[Gtkpod-devel] libgpod udev/hal integration

[Jeff M. <kd...@em...>]

Greetings--

I work on Amarok, which supports iPod devices natively through =20
libgpod, and am in contact with the guys working on Solid for KDE4.  =20
One things that is common to most of the proprietary libraries =20
(libgpod, libifp, libmtp, etc) is that there is no good way to detect =20
when such a device is plugged in, as well as what type of device it =20
is.  Often you can detect one or the other but not both.

The way to do this lies with udev/HAL.  I won't go into them, as I'm =20
sure you're well aware of what they do and how they work...but I'm =20
unclear as to whether or not libgpod is really fully supported with =20
the current setup (as I don't have an iPod myself).

The current 10-usb-music-players.fdi contains this:

<!-- Apple iPod - TODO: use USB ids to determine exact output formats  -->
       <match key=3D"storage.vendor" contains=3D"Apple">
         <match key=3D"storage.model" contains=3D"iPod">
           <append key=3D"info.capabilities" =20
type=3D"strlist">portable_audio_player</append>
           <merge key=3D"info.category" =20
type=3D"string">portable_audio_player</merge>
           <merge key=3D"portable_audio_player.access_method" =20
type=3D"string">storage</merge>
           <merge key=3D"portable_audio_player.type" type=3D"string">ipod</m=
erge>
           <merge key=3D"portable_audio_player.storage_device" =20
type=3D"copy_property">info.udi</merge>
           <append key=3D"portable_audio_player.output_formats" =20
type=3D"strlist">audio/mpeg</append>
           <append key=3D"portable_audio_player.output_formats" =20
type=3D"strlist">audio/aac</append>
           <merge key=3D"storage.requires_eject" type=3D"bool">true</merge>
         </match>
       </match>

Since I don't have an iPod/many iPods, I don't know if this is enough =20
to match the whole range of devices (perhaps it is?  You guys would =20
probably know for sure).

If any work needs to be done in this regard, I'm quite willing to help =20
out with this

Thanks,
Jeff