ipod nano - getting photos off to .jpeg format

English Hardware
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a friend of mine had their windows drive f*ck up, and basically they have a load of photos on their ipod nano which they want to get back off (readable as .jpeg). i put the ipod into my linux machine (suse 11.1) and it came up, mounted fine etc, but when i go into the photos folder the pictures are not there, they are basically all contained within a few files (must be the way it makes a database…?)

anyway…to cut a long story short, was wondering is it possible to pull the individual files off it? any particular software i need?

thanks in advance!

Ross.

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anybody? :frowning:

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Have you tried GTKpod ? claims to do a lot gtkpod - a GUI for Apple’s iPod using GTK2
or try PythoPhotoPod,may require a bit of compiling http://pythophotopod.sourceforge.net/
Andy

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hi andy,

i tried gtkpod but it seems only to sort the music side of things out, and not photos :frowning: unless i’m doing something wrong…but i can’t find anything on there …?)

hmmm this is annoying! cheers for suggestion andy, any more suggestions welcome :slight_smile:

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a quick google search on

linux ipod photos extract

produced

Chapter 16: Ubuntu and Your iPod

and

Experiments with an iPod LG #120 (elderly)

and something called Floola

floola.com - Wiwi - Home

let us know if any of this is of any help

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i tried installing gpixpod, which worked, but i can’t run it. i run it from konsole and i get this:

/usr/bin/gpixpod: line 2: exec: python2.4: not found

however, i checked in yast…and python 2.6 is installed :\

any ideas? i’m going to try floola and see how that goes, but gpixpod seems to be the sort of thing i’m after!

cheers guys it’s really appreciated.

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right, floola linux is installed, but it detects it as a 4GB ipod nano, not the 8GB ipod nano. it also says selecting the wrong generation can cause data loss (which i really really can’t afford!) but the 8GB nano is not in the selectable drop down menu, so i can’t choose it obviously. would picking the later 4GB version cause data loss? i’ve asked on the floola forum, but nobody has replied and i think it’s a very small forum.

thanks for any insight guys.

Ross.

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the guy here at floola

http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=contacts

says you can email him with your problem;

but only after reading the documentation and FAQs;

find a way to have a bit of fun; and then sit down and check through the documentation and FAQs;

http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=docs&back=contacts

and then can always email the developer in good conscience;

EDIT:

actually, I see someone has replied to you on the Floola; seems to know what he is talking about; maybe you keep working with him, but tell us later how it all goes

http://www.floola.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1004&forum=1

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right, a slight update:

the ipod was the right generation and floola see all the pictures. however, if i click to view the picture (which shows up fine in the thumbnails…) the screen goes blank (white). if i say ‘copy pictures to /home/desktop/pictures’ it says copying… then done. i click on the folder, and all the pictures are just white squares :\ this is annoying since i can see the pics perfectly fine in the thumbnails!!! i have emailed the developer…but no-one here knows anything about it do they? am i doing anything wrong?

cheers!!

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don’t you just hate it when programmes don’t work straight away?

we would all just love it if they did;

Why don’t you keep chatting to Sid32 on the Floola; seems like the sort of guy likes helping; he would really love to get the ipod going for you I am sure;

that’s where the money is: floola forums; zip over there

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ah didn’t realise anyone replied on there…i had it set so i would get email if someone replied…strange! ok well, will see if he can help,

and yes…it would nice nice if software just worked :wink:

cheers fellas