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Clean iPod Install and Syncing Music Under Linux

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bluebrother:

--- Quote from: evilg123 on May 30, 2007, 07:26:04 PM ---(VFAT is different from FAT32?)
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Just for the record, VFAT is an extension to FAT and not limited to any specific version of FAT. VFAT only adds the ability to have long file names, and Linux works with VFAT just fine.

Vortex:

--- Quote ---VFAT only adds the ability to have long file names, and Linux works with VFAT just fine.
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Well, the question is: does Rockbox or your player's original firware work with vfat?

GodEater:
I've never heard of a firmware which doesn't work with VFAT / FAT32.

Chronon:

--- Quote from: Raineer on May 31, 2007, 01:02:46 AM ---I also wouldn't recommend removing the iPod firmware, it's completely unobtrusive (i.e., doesn't load unless you specifically tell it to) and I can't completely replace it yet on my 5G.  I had no use for it until I found out that "TV out" wasn't supported under Rockbox.

For Linux, I don't even use a program to "sync" anything...you can just access it in pure disk mode and setup the file structure anyway you want, Rockbox builds the database itself. I just keep a directory on the root of the iPod called "My Music" that is a mirror copy of the same dir under /home/xxx/MyMusic

Since I have to use the iPod firmware to play videos with TV-out I had to find a Linux program that will build the DB in iPod format....gtkpod does this perfectly and very easily.

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It does cause Rockbox to take longer to boot.  Yet I do agree that it remains worthwhile to keep the Apple firmware on the machine, both for video (if you have a 5g iPod) and for USB transfers (I believe that the "Disk Mode" only uses USB1.1).

Raineer:

--- Quote from: Chronon on May 31, 2007, 03:02:35 PM ---It does cause Rockbox to take longer to boot.  Yet I do agree that it remains worthwhile to keep the Apple firmware on the machine, both for video (if you have a 5g iPod) and for USB transfers (I believe that the "Disk Mode" only uses USB1.1).

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I just learned today that it does load both of them regardless, sorry for the mis-statement.

I still also think it's worth it to keep it in place, I haven't found anywhere that it "hurts" to do so. While the plugin for Rockbox is functional, even the information on this very site states that the native 5G video playback is better (and I have observed this myself)

Still, for audio, it's 100% rockbox for me :D

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