Comment 3 for bug 253785

As far as I understand Danny he is having the same problem I had: when an iPod is attached applications like Rhythmbox or Banshee show the device and display the tracks on the device as they are listed in the iPod's database. The applications access the files on the device through the iPod's database.

When Rockbox is installed on the iPod all media files are just 'dumped' on the device and the iPod must then be treated as any old USB mass storage device with media files on it. (An iTunes/iPod database on the device is then not feasible anymore since it would require iTunes to keep it up to date, also this DB is of no use to Rockbox).

For Banshee there is a solution: disable the iPod plugin and add an empty file called '.is_audio_player' in the root directory of the iPod. Banshee will then treat the iPod like a USB mass storage device, ignoring the iPod database and directly accesing the media files. Details for the Banshee solution are here: http://wiki.banshee-project.org/Guide/DAPs/MassStorageDevices