Hi, I'll get to your questions in a bit, but first I want to report something really annoying. You see, my iPod has the tendency to reset some of my podcast play statuses at what seems random times. (I'm sure that there's a trigger for this, though.)
It appears that the play counts of these podcasts hadn't been raised to 1. After some further investigation, I discovered that *all* play counts on my iPod are messed up (I might check in with the folks at gtkpod for this later). Some tracks were supposedly played like 85 times - which is impossible - but most of them have 0 in the play count field! There's not much you can do about that, considering that it's probably a gtkpod/libgpod-related issue. However, you might be able to get the podcast play statuses working correctly by making gPodder check the play status of a podcast to set the play count accordingly (i.e. if a podcast has been played, make sure that its play count is set to 1 and not 0). Is that possible? > Is there a special "videos" or "video podcasts" playlist on the iPod > that can be seen with gtkpod? Unfortunately, there isn't. > What about adding a video to the iPod using gtkpod? Is > that displayed in the iPod's menus then? Okay, so this is strange. I added a new video to my iPod using gtkpod, and it showed up in the Video menu as normal. I even tried setting the 'Media type' field (for a list of available options: http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3641/listoa4.jpg) from 'Video podcast' to 'Video' to make the video podcast show up in the Video menu but that didn't help. This video has been added manually to my iPod library, and this one *does*show up in the Video menu: http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9913/geoffdayjob1ya7.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/433/geoffdayjob2tr1.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2320/geoffdayjob3lc6.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4827/geoffdayjob4uw3.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8245/geoffdayjob5fe4.jpg (I also got this video to show up as a video podcast, by the way.) The video podcast I added to my iPod library using gPodder *doesn't* show up in the Video menu. You've seen these screenshots before, but I'll give you the links one more time for your convenience: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1628/cnettopfive1as4.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6904/cnettopfive2up4.jpg http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5039/cnettopfive3bj9.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2563/cnettopfive4ow9.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9986/cnettopfive5lx3.jpg I don't see that much of a difference, except for the bitrate and sample rate. I checked my other video podcasts, they all have their bitrate and sample rate set to zero. I can change the value in these fields but I doubt that that would help. > Now, for the enhanced podcasts: Can you please send me the gtkpod > screenshots of the properties page of a track that has been synced from > both iTunes and gPodder, just like you did for the video podcasts above? This enhanced podcast has been copied to my iPod using iTunes: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4360/cbcenhanced1xv3.jpg http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/919/cbcenhanced2rb5.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/503/cbcenhanced3uz3.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2576/cbcenhanced4fj3.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1263/cbcenhanced5rt6.jpg This enhanced podcast has been copied to my iPod by gPodder: http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6018/cbcgpodder1dt5.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2948/cbcgpodder2fm8.jpg http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2893/cbcgpodder3wf7.jpg http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8751/cbcgpodder4ig4.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7043/cbcgpodder5pm7.jpg I can't help but notice that the sample rate and bitrate are once again set to 0. Hmm... Oh by the way, I believe that your iPod mini also supports enhanced podcasts. It might be easier to investigate this if you can play with it yourself too, you know. :) > Are enhanced podcasts added correctly when adding the single downloaded > file from the feed (m4a) using gtkpod? I can add them to my iPod manually but my iPod acts as if it was a regular podcast, just like with any enhanced podcast I copied to my iPod using gPodder. Does that mean that this is a libgpod-related issue? Pieter On Dec 29, 2007 3:15 PM, Thomas Perl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Pieter! > > Pieter De Decker wrote: > > Everything is working like a charm, except for one thing: video podcasts > > don't show up in the video menu. If you try to play them from the Music > > > > Podcasts menu, you only get to hear the audio. This is normal, this also > > happens with iTunes podcasts (except for the fact that they don't show > up in > > the Video menu). > > Ok, I think we can fix this with a bit trial-and-error and probably some > iTunesDB-related changes. It just needs some of your time to help :) > > > This podcast has been transferred to my player using iTunes and does > show up > > in the Video menu: [...] > > > > This podcast has been transferred to my player using gPodder and doesn't > > show up in the Video menu: [...] > > From the screenshots, I can't see much difference, except for the > bitrate that is set. One thing that might be related to this is that for > video podcasts, we need to add the track to a special playlist. Is there > a special "videos" or "video podcasts" playlist on the iPod that can be > seen with gtkpod? What about adding a video to the iPod using gtkpod? Is > that displayed in the iPod's menus then? > > > By the way, I added a page to the gPodder wiki about the iPod touch. You > can > > find it here: http://gpodderwiki.jottit.com/ipodtouch > > That's very good. I've linked it from the Wiki's start page under "iPod > Touch HOWTO". > > Now, for the enhanced podcasts: Can you please send me the gtkpod > screenshots of the properties page of a track that has been synced from > both iTunes and gPodder, just like you did for the video podcasts above? > > Are enhanced podcasts added correctly when adding the single downloaded > file from the feed (m4a) using gtkpod? > > Thanks, > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > gpodder-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel >
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