diff --git a/Portable-Devices.md b/Portable-Devices.md index c486f8c..74119cb 100644 --- a/Portable-Devices.md +++ b/Portable-Devices.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Using your iPod or portable media player with Clementine -# Introduction +## Introduction Starting from version 0.5 Clementine has support for iPods, MTP devices (also known as Microsoft PlaysForSure) and USB mass storage devices. @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ When you plug in a device it should show up automatically in the Devices tab on ![](http://www.clementine-player.org/screenshots/wiki/devices-small.png) -# Types of device +## Supported Devices -## iPods +### iPod Clementine uses [libgpod](http://www.gtkpod.org/wiki/Libgpod) to read and write the iTunes database on your iPod. This is installed automatically if you download a binary package of Clementine, but if you are compiling from source make sure you have the libgpod and libgpod-dev packages installed before you start. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The classic iPod or iPod shuffle appear as USB mass storage devices are mounted - **Play songs:** works - **Find out which files are supported:** works -## MTP +### MTP On **Linux** and **Mac**, MTP ([Media Transfer Protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Transfer_Protocol)) devices are supported in Clementine through [libmtp](http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/). If you are compiling from source make sure you have the libmtp and libmtp-dev packages installed before you start. @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ MTP devices can sometimes be a bit temperamental. If you have problems copying - **Play songs:** doesn't work - **Find out which files are supported:** works -## USB mass storage +### USB Mass Storage Other USB devices that aren't music players, such as USB flash disks or memory cards, usually support the Mass Storage protocol. Clementine treats these as normal folders containing music, much like it does with the folders you add to your library. When you copy songs to a mass storage device you are able to choose a naming scheme for the filenames, this works in the same way as the Organise dialog. @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ On **Linux** Clementine uses either DeviceKit or GIO to detect mass storage devi - **Play songs:** works - **Find out which files are supported:** doesn't work -# Automatic Transcoding +## Automatic Transcoding Clementine will try to find out what file formats your device can play and automatically convert any songs you try to copy across. If you want to turn off this behaviour, or change your preferred file format, right click on the device and choose *Device properties...*, then go to the *File formats* tab.