Having trouble installing on 5g video

[Casej]

Ok i just finished through the step you are talking about. You are saying to extract rocbox first or reboot first?

[Llorean]

Extract first, is easier.

[Casej]

Sweet just extracted it THANK YOU so much for being so patient. In the guide they ask to disconnect it the normal way, is that just pulli the plug or ejecting it in my computer?

[Llorean]

Ejecting is always better.

[Casej]

WOooo thanks a ton it works! Is there anything special to putting the music in a folder in the ipod?

[Llorean]

Nope. Just put it where you want it.

[Casej]

Well have another stupid question   I added .mp3 and wen t play it and it said codec failure. What am i screwin up now

[Llorean]

I assume you're running an official Rockbox build, and you have both the rockbox.ipod file and the /.rockbox/ folder on your iPod?

[Casej]

Yes i have them both on there. Maybe do i put the music in the rockbox folder or doesnt it matter if it goes in that root?

[Llorean]

As I said, you can put the music wherever you want.

You didn't answer if you're using an official version.

Also, in the /.rockbox/codecs/ folder, there's one for MP3, right?

[Casej]

Well i DL the rockbox latest dl for video ipod v.9-17 Also there is no codec folder you are talking about

[Llorean]

The official builds don't have a version number. You *are* downloading from Rockbox.org, right?

[Casej]

Yes i am. I went to download section then looked for my  video ipod from there then hit the latest tab and DL that. Do i need to download the soure archive instead? Or maybe the CVS build?

[Llorean]

Then where did you get the v.9-17 number from?

Also, you aren't extracting right if you don't have a /.rockbox/codecs/ folder, as it's in the archive.

[Casej]

i got the name from when you click the DL and its named after the date 9-17. Do you not hihglight all the files then extract them to ipod? i dont think i specifed a folder for them to go to