this time gtkpod instead of amarok) thinks it uploaded an 
> .mp3 to the iPod, but the iPod does not list it - again, "no songs".

Amarok still doesn't have the ability to use the new iTunesdb.
 
> So, do I carry on with your steps (I would be at the gtk/gtk2/gtk+ 
> finding/installing phase) or do I install ffmpeg to convert mp3's to 
> mp4's and then load them on the iPod vian gtkpod? Again, I now have 
> gtkpod, it thinks it loads .mp3's on teh iPod, but the iPod does not agree?

You can't use the gtkpod from packages, you need to install the svn version you
downloaded (the one that needs gtk2-devel to build). Sorry for the confusion
about mp3 vs. mp4, I'm getting excited, you're almost there.

So, just to recap:

Install gtk2-devel

To build gtkpod, run ./autogen.sh, ./configure --prefix=/usr, make, and if it
completes do make install.

-- 
JoeHill
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 Bender: Life is hilariously cruel.
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