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Overview of changes in libgpod 0.6.0
==================================== * support for iPod Classics and Video Nanos The database from these models is protected by a checksum. When this checksum doesn't match the content of the iPod database, the iPod won't show any track (ie it will look empty). Support for writing this checksum has been implemented in this release thanks to the awesome work of a few people in #gtkpod. However, to calculate this checksum, a so called "firewire ID" is needed which is different from iPod to iPod. Since reading it from the iPod requires special permissions, the firewire ID must be written in a regular file on the iPod so that libgpod can find it and use it to generate the checksum. libgpod installs a HAL callout to do that automatically when everything is installed in an appropriate place. It can also be done manually, see README.SysInfo for more information. Cover art should be working except for non square covers, preliminary photo support but this hasn't been widely tested yet. * support for iPhone and iPod Touch This requires manual user intervention: the devices must be jailbroken and mounted through sshfs. The iPod Touch also needs a firewire ID which must be manually set, see README.SysInfo Cover art is implemented but not tested at all, ditto for photo support on the iPod Touch * additional tools to get the firewire id from new iPods including a HAL callout which will make the process totally automatic when it's properly installed. These tools need libsgutils to be installed. * endianness fixes in the artwork writing code * now depends on glib 2.8 or newer Huge thanks to wtbw and Simon Schulz without whom that release wouldn't have been possible. Thanks as well to the people on #gtkpod for the testing they provided. Other contributors to the release: - Jesse Bouwman - Alex Eftimie - Christophe Fergeau - Filippo Giunchedi - Javier Kohen - Tobias Kreisel - Eric Lassauge - Nicholas Piper - Jorg Schuler - Simon Schulz - Todd Zullinger |