Comments on: Rhythmbox iPod sync plugin

By: fungus

fungus — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:10:42 +0000

Updates here.
http://www.kittypee.com/2008/04/22/updated-rhythmbox-ipod-sync-plugin/

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:04:31 +0000

So to date we still have no one who can help us fix this little problem? Seems like a lot of people have the same problem with getting the package in the right place, getting the missing file and then being stopped by nothing happening… WTF?

By: abo

abo — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:29:05 +0000

The same here:

andreas@fizban:~$ rhythmbox

** (rhythmbox:20192): CRITICAL **: error_no_itunes_dir: assertion `error’ failed

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

By: Bobbo

Bobbo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:14:03 +0000

After installing python-gpod, I could enable the plugin… but when trying to hit “sync ipod” rhythmbox would just close.

The console revealed this:
** (rhythmbox:28023): CRITICAL **: error_no_itunes_dir: assertion `error’ failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Any ideas?

By: emmajane

emmajane — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:07:24 +0000

I forgot to mention once I renamed the file to ipodsync.tar I still had to unpackage that archive with the following command in a terminal window:
$ sudo tar -xvf ipodsync.tar

By: emmajane

emmajane — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:05:27 +0000

When I unzipped the file I noticed the file name was ipodsynctar. I renamed this to ipodsync.tar and then was able to see the plug-in listed in rhythmbox.

To install the “gpod” module I used the following command in a terminal window:
$ sudo apt-get install python-gpod

The module is now visible and can be enabled within rhythm box. I think I’m still having problems with syncing data, but maybe this will be helpful to those who have a more recent iPod.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:33:22 +0000

Make this official. Please.

Also make it sync playlists and podcasts so I can finally delete itunes and get my mom to switch to ubuntu.

By: raulr

raulr — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:42:04 +0000

umm, i think my problem’s probably a little more basic, but i’m pretty newb-ish when it comes to the linux filesystem structure

i can’t even get it to show in my list of plug-ins, and yes, i did extract the .gz to the right directory.

although i did so using a “sudo nautilus” window

By: Luke

Luke — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:13:05 +0000

Where can I get the ‘rb’ and ‘rhythmdb’ modules?

By: Alex Glasser

Alex Glasser — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:52:05 +0000

Whenever I try to sync my iPod (touch, mounted at /media/ipod/), it just waits about 5 seconds, then doesn’t do anything. Just goes back to the normal Rhythmbox screen, showing the current contents of my iPod.

What do I do now?