Re: [Bug-gnupod] 4th generation iPod Nano

[H. Langos]

Hi Richard,

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 07:29:11AM +0200, Richard van den Berg wrote:
> I temporarily have access to a 4th generation iPod Nano. During the  
> gnupod_INIT I see a bunch of:
>
> /usr/bin/tunes2pod: skipping unknown entry of type '32'
>
> Should I see where these warnings come from, or is that harmless?

Dunno. I'd look into it. And see how gtkpod/libgpod handles it.

> One thing I will look into is the artwork. Setting the model to nano_3g  
> makes the coverflow work (awesome!), but does not display the artwork  
> during all other views. In ArtworkDB.pm I see:

Seems like your are not the first to run into this:

http://www.nabble.com/4th-Gen-16GB-Nano-problem-(Cover-Art-not-uploading-at-all)-td20938019.html

Maybe taking a look at the gtkpod documentation will get you somewhere:
http://www.gtkpod.org/libgpod/docs/

>  my $profiles = { 'nano_3g' => [ { height=>320, width=>320,  
...
> Is there an easy way to figure out the right values for the nano_4g ? Or  
> will I have to hexdump the ArtworkDB myself?

Here's a commit email regarding new artwork formats for the nano4g from libgpod:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=E1LB8Vz-0005Dh-9Y%40d5vjzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com
which has been fixed a little later
http://gtkpod.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gtkpod/libgpod/trunk/src/itdb_device.c?r1=2184&r2=2187


cheers
-henrik