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Reply #2825 –
It should be shortened automatically. Can you check the filename on the device? (Do File/iPod/Load library, then check the Properties of the problematic file). Post the full path. Thanks.
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Reply #2826 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
It should be shortened automatically. Can you check the filename on the device? (Do File/iPod/Load library, then check the Properties of the problematic file). Post the full path. Thanks.



i just checked my previous message and apparently hydrogen audio's forums modified (erased) the space that i intended to show in my madonna song example
but basically it was a song with about 2 inches or more of blank space somewhere in its file name


i renamed it about 2 weeks ago so i can't retrieve the exact filepath in your plugin but i'll be sure to post it here if the problem comes up again although,  like i said, its very hard to detect


thanks for the amazing support and thanks again for being british

[seemingly abandonware] iPod manager

Reply #2827 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: lojom on
I'm trying to use coreconverter to embed a folder.jpg into each m4a file. coreconverter can do this by adding the following commandline parameter.

-dspeffect1="ID Tag Processing= -importart={qt}folder.jpg{qt}"
The encoder doesn't have any knowledge of where the source file is, so it won't pick up folder.jpg like that anyway. I didn't seem to have any problem stringing two commands together using cmd /c though, but with the other problem it won't help. I'll think about making some changes, then it should be possible to use neroaacenc and neroaactag together.

aah yeah, you're right. coreconverter doesn't pick up the folder.jpg with foobar. i also use j river media center, and it's able to pass my flac files as is to coreconverter so that it picks up the folder.jpg's in the original folders. there is a known bug with j river that causes it to hang halfway during a batch encocde though so it's not an option.

[seemingly abandonware] iPod manager

Reply #2828 –
Quote from: mstram24 on
i just checked my previous message and apparently hydrogen audio's forums modified (erased) the space that i intended to show in my madonna song example
but basically it was a song with about 2 inches or more of blank space somewhere in its file name

i renamed it about 2 weeks ago so i can't retrieve the exact filepath in your plugin but i'll be sure to post it here if the problem comes up again although,  like i said, its very hard to detect

thanks for the amazing support and thanks again for being british
Ah OK, I got the filename through quoting. If you have another file like that, you can put it in [code ] tags (without the space) like this to keep the spacing:
Code: [Select]
Madonna -               Lucky star               dz                zx.mp3

Still, by default it should have been truncated at 8 characters (excluding the extension) for a normal iPod model, so the spaces after that shouldn't have come into it. Do you think the spaces were in the first 8 characters? If you check "Preferences/Advanced/Tools/iPod manager/Number of extra filename characters allowed", is it set to 4? Is it a Nano 5G you have? (Check in File/iPod/Properties if unsure.)

[edit] I can see a filename starting with spaces causes problems on an iPod Classic, so perhaps that was it. I'll fix that for the next version, thanks for the report.

Quote from: lojom on
aah yeah, you're right. coreconverter doesn't pick up the folder.jpg with foobar. i also use j river media center, and it's able to pass my flac files as is to coreconverter so that it picks up the folder.jpg's in the original folders. there is a known bug with j river that causes it to hang halfway during a batch encocde though so it's not an option.
Allowing titleformatting would be an option, which would also allow for other artwork naming schemes, but I worry about abuse. I'll think a bit more about it... 
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Reply #2829 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
[edit] I can see a filename starting with spaces causes problems on an iPod Classic, so perhaps that was it. I'll fix that for the next version, thanks for the report.


although im eager to upgrade to a classic 160GB , right now im using a 8 gigabytes nano bought new in late 2009, so i would assume its a 5G.  and yes, the song that was causing me trouble had a filename starting with a bunch of spaces.  i'll check the options you mentioned, but if you could work something out in the next version that would be amazing.

thanks again, Sir Musical

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Reply #2830 –
Hello musicmusic,

First of all, thank you for your amazing component. I'm very happy with not having to use iTunes anymore.

I have a question regarding compilation remapping.

