iPod shuffle - loading without iTunes
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From: Timothy J. Trace on 31 Dec 2005 03:02 Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes. I am not experiencing the blinking orange green LED symptom of an improperly loaded shuffle. This is on a Windows XP system. Most of the explanation can be found here: http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net Let me summarize for you... First I formatted my shuffle as a FAT32 drive. I left it completely blank. I created a folder (the name is of no consequence) on the root of the shuffle, and copied 600MB of MP3s into the folder. Then I unzipped this file to the root of the iPod: http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/ipod_root.zip I installed Python: http://www.python.org I extracted the rebuild_db.py file from this archive to the root of the shuffle: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136446 I ran rebuild_db.py from the root of the shuffle. I had only to double-clicked it because I had already installed Python. I disconnected the shuffle and rocked out to 106 songs :D Best regards, Tim == (substitute 'tcsys.com' for 'nospam.co.uk') _________________ Visit the Surrender Dorothy web !! (http://dorothyrocks.com) Visit the Crunch Monkey web !! (http://crunchmonkey.com)
From: PeterD on 31 Dec 2005 05:54 Timothy J. Trace <tim(a)nospam.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes. [snip great big convoluted time-consuming procedure] Awesome, Tim! I managed to open a tin of baked beans without a tin opener. Here's the summary: I flew to Australia, on Air New Zealand flight 203. I hired a Tojo, filled up with petrol and drove to Broken Hill. I prospected for several weeks until I found the right lump of ore. I smelted the ore, until I had enough molten metal to make a good spike. I stabbed the baked bean tin with the spike to make a hole big enough to allow a bean through. I heated the can to produce enough internal pressure to force some of the beans and sauce through the hole. I quickly smelted some more metal to make a plate and spoon. I rocked out to baked beans! -- Pd
From: Woody on 31 Dec 2005 06:37 Timothy J. Trace <tim(a)nospam.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes. > I am not experiencing the blinking orange green LED symptom of an > improperly loaded shuffle. This is on a Windows XP system. <snip> why? You had a week with nothing to do? -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Timothy J. Trace on 31 Dec 2005 13:34 On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:54:43 +0000, pd.news(a)dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD) wrote: >Timothy J. Trace <tim(a)nospam.co.uk> wrote: > >> Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes. > >[snip great big convoluted time-consuming procedure] > >Awesome, Tim! > >I managed to open a tin of baked beans without a tin opener. >Here's the summary: [snip the humor] Thanks for the laugh, it was worth it :>
From: Davoud on 31 Dec 2005 14:14
Timothy J. Trace: > Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes. > This is on a Windows XP system. AKA the Typhoid Mary of OS's. > Let me summarize for you... This is only a summary!? My sincerest sympathy if old age took your dearly beloved wife while she was waiting to listen to her music. About 20 years ago Apple introduced a thing called "Drag and Drop" to personal computers. Using that clever little innovation, it takes my wife less than 60 seconds to load her 1GB Shuffle -- all by herself, no less -- from iTunes! > First I formatted my shuffle as a FAT32 drive. I left it completely > blank. > > I created a folder on the root of the shuffle, and copied 600MB of MP3s into the folder. > > Then I unzipped this file to the root of the iPod: > > I installed Python: http://www.python.org > > I extracted the rebuild_db.py file from this archive to the root of > the shuffle: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136446 > > I ran rebuild_db.py from the root of the shuffle. I had only to > double-clicked it because I had already installed Python. > > I disconnected the shuffle and rocked out to 106 songs You Windows guys are a real trip -- always reliable for a laugh! You might have better spent your time working on this <http://tinyurl.com/8hcl9>! January is going to be a great month for my little consulting business! Davoud Expert consulting: Mac, Windows. Friend? Get a Mac. Paying me by the hour? I *highly* recommend Windows. -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |