aPod: Version 1.5 11 November 2011
aPod is an application to maintain and synchronize your mp3 collection on your
iPod
using from a Amiga OS4 computer with usb.
apod is written in perl and utilizes the perl_Reaction interface to the OS4
reaction
gui. The interface with the ipod is maintained using the Mac::iPod::GNUpod
module.
INSTALLATION:
aPod now comes with a Amiga style install script which will handle all the below
for you,
using the install script is recommended, but in case you want to install by hand
read on...
NOTE: If installing for the first time, apod requires the following perl modules
to be
installed, if updating you only need to copy the apod and .apodrc files.
Before installing modules please ensure that you have installed the perlpatch
from
http://os4depot.net/share/development/language/perlpatch.lha over perl 5.8.5.06
or that you are using a more recent version of perl.
perl_Reaction version .02 available from (os4depot.net)
Mac::iPod::GNUpod (included)
Audio::Wav (included)
MP3::Info (included)
MP4::Info (included)
IO::String (included)
Unicode::String (incuded)
XML::Parser (included)
install any of these you don't yet have by CD ing into they're directory,
starting abc-shell and typing,
perl Makefile.PL LINKTYPE=dynamic
make
make install
copy apod and .apodrc to the location of your choice say work:apod/
assign apod: to this directory.
edit the paths in .apodrc to reflect the name of your ipod etc.
PREPARING TOUR IPOD:
You may need to create the directory
<ipodname>:iPod_Control/.gnupod/
otherwise your ipod requires no special initialization.
Your ipod still requires the apple firmware etc this program only handles
copying of
music file to and from the ipod.
USAGE:
perl apod --help
to get usage
or
perldoc apod to get full pod documentation.
HISTORY:
1.5
Ensure &RBNA_Label works for all SDK versions
1.4
Fixed problem with installer and spaces in filenames.
Fixed missing Info.pm in MP3-Info-1.24/blib file tree
1.3
Fixed Installation bug where MP3::Info overwrote MP4:Info by mistake.
1.2
Added ARexx Interface.
Added support for Tunenet as an external music player.
1.1
Added Multiselect to Addsongs.
Song List can now be sorted by Columns
1.0
Initial Public Release
KNOWN BUGS:
The underlying mac::ipod::gnupod module appears to have some problems with
smartplaylists. If you get a problem with this email me, for a workaround.
TODO:
Mac::iPod::GNUpod offers some sophisticated search options and a variation on
smartplaylists based on these. adding support for these will be done in the not
too far distant future.
Send an Feature requests to me by email and I'll see what I can do...
DONATIONS:
This work has been largely been to done to fulfill my own needs and to support
the amigaos 4 community in general, but it does take a lot of time so if you
would
like to make a donation there is a paypal button at
http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/amiga/
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