Well, when I read the iPod contents with iTunes under Windows (about three times so far) nothing strange happened. I’ve also added additional music using iTunes, and again — nothing strange.

Anyway, if you are interested in code for reading and writing the iTunesDB — have a look into the CVS repository (see http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=67873). The itdb*.[ch] files provide a clean(er) interface and allow to read/write an entire iTunesDB with just one command which returns a pointer to the data. It can easily be made into an independent library. This is new code (around two weeks old).

Cheers, JCS.

I didn’t mean to imply gtkpod uses perl. I was referring at my own meage attempts at creating a iPod sync tool, that would toggle between the two formats.

How are people getting iTunes and gtkpod working in parallel? When I’ve tried (and others I know), after syncing with gtkpod iTunes no longer recognizes the iPod and wants to re-syncronize it, i.e., erasing the device and re-copying all music.

For what it’s worth, I just installed the latest version of gtkpod. It’s quite featureful. I wouldn’t call it the most user-friendly application, though. Here’s why: the typical user that I know wants to manage their playlist in one place, typically their preferred music player, like Rhythmbox, Muine, or even EMP, and don’t want to have to use another application just to sync their iPod.

Basically, I see gtkpod as being syncronization and library management. The problem is that there are other applications to handle library management. That leaves syncronization and I’d prefer to see a stand-alone solution to that.