
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
Edit 20060711: got my hands on a SuSE10 machine: added SuSE10 rpm packages for libqtpod
IPODSLAVE - an iPod IO slave
This is a prerelease version of the upcoming 0.8 version. Be aware that this is work in progress and may contain bugs, although it works like a charm for me.
This version is based on the latest libqtpod release 0.3-rc1.
This ioslave enables KIO aware apps like konqueror or amarok to access the
Music stored on an Apple iPod. It further allows you to organize playlists.
To have access to your iPod mount it (some distros do this automatically when
the iPod gets plugged in) and open the URL "ipod:/".
If you have more than one iPod connected to your system you'll get a list of
directories named after the mountpoints of the iPods found. If you open one
of the directories you'll get a list of 4 directories:
Artists, Playlists, Utilities and Transfer.
If just one ipod is found the slave will automatically redirect to it's
directory.
You can copy songs from an Album to a playlist, move tracks between
playlists or albums or copy songs from one iPod to another.
You can also add new mp3 files or directories containing them to your iPod(s)
by copying them to the "Transfer" directory.
Be aware though that the changes you make aren't saved automatically to your
iPod's database - use the "Synchronize" utility under ipod:/Utilities to do
this.
Make sure you have a backup copy of your original iTunesDB file.
This file can be found under iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB in the directory
struture of your iPod. If you open the Synchronize utility it'll provide a link
to this file that you just can drag and drop to a save place.
Features:
* since this version is a prerelease and work in progress you may encounter bugs/problems/instabilities
* browsing and opening the mp3s with KIO aware apps (like konqueror,amarok or
krusader)
* browsing and copying songs and playlists with konqueror
* copying tracks and albums off of the iPod
* copying mp3 files and directories to the iPod
* renaming/moving albums
* accessing playlists
* when using konquerors detailed list view it'll show meta information about
single tracks (like author, length etc)
* On The Go Playlists and Playcount support provided by Benedikt Elser
* iPod shuffle support by Guenter Schwann
What next:
* kded plugin to provide access to the core functions via DCOP (thanks to
Andrew De Quincey for this and lotsa more good ideas and code) and to
provide notifications when something changed
* Podcast support
* photo / artwork support
* upload/download videos to the new iPod Video
Bugs/noticable problems:
* when deleting a Track from a playlist the numbering of the tracks won't
get reorganized (e.g. when deleting track 2 the list will be
1 - blah.mp3
3 - moreblah.mp3
4 - etc ... )
until synchronized with the iPod's database. This is because the numbering
must be consistent between 2 or more deletes (e.g. when deleting a list of
songs)
* mp3 files need to have sufficient id3 information (Album, Artist, Title and
Tracknum).
Be aware when copying tracks to the ipod that the sort order heavily depends
on the id3 tracknumber field. Make sure the id3 information is sufficient.
* Sometimes (almost always) you need to hit the "reload" button to make changes
visible
* please report any problem you encounter with the software to the sourceforge
project page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/kpod
* Since podcasts and smart playlists are unsupported at the moment you'll lose
them when synchronizing the database.
Hints for installation:
* in order to install it correctly it needs to be configured with
configure --prefix [path to your KDE installation]
* On a SuSE AMD64 add the --enable-libsuffix=64 configure switch
(is this true for other AMD64 distros too?)
* id3lib is needed now
14 years ago
Changes for version 0.8-pre1
* separated the whole ipod/iTunesDB code to a separate library - libQtPod
* supports updating smart playlists
creating new ones or editing smart playlist rules is not yet possible
* when synchronizing with the database it will automatically create backup copies of the old files.
* writing MHOD52 for the master playlist implemented
this speeds up operation of the browse menu and also results in smaller gaps between songs
Changes for version 0.7.3
* ignore ItunesDB elements we can't handle yet
* fixed bug where itunesdb didn't get written when slave was compiled with gcc4 - thanks to Jeff Weeks for pointing this out and fixing it
Changes for version 0.7.2
* make sure everything gets written to the ipod's harddrive when
synchronizing the database and before ejecting the ipod.
This should prevent filesystem corruption when ejecting the
ipod right after using the synchronize utility.
* sort playlists by title when saving the database to the iPod
* fixed a bug where playlists didn't get read in correctly
Changes for version 0.7.1
* implemented creating/renaming artist and album
* artists and playlist titles are case sensitive now
* moving tracks between ipods fixed
* check for known filetypes (.mp*) when adding files to the iPod
Changes for version 0.7
* iPod Shuffle support by Guenter Schwann
* support for "On The Go Playlists" and Playcount support by Benedikt Elser
* show track meta info for konquerors detailed list view
* support for multiple ipods
* added import directory where tracks and folders can be copied into
* added eject utility
* show total/used/available disk space at the statistics page
14 years ago
Changes for version 0.8-pre1
* separated the whole ipod/iTunesDB code to a separate library - libQtPod
* supports updating smart playlists
creating new ones or editing smart playlist rules is not yet possible
* when synchronizing with the database it will automatically create backup copies of the old files.
