![]() The filesystem format that is in place on your iPod depends on which system you originally used it on. In fact, with the exception of the Shuffle and the Nano, they actually have hard disks inside them. Regardless of which iPod you're talking about, all iPods have a formatted filesystem, just like your hard disk. You'll learn more about this in Converting Audio File Formats. ![]() (This is understandable, considering both formats have their own, incompatible methods of compression which require the throwing out of actual music data.) Of course, if you originally encoded your audio files in FLAC format, this quality issue will be moot. In the meantime, you can quite simply convert your Ogg Vorbis files to MP3 format for use on your iPod, though there will be a bit of a loss in quality. There is talk that Apple might include support in future iPods, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Nevertheless, these playback support limits shouldn't prove to be a problem-you can still add regular or protected AAC files to playlists, copy them to your hard disk, and delete them from your iPod in Linux.įor a Linux diehard, however, there is one big problem with regard to encoded audio formats (and it isn't a limitation only in Linux): iPods do not support Ogg Vorbis files. As for the protected AAC files you might have bought from the iTunes store-well, forget about playing those back on Linux. Only XMMS, installed along with the XMMS-MP4 plugin, seems to provide an easy way for you to play such files. If, however, you have files encoded in iTunes' default AAC format, you should be aware that Linux does not have much in the way of playback support. If your iPod already has songs on it that you ripped using iTunes, you will be happy to know that such MP3s pose no problem. Anyway, if you do happen to lose all the data on your iPod or somehow corrupt its system, you can just use Apple's iPod Updater while in Windows to bring it back to normal and repopulate its song library from your hard disk. ![]() The same thing happened to me on a Mac, so I guess that's just the life of the pod. I have been using mine without problems, but a friend did lose all his data when he managed to freeze his system doing something bizarre. Because of that, there is likely to be the occasional odd moment while working with your iPod. Although you can use your iPod in Ubuntu, you should remember that support for such devices is still rather new. ![]()
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