I installed transkode and it has handled large scale conversions of my flac files with no problem. So I tried Amarok again (with five months experience of ubuntu under my belt) and I must say it's working fine so far. But as an end user they weren't doing what I wanted. It is quite possible that there were problems with dependencies on my installation and so on. None of this is to demean the hard work done by the developers of these programs. I tried floola but to be honest that was worse, it kept crashing, the interface was inefficient and again I couldn't get it to convert files. I updated to the newest version but that turned out to be a bad idea as it wouldn't convert files anymore or update certain tags. And while it seemed to work ok at first I realised that it wasn't updating the ipod properly (ignoring tracks after a certain point etc.) and I was also disappointed that I couldn't simply sync between pc and ipod. So this time the first thing I tried was gtkpod. I originally tried Amarok when I first started using ubuntu but had problems getting it to convert my flac files. I have a 5th gen 80GB video ipod, and am using kubuntu 8.10. Also, as I have most of my collection in flac space was becoming an issue. But this became increasingly onerous and as I put more and more tracks on it took longer and longer for the database to update. And it worked ok, album art, replay gain, relatively easy to scrobble ipod plays etc. I was using Rockbox for a few months, dragging and dropping. AmaroK 2 doesn't have device support yet, so I'm sticking with 1.4 for this sole reason. my playlists, even when I update them) and puts the artwork on the iPod. Didn't bother to check if it will put the artwork on my iPod.ĪmaroK: I'm not a big fan of KDE apps in Gnome due to the differences look and feel (especially ugly KDE 3.5 apps) but AmaroK 1.4 just does everything I want, the way I expect. Rythmbox: Basically the same as Banshee with respect to syncing. This one is a bummer because Banshee is my preferred app for library management & playback on my desktop. Like with GTKPod, I'm stuck having to drag and drop things I want and can't just sync changes to my playlists. Does a pretty good job overall but again, no real "sync" feature. It does support artwork, however.īanshee: Supports artwork. Also there seemed to be no easy (possible?) way to just sync the playlists I want- I can transfer a whole playlist there, but when I update the playlist there is no quick way to sync the changes to the iPod. The things you have to do to get stuff on the iPod are just silly. Another strike against Songbird in my book is the fact that it ignores use Gnome's window manager and uses its own. Songbird: Can effortlessly sync my playlists, is (AFAIK) the only program that can "restore" your iPod to factory defaults like iTunes can, BUT has no support for artwork (yet). I've tried out most of the popular players and IMO, the only one that really does everything properly is AmaroK 1.4. This, coupled with the fact that I view album art support a must, creates a specific need that not every program can satisfy. My music collection is larger than the capacity of my iPod, so I can't simply sync everything- what I do is sync specific playlists. I have a 30GB iPod Video (2nd-generation of the 5th generation if that makes sense) that I use with Ubuntu Intrepid.
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