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Ipod problems (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey Linux community. I have an ipod and I'm trying to put music on it. Itunes simply will not run and it won't recognise stuff I put on it through files. Is there any thing I can try/use? Information: Linux type: Linux Mint Cinnamon Ipod type: 1.1.2 PC, Ipod Nano, 7th Gen

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just curious why the ipod? Is it for retro chic? Are you trying to load songs you purchased or "backups"? I play my backups with vlc on my phone to save data.

Ipods have a proprietary handshake that must happen between the device and the computer trying to manage it. The open source community was able to reverse engineer it on the older models but not the later ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nostlagia. I also just wanna see it run again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I totally get that! Everyone here is suggesting complicated virtualization options. Maybe they know something I don't. But if it were me, I'd try setting up plain old WINE and seeing if I can install an old version of iTunes from here:

http://www.oldversion.com/windows/itunes/

You could pick an xp era iTunes and set wine compatibility to xp, or 7 or whatever was contemporary for the ipod generation you have.

Unrelated: my phone insists on autocorrecting ipod to iPad. I feel old now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Using a VM is being suggested as it is:

Relatively easy to set up.
Gives the user a full Windows OS which simplifies software installation.
Allows for snapshot backups to be taken of the install meaning if something breaks you just roll back to a previous snapshot.
The VM can have the internet disabled meaning no auto updates to the software or OS.
Easy to remove the VM and virtualization software at a later date if required.
The VM (or another) can be used to run other Windows only software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'm not dissing the VM approach. I'm just saying I'd try WINE first. I already have it i stalled for steam.