A very simple scenario, but I can't find a solution
Hi,
I have an iPhone that runs IOS 4.1. It is synced with iTunes library at home which has all my music, video, podcasts, apps, etc. Occasionally when I'm at work I come across an audio clip or video clip that I would like to save on an iPhone to watch during the commute back. I am reasonably tech savvy, but I can't find a solution to accomplish this task. Since iPhone is synced with the library at home, it cannot be synced with the iTunes library at work without it being wiped and reinitialized. I have found partial solution for video files using the (now unavailable) VLC app, which allows transfer of FLV or MP4 files, although since hardware acceleration is not available to VLC app, watching any video above 480p is not possible. VLC app does not accept MP3 files, so I'm out of luck with these.
In the past I used non-IOS iPods and had no problems syncing it with library at home and being able to manually add music/videos from iTunes library at work.
I'm surprised that the device/ecosystem that is so user friendly suddenly cannot be used for such a simple task. All of the content I am talking about is DRM free and in open formats like MP3.
This limitation of only one iTunes library being allowed to add/manage content on an IOS device seems very not user friendly to me. I understand the need to protect content, but again - I am only talking about non-purchased publicly available content like MP3 files of programs published by radio stations.
I have a VPN connection between home and work, but iTunes does not allow syncing via anything but USB. I have even tried to find some sort of "Virtual USB" port that would allow me to connect iPhone at work and have computer at home see it as USB connected device, but could not find any solution for this on OS X.
Am I missing something trivial or is it impossible to add an MP3 file to an iPhone from anywhere but one iTunes library?
Thank you.
I have finally been able to solve this problem, albeit through an unorthodox method.
I have placed my iTunes library folder on a NAS I have at home and configured both home Mac Pro and Macbook Pro at work to use the same library. Since I have VPN, the file path is the same for both machines, so they both now can access the same library and sync to the phone from it.
Now when at work I come across something I want to drop to the iPhone for listening on my way back home, I add the file to the library (it travels over the VPN to my home NAS) and then sync (it travels back over the same VPN to my iPhone)
Since there's about 20mbit bandwidth, the speed and response is acceptable.
The problem is solved.
I wonder, why Apple had to put this strange limitation of only one library being able to sync to the iPhone? Is the rationale behind this decision documented anywhere?
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