Questions tagged [ipod]
Questions about using the portable media player Apple iPod with Ubuntu.
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How to write to ipod from Ubuntu 18.04
I recently sent my ipod (5th Generation ipod with video) for a new battery and an SSD to replace the hard drive. The repair shop tested it and said it worked, it came back containing a single song ...
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How do I control compression level for ipod rhythmbox
Where do I control the compression level and format for songs being re-compressed for storage on my iPod from Rhythmbox?
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Rhythmbox transcoding ALAC files on the fly when syncing ipod (and I don't want it to!)
I use Rhythmbox from the gnome3 ppa (not the one from the main repository because of this bug) on Ubuntu 13.04 and I have an iPod nano 4th gen.
Almost my entire music library is in ALAC (Apple ...
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Sync iPod Shuffle 5th gen. with Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 20.04
My OS is Ubuntu 20.04 and I would like to sync my iPod Shuffle 5th gen. with Rhythmbox or other suitable program. Can you please advise?
Rhythmbox does recognize iPod however when it prompts me to ...
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IPod nano 6G with ubuntu 16.04
I'm currently trying to get my iPod nano 6th Generation to run with Ubuntu 16.04.
I am aware of the binary blob that is needed , but as far as I understand the script should replace some files or ...
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Is it possible to assign the EHCI-PCI driver to a single laptop USB port?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 XFCE.
I have an iPod shuffle (second generation) running on my old laptop I noticed that the old laptop USB ports are assigned to the EHCI-PCI driver, while into the new ...
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Ubuntu with Ipod Touch 6th Gen - Copied songs don't show on device
My wife bought both of my daughters iPod Touch 6th Gens for Christmas.
I am able to see the Ipods - they show up in Thunar, Clementine, Rhythmbox, and Banshee.
I used Banshee to send 50 songs to ...
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Can't Sync iPod Touch (5th Generation) Ubuntu 14.04
When I try to sync my iTouch 5G with Rythmbox or Banshee, I get an error saying: "Unhandled Lockdown error (-256)" This is a new iPod and I really want to sync it with my Linux box.
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Unable to access or mount iPod touch [Ubuntu 14.04]
On attaching the iPod touch Ubuntu throws a message "Unable to mount [name]'s iPod touch" with a sub message: "Unable to connect." I have been unable to pinpoint any specific troubleshooting or ...
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4th gen. iPod Touch and Syncing with Rhythmbox on Ubuntu 12.1
I recently set-up a dual boot with Ubuntu 12.1 and Windows 8 on my Asus Vivobook. I have a 4th gen. iPod Touch that I'd like to sync with Rhythmbox but unfortunately it will not sync my music.
When I ...
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Recommendation of device+software to listen to audible.com audiobook
I use Ubuntu 12.10 and I am searching for some way to easily, and legally listen to audible.com audiobooks in an external device.
I have an 2008 second generation iPod shuffle (which I gained as a ...
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Ipod Suddenly Stopped Working With Ubuntu
Until recently, my ipod has connected to Ubuntu with no problems, but a couple days ago it is no longer able to do so.
The ipod mounts when connected, but it mounts to a random folder in /tmp and is ...
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Banshee will not import media since 12.04 upgrade
Installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my AMD64 Desktop which has been happily importing media from my iPod 5th gen into Banshee with no problem all year. After installing 12.04 all Banshee does is remember ipod ...
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How do I convert audiobooks from mp3 to m4b?
I've moved from Windows to Ubuntu and I have problems converting my new books (in mp3) to m4b. There are a lot of Windows applications which could do that, but what about Ubuntu?
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New ipod on Rhythmbox
I have been using Rhythmbox as a library for my original ipod classic that does not work anymore, therefore i bought a custom made ipod and connected it to Rhythmox and transferred the whole library ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 problem mounting old ipod
I found my old ipod from years ago. Connecting it by USB cable results in this output from dmesg. Is there another way to mount it. The ipod model is A1099.
[ 50.482808] usb 3-4: new high-speed USB ...
