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Ubuntu 10.04 + Rhythmbox + iPod Nano 8GB

Asked by NakiMum

I've been searching the web, forums, etc for a solution to getting an iPod Nano synced to Ubuntu 10.04.
I'm using Rhythmbox which is the easiest for me. I see that the music is syncing to the ipod, but as soon as i safely remove it from the usb port and check to see the music it says there are 0 files.

I've tried .mp3; AAC; I even tried .wma but nothing worked.

gtkpod is useless to me unless i can get the step-by-step instructions! LOL

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

May help:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/sync-your-iphoneipod-touch-with-ubuntu/

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NakiMum (nakimum) said : 		#2

Hi Actionparsnip

that did help to an extent.
The iPod is now seen by Rythmbox and I can transfer .mp3 songs to the iPod.
Once I eject the ipod from rythmbox and look for the songs on the ipos it still shows me i've got 0 songs.
Could be that i'm missing something small

Cheers

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NakiMum (nakimum) said : 		#3

Hi all

after tons of (very frustrating) searches on Google (wherelse) I came up with the following. I wanted to keep this process as Windows free as I could but there just was no way.

I took my iPod to a friends place who still Windows and hooked the iPod up to iTunes. Restored, synced and loaded songs onto it. Plugged it into my Ubuntu-system and I could load and delete songs to my liking with Rhythmbox. I haven't tried Amarok or GTKPod again, but I'm not planning on using them either.

So thankfully I've done the Windows bit of the process. Now I'm back to Ubuntu - the way I like it.

Thanks anyway to Actionparsnip, you tried to help.

Txs

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NakiMum (nakimum) said : 		#4

THIS IS FOR MY REFERENCE in case of future madness:

I'm using gtkpod 1.0.0 and installed sudo apt-get install libmp4v2-0 (which I got from https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/16986). Now I can load podcasts, pictures, videos (in .mp4 format).

Once again Ubuntu Launchpad comes to the rescue. ;-)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Hi NakiMum,

I recently acquired an iPod nano 6th generation and this procedure worked for me in Ubuntu 13.10:

1) perform a restore of the ipod nano to factory settings in itunes in Windows
2) set up ipod for first time use in itunes in Windows
3) install spotify-client in Ubuntu 13.10 using these 4 commands:

sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list'
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --yes --force-yes install spotify-client

4) then run spotify and it should just work fine... You should be able to sync files between Ubuntu and the ipod nano.

Hope this helps,

Mark

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NakiMum (nakimum) said : 		#6

Hi Mark
thanks for the follow-up. I've actually sold the iPod about 2yrs ago and have since been usingSamsung Galaxies and have found the SG's better to deal with than Apple products

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NakiMum (nakimum) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.