So Aldi have 2gb iPod shuffle knockoffs for $10. Grand, richo thinks and off he sets.
I got home with my players, and discovered that they have no random function, and get angry. Luckily, I’m an uberdork and hacked up 2 shell scripts to save the day:
mvmusic :
#!/bin/sh
APP=$0
usage()
{
echo "$APP
exit 1
}
source=$1;
if [ "$source" = "" ]; then
usage
fi
shift
target=$1
if [ "$target" = "" ]; then
usage
fi
shift
echo -n "${target}: "
rm -rI $target/*
find $source -name \*.mp3 -exec _mv_mp3 {} $target \;
_mv_mp3
#!/bin/sh
usage()
{
echo "usage: know what you're doing"
exit 1
}
gen_path()
{
str=$(
Together, they hose the contents of my music player and copy the contents of a directory to the player, with random filenames (pseudorandom play order)
I've got a few todo items relating to it, namely the ability to randomly select tracks until the media player fills and probably a bit more cleverness relating to the initial cleaning of the player, but on the whole I'm pretty happy with it. It gets the job done.
