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iPod on Linux... with GPLed software

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-what-I'm-talkin-bout dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "gnuPod 0.2 has just been released. It's the first GPLed program that allows you to use your iPod under Linux. It has support for playlists and stores information in a XML file, so it's very easy to edit the data or write a frontend. Still a bit 'beta' but its ready for every-day-use and it works well together with iTunes. A mac-ipod2win-ipod howto is also included."

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  1. Slightly OT but Important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I started a petition at Apple's Discussion board for people to "sign" (reply to) if you support Ogg Vorbis decoding on the iPod. The CPU the iPod uses is based on an ARM7 core, and will work nicely with Xiph's integer based decoder, Tremor. Anyone who supports it, especially those for whom Ogg support would be the deciding factor in an iPod purchase, are invited to add a comment here.

    The only reason the iPod software revision 1.20 has Calendar, Contacts, EQ Presets, and track scrubbing is because users asked for it. So let's show Apple what it would take to convert all of us Freedom loving geeks! Support Ogg!

    1. Re:Slightly OT but Important by RussGarrett · · Score: 5, Informative

      From http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html:

      Audio

      • Up to 20 minutes of skip protection
      • Maximum output power: 60 mW rms (30 mW per channel)
      • Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
      • Audio formats supported: MP3 (up to 320 Kbps), MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR), WAV, AIFF, Audible® (for Mac only)(4)
      • Upgradable firmware enables support for future audio formats

      What was that again?

  2. 100% linux compatible mp3 player by Bj�rn+Stenberg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Archos Jukebox 6000 is a $199 6gig MP3 player and USB harddisk that has an open source linux driver and
    open source firmware.