GPixPod

Thanks to all GPixPod users for trying it and hopefully using it with satisfaction . GPixPod was first published the last 28 January achieving 12 public releases with the last 0.4.0 in almost 8 weeks.
GNU/Linux distributions are beginning to package it, AFAIK (from a Google search) it has been included currently in Mandriva Cooker and ArchLinux.
Also the Win32 version seems to attract some attention, the old 0.3.1 version has become popular on Download.com counting 520 downloads: the new 0.4.0 should appear on the portal in a few business days.

I have just posted on SF the most wanted major version of GPixPod: the new 0.4 with the much waited handling of full resolution images options. Now GPixPod should significantly enhance iPod photo managing possibilities over iTunes - in detail:

• Now loading properly Photo Databases generated by iTunes with the option to not copy full resolution images
• Global option to copy / not copy full resolution images (like iTunes)
• New Add Photo with or without full resolution individual actions buttons (unlike iTunes, you could choose the behaviour even for each single photo)
• Unlike iTunes, it is possible to add full resolution images to existing photos previously created without
• Unlike iTunes, it is possible to remove full resolution images from existing photos that previously included it
• All iPod thumbnails are shown in a dedicated page on the new notebook based right details pane! Known bug: the full screen iPod image of Photo/Color iPods is currently displayed as garbage, however the issue is related only to the visualization, and not to the actual thumbnal that is properly displayed as before on the iPod.

GPixPod 0.4 features also the new Spanish translation by Diego Belotti, latest 1Gb iPod Nano model support, a little optimization of the full resolution image display process, updated Windows 2000/XP version and a lot of other little bugfixes.

Please download and try this new version and report your feedback! Direct links to the files: Debian/Ubuntu .deb package, RPM package (generated with alien), Win32 installer, source tarball

Contribute to the wiki writing what GPixPod is currently missing in the features wishlist!
GPixPod 0.4 will be out in a few days, there could be time to already implement something before this release. The rest will be considered for the next releases (if actually within my possibilities! )

Image details are now available also when not saved yet with the status (saved/not saved) shown. Image is zoomed to all available space in the right pane by default; now it is possible to adjust zoom of the displayed image, and to save it directly from GPixPod, too. The treeview has been enhanced expanding/collapsing rows on single click, default names are now shown when adding/renaming albums, plus a few bug fixes.

I have just setup a wiki for GPixPod. Everything GPixPod related will have its space in the wiki. Please feel free to contribute, with suggestions, feature wishlists, and patches!

Since version 0.3.3 GPixPod has full support for internationalization. Please e-mail me (Flavio Gargiulo <flagar-AT-gmail-DOT-com>) to let me know your are ready to start a new translation, and I will prepare and send to you a .po file for your language that then you could translate manually or with graphical tools such GTranslator.

I have just uploaded on SF the new version of GPixPod, featuring:

• Drag & Drop of supported image files added for the treeview.
• Added gettext support for internationalization
• Added Italian translation
• Fixed a bug when browsing the filechooser with the keyboard
• Fixed a bug in the details pane: previous image not cleared if the next one is not found
• Removed iPod Photo/Nano warnings. Modified iPod Color warning
• Fixed exception about filechooser when creating new photo db.

Download!

I have finally implemented the much requested image preview in the filechooser when adding photos (now it remember the last locations, too!); the details of a photo in the right pane of the application are now displayed just with a single click on the left pane tree view. In the adding/renaming photo album dialog now it’s enough to press to confirm; many other bugfixes are related to the right pane details view and the preferences dialog.

Now the priorities of the work in progress are drag & drop support and internationalization. iPod Color users: I need to know if GPixPod is working for you. The iPod Color support is at moment only guessed, based on the iPod Photo details.
 Download tarball, deb or rpm from SF clicking here.

I have just released GPixPod 0.3.1 on SourceForge (tarball, debian package, rpm, win32 setup) with the following features:

• Fixed ratio scaling when converting images to interlaced UYVY (used in the iPod for TV output)
• Single function to load pixbuf properly scaled and with alpha channel removed
• Fixed HALdetect function, parsing only when modules available
• Fixed a bug when scaling fullscreen iPod thumbnail
• Fixed gpixpod.py to launch if passed to the python interpreter
• Fixed exception when displaying details of a new added photo
• Fixed details still displayed after deleted photo, now cleared
• Fixed details cleared when double-click a photo album
• Using webbrowser module for links
• iPod Color treated as iPod Photo: testing feedback needed
• Added menu entry to make a PayPal donation
• More tooltips in menu
• Debian/Ubuntu package
• Cross-platform fixes and win32 installation package
• Correct dependencies are python 2.4+ and gtk/pygtk 2.8+

Please upgrade to this version as soon as possible.

I have just released GPixPod 0.3 on SF with these new features:

• Now iPod Photo seems supported fine (probably iPod Color, too)
• All gdk-pixbuf image formats now supported for photo import. Thus in addition to JPEGs, now also PNGs, BMPs, GIFs, SVGs…
• Preferences dialog: automatic detection/opening, mountpoint, etc.
• Refined image conversion functions to keep ratio when scaling
• Added basic image conversion functions to rotate CCW and CW