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Reply #3426 –
musicmusic:
Thanks for such a nice plugin.

I have one small suggestion, or a question, or, i don't know...

Well.

One small thing that bother be while using this iPod manager.

I like to edit my playlists directly on my iPod.
I don't know, maybe i just can't find this feature, but, is this possible, to edit existing iPod playlists?
Exchange items between them, add items from the other playlist in Foobab2000 and stuff?

If not, here is my suggestion.

I think it wold be really nice to add an implementation of editing and managing features for existing playlists.

I'm really tired to be a hypocrite, using iTunes behind your back when i want to edit contents of my iPod

One more time, Thanks...

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Reply #3427 –
foo_dop doesn't transfer the artwork to the 2generation 8 GB nano . That's very bad   
it some kind transfers it, but iPod can't read it.
that's how it looks when the song HAS embedded artwork and is copied to iPod using foo_dop:
http://iceimg.com/i/c2/0e/3e317c8a07.jpg
you see how the text isn't aligned at the center of display.

when i double-click the Click to get the artwork shown on whole display, i see an empty display. By this, i judge that the artwork EXIST there, but it can't be accesed. Maybe the library isn't update the right way ?
http://iceimg.com/i/0e/4c/11208c578e.jpg

this is how a song is shown WITHOUT artwork. All text aligned at the center of display
http://iceimg.com/i/f1/c5/1e7b55b8fa.jpg

and this is how the artwork shows then i copy music to iPod using Floola:
http://iceimg.com/i/04/24/cb418b1886.jpg

foo_dop is a very very good iPod manager, by would like to have the artwork shown after using it. Please help me.
or mayby this is some kind of bug ?

also it can't read songs rating from the iPod. Would be GREAT if it could.
cheers !

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Reply #3428 –
Quote from: Quester on
I like to edit my playlists directly on my iPod.
I don't know, maybe i just can't find this feature, but, is this possible, to edit existing iPod playlists?
Exchange items between them, add items from the other playlist in Foobab2000 and stuff?
No you are right, that's not possible. Certainly, I could add that to "Manage contents" - I'll keep it in mind.

Quote from: zlodey on
foo_dop doesn't transfer the artwork to the 2generation 8 GB nano . That's very bad 
Probably a regression; I only have an iPod classic and an iPod touch for testing. What version are you using? Versions going back to 0.6.8.2 are on my site, can you try sending a song from a completely new album using 0.6.8.2 check if it works? If it does, it would be good if you could find the version that it broke in. Also what files are in iPod_Control\Artwork on the device and how big are they?
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Reply #3429 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Probably a regression; I only have an iPod classic and an iPod touch for testing. What version are you using? Versions going back to 0.6.8.2 are on my site, can you try sending a song from a completely new album using 0.6.8.2 check if it works? If it does, it would be good if you could find the version that it broke in. Also what files are in iPod_Control\Artwork on the device and how big are they?

i used the latest 0.6.9.1 version.
tried the 0.6.8.9 and it works PERFECT in transfering artwork    but... it can't change any tags in the already existing files on my iPod. It can't change genre, artist name, nor even it can add or delete any album art. Using foobar v1.1.7 beta1. That's again not the perfect way, because editing is very important.

The files in the Artwork folder are:
ArtworkDB - 66 KB
ArtworkDB.dop.backup - 59 KB
F1027_1.ithmb - 2.76 MB
F1031_1.ithmb - 633 KB
...but this are the files AFTER i used the 0.6.8.9 version 


anyway thanks for suggestion.

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Reply #3430 –
A large amount of loss-less compression data is encoded to M4A with iPod manager 0.6.9.1 and it is synchronous.

However, the memory utilization of foobar2000 is extraordinary when doing so. (2GB Over?)

Does this memory utilization manage not to be suppressed?

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Reply #3431 –
OK, I believe I found the problem, it should be fixed in 0.6.9.2 which I will release "soon". There are some other database related changes though; let me know if anything else is not working.

Quote from: zlodey on
it can't change any tags in the already existing files on my iPod. It can't change genre, artist name, nor even it can add or delete any album art. Using foobar v1.1.7 beta1. That's again not the perfect way, because editing is very important.
If you change the tags of files actually on the device, you need to use "Update metadata" to update the iPod's database. To fix the files with broken artwork, you will have to remove them and resend I'm afraid.

Quote from: XAX on
A large amount of loss-less compression data is encoded to M4A with iPod manager 0.6.9.1 and it is synchronous.

However, the memory utilization of foobar2000 is extraordinary when doing so. (2GB Over?)

Does this memory utilization manage not to be suppressed?
What are you doing to trigger the high memory usage, and what version of foobar2000 are you using?
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Reply #3432 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
If you change the tags of files actually on the device, you need to use "Update metadata" to update the iPod's database.

  it works perfectly this way   

hope we'll soon be able to see the ratings from the device and create/delete/rename playlists more easier

good luck. You're doing a great work !!!

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Reply #3433 –
For ratings you can install the official Playback Statistics component; it should work if the original files are in your media library and haven't moved. They will be updated on any command that rewrites the device's databases (to force it you can use the "Rewrite database" command).
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Reply #3434 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: XAX on
A large amount of loss-less compression data is encoded to M4A with iPod manager 0.6.9.1 and it is synchronous.

However, the memory utilization of foobar2000 is extraordinary when doing so. (2GB Over?)

Does this memory utilization manage not to be suppressed?
What are you doing to trigger the high memory usage, and what version of foobar2000 are you using?


"foobar2000 >  File >  iPod >  Synchronise" is called.

Whenever encoding by one, the memory is consumed little by little.
When the encode of the album, that is, pieces how many advances, the memory utilization of foobar2000 is supposed to be unexpected.

foobar2000 is v1.1.6 or v1.1.7b2 is used.

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Reply #3435 –
Quote from: XAX on
Are you perhaps talking about disk space usage? Are you encoding to Apple Lossless (ALAC) or AAC?

It is true that if you are encoding to a lossless format, somewhat large amount of disk space will be used, as encodings are processed album-by-album. I can make the temporary folder configurable, perhaps. However, I'm not sure if you are talking about disk space.
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Reply #3436 –
160 GB iPod Classic here. I'm finding out Sound Check values are apparently only used by the iPod when using the headphone/analog output. Since the only place I use the iPod is the car with a Kenwood head unit which bypasses the iPod DAC, this isn't very helpful.

Does anyone know if there's an easy workaround possible with iPod Manager? Perhaps a feature involving using adjusting the audio data before sending to the iPod? Like applying wavgain for lossless conversions and mp3gain for mp3s being sent? Thanks! 

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Reply #3437 –
Quote from: musicmusic on

No, it is not disk space but it is a memory.
I am checking the memory utilization of foobar2000 as a task manager.
And, the memory is consumed fast as encode with iPod Manager progresses.
 

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Reply #3438 –
I have a feature request.

Ipod do not support the 'ALBUM ARTIST' or 'ALBUMARTIST' tag. So, when albums do have more that one artist it becomes a completely mess when scrolling in the ipod.

My suggestion is: when 'ALBUM ARTIST' tag is detected do the following:

1) Rename 'TRACK' tag to 'TRACK' + 'ARTIST'
2) Convert 'ALBUM ARTIST' to 'ARTIST'

this way when selecting albums ipod will list:

B) 'ARTIST' -> 'ALBUM' - > 'TRACK' + something

instead of

B)
'ARTIST1' -> 'ALBUM' - > 'TRACK' + something
'ARTIST2' -> 'ALBUM' - > 'TRACK' + something

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Reply #3439 –
Quote from: XAX on
No, it is not disk space but it is a memory.
I am checking the memory utilization of foobar2000 as a task manager.
And, the memory is consumed fast as encode with iPod Manager progresses.
I tried all kinds of combinations of settings, but I can't reproduce any misbehaviour. Can you:
-Make a clean portable installation of foobar2000 1.1.7 beta 2 with only iPod manager as an additional component. Check if it still happens there.
-Try version 0.6.8.9 of iPod manager
-Try disabling "ReplayGain scan converted files"
-Post exact conversion settings used (e.g. screenshots)
-Let me know if there is anything unusual about your source files (e.g. sample rate, channels)

Thanks

Quote from: luminoso on
You can do it using the remappings.
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Reply #3440 –
Quote from: luminoso on


To expand on musicmusic's reply, you could use the $if() function to check whether the album artist is different from the artist. (foobar makes your life a little difficult because %album artst% returns %artist% if the actual %album artist% field is empty.)

So you can map ARTIST to %album artist%, since that will be the %artist% if there's no different %album artist% recorded. If you want to be paranoid, map it to:
$if($strcmp(%album artist%,%artist%),%artist%,%album artist%)

Then map TRACK to:
$if($strcmp(%album artist%,%artist%),%title%,%artist% - %title%)

Come to think of it, $meta(album artist) will return the actual content of the metadata field. You still need to check if it's empty though, which means comparing to the empty string, or checking whether $len($meta(album artist)) is greater than zero or something. There's always many ways of doing something

(Edited because I managed to get the $if the wrong way round! Check your work, kidz!)

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Reply #3441 –
Wouldn't foobar2000s behavior make it easier?

ARTIST to:
%album artist%

and TITLE to:
%title%[ - %track artist%]

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Reply #3444 –
Quote from: XAX on
OK. Check if the normal ReplayGain scan functions misbehave. If so, reinstall foobar2000 whilst making sure the ReplayGain scanner is ticked during installation, and then check if they still misbehave.
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Reply #3445 –
Quote from: musicmusic on

foobar2000 was reinstalled.
Replay Gain Scan was executed by a minimum setting.
The memory has been in a moment still consumed here.

It reports to the thread side of foobar2000.

Thank you.

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Reply #3446 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: luminoso on
You can do it using the remappings.



Quote from: frogworth on
Quote from: luminoso on


To expand on musicmusic's reply, you could use the $if() function to check whether the album artist is different from the artist. (foobar makes your life a little difficult because %album artst% returns %artist% if the actual %album artist% field is empty.)

So you can map ARTIST to %album artist%, since that will be the %artist% if there's no different %album artist% recorded. If you want to be paranoid, map it to:
$if($strcmp(%album artist%,%artist%),%artist%,%album artist%)

Then map TRACK to:
$if($strcmp(%album artist%,%artist%),%title%,%artist% - %title%)

Come to think of it, $meta(album artist) will return the actual content of the metadata field. You still need to check if it's empty though, which means comparing to the empty string, or checking whether $len($meta(album artist)) is greater than zero or something. There's always many ways of doing something

(Edited because I managed to get the $if the wrong way round! Check your work, kidz!)


thank you.

Working perfectly so far :-D

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Reply #3447 –
Hey, I just have a simple question. Is there any reason why I am not getting the option to download this component? I have been through the page many times and keep getting redirected without any downloadable link that works.

I tried 3 different internet browsers hoping it was a simple compatibility issue, no luck. I also scoured my computer last night hoping I had just placed it in a different location...again, no luck. 

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

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Reply #3448 –
Seems fine here. Post the HTTP headers of a download request and response.

Alternatively, try proxify.org, they allow 7-Zip files (at least currently..).
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Reply #3449 –
Having trouble with the .7z files.  What do I with them?  I downloaded the 7-zip archive support component but I don't see what to do with it.