2007-11-22 17:46:42 -05:00
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Newer ipods attempt to tie the song database to the hardware with the device
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serial number. This foolish behaviour has of course been defeated. In order
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for libgpod to write an appropriately keyed database, you will need your ipod's
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"firewire id."
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2007-12-04 02:28:30 -05:00
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One way to get this number is using usbdevs:
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usbdevs -v -f /dev/usb0 -a 2
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2007-11-22 17:46:42 -05:00
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... assuming that your ipod is at address 2 on the first usb bus.
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The firewire id a 16 character long string like 00A1234567891231. For an iPod
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Touch, this number will be much longer than 16 characters, the firewire ID is
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constituted by the first 16 characters.
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Once you have that number, create/edit /mnt/iPod_Control/Device/SysInfo (if
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your iPod is mounted at /mnt/), and add following line:
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FirewireGuid: 0xffffffffffffffff
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where ffffffffffffffff your ipod's id number. The "0x" prefix is required.
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Gtkpod should now be able to write a valid database to your ipod.
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(Based heavily on the libgpod "README.SysInfo" file)
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