Ipod Video

Tools

• gnupod-tools - command-line tools for the iPod family of portable music players
• gtkpod - manage songs and playlists on an Apple iPod
• tripod - iPod photo uploader
• python-gpod - a library to read and write songs and artwork to an iPod
• python-ipod - ipod library
• ipod - tool for retrieving informations from iPods
• banshee - Audio Management and Playback application
• banshee-daap - Audio Management and Playback application (DAAP sharing plugin)

First time

scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Apple    iPod             1.62 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
SCSI device sdb: 58605120 512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 68 00 00 08
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: [mac] sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

# file -s /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdb1: Apple Partition data (block size: 0): 
           first type: Apple_MDFW, 
           name: firmware, 
           number of blocks: 131072, 
           second type: Apple_HFS, 
           name: disk, 
           number of blocks: 58473976,
# file -s /dev/sdb2
/dev/sdb2: data
# file -s /dev/sdb3
/dev/sdb3: Macintosh HFS Extended version 4 data last mounted by: '10.0', 
           created: Thu May 24 11:40:21 2007, 
           last modified: Fri May 25 10:54:01 2007, 
           last checked: Thu May 24 20:40:21 2007, 
           block size: 4096, 
           number of blocks: 7309247, 
           free blocks: 7302027

Tips

From http://home.c-otto.de/ipod/ :
With Linux you normally get the "Don't disconnect" message whenever you insert the cable/dock. With the "eject" tool (for ejecting CD drives) you can disconnect the ipod from your computer but still have the power connection to recharge the batteries.