iPod Nano

[JoeHill]

Chris Aitken wrote: 

> Chris Aitken wrote:
> > JoeHill wrote:
> >  
> <snip>
> >> Then, when you have built and installed libgpod, you need to get the 
> >> firewire ID
> >> of the iPod by following the instructions in libgpod/README.sysinfo.
> >>     
> > Okay, I did that:
> > [root at p733 /]# ipod-read-sysinfo-extended /dev/sdd1 /media/IPOD
> >
> > I checked in that I have a 
> > /media/IPOD/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfoExtended file.   
> 
> By the way, the entire contents of that file are,
> 
> ModelNumStr: xA426
> 
> Does that look like a firewire ID?

Not really. According the README, it should be something like 'FirewireGuid:
0xffffffffffffffff'.

Make sure you iPod is mounted (this is not always automatic, I have to connect
mine, then right click on it in 'Places' and select 'mount'. Then try this
manual method from the README.sysinfo, see what you get.

As root do:

lsusb -v | grep -i Serial

this should print a 16 character long string like 00A1234567891231. For an iPod
Touch, this number will be much longer than 16 characters, the firewire ID is
constituted by the first 16 characters. Once you have that number,
create/edit /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo (if your iPod is mounted
at /mnt/ipod). Add to that file the line below:

FirewireGuid: 0xffffffffffffffff

(replace ffffffffffffffff with the string you obtained at the previous step
and don't forget the trailing 0x before the string) 

Also noticed this test:

you can test that libgpod can find the firewire ID on your iPod by running:

libgpod/tests/test-firewire-id /ipod/mount/point

> And why are we using a firewire ID? I use USB.

Me too. Not sure. I know the iPod used to connect with firewire...I bet Lennart
knows! ;)

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