* writing MHOD52 for the master playlist implemented
this speeds up operation of the browse menu and also results in smaller gaps between songs
Changes for version 0.7.3
* ignore ItunesDB elements we can't handle yet
* fixed bug where itunesdb didn't get written when slave was compiled with gcc4 - thanks to Jeff Weeks for pointing this out and fixing it
Changes for version 0.7.2
* make sure everything gets written to the ipod's harddrive when
synchronizing the database and before ejecting the ipod.
This should prevent filesystem corruption when ejecting the
ipod right after using the synchronize utility.
* sort playlists by title when saving the database to the iPod
* fixed a bug where playlists didn't get read in correctly
Changes for version 0.7.1
* implemented creating/renaming artist and album
* artists and playlist titles are case sensitive now
* moving tracks between ipods fixed
* check for known filetypes (.mp*) when adding files to the iPod
Changes for version 0.7
* iPod Shuffle support by Guenter Schwann
* support for "On The Go Playlists" and Playcount support by Benedikt Elser
* show track meta info for konquerors detailed list view
* support for multiple ipods
* added import directory where tracks and folders can be copied into
* added eject utility
* show total/used/available disk space at the statistics page
MamiyaOtaru
13 years ago
Ideally it would happen automatically when the filesystem is unmounted (and perhaps periodically before then if there are any changes).
Does this project have any relation to fusepod?
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Fry26
12 years ago
If there was an always running app core and a kio slave just talking to it there would be a chance of having some continous flush of the in mem database and a final sync when disconnecting. But that's a lot of work and I definitely need help on that side.
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juanlutz
14 years ago
Where is possible to find it?
THX
J.-L.
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Fry26
14 years ago
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linux3114a
14 years ago
at
http://home.tiscali.be/raoul.linux/downloadSuSE10.0.htm
ENJOY !!!
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linux3114a
15 years ago
at
http://home.tiscali.be/raoul.linux/downloadSuSE10.0.htm
ENJOY !!!
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BorgQueen
15 years ago
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Fry26
15 years ago
If I remember correctly konqueror crashed in 3.3 because of the extra fields showing track metadata like album, artist etc. Maybe you can get it working by removing the extra field names in the ipodslave.protocol file but that's just a guess.
Michael
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BorgQueen
15 years ago
Great KIO slave.
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BorgQueen
15 years ago
Just in case people have having trouble figuring out how to mount an ipod here's the fstab line:
/dev/sdb3 /media/ipod hfsplus rw,user,noauto 0 0
This is a simple one I use for Debian and Ark Gnu Linux distros. You may have to adapt it to your distro.
Thanks to all the people at #debian-kde, specially grepper (my linux yoda) and timothykaine, etorix for helping me figure out that fstab line.
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BorgQueen
15 years ago
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gohanz
15 years ago
http://www.slacky.it/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=1&func=fileinfo&filecatid=842&parent=category
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linux3114a
15 years ago
at
http://home.tiscali.be/raoul.linux/downloadSuSE10.0.htm
ENJOY !!!
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emoore
15 years ago
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bluelambda
15 years ago
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wdso
15 years ago
Thanks for kio_ipod slave. Working well both with Firewire and USB.
One suggestion: Could you add a fourth folder listing all the albums (and genre)? It would make it a lot easier to select compilations.
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Thunfisch
15 years ago
And again: kswap.h is part of the official KDE-3.4.0 release.
kdelibs-3.4.0/kdecore/kswap.h
You should talk to the package maintainer of your KDE package. He'll tell you why kswap.h isn't included.
Regards,
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Thunfisch
15 years ago
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einELCH
15 years ago
i get some errors when i run make:
itunesdbparser.cpp:22:19: kswap.h: No such file or directory
itunesdbparser.cpp: In member function `void
itunesdb::ItunesDBParser::parse(QFile&)':
itunesdbparser.cpp:139: error: `KFromToLittleEndian' undeclared (first use this
function)
itunesdbparser.cpp:139: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once for each function it appears in.)
seems that kswap.h is missing, but i dunno in which package it resides in.
can somebody help me?
thx in advance..
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jerryy
15 years ago
yum install kdelibs-debuginfo
(44MB yuk!)
Then:
./configure CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/src/debug/kdelibs-3.4.1/kio/misc/kntlm"
YMMV...
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cristi1979
15 years ago
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Thunfisch
15 years ago
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einELCH
15 years ago
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einELCH
15 years ago
does ipodslave work with this release??
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mseiwert
15 years ago
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