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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: Alan Frame on 31 Dec 2005 12:24 Margolotta <naggingdoubt(a)thebackofyourmind.invalid> wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:54:43 +0000, 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: [] > > I quickly smelted some more metal to make a plate and spoon. > > > > I rocked out to baked beans! > > Wish I'd gone for the sarcasm now! ;o) Hehehe. How about installing www.gentoo.org on a MiniMac 'cos you're allergic to Software Update? ;-> rgds, Alan -- 99 Ducati 748BP, 95 Ducati 600SS, 81 Guzzi Monza, 74 MV Agusta 350 "Ride to Work, Work to Ride" SI# 7.067 DoD#1930 PGP Key 0xBDED56C5
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 :> |