{"id":1646,"date":"2014-10-27T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:50:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:50:32","slug":"adding-music-ipod-nano-6g-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/justin\/adding-music-ipod-nano-6g-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding music to iPod Nano 6G in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all new Apple i-devices moving to the lightning connector, I’ve found my alarm clock with it’s 30-pin dock connector has reverted to it’s 20th century radio-only state of use. I suppose I could use an adapter, but it seems like a great way to break something (by adding a longer lever).<\/p>\n

Then I remembered I have a 6th generation iPod nano sitting in a drawer. You know, the one that looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy PC Mag<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n

But with older iPods that exist outside of the “App” and jailbreak realm, there a beast to contend with: iTunes. And I’m not the only one who wants to avoid iTunes:<\/p>\n

\"itunes<\/p>\n

Since I’m a Ubuntu Linux guy<\/a>, I did some searching to see what the “State of the iPod” is in the Linux world. I came across several references to libhashab.so<\/code> and franck78.ath.cx<\/code> – some hacky shit with an unknown level of trust. Time to dig in and find out what’s really going on.<\/p>\n

libhashab.so binary – trusted?<\/h2>\n

libhashab is a library that calculates a Unique ID hash for iPods. This enables software to talk nicely so your iPod will be able to read the files that are sent to it. Most iPods have a 20-byte ID, iPod Nano 6G has an 8-byte ID, rendering it unusable with the old libhashab.<\/p>\n

According to danwood76 in this post<\/a> the person who figured out the new hash for the Nano 6G released a binary, but wanted some cash for the source code.<\/p>\n

So the fix is available in a binary-only form, but it’s been somewhat reverse-engineered. Danny Wood figured out that only 3 bytes of the compiled library need to be changed to make it work with the iPod Nano 6G.<\/p>\n

It Works<\/h2>\n

Sure there’s no source code so it’s less trusted, but it’s only 3 bytes and more importantly it works<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a more trusted source than frank78.ath.cx<\/em>, and the readme has a little back-story on the whole thing: https:\/\/github.com\/denydias\/libhashab<\/a><\/p>\n

I installed it and used Banshee<\/a> to drag and drop MP3s to my iPod Nano – works like a charm. Be warned that the computer with this ‘hacked’ library will no longer be able to talk to the other iPods that previously worked. You’ve been warned \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n

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With all new Apple i-devices moving to the lightning connector, I’ve found my alarm clock with it’s 30-pin dock connector has reverted to it’s 20th century radio-only state of use. I suppose I could use an adapter, but it seems like a great way to break something (by adding a longer lever). Then I remembered… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[116,193,14,75,166,127,94],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-ubuntu","tag-apple","tag-fix-repair","tag-git","tag-github","tag-linux","tag-mp3","tag-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t