ffi Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) I really don't get any of the ipod management programs, I have tried Exaile, Banshee, ipo, gtkpod, songbird and Rythmbox but it doesn't seem to be possible to just simply drag and drop some files on to the ipod, like Amarok (the only ipod management program I actually do get), I can only delete songs. Is there a gtk program which can do that, without needing to set up a library or anything? Exaile looks like it can but the files are never copied to the ipod... Amarok takes ages to load under gnome Edited July 3, 2008 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Rhythmbox should do it. It works for me, though I don't use an iPod. Note that if you're trying to transcode (convert from another format to a format supported by the iPod), you'll need the gstreamer encoding plugin for a format the iPod supports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I tried dragging and dropping files from nautilus, to the ipod and to the ipod window, it doesn't work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 According to wiki, drag/drop is not likely to work: Unlike many other MP3 players, simply copying audio or video files to the drive with a typical file management application will not allow iPod to properly access them. The user must use software that has been specifically designed to transfer media files to iPods, so that the files are playable and viewable. And it doesn't do oggs either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 konqueror and amarok do do drag n drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Well, Nautilus isn't Rhythmbox. You have to drag and drop *in Rhythmbox*. Run Rhythmbox, set up your library. You should then be able to drag any song from the library to the iPod *inside Rhythmbox* - it should show your iPod on the sidebar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 I really don't want to set up a library. My GF just wants to plugin her disk and transfer a few songs to her ipod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 there's no way to do that, that I know of. you have to do it via RB and add the files to the RB library first (which isn't hard). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 I guess I'll have to stick with Amarok then :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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