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KARNVORbeefRAGE

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Registered: 2013-06-20

Posts: 25

[SOLVED] Luck with playing music from an iPod Touch 4th Generation

I have tried to play music from clementine (which is my "when the doodoo hits the fan music player") using my iPod because I know how well it syncs.  Unfortunately, I can view my library of music but when I attempt to play a song, it will crash.  On a side note, I have tried the ifuse and git variants of clementine, libimobiledevice, and ifuse with no luck.  Please do not hesitate to notify me of my ignorance if there is a solution located within these forums.

Anyone willing to give some helpful advice will be much appreciated, thank you.

Last edited by KARNVORbeefRAGE (2013-09-18 03:44:14)

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ajbader

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Registered: 2010-03-22

Posts: 23

Re: [SOLVED] Luck with playing music from an iPod Touch 4th Generation

I have tried to play music from clementine (which is my "when the doodoo hits the fan music player") using my iPod because I know how well it syncs.  Unfortunately, I can view my library of music but when I attempt to play a song, it will crash.  On a side note, I have tried the ifuse and git variants of clementine, libimobiledevice, and ifuse with no luck.  Please do not hesitate to notify me of my ignorance if there is a solution located within these forums.

Anyone willing to give some helpful advice will be much appreciated, thank you.

It won't work. The music database associated with 4th gen ipod touch hasn't been cracked by the libimobiledevice team. Any device earlier than that will work, as long as the database hasn't been updated past version 4. It is ridiculous considering how long the iPod 4G and iPhone 4 have been out.

I know how it feels. I have had a 4th gen ipod touch and have always had to sync it in Windows.

KARNVORbeefRAGE

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Registered: 2013-06-20

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Luck with playing music from an iPod Touch 4th Generation

Alright, thanks.  Sorry for the late reply.

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WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [SOLVED] Luck with playing music from an iPod Touch 4th Generation

It is ridiculous considering how long the iPod 4G and iPhone 4 have been out.

Don't blame the libmobiledevice developers for this.  It is not them who came up with an ultra proprietary music storage "solution" in the first place.