Doug, You do not want to copy folders from the ipod. iTunes organizes the ipod directories in a non-trivia manor. I would suggest using banshee or amarok to read the iTunesDB on the ipod. You may need to tell these programs where the ipod is located, e.g. /media/ipod/. You can drag and drop the songs from the ipod to your local machine, note you may need to tell these programs where to copy these files in your home directory. Explore these programs, banshee and amarok, to learn how to use them to get the most out of your ipod. - brad On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:35:24 -0400, douglas.r.aker@verizon.com wrote:
Thanks Ben for your input.
But when you say "copy them over to Vista PC," my question is, Copy what? When I mount iPod on Linux laptop, I see a complex directory structure under /media/ipod. Do I copy the Music folder? Do I copy the iTunes folder? What are the downstream consequences of copying just the Music folder and *not* the iTunes folder? I could file copy everything under /media/ipod, move it to Vista, but will it be in a form that iTunes will recognize? Maybe the procedure looks like: 1) Export songs using gtkpod on Linux, 2) Import songs using iTunes on Vista. Not sure.
Doug
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In the worst case, once you have the 350 songs off the Ipod, you could just copy them over to the vista pc and then itunes on the vista pc will take care of the rest...
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