[TriLUG] Requesting iPods to Attend on Thursday!

[William R. Gomeringer]

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It's a possibility that I will show up with a 4th gen iPod, just in case
you need one more ;)

William

> Great! Hopefully there will be a few iPods in attendance :-)
> --Aaron
>
>
> On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 17:02 -0400, David McDowell wrote:
>> 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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