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Reply #3225 –
I'm having a problem getting this to install properly.

I've copied the iPhonecalc and foo_dop DLLs into the Components directory, but for some reason my iPod Manager tab is displaying the old version of the component complete with "This is a legacy preferences page" error. In the Components list, the iPod Manager component is greyed out.

Have I just loaded it into the application incorrectly?

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Reply #3226 –
Hi there all,

Sorry if this question has been covered earlier but I couldn't find it anywhere. The main site for this plugin says it supports up to iPod Nano 5G. Are there any plans for getting 6G supported?

Thanks in advance.

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Reply #3227 –
Any chance you could add a feature
Point the output of IPM to a folder instead of transferring selected songs to a i-device ?
A Folder would have all the m4a files

Reason:
All my music is in flac format with Lyrics and no album art is in the flac file. I only have the album art in album folder.
When it comes time to updating the ipod touch 3g to new OS I loose all my songs and have to re-send them back to my Ipod.
btw I don't use itunes except to load new OS

It doesn't seem like much but it take 6+ hours to do so and mostly because IPM is converting flac to m4a.
I must say IPM does a very good job because not only is the audio there but the album art, and lyrics too.

Hope you consider this request

Much thanks
Donating user

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Reply #3228 –
Quote from: David Heath on
I'm having a problem getting this to install properly.

I've copied the iPhonecalc and foo_dop DLLs into the Components directory, but for some reason my iPod Manager tab is displaying the old version of the component complete with "This is a legacy preferences page" error. In the Components list, the iPod Manager component is greyed out.

Have I just loaded it into the application incorrectly?

Still having trouble, unfortunately.

Perhaps it's to do with a botched installation of fb2k v1.0?

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Reply #3229 –
Quote from: David Heath on
Quote from: David Heath on
I'm having a problem getting this to install properly.

I've copied the iPhonecalc and foo_dop DLLs into the Components directory, but for some reason my iPod Manager tab is displaying the old version of the component complete with "This is a legacy preferences page" error. In the Components list, the iPod Manager component is greyed out.

Have I just loaded it into the application incorrectly?

Still having trouble, unfortunately.

Perhaps it's to do with a botched installation of fb2k v1.0?


iPhoneCalc.dll goes in the root foobar directory, not in the components directory.

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Reply #3231 –
Quote from: chongy5 on
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Sixth Street on
My stats and ratings also do not carry over on rewrite database.
They are being read as normal, I'll investigate some more..


Any luck on this so far? I can provide additional information if necessary 


My playcounts and ratings work fine with my iPod 5.5G.  It's just that my iPhone 4 does not.  I don't think it's a foo_playcount issue.

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Reply #3232 –
Quote from: chongy5 on
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Sixth Street on
My stats and ratings also do not carry over on rewrite database.
They are being read as normal, I'll investigate some more..


Any luck on this so far? I can provide additional information if necessary 

I get same issue, so any info about that will be great.

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Reply #3233 –
I'm having trouble getting my 6th gen iPod Classic to work with foobar2000

So I got foo_dop and put it in the components folder. I connected my iPod and attempted to "get my iPod working". I went to File -> iPod -> send playlists and sent my default playlist, which has everything. After 20 - 30 minutes of waiting hopefully, I got a huge error list saying "x not ready". I can't remember what it said wasn't ready and I only thought of taking a screenshot after exiting it. I'd imagine it's a common issue though.

Have any of you had any experience with this sort of problem?

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Reply #3234 –
Quote from: Fangs404 on
iPhoneCalc.dll goes in the root foobar directory, not in the components directory.

Fantastic - thanks for your help.

With this, Spotify and the new VLC app which has just gone live, I'm worried I'm going to start wishing my commute was longer!

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Reply #3235 –
Quote from: Sixth Street on
My playcounts and ratings work fine with my iPod 5.5G.  It's just that my iPhone 4 does not.  I don't think it's a foo_playcount issue.


That's interesting - whilst my iPod classic isn't that new, it still seems to be new enough to fall into the same troubleshooting category as an iPhone 4. Hmm.

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Reply #3236 –
Can anyone answer this question. I just started using foobar, so far its great, everythings working. I have a flac library, when I add it to itunes and it converts it to m4a using aac encoder  does it go into apple loseless format? Is this possible or will I have to convert them to apple loseless before syncing?

Thank you whoever can answer this!

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Reply #3237 –
Quote from: Ghostdivision on
Can anyone answer this question. I just started using foobar, so far its great, everythings working. I have a flac library, when I add it to itunes and it converts it to m4a using aac encoder  does it go into apple loseless format? Is this possible or will I have to convert them to apple loseless before syncing?

Thank you whoever can answer this!


To convert to Apple Lossless (ALAC) on the fly during send to iPod or sync with iPod function

1. Download ffmpeg command line encoder from here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg
2. Put ffmpeg.exe where ever you want on your hard drive.
3. In foobar, go to preferences - tools - iPod Manager
4. Go to conversion tab, check Convert audio tracks in unsupported formats, enter full path to ffmpeg.exe for encoder, enter '-y -i - -acodec alac %d' (without the quotes) in the parameters section, and enter 'm4a' for extension.  You can check the ReplayGain scan if you want to use it on your iPod.

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Reply #3238 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
iPod management component for foobar2000 0.9.5+.

Home page with details and download

Notes/FAQs/changelog available here. If you read the notes and FAQs before asking any questions, it will keep me happy

When posting problem reports, include:
-Operating system
-iPod/iPhone model and firmware version


I've been trying to get to the documentation page and keep getting the following error message

"The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@yuo.be and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

I've received this on both Firefox 3.6.12 and some older version of IE that's on this computer.

Thanks

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Reply #3239 –
Hello! Question time!

I have this one compilation album by “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” on my iPod Nano, but some of the tracks on it were actually released as “Tom Petty” solo releases back in the day. For these solo tracks, I’ve listed “Tom Petty” in the tag’s “Artist” field, and “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” in the “Album Artist” field. This makes everything perfectly in foobar. However, when I access “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” on my iPod Nano, the solo are not listed. Is there a way to fix this using foobar/foo_dop/my iPod settings?

Thanks!

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Reply #3240 –
Quote from: Sixth Street on
Quote from: Ghostdivision on
Can anyone answer this question. I just started using foobar, so far its great, everythings working. I have a flac library, when I add it to itunes and it converts it to m4a using aac encoder  does it go into apple loseless format? Is this possible or will I have to convert them to apple loseless before syncing?

Thank you whoever can answer this!


To convert to Apple Lossless (ALAC) on the fly during send to iPod or sync with iPod function

1. Download ffmpeg command line encoder from here: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg
2. Put ffmpeg.exe where ever you want on your hard drive.
3. In foobar, go to preferences - tools - iPod Manager
4. Go to conversion tab, check Convert audio tracks in unsupported formats, enter full path to ffmpeg.exe for encoder, enter '-y -i - -acodec alac %d' (without the quotes) in the parameters section, and enter 'm4a' for extension.  You can check the ReplayGain scan if you want to use it on your iPod.




Thank you for your help. Is their anyway just to make sure that I can verify the songs on my iphone are indeed in alac format?

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Reply #3241 –
Quote from: Fangs404 on
Quote from: Peikko on
Could somebody explain me how to add covers for my IPod classic 5G. I can't figure out where to place the covers and what to type into source script.


So, the cover is either embedded in the files themselves (using a program like mp3tag), or you'll have external image files.  Those image files should be named in accordance with the album art section of the display settings in the preference window.  Most commonly, you'll want them to be titled Folder.jpg or Folder.png depending on the file type.  As long as foobar correctly displays the album art, foo_dop will correctly put it in the iPod.



I strongly disagree with the comment that "As long as foobar correctly displays the album art, foo_dop will correctly put in in the iPod".  I and other users have encountered situations where album art does not sync correctly, yet displays perfectly fine in foobar.  A quick search of this forum reveals many artwork problems.  In my opinion there continues to be an unidentified bug or design flaw that, for whatever reason, prevents the proper syncing of album art in ALL situations.  The problem for users, and thus musicmusic, is identifying the exact circumstances (both hardware and software) that causes errors, thus preventing an appropriate fix. 

