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bascule:

--- Quote from: Elara on December 11, 2006, 06:59:55 AM ---...can I use firewire for that?  The manual says that Rockbox does not support firewire, only USB, but my motherboard is having issues with its USB, and the firewire works perfectly.  Since my computer can see the Ipod, and can add/delete things to it using firewire, will that be ok?  Or, will anything done via firewire not work right?  (Just don't want to mess up what is turning out to be a beautiful thing here.)

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I'm sorry, I might have to leave that to someone else to answer, as my iPod hardware knowledge is non-existent. However, if Rockbox does not support Firewire, you must be using the Apple firmware to view the drive? If so, and it allows you to drag and drop straight onto the iPod as a mass storage device, then that should be fine.


--- Quote from: Elara on December 11, 2006, 06:59:55 AM ---Also, I believe that my Rockbox database is set to auto-update.  If that is the case, do I need to initialize it again anyway once I delete and re-transfer the music, or will it take care of all that for me?  Thanks so much for all the help!
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It won't matter, because you will not be using the Database afterwards, only navigating by the File Browser.

Once it's working to your satisfaction, you can turn all the Database functions such as 'Auto Update' and 'Load To RAM' off to save memory (and therefore battery life).

Llorean:
As far as "Rockbox doesn't support firewire" goes, all that means is that when you insert the firewire cable, Rockbox will not automatically reboot into Disk Mode. Since we still use Apple's disk mode, if you manually reboot into it, or into the Apple firmware, if your iPod supports firewire, firewire will still work.

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