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Reply #2251 –
I have an iPhone 3gs and when i plug it in, foobar says

"Startup time : 0:00.516160
iPod manager: Listening for Apple mobile devices.
iPod manager: Connected to Apple Mobile Device
iPod manager: USB AMD enumerator: Found USB\VID_05AC&PID_1294\60E0C5D640BCC6C39A819B9305344D5754BBA610
iPod manager: Apple Mobile Device: detected SQLiteDB: true
iPod manager: Apple Mobile Device: detected DBVersion: 4
iPod manager: Got 58 post process SQL commands
iPod manager: Apple iPod/iPhone connected. Device Instance Path: USB\VID_05AC&PID_1294\60E0C5D640BCC6C39A819B9305344D5754BBA610"

But when I try to sync it, it tells me i need to install/reinstall mobildevicesign library.  I have windows, and went in to try and stop and start apple mobile device services, did that, and still i can't connect my iphone to foobar.  I read everything on the topic using the help section that has been popping up in this forum but still can't seem to get it to work. I have zlib1.dll in foobar and it should all work right but doesnt.  Help?
 

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Reply #2252 –
Does the palm pre work with this?

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Reply #2253 –
Quote from: drbeachboy on
They show as regular "Music" files (Artist, Album, etc.) when sent by iTunes and foo_dop. So, there is no issue in that regard.
OK, I will leave it as is then. Thanks.

Quote from: T3hFurious1 on
I'm having an issue enabling disk use in itunes, I check off the box and hit apply, iTunes then freezes for 3-5 minutes and then comes back up. The button stays checked so I check my computer and the iPod still doesn not show up as an external disk. I eject the ipod, close itunes. Unplug the ipod, plug it back in and itunes opens up again with the setting unchecked and it is still not showing in my computer.
Checked the Windows event log for any messages?

Quote from: vassie on
Shame, do you plan on looking into implementing this feature?
Not at the moment, sorry..

Quote from: hdbngrsunt on
I have an iPhone 3gs and when i plug it in, foobar says

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But when I try to sync it, it tells me i need to install/reinstall mobildevicesign library.
Have another look at the download page..

Quote from: willardjuice on
Does the palm pre work with this?
Good question.. As far as I can find out they are currently using VID 0x05ac , PID 0x8002. That won't work because the component looks for specific PID ranges.
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Reply #2254 –
When I send/sync music to my iPod Touch 2G with foo_dop it resets the listened/unlistened data for every podcast on the iPod. Is there any way to stop this happening?

I tried updating to 0.6.5.3, hoping it was one of the bug fixes mentioned in the changelog, but it has not fixed it.

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Reply #2255 –
I try to insert some information about track in Library.itdb and Location.