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Ipod Classic 160g not showing music after sync with Rythmbox running Ubuntu 18.04
I have an Ipod classic, running Ubuntu 18.04. I have formatted the Ipod, synced it in Rythmbox and can see the playlist and can play the playlist in Rythmbox, but when unplugging it, there is no music ...
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Automatically open iPod with GTKpod instead of Caja in MATE
I have an iPod 2g. It automatically opens Caja. But I want to open it with GTKpod. GTKpod also doesn't open my iPod however I don't know if that is related to the problem. And yes I know that alot of ...
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iPod touch 6g 9.3.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
A friend of mine bought an iPod Touch 6G (now with upgraded iOS 9.3.4), thinking it would work with his 6-year old Macbook running Mac OS X 10.6.8. Since they're both Apple products, compatibility ...
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Resetting an Apple ipod shuffle
I am trying to use my Apple ipod shuffle with linux and i can't transfer the music from the pc to the ipod. The ipod always has to be reset using windows. Is there anyway to reset it using Linux?
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Ubuntu 14.04 and iPod touch 6th generation: how to transfer music files?
I've tried gtkpod and it doesn't support new ipods like mine. I have ios 9.2.1. All I want to do is put music on my ipod and take music off of my ipod. Please help me!
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Problems copying music to Rhythmbox from ipod
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 and am working to setup Rhythmbox 3.0.2. I plugged in my ipod nano and the device was properly detected and the music in the device appeared. I then selected all ...
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gPodder: "cannot open device" (iPod nano 5G)
I am trying to sync podcasts with my iPod using gPodder, but I keep getting the message "cannot open device".
In the preferences, I set the device type on iPod (obviously) and the mount point as "/...
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I want to charge an iPod while in Suspend
Sony Vaio VGN-FW250j
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
dual boot Win 7 / Ubuntu 15.04
I am able to suspend and hibernate this laptop in both OSes. Ubuntu will not allow me to use the USB ports to charge my ...
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First Generation ipod Shuffle does not automount in Ubuntu 14.04
I have a 1GB First Generation ipod Shuffle, thought it would be fun to see if it still works.
Have verified it is functioning on a Win/PC and a Mac and it plays music.
When I plug it in to my ubuntu ...
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All Ubuntu media players crash upon connecting iPod. How to fix?
So I just downloaded the latest Ubuntu (14.10) today. I've fiddled with it somewhat and everything is running fine except that every time I try to use my iPod with a media player, it crashes the ...
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Upgrade to 14.04, Banshee behaves differently with podcasts on iPod
I upgraded to 14.04 recently, and when I used Banshee to add a podcast I had downloaded to my iPod, it added it to the "podcasts" section. Before I had upgraded, the podcasts I had added to my iPod ...
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ipod touch 2g not mounting on ubuntu 14.04
When I connect & try to mount ipod nautilus shows "Unable to access ipod touch. Unable to connect". What can I do?
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mpd/ncmpcpp music database synchronization with iPod Classic (possible)?
Is there any option/possibility, to synchronize my mpd/ncmpcpp music database as it is organized natively through ncmpcpp (mainly playlists) with an iPod Classic.
Can someone please shed some light ...
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Unable To Initialize 5th Generation ipod Touch on GTKpod or Rythmbox
Running UBUNTU 14.04 LTS
Cant add music to brand new ipod touch 5th gen 16 GB
Is ipod touch model "ME643LL/A" not supported by either GTKpod or Rythmbox?
When i run gtk ipod manager a message ...
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Is there any way to enable voice over for iPod not using iTunes?
I have an iPod shuffle which works fine: I can add and remove songs via Rhythmbox.
According to Apple page my iPod is able to talk the name of the songs:
Give your songs a voice.
Say you’re ...
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Is it possible to use `musique` to sync with an iPod?
I was reading online about a program called musique, so I installed it. It's quite a lot better than rhythmbox in my opinion. The only thing is I can't find a way to sync it with my iPod, make ...
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Ipod Classic 80GB will not synch in Rythmbox or Banshee etc in Ubuntu 13.04
I have tried getting my Ipod Classic 80GB to synch in Rythmbox or Banshee, running on Ubuntu 13.04. Rythmbox crashed, Banshee starts but then seems to get stuck. This is a new installation and has had ...
