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On 05/01/12 18:54, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > So my wife is becoming increasingly frustrated by the day that Banshee > is basically a stinking PoS when trying to sync up her iPod. (Genuine > Apple iPod) This is the one thing that will make her go out & buy a > Win7 license!!! > > She is looking for a new mp3 player which might help, however I fear > the issue is with the version of Banshee shipped with Debian stable > (squeeze). It's quite old and there are several newer versions... > > So I'm wondering what the options are for upgrading just Banshee - It > looks like a fairly huge package with many dependencies, so I don't > fancy compiling from scratch and there aren't any newer .deb's that I > can find (I've tried googling for backports but not finding any) > > Upgrading Debian (to Sid which has Banshee 2.2) might not be an option > either as moving from Gnome isn't an option (although I daresay new > Debians will still support it anyway) > > So - anyone want to give me any options? > > Even if there's a better application to manage podcasts and music on > an iPod - it doesn't have to (and don't want to) actually play music > or videos, just get them to/from the disk/net & iPod... > > Cheers, > > Gordon > Easiest question ever: sudo apt-get install clementine Banshee sucks, as does rhythmbox. Added bonus: clementine is QT based and you can get a windows port (I'm not sure about Mac OS) so once you're used to it, you can install it on everything and not have to relearn a new media player for every platform. Actually, hang on a sec - I've got some iPods, let me plug one in to this linux box and just make sure clementine does work as advertised with them, I don't think I've ever tried before (don't really use my iPods anymore, I tend to read when travelling). Mat -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq