G'day folks
I've just started using Rhythmbox after moving from windows. I have been
experiencing some issues with the Ipod plug-in. No so much things that
don't work, just things that I used to be able to do on winamp with
ml_ipod and can't in rhythmbox. Fortunately I see this as a chance to
re-connect with my inner geek and add some functionality. I used to code
for a living but went over to the dark side and have been in management
for way too long.
What I'm looking at doing is adding an autofill option (random songs or
random albums) as my ipod (nano) isn't big enough to sync my entire
collection. The second thing I would like to do is enhance the podcast
functionality. I subscribe to a lot of podcasts so I use podget running
in my server to download them overnight then write them to the ipod
using rythmbox. Unfortunately this doesn't set the media type so
although I can manually add them to the podcast playlist they don't work
as proper podcasts. I was thinking of borrowing from ml_ipod and
allowing you to set a section of your media library (a folder or set of
genres) that contains podcasts and setting the media type appropriately
when files are transfered.
If this sort of thing is already in the works I don't want to duplicate
effort. I also don't want to take this in a direction other folks don't
want to go. If the folks who handle the ipod plug-in hang around on the
list, could you let me know if A- this sounds like a good feature to add
and B - this isn't something you are already working on? Also, what is
the protocol for submitting changes? Should I raise a bug in bugzilla to
cover it and submit a patch or is there another prefered way?
Cheers
Dave
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