I bring this topic up (again) because just yesterday I performed a sync of my 6G iPod after making a large number of changes to my music collection.  The changes included adding/replacing songs as well as tagging updates.  (I'm using the latest 0.6.8.4 version of the component.)  The sync went well with no file errors......but now much of my artwork is complete fubar (pun sadly intended).  Many covers are improperly linked despite each track having the correct embedded cover.  This is not my first encounter with this problem so I decided to do a full reset in iTunes.  I synced again in foobar and had the same problem.  I reset a second time then sent a group of individual tracks to the iPod using the Send to iPod command.  Same artwork error again.  I know for a fact this is not a tagging issue since I am very careful using MP3Tag.  All my artwork is embedded. 

I am going to perform additional testing with library structures, artwork type, even component builds, and report back.  There is something structurally happening I can't yet figure out.  musicmusic has told me before that the design is "one cover per album name" but I don't think he meant that the component should randomly assign the SAME cover to multiple album names.  Especially when the correct embedded album cover is available in every track.  In my case I suspect the error might be related to my library structure--although musicmusic previously dismissed this as an issue.  As described in earlier posts I don't physically separate all albums into individual folders on my hard drive.  Instead I use artist "best of" folders but with proper album names and artwork assigned to each track. (These folders are not tagged iPod compilations by the way.)  Strangely the component grabs a cover from within that artist folder--never from another artist folder--and assigns that cover to all (or some) of the tracks within the folder, regardless of album name.  Of course, as expected, if it's just one album in the folder it's not a problem; the correct art is always used since there is only one cover for all tracks anyway.  Sorry for the lengthy post and showing my frustration.  More to follow.... 

musicmusic, are there any tests you would like to see performed?  I have a clean 6G ipod and intend to use a temporary library of 100+/- songs in various folder structures for my tests. 

 

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Reply #3242 –
I've tried putting my music on my iPod again using foobar2000 and I had the same problems as before:

"I'm having trouble getting my 6th gen iPod Classic to work with foobar2000

So I got foo_dop and put it in the components folder. I connected my iPod and attempted to "get my iPod working". I went to File -> iPod -> send playlists and sent my default playlist, which has everything. After 20 - 30 minutes of waiting hopefully, I got a huge error list saying "x not ready". I can't remember what it said wasn't ready and I only thought of taking a screenshot after exiting it. I'd imagine it's a common issue though.

Have any of you had any experience with this sort of problem?"

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Reply #3243 –
Quote from: khalpz on
I've tried putting my music on my iPod again using foobar2000 and I had the same problems as before:

"I'm having trouble getting my 6th gen iPod Classic to work with foobar2000

So I got foo_dop and put it in the components folder. I connected my iPod and attempted to "get my iPod working". I went to File -> iPod -> send playlists and sent my default playlist, which has everything. After 20 - 30 minutes of waiting hopefully, I got a huge error list saying "x not ready". I can't remember what it said wasn't ready and I only thought of taking a screenshot after exiting it. I'd imagine it's a common issue though.

Have any of you had any experience with this sort of problem?"


I've had my share of issues, but not connectivity.  Make sure iPod is being seen by computer first.  Does iTunes see it?  Does it show up as a HDD in Windows Explorer?  I would first try another USB port.  USB is notoriously finnicky about about power consumption.  Your hard drive based iPod requires 500mA, the max by spec a USB port can provide.  But not all ports deliver 500mA in my experience.  A powered hub will solve a power issue for good.  If that's not the problem, try this troubleshooting page direct from Apple Apple Connectivity Support.

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Reply #3244 –
Found a workaround for the my artwork problem.  One word: Floola.  This 3rd party iPod manager has a feature to rebuild the artwork database using embedded covers only.  Just what I needed.  Floola is available here Floola Home.  I know, I know, it's blasphemy for a loyal foobar user to even consider another manager but I was desperate.  I continue to have hope that foo_dop artwork issues can be solved.

It wasn't exactly "plug and play" though.  Floola is finnicky when other 3rd party managers have been used, like foobar, and throws initialization errors.  In my case I simply unplugged from foobar, connected to iTunes, closed iTunes, then started Floola.  YMMV though.  I also went through a full reset first, verified Floola connectivity (Floola adds some files to ipod_control), then synced with foobar.  Even with this, I had to temporarily reconnect to iTunes before jumping back to Floola after the sync.  Silly I know.  (Note: I was running Floola from my local HDD, not from the iPod itself, which many people do. I did not try that option.)

Another word of caution:  If using field mapping do not click on a track in iTunes.  It will undo the mapping and reset it to iTunes default.  I found this out the hard way.  As a precaution I also was careful using Floola.  I only used the artwork repair tool then exited.  Overall it looks like Floola is a pretty decent tool, a number of interesting features and reasonably well maintained.  The lack of replaygain support and field mapping eliminates it from broader use, though.  I still need my foobar.   

Now the question is what will happen to album covers when adding new tracks with foobar....?

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Reply #3245 –
I'm using an iPhone 4 and I'm having trouble using the 'Synchronise...' option.

Selecting this will attempt to synchronise any checked playlists, which is fine, but in the preview window which next appears fb2k notifies me that it'll remove my iPhone's books. All the books I have on the device are listed with the Remove action next to them, and of course, I don't want to remove them.

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Reply #3246 –
Quote from: zepdad on
Quote from: khalpz on
I've tried putting my music on my iPod again using foobar2000 and I had the same problems as before:

"I'm having trouble getting my 6th gen iPod Classic to work with foobar2000

So I got foo_dop and put it in the components folder. I connected my iPod and attempted to "get my iPod working". I went to File -> iPod -> send playlists and sent my default playlist, which has everything. After 20 - 30 minutes of waiting hopefully, I got a huge error list saying "x not ready". I can't remember what it said wasn't ready and I only thought of taking a screenshot after exiting it. I'd imagine it's a common issue though.

Have any of you had any experience with this sort of problem?"


I've had my share of issues, but not connectivity.  Make sure iPod is being seen by computer first.  Does iTunes see it?  Does it show up as a HDD in Windows Explorer?  I would first try another USB port.  USB is notoriously finnicky about about power consumption.  Your hard drive based iPod requires 500mA, the max by spec a USB port can provide.  But not all ports deliver 500mA in my experience.  A powered hub will solve a power issue for good.  If that's not the problem, try this troubleshooting page direct from Apple Apple Connectivity Support.


I deleted iTunes before syncing my iPod to my foobar library. I thought that iTunes wasn't needed anymore. Should I install iTunes again even though I'm not using it really?

I'll try another USB too.

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Reply #3247 –
Quote from: David Heath on
I'm using an iPhone 4 and I'm having trouble using the 'Synchronise...' option.

Selecting this will attempt to synchronise any checked playlists, which is fine, but in the preview window which next appears fb2k notifies me that it'll remove my iPhone's books. All the books I have on the device are listed with the Remove action next to them, and of course, I don't want to remove them.

In addition to this problem, I'd also like to know about the transcoding process that foo_dop uses. If my library is composed of FLAC files, then what will exist on my iPod after the transfer? Will they be MP3 or AAC, and if so, what bitrate?

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Reply #3248 –
Quote from: David Heath on
Quote from: David Heath on
I'm using an iPhone 4 and I'm having trouble using the 'Synchronise...' option.

Selecting this will attempt to synchronise any checked playlists, which is fine, but in the preview window which next appears fb2k notifies me that it'll remove my iPhone's books. All the books I have on the device are listed with the Remove action next to them, and of course, I don't want to remove them.

In addition to this problem, I'd also like to know about the transcoding process that foo_dop uses. If my library is composed of FLAC files, then what will exist on my iPod after the transfer? Will they be MP3 or AAC, and if so, what bitrate?


Whatever codec and bitrate you choose on the preferences pages of the plugin.

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Reply #3249 –
Scrobbling to last.fm from iPod does not seem to work anymore! I am pretty sad about this!

It used to work fine until recently - I use foo_audioscrobble and foo_dop with an iPod touch 2nd gen and the 4.0 software or whatever, which is supported yet when I sync my ipod my last.fm doesn't update, my cache contains 0 tracks, and playing a song in my library doesn't update last.fm with any of my plays.

I use my ipod more than my PC to listen to music, so this is pretty sad. I may have to go back to using itunes at this rate... or winamp... if I can't scrobble, I'm sad.