GPixPod gains speed with new 0.4.1 version

I have just released GPixPod 0.4.1 with the following enhancements and bugfixes:

  • Blazing-fast opening with thumbs checksum instead of copy
  • Thumbs update on saving; extracting only on checksum fail
  • Option to choose where thumbnails cache should be kept
  • Speed-up in some RGB565 functions using operator module
  • Some speed-up when open/save in extract/rebuild thumbs
  • Fixed treeview when selecting an album for the first time
  • Fixed addition/removal/display of photos with accented or other not ASCII characters
  • Fixed cross-platform pack/unpack specifying little-endian
  • Maybe it now supports the latest model, iPod Nano 1Gb

8 Responses to “GPixPod gains speed with new 0.4.1 version”

  1. Alex Says:

    I downloaded v0.4.1 and use it with ipod nano, the program hang whenever I try to svae the db.
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    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File “./gpixpod.py”, line 665, in ShowChooser
    filter.add_pixbuf_formats()
    AttributeError: ‘gtk.FileFilter’ object has no attribute ‘add_pixbuf_formats’
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File “./gpixpod.py”, line 344, in Save
    self.DB.AddPhoto(*self.photos_to_add[x])
    File “/home/alex/Download/GPixPod-0.4.1/mh.py”, line 613, in AddPhoto
    photo_id = self._AddPhotoToList(filename, photofullres)
    File “/home/alex/Download/GPixPod-0.4.1/mh.py”, line 529, in _AddPhotoToList
    self._AddPhotoThumbs(filename, photo_id)
    File “/home/alex/Download/GPixPod-0.4.1/mh.py”, line 481, in _AddPhotoThumbs
    imgdata = toRGB565(filename, self.thumbsizes[t][0], self.thumbsizes[t][1], False)
    File “/home/alex/Download/GPixPod-0.4.1/imgconvs.py”, line 93, in toRGB565
    pixbuf = getPixbuf(filename, width, height)
    File “/home/alex/Download/GPixPod-0.4.1/imgconvs.py”, line 71, in getPixbuf
    bgpixbuf = pixbuf.composite_color_simple(width, height, gtk.gdk.INTERP_BILINEAR, 0, 2, 0, 0)
    TypeError: GdkPixbuf.composite_color_simple() argument 6 must be long, not int

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    The program also has the following error when start
    File “./gpixpod.py”, line 144, in HALdetect
    ipod_hal = iPodHal()
    NameError: global name ‘iPodHal’ is not defined

  2. flagar Says:

    The same error was reported by someone using GTK/PyGTK 2.6. Are you sure to have GTK+ and PyGTK >= 2.8?
    About the next error: the HAL autodetection could be disabled in preferences, otherwise you could install python2.4-dbus and setup HAL properly.

  3. Alex Says:

    Thanks for the reply, I shall try GTK+/PyGTK >=2.8

  4. Alex Says:

    Now it worked, Thanks for the excellent program.

  5. flagar Says:

    :-) Ok great!

  6. Reiner Says:

    I would like to use gpixpod with win xp. I got the version 0.4.0. I do not understand any things of linux, and find no support about handling this program. only once i got a connection to my ipod, but it took 2 hours for 4000 pictures until i saw any files at the ipod. is 0.4.0 the latest version for win xp? if not where i get a newer version. i would like to know how i can transfer photos from the pc to the ipod. until now i could not use this programm. help wanted. thx

  7. flagar Says:

    Hi Reiner,
    this is the main site for support. The 0.4.0 is currently the latest version available for Windows. I will update it soon.
    Unfortunately GPixPod is a bit slow, because written completely in an interpreted language. Did you manage to get it working, although slow?

  8. Reiner Says:

    Hi Flagar,

    many times i tried already without success. only once i got a connection to my ipod 5G. it took almost two hours for around 4000 photos. But i do not know how to transfer photos from pc to ipod.

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