I just got a 60g photo and a 60g video iPod. (My old 20g worked fine with MC, but I haven't plugged it into my computer for years.)
Anyway, I've done everything I can think of, but for both iPods, MC asks if I want to recognize the iPod as a portable device and I say "yes," and MC happily shows no errors, but the iPod shows as having zero bytes used and zero bytes free. So, for example, if I try to put a 5MB song into the iPod, MC tells me I'm 5MB over its capacity.
Currently, I'm using MC 11.101.1, but I've tried it with the public release and the last four pre-releases. I've run both iPods through the newest iPod Updater (2006-01-10), restored them to factory settings, used iTunes to initialize them, used MC to initialize them, etc., etc.
I've deleted the iTunes database and I haven't ... doesn't seem to make any difference.
My Windows XP Explorer recognizes both iPods as removable disks ... it sees the various control files and the fxx folders for music.
Itunes works perfectly on both iPods, puts songs on them, and they play fine, takes songs off them, etc., etc.
I've tried two different USB2 ports on my desktop, plus a powered USB hub. Always the same.
I'm out of ideas for stupid things I could be doing.
PLEASE ... any ideas. I'd even be happy to SEND you one of them if you think you know how to fix the problem.
Thanks, Jeff
JeffPalley@msn.com