Probably Simple Question! ipod 5g

[aaronsmith1234]

Now that i have rockbox installed, I cant use itunes. How do i transfer new music onto my iPod??

[psycho_maniac]

you just drag and drop them onto your player wherever you want. or you can use the database built in rorkbox.  works kinda like how you browse  files in the OF on the ipods.

[GodEater]

Now that i have rockbox installed, I cant use itunes. How do i transfer new music onto my iPod??

This *is* covered in the manual - please take a look at it.

[aaronsmith1234]

I looked in the manual and cant find it anywhere. so I just drag music to the ipod and put it anywhere on it? root drive works? should i make a music folder there?

[Febs]

I looked in the manual and cant find it anywhere. so I just drag music to the ipod and put it anywhere on it? root drive works? should i make a music folder there?

You can put your music anywhere that you want.  We generally recommend that you do NOT place it in the .rockbox folder, however, because that folder is hidden by default.

[bascule]

Now that i have rockbox installed, I cant use itunes. How do i transfer new music onto my iPod??

This *is* covered in the manual - please take a look at it.

To be honest, it is only covered by implication. I've just read through the first four sections of the iPod Video manual and the clearest indications were these:

3.1.5 Basic controls
When browsing files and moving through menus you usually get a list view presented.
The navigation in these lists are usually the same and should be pretty intuitive. In the
tree view use Scroll Fwd and Scroll Back to move around the selection. Use Select
or Next to select an item. When browsing the file system selecting an audio file plays
it. The view switches to the “While playing screen”, usually abbreviated as “WPS”
(see section 4.3 (page 29). The dynamic playlist gets replaced with the contents of the
current folder. This way you can easily treat folders as playlists. The created dynamic
playlist can be extended or modified while playing. This is also known as “on-the-fly
playlist”. To go back to the FILE BROWSER stop the playback with the Long Play button
or return to the file browser while keeping playback running using Select. In list views
you can go back one step with Prev.
3.1.6 Basic concepts
Playlists
Rockbox is playlist oriented. This means that every time you play an audio file, a socalled
“dynamic playlist” is generated, unless you play a saved playlist. You can modify
the dynamic playlist while playing and also save it to a file. If you don’t want to use
playlists you can simply play your files folder based. Playlists are covered in detail in
section 4.4 (page 33

There is absolutely no mention of drag and drop or of making a separate folder for music files...

* bascule moves 'thorough review of manuals' from bottom to top of his Rockbox 'To Do' list and the Rockbox 'To Do' list itself further up his RealLife 'To Do' list  

...so I just drag music to the ipod and put it anywhere on it? root drive works? should i make a music folder there?

Yes (except within /.rockbox), Yes and Definitely Yes