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Most appropriate setup to share music and playlists accross a network?
I have a home network with the following setup:
A QNAP NAS (has a DAAP server)
A server/media center with XBMC
2 laptops (Linux)
1 desktop (Linux)
Android phone
iPod
For a couple of years I haven't ...
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How do I get my ipod to conect using libmobiledevice
So I have tried all the basic things to install including
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmcenery/ppa
All it does is report 'command not found'.
Entering the command
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list....
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How do I install UControl
How do I install UControl from http://www.negusoft.com/index.php/ucontrol-downloads
It comes in a tar.gz. I unpacked it and tried fallowing the readme but am getting nowhere. What are the steps to ...
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iPod shows more tracks than Library after sync with Banshee
I am running Ubuntu 11.10, Gnome Shell 3.2 and Banshee 2.2.
Banshee correctly recognizes my 80GB iPod Classic (Model No MB147LLm, Version 1.1.2 PC). I have set Banshee to sync the entire library for ...
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is it possible to use an ipod classic3G as external disk with ubuntu 12.04?
I have an ipod classic 30GB. It is partitioned with Apple HFS.
Can I use it as an external drive with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
to sudo fdisk -l I get:
Disk /dev/sda: 8006 MB, 8006926336 bytes
247 heads, ...
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help connecting ipod 4 gen in ubuntu 22.04
When connecting the ipod, I have this error message, I have tried several programs, wine and a windows vm, but it still does not recognize the device
Aug 24 16:03:37 luis-7400 kernel: [19851.414290] ...
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iTunes to synchronize ipod shuffle
I am a beginner of ubuntu 18.04 and I would like to synchronize music from my pc to my iPod shuffle
Is there an alternative to iTunes via wine to transfer music-files pc to the ipod?
I tested the ...
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How to Add Music to iPod nano 7th Generation
I miss my Mac, but prefer Ubuntu. But I still use my iPod and would like to add some new music to it.
I am running Ubuntu 18.04. I have a 7th Generation iPod nano. I am not able to add songs to it ...
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Can't see songs on ipod after syncing with rhythmbox
I have Rhythmbox and Ubuntu 17. After syncing the ipod, rhythmbox displays songs on the ipod but when it's disconnected, the ipod states there is no music. Any ideas?
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How to transfer songs to iPod 6 (iOS 10.x) via ubuntu 16.04?
I've tried almost every possible way, but none of the music players I've tried would recognize the iPod. Even if iPod is recognized by the OS, I can't transfer songs. Is there a known bug with iPod 6 ...
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I can see iPod in Ubuntu 16.04.1 but there is no app that can get access to music at all
Tried gtkpod, Banshee, Rhythmbox, Lollypop, Clementine with no success
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Installing CFW on Ipod using banshee
I haven't been able to install Itunes. So I installed Banshee instead. How would I jail break it or install CFW using it? More specifically WhiteD00r
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Rhythmbox doesn't change files on iPod (Lubuntu 16.04)
I'm having some ipod/mp3 issues.
I have Audacious and GNOME mplayer which don't seem to be able to add mp3 files to an ipod, but they play files just fine.
I want to drag and drop mp3 files from ...
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How to transfer songs from Ubuntu PC into iPod touch 5g
I'm having a hard time trying to find a good solution to this problem.
I want to transfer songs to my iPod touch 5g just like I can through iTunes in Windows. Is there any method/workaround for this ?...
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Smart playlist changes to normal playlist in banshee while syncing to ipod nano.
When I sync my ipod from banshee, the smart playlist becomes normal playlist in my ipod. Also I can only sync one playlist.
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Ipod not recognised in Kubuntu
KUbuntu does not recognize my I Pod does anyone know how I can rectify this?.
I have just installed it but have no knowledge of how to rectify this.
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How do I hook up my iPod with iTunes?
I have a Apple Ipod 30GB. I need to run it on Lubuntu 14.04 with full functionallity. Can I run iTunes on Lubuntu 14.04. If so, how?