[TriLUG] Requesting iPods to Attend on Thursday!

[David McDowell]

ok, dunno about the gen 2 iPod, but I'll definitely have the firewire pc card.


On 6/6/05, Aaron Bockover <abockover.trilug at aaronbock.net> wrote:
> That would be excellent and much appreciated. I smacked myself after
> making that post -- the first gens don't even have USB, not sure about
> the second, so I was considering purchasing a firewire card.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> --Aaron
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 10:16 -0400, David McDowell wrote:
> > Want me to bring my pcmcia firewire card?  it has 3 400mbit ports on
> > it.  :)  If I can get in touch with my Dad before Thursday, he has a
> > gen 2 iPod he no longer uses (to my knowledge).
> >
> > David McD
> >
> >
> > On 6/5/05, Aaron Bockover <abockover.trilug at aaronbock.net> wrote:
> > > I am working on adding native iPod support to gnome-volume-manager, and
> > > also full iPod support to Sonance [http://sonance.aaronbock.net]. I am
> > > the lead developer of Sonance.
> > >
> > > I currently have most of the lower level device handling code written,
> > > and am looking for some iPod file system snapshots for testing. I
> > > currently have snapshots (taken from devices that I own) for:
> > >
> > > "Regular" iPod (4th Generation)
> > > "Regular" iPod (3rd Generation)
> > > iPod Photo
> > > iPod Shuffle
> > >
> > > I am looking for older devices (1st and 2nd generations) that I can
> > > connect to my laptop and rip a snapshot of the file system, however,
> > > I'll gladly rip any iPod.
> > >
> > > I would *NOT* be ripping the actual music stored on the iPod, just the
> > > control, device, and database information. I have written a shell script
> > > that will allow a quick rip. Ripping would mean I will have a copy of
> > > your database, and could thus see the contents of your iPod - but I
> > > won't rip the actual audio files referenced by the database (that would
> > > take quite a while!).
> > >
> > > I am simply looking to test for any possible discrepancies in various
> > > models and generations.
> > >
> > > If you have an iPod, of any kind, I would greatly appreciate you
> > > bringing it to the meeting on Thursday, and I'll quickly rip a snapshot
> > > before or after the meeting. Your generosity will help enhance the
> > > quality of upcoming advances in the multimedia experience for Linux.
> > >
> > > Also, I only have cables for 4th generation iPods. If you have an older
> > > iPod, please bring the USB cable! (No firewire please... the laptop
> > > doesn't have a firewire port :-/)
> > >
> > > Many, Many Thanks!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > >
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