Thanks for the information. Big help.
If I can help with the port i'll yell out.
See how I go.

chs,
Paul.




"Steven M. Bellovin" wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:54:05 +1000, "Paul (NCC/CS)." <pts@bom.gov.au>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > putting mp3's onto the ipod is possible using gtkpod.
> > But I tried to use gtkpod to put a podcast ( chaser_ep28.mp4 )
> > into the 'local' disk database ( not even onto ipod yet)
> > and I get:
> >
> > The following track could not be processed
> > (filetype unknown): '/home/pts/videos/chaser_ep28.mp4'
> >
> > -does gtkpod not do videos?
>
> The version of gtkpod currently in pkgsrc does not do videos.  There
> is a newer version out there that appears to handle video, but it's going
> to take me a bit of work to put that into pkgsrc -- it's been split into
> two pieces, each of which (I suspect) should be a separate package an dI
> don't have time at the moment.
>
> > -is there something that does?
>
> Not that I know of.
>
> > -if i simply copied it to a mounted ipod would the ipod be
> > able to play it?
> >
> No.
>
>                 --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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