Recent changes to feature-requests

iPod Shuffle support

Philip Cain — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:56:44 -0000

gnupod has figured out the slightly different iTunesDB
structure on the iPod Shuffle. Maybe that can be ported
to ipodslave? Possibly create a method that detects
whether an ipod or an ipod shuffle has been plugged in,
and use the appropriate database filter.

I have attached a zip file which contains a copy of the
directory stucture on a Shuffle, including the
iPod_Control folder, which contains the iTunes folder
(iTunesDB file location) and the Music folder (which
has 2 16KB sample mp3 files for testing purposes).

Easy Request - Eject Button!

Brandon Kirsch — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:35:14 -0000

Two requests in one day, what a whiner I am! No
seriously though this one should be pretty easy -
especially since you already insert other operational
buttons through the ipod:/ slave. How about one that
shows up on the root of ipod:/ that says "eject"?
AFAIK the only way to make the "Do not disconnect"
message go away is to run "eject /dev/sda" (or replace
/dev/sda with whatever device or mount point you'd like)

If we're using a GUI, let's go all the way - So what
about a button that when clicked runs "eject
(mountpoint)" and then maybe even pops up a friendly
"Your iPod is safe to disconnect" message. I'm using a
pretty standard suse 9.3 install, but from what I can
tell all users can run the command, no root required.

iPod Photo Support

Brandon Kirsch — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:14:31 -0000

Awesome work! I really appreciate all you've done.. I
was worried for a bit I'd have to use Windows for my
iPod when I have no other use for that OS. Anyways,
Apple convinced me that 50 bucks for the 10 extra GB
was worth my time and money. That means I ended up
with an iPod photo. It seems almost pointless to
request photo support, as I'm sure you get a lot of
requests (and I'd bet that's one) but I would be
willing to at least to do some general help - as in
doing all the reading / research for the file schemes
and the way photos resize (for example, the photo uses
3 different res copies of the same image when you
transfer) and letting you know. I'm only a beginner at
C++ (I could probably do it in php hehe) so producing
code would really just be me submitting crap for the
world to have to re-write. Let me know if you guys
have the time and interest of adding photo support and
I can offer at least a small helping hand.

How awesome would it be to add to Image Browsing in KDE
the option of "Add these photos to iPod on next sync"?