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A comment on the problem "iPod sync broken, 'transcoder not available' but transcoder should not be needed" in Songbird:

I changed the maxversion of 3.0.13.1146 (the addon for songbird 1.2) to 1.4.*. It installed and allowed me to enable it, but would not work. When I plugged my ipod in, nothing showed up in Songbird's sidebar. – danny, on October 23, 2009 02:52

A comment on the problem "iPod sync broken, 'transcoder not available' but transcoder should not be needed" in Songbird:

Whoops, meant 1.4.0b3, not 1.4.3b. :) – danny, on October 20, 2009 02:03

danny replied on October 20, 2009 01:19 to the problem "iPod sync broken, 'transcoder not available' but transcoder should not be needed" in Songbird:

I found a workaround we can use for now. I have Songbird 1.2.0 installed from http://www.getdeb.net/app/Songbird , and I have 1.4.3b from http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Develope... unpacked somewhere in my home folder. Both versions use the same profile (and library), but 1.2.0 allows me to sync with my ipod, whereas 1.4.3b does not.

My solution is this: Play music with 1.4.3b until I need to sync, then close Songbird and open 1.2.0. Sync and close, then open 1.4.3b back up. Continue playing music.

I know this doesn't fix the problem, but it does allow me to add and remove songs from my iPod while still enjoying the stability of the beta.

I wish I could help more.

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danny replied on October 13, 2009 23:10 to the problem "iPod sync broken, 'transcoder not available' but transcoder should not be needed" in Songbird:

Same thing happening here, Ubuntu Jaunty with Songbird 1.4.0b3, Build 1303 (20091007151150) and version 3.0.15.1303 of the iPod Device Support plugin. I'm using a second generation nano. It also might be worth noting that I have the sync setting for my iPod as "Manually manage."

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