Not really able to find a definitive answer to this. I have an iPod 160Gb Classic which worked like a dream on Amarok 1.4. I have since upgraded my Ubuntu box and have Amarok 2 installed. I have the latest Amarok Nightly from Project Neon. The iPod shows up on Ubuntu, it even appears on Amarok but I can't do anything with it. No sending music to media device, no listing of contents. Very frustrating. Is this a known issue or is Amarok 2 really as bad as I have been reading? Hope not, I quite like the new design.

libgpod is the latest in Synaptic.

Thanks.

Right, some progress to report. If I select the down arrow to the right of the device name after I plug in my iPod I can connect to the iPod and get the contents up once I select the read option. The screen grays out for about 10 minutes and then it comes back with all the tracks. I can then select music from my local collection and send it to the iPod collection.

If I add an album by an artist already on the iPod then when I am using the iPod again all of the music by that artist is missing.

So my gripes are that connecting the iPod to Amarok 2 is not a quick process. Having to read the iPod collection is an extra step that is not user friendly. Removal of the current tracks on the iPod makes it unusable.

The process on Amarok 1.4 was great, iPod plugged in, popped up as a device on Amarok, select local tracks and send to device, synchronise device, eject listen. Perfect.

Don't know what version is Nightly Neon (Git?), but I've a iPod Video 5.5G, which appears as a collection in Amarok after being plugged in.
I can browse the collection and copy/erase tracks. I'm using libgpod4 version 0.7.2 here.
Probably you should try 2.2-beta1.

m0nk

I'll give it a go and post results. Thanks.

I'm using a 120GB Ipod Classic with amarok 2.2-beta1 in kubuntu karmic and it works.
It does what is supposed to do: ipod shows up as a collection, I can select stuff from the local collection and copy it to the ipod (artwork is copied too), I can delete tracks from Ipod.
I still think that support for Ipod was better in 1.4 serie (the interface to copy song was clearer IMHO, you could sync playlists) but it's coming along nicely.
I really hope that 2.2 will be the release where Ipod support will finally catch up with the 1.4 serie.
I can't really comment on your issues, maybe you can try 2.2-beta1 and see how it works.