Ipod and ubuntu 13.10, do I format before?

I had to switch to ubuntu after windows 8 basically blocked itself out on christmas day but since then I haven't able to add music to my ipod, it's even made some songs not play thought that might be cause it was plugged into my ps3?? Is there anyway to add music to my ipod? I've heard some say I need to format on windows which I can do on my sister's laptop but I want to know before I do that will work for sure. I'm on ubuntu 13.10 in case you didn't notice the title. I've tried banshee and rhythmbox

All help is appreciated :)