Hey folks,

  I really like Amarok - it's a good blend of XMMS and gtkpod. Strangely, even though I've previously been able to transfer new music to my ipod mini w/ Amarok, as of recently it gets corrupted. Specifically, if I transfer a track (and I've tried older rips just in case it's the encoder) it will complete as if normal and show-up in the database of the ipod, but the file isn't playable.  If I go Repair --> Find Orphans, all newly transferred tracks are listed as such. Is this Amarok or the ipod? If it's the ipod is there a way to repair the database using Amarok?

Cheers.

(p.s. running Kubuntu Edgy)

I had a similar problem, and actually reported a bug, but it turns out to be an incompatible version of
libgpod.  Rebuilding amarok from source using amarok-svn fixed the problem. The other alternative would be to
check that libgpod has not been upgraded beyond the version that amarok was compiled with.

See http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,13352.msg16359.html#msg16359

Maybe somebody should make a sticky thread or something for this problem.

Thanks for the tip. I had too many problems trying to install amarok-svn unfortunately (complaining about unsermake and/or automake issues). After twenty minutes of that I decided to check the version of libgpod I had, and indeed it was beyond the current Kubuntu Edgy version - I rolled it back and now Amarok is fine.

MeaninglessNick wrote:I had a similar problem, and actually reported a bug, but it turns out to be an incompatible version of
libgpod.  Rebuilding amarok from source using amarok-svn fixed the problem. The other alternative would be to
check that libgpod has not been upgraded beyond the version that amarok was compiled with.

See http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,13352.msg16359.html#msg16359

Maybe somebody should make a sticky thread or something for this problem.

[me=dangle_wtf]rubs the magic sticky genie lamp[/me]

*done*

To summarise, if your ipod stops working, and all you did was upgrade libgpod, roll it back to whichever version amarok was compiled with, or compile amarok yourself against the newer version.

Hi! i have an iPod classic bought last week and i have updated the http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Media_Device:IPod page. If the problem persists, add the Firewire Guid stuff into your player.
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Now playing on Amarok: Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?
via FoxyTunes

I see videos there in my collection that I loaded with gtkpod...  I like that they are now in the "Video" and "Music Video" sections of the Ipod.

If I try this via Amarok, where will the vids show up?

To summarise, if your ipod stops working, and all you did was upgrade libgpod, roll it back to whichever version amarok was compiled with, or compile amarok yourself against the newer version.

er... *blinks* 
I've still no idea what I should do... again for dummies? baby steps, please!

if the above condition affects you, downgrade libgpod.

thanks... but how do I do that? 

The method will vary greatly depending on your distro - for specifics, you shouldd probably start another thread (with details of the exact problem - it's possible you might not have to do this!)

Generally though, the same tool you used to upgrade libgpod should have the facility to downgrade packages as well.

thanks.

How do I find out what version of libgpod Amarok is linked too?

Amarok 1:
ldd `which amarokapp`

Amarok 2:
ldd `which amarok`