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Posted by Jim on 01/01/06 04:30
STFU
"Margolotta" <naggingdoubt@thebackofyourmind.invalid> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BFDC0B87014B5626F0488550@news.ngroups.net...
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:02:23 +0000, Timothy J. Trace wrote
> (in article <5iecr1908j7irjh00p4i47qj77oqgil47m@4ax.com>):
>
>> Hi, I have managed to load my wife's 1GB shuffle without using iTunes.
>> I am not experiencing the blinking orange green LED symptom of an
>> improperly loaded shuffle. This is on a Windows XP system.
>>
>> Most of the explanation can be found here:
>> http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net
>>
>> Let me summarize for you...
>>
>> First I formatted my shuffle as a FAT32 drive. I left it completely
>> blank.
>>
>> I created a folder (the name is of no consequence) on the root of the
>> shuffle, and copied 600MB of MP3s into the folder.
>>
>> Then I unzipped this file to the root of the iPod:
>> http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/ipod_root.zip
>>
>> I installed Python: http://www.python.org
>>
>> I extracted the rebuild_db.py file from this archive to the root of
>> the shuffle:
>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136446
>>
>> I ran rebuild_db.py from the root of the shuffle. I had only to
>> double-clicked it because I had already installed Python.
>>
>> I disconnected the shuffle and rocked out to 106 songs :D
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tim ==
>> (substitute 'tcsys.com' for 'nospam.co.uk')
>> _________________
>>
>> Visit the Surrender Dorothy web !! (http://dorothyrocks.com)
>> Visit the Crunch Monkey web !! (http://crunchmonkey.com)
>
> Tim,
>
> The name of this group is 'uk.COMP.sys.MAC' - it is a group for the
> discussion of Apple Macintosh computers, not Apple products in general
> (though, obviously, we do discuss other Apple products we do so in the
> context of them being attached to Macs). Whilst you might find someone
> here
> who has experience of hooking a Shuffle (IMO the most pointless iPod) to a
> PeeCee, you'd probably do better posting to a Windows group.
>
> There's nothing to stop you posting here (though, strictly, your post is
> off-topic and should have been marked as such) but bear in mind you're
> talking to a group of Mac heads who use Macs for a damned good reason - we
> don't much care for PeeCees and M$haft.
>
> I'm not sure what you know about Usenet hierarchy, but 'sys' is short for
> 'system' and, usually, means the discussion of whole computers, rather
> than
> accessories and peripherals.
>
> comp.sys.mac.portables is, as the name suggests, for the discussion of
> iBooks and PowerBooks and your post is off-topic there also.
>
> I am, therefore, removing the irrelevant groups from your post so this
> thread
> isn't propagated to groups where it's off topic.
>
> The only two groups were your post is really relevant are
> 'alt.music.mp3.hardware' and ''microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware' - I
> reckon it's probably OT in 'alt.music.mp3' too as that's (probably) for
> the
> discussion of actual MP3 files, rather than the players.
>
> You don't seem to realise that a Mac is a specific type of computer, not a
> generic term for anything Apple.
>
> Cheers
>
> Sarah
>
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