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Want to manage music on an old school iPod (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by AndrewZabar@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey folks,

So, I have an old school iPod I got from someone it’s sweet and I want to put my music on it. Is there a decent app in Linux that will be able to do the sync of music? Or is it able to be just copied to like an external drive?

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[–] gramgan@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Depending on how old the iPod is, you might have some luck installing rockbox firmware on it.

But, in any case, yes, moving your music over will functionally be as if copying it to an external drive.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it like a better software on the device than the stock one? I’m open to the idea if it’s fairly safe. Will take a look. Thanks.

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It has better compability with Linux and different filetypes and also many more customization options.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok well it’s model A1136

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I've mixed feeling about that firmware, on paper it looks great but then there are annoyances here and there such as the stuff around the boot.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

I used rhythmbox on a system running Mint to move music to and from an iPod nano 2. It was fairly straight forward. Save the transfers before closing the programme and you’re good to go.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

It's not for everyone, but if "collection of perl scripts" sounds like your jam, GnuPod still works for a CLI option.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Does your iPod support Rockbox?

[–] ClipperDefiance@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I use Strawberry for mine.

[–] heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

Strawberry for music transfer and GPodder for podcasts works perfectly on my iPod Photo, although both of them do have slightly clunky interfaces that may take a bit to get used to. Rhythmbox also works great, although I haven't been able to get it working on my current Arch setup yet.