Question about an element in the Manual

[dai_vernon]

I have a question based on something that is said in the Apple iPod Video manual:

Mine is Mac formatted, and I need to switch it to Windows (FAT32) format, but I'd just like some clarification.  When I reformat my iPod to the Windows format, it will wipe my drive, and I will need to reinstall my music; the manual says "Note that after conversion, you can still use a FAT32 Ipod on a Mac."  What exactly does this mean?

Will I be able to mount my player in the normal way, have iTunes open, and copy over music just as before?  What about file formats that iTunes will not read, like FLAC, OGG, DiVX movies, and other such files?

If this is not the proper forum for this, please direct me to the proper one.

Thanks for developing what I have been told by my rockbox-using peers to be a jewel of open source media software.

[linuxstb]

Will I be able to mount my player in the normal way, have iTunes open, and copy over music just as before?  What about file formats that iTunes will not read, like FLAC, OGG, DiVX movies, and other such files?

Yes, you will be able to mount your player and itunes will continue to sync files it understands to your ipod.

For other filetypes (note that Rockbox doesn't support DivX), you just copy them to your ipod's hard disk as if it was any other hard disk.  They will then be indexed by the Rockbox database (if you use it), and also viewable via the rockbox file browser (the Files menu option) which lets you browse the files and folders on your ipod's disk.  Note that to copy files, you'll need to make sure the "Enable use as a disk" option (I forget the exact name) is enabled for your ipod in itunes.