MSC Giz Cast Episode 17-I Pod Support

In this episode we discuss what programs that are available in Ubuntu to manage our music on an I-Pod. Though there are a few different ones, we discuss primarily Rhythmbox and Amarok.
Both programs have their advantages and disadvantages though Rythmbox has some bugs that have become apparent in the last few months.

• Amarok is a KDE program, but runs perfectly in Ubuntu. It is a full featured music player to handle your entire music collection. It can add and delete music from your player and also any other audio, like Podcasts. If you do use Amarok for your Podcasts it will put those audio files in the Podcast menu of your Ipod unlike Rythmbox or GTKPod.

• GTKPod is also a alternative to managing your I-Pod though it does not watch your music folder for changes so you have to manually add any new music.

• Rythmbox has a great drag and drop feature to add music to your player, but it does not delete music from your player, so you have to use a program like GTKPod to do this. Though I have used Rythmbox in the past and it has sent my deleted music to the trash, it has not done this since upgrading to Feisty. Hopefully this is something that will be addressed in Gutsy Gibbons due out in October of this year.

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