Gtkpod 0.99.12

Gtkpod is a platform independent Graphical User Interface for Apples iPod using GTK2.
Gtkpod supports the first to fifth Generation including the iPod Photo, iPod Shuffle, iPod mini, iPod nano and iPod Video.
NOTE: Gtkpod is licensed and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

Main features:>
- Read your existing iTunesDB (i.e. import the existing contents of your iPod including playcounts, ratings and on-the-go playlists).
- Add MP3, WAV, M4A (non-protected AAC), M4B (audio book), podcasts, and various video files (single files, directories or existing playlists) to the iPod. You need a third party product to download podcasts, like bashpodder or gpodder
- View, add and modify Cover Art
- Browse the contents of your local harddisk by album/artist/genre by adding all your songs to the local database. From there the tracks can be dragged over to the iPod/Shuffle easily.
- Create and modify playlists, including smart playlists.
- You can choose the charset the ID3 tags are encoded in from within gtkpod. The default is the charset currently used by your locale setting.
- Extract tag information (artist, album, title...) from the filename if you supply a template.
- Detect duplicates when adding songs (optional).
- Remove and export tracks from your iPod.
- Modify ID3 tags -- changes are also updated in the original file (optional).
- Refresh ID3 tags from file (if you have changed the tags in the original file).
- Sync directories.
- Normalize the volume of your tracks (uses mp3gain or the replay-gain tag)
- Write the updated iTunesDB and added songs to your iPod.
- Work offline and synchronize your new playlists / songs with the iPod at a later time.
- Export your korganizer/kaddressbook/thunderbird/evocalendar/evolution/webcalendar... data to the iPod (scripts for other programs can be added).

Enhancements:
- NEW FEATURE: Import and management of photographs on ipods that support them. Update of README to include photo management.
- UPDATE: Application requires libgpod version 0.6.0 or higher.
- UPDATE: Better icon theme specification compliance.
- BUGFIX: Fixes to tomboy script.
- BUGFIX: Issues with display of track length. Inconsistent units used in conjunction with libgpod (Jorg).
- UPDATE: Cover art preview window either displays an album cover to its full size or to a size consistent with the users desktop.
- UPDATE: Download of Album Art from the net feature modified to the ability of dragging-and-dropping a .jpg image from a web browser. This has been changed due to licensing concerns over album art. Drag and Drop section of README updated accordingly.
- BUGFIX: Issues on detecting changed local / podcast database.
- BUGFIX: Issues addressed on Details Window.
- BUGFIX: Crash avoided when auto-detecting an iTunes database that cannot be read.
- UPDATE: Display of error output of scripts (Jorg).
- IMPROVEMENT: Configuring and Compilation support (Todd).
- UPDATE: New scripts for flac, ogg, mp3, m4a, wav conversion to mp3 and m4a.
- BUGFIX: Model number identified and written to ipod upon loading to ensure libgpod can read the ipods artwork.
- UPDATE: Updates and bug fixes to gapless playback.
- BUGFIX: When Cover Art Display is widened, covers space out rather than stretch.
- BUGFIX: Fixed memory leaks in CoverArt Display and Details window.
- UPDATE: French translation.
- UPDATE: Italian translation.
- UPDATE: Hebrew translation
- UPDATE: Swedish translation.
- NEW FEATURE: Added Romanian translation support.
- NEW FEATURE: Added Russian translation support.