Posted by Margolotta on 12/31/05 10:18

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')
> _________________
>
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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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