To illustrate it in a clear way, I'll post an example of the issue I'm having:

Album Artist (both in the %band% and %album artist% tags): Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
Album: Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Tracklist (%track%. %artist% - %title%):

01. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Falling Slowly
02. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - If You Want Me
03. Glen Hansard - Broken Hearted Hoover Sucker Guy
04. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - When Your Mind's Made Up
05. Glen Hansard - Lies
06. Interference - Gold
07. Markéta Irglová - The Hill
08. Glen Hansard - Fallen From the Sky
09. Glen Hansard - Leave
10. Glen Hansard - Trying to Pull Myself Away
11. Glen Hansard - All the Way Down
12. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová - Once
13. Glen Hansard - Say It to Me

When added through iTunes, all of these track artists appear in the Artists menu. Through foo_dop, none of them do. Neither the album artist nor the track artists. This means I can't access this tracks from the Artists menu at all. Rather, I have to look in the Albums or Compilations menu.
Also, in the Compilations menu, the artist appears as "Various Artists" instead of "Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglová".


I use following remapping string in the compilation field:

$if($meta_test(album artist),1,)

I only fill the %album artist% and %band% tags when there is more than one track artist per album.


Now, this different behavior of foo_dop, is this a bug or a feature? 
Is there any way to simulate the default iTunes behavior?

My configuration:
Foobar2000 v1.0
foo_dop 0.6.6.7


Thanks in advance for your answer,
FaintingGoat

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Reply #2831 –
Quote from: mstram24 on
although im eager to upgrade to a classic 160GB , right now im using a 8 gigabytes nano bought new in late 2009, so i would assume its a 5G.  and yes, the song that was causing me trouble had a filename starting with a bunch of spaces.  i'll check the options you mentioned, but if you could work something out in the next version that would be amazing.

thanks again, Sir Musical
Should be sorted in 0.6.6.9.


Quote from: FaintingGoat on
Either disable the Compilations (menu) in the iPod's own settings, or remove the remapping I guess.
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Reply #2832 –
I'm experiencing a Last.fm scrobbling related issue.

Let's start with the technical details:
- iPhone with 3.1.2 firmware
- foobar 1.0
- audioscrobbler 1.4.6
- foo_pod 0.6.6.7

And then the actual issue: Regardless of how many times I play a track, it gets scrobbled only once.

In an example scenario, I may add Track 1 and Track 2 to the On-the-Go playlist and play them in this order: Track 1, Track 2, Track 1. In this case Track 1 gets scrobbled only once, with the timestamp of the latter play. This scenario is how I found out about the problem after taking a walkabout, but I may as well just loop a track without adding it to any playlist and it will still get scrobbled only once.

What I do to scrobble is plug my iPhone and then sync it with iPod manager to get the scrobbles pulled out and placed in the cache. I then click submit in Audioscrobbler to get them on the site. I assume this is the correct way to do it?

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Reply #2833 –
Quote from: fromsilenceandanything on
And then the actual issue: Regardless of how many times I play a track, it gets scrobbled only once.

I'm afraid the iPod only logs the last time a track was played, so I'm afraid only the last play of each track can be scrobbled by foo_dop...
np: 4'33"

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Reply #2834 –
Are the technical limitations really like that? That's so lousy. And I'm looking towards Apple now, not the developer of this fancy addon.

Well, if this is the case, is there any way to go round it?

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Reply #2835 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: FaintingGoat on
Either disable the Compilations (menu) in the iPod's own settings, or remove the remapping I guess.


I guess I didn't express myself clearly. When tracks are marked as part of a compilation through iTunes, they appear both in the Artist menu under the %artist% name and in the Compilations menu under the %band% tag. This is the behavior I want to replicate. With foo_dop, they only appear in the Compilations menu, and the %album artist% and %band% tags are completely ignored. Rather, %artist% is used for compilations with a single %artist%, or "Various Artists" is displayed when the compilation has multiple values under %artist%.

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Reply #2836 –
What device do you have then?

Make sure the album artist is really in the ALBUM ARTIST field by checking the properties of the tracks. BAND isn't used for anything. Make sure you use 'Update metadata' on files already on the device if you've been making changes to the remappings.
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Reply #2837 –
I have the 120GB Classic, 6G.

The ALBUM ARTIST tags are filled, and I just retain the BAND tags for iTunes compatibility, in case I need it. I do use 'Update metadata' everytime I change the remapping.

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Reply #2838 –
Below is my observed behaviour on an 80GB iPod Classic (no difference in behaviour between iTunes and foo_dop)

Compilations menu:
If a compilation Album's tracks all have the same Artist, it displays Album and Artist
If the Album's tracks' Artists differ, it displays Album and Various Artists

In other words Album Artist isn't used there.

Artists menu:
If an Artist only has compilation tracks, it isn't displayed
If an Artist has both compilation and non-compilation tracks, it is listed and contains all tracks by that Artist (not just non-compilation tracks)

Are you definitely seeing different behaviour with iTunes with your 120GB model?

If you are, put just one album (and nothing else) on the device showing the problem using foo_dop, and backup the iTunesDB file. Then do the same with iTunes, and send me the two iTunesDB files and I'll compare them.
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Reply #2839 –
Sigh. I indeed can't reproduce this behavior anymore. I'm terribly sorry for wasting your time! 

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Reply #2840 –
Musicmusic, can you confirm this?

Quote from: Leak on
I'm afraid the iPod only logs the last time a track was played, so I'm afraid only the last play of each track can be scrobbled by foo_dop...

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Reply #2841 –
Quote from: FaintingGoat on
Sigh. I indeed can't reproduce this behavior anymore. I'm terribly sorry for wasting your time! 
No worries, the behaviour is easily confusing.. I think other current models behave better in this respect.

Quote from: fromsilenceandanything on
Musicmusic, can you confirm this?
Quote from: Leak on
I'm afraid the iPod only logs the last time a track was played, so I'm afraid only the last play of each track can be scrobbled by foo_dop...
[a href='index.php?act=findpost&pid=666485']Latest I heard.[/a]
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Reply #2842 –
I formatted my pc but I made a back-up of all my components. So I installed fb2k again and copied in the components I had. Now I get the following error when I try to "Rewrite databse" under File>iPod:

Code: [Select]
Failed to query SQL post process commands. Write operations are disabled.


I need to rewrite my iPods database each time I want to submit tracks to Last.FM. Any idea how to fix this problem. I'd like to get rid of this naughty error.

[seemingly abandonware] iPod manager

Reply #2843 –
You're missing the iPod driver, it comes in the Apple Mobile Device Support installer.
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Reply #2844 –
doh!

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Reply #2845 –
Today i started using my ipod nano 2G again after some time.
And i realised that its not scrobbling with my Last.fm account.
When i play some tracks on my ipod and then connect it i get this in my foobar console:
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iPod manager: Device properties: 
iPod manager: Apple iPod/iPhone connected. Device Instance Path: USB\VID_05AC&PID_1260\000A270018DD94F6
Audioscrobbler: Importing played tracks from iPod van Sander
Audioscrobbler: Finished importing 1 tracks.


It doesnt scrobble it to Last.fm right away and when i check my audioscrobbler settings it shows 1 track in cache.
When i submit it via settings i get this in my console:
Code: [Select]
Audioscrobbler: Submitting track...
Audioscrobbler: Submission succeeded.

And when i check my Last.fm page i found out its not submitted.

Anyone got an idea what I'm missing or doing wrong? Please help!

Not sure if i posted this in the right topic since its foo_dop and foo_audioscrobbler related.

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Reply #2846 –
Quote from: FuzzyNL on


Only suggestion I can think of is time and date settings on iPod. Maybe it's far enough out of wack you just are not seeing the scrobble on the main page?

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Reply #2847 –
Quote from: metalboy on
Only suggestion I can think of is time and date settings on iPod. Maybe it's far enough out of wack you just are not seeing the scrobble on the main page?

Thanx, my date was in 2000 indeed

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Reply #2848 –
I kept getting the "No iPod found" result, can anyone tell me what might I missed here? I have installed iTunes; the "Apple Mobile Device" support is activated; and of course I've checked the "Enable mobile devices support" and restarted fb2k.

----System info----
Windows XP SP2
32 GB iPhone 3GS
firmware 3.1.2
not yet jail-broken
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Yes, the phone is connected to my computer, the iTunes can connect to it.

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Reply #2849 –
Current version should display error messages on connection errors, so something funny is probably going on.

What does the console (View/Console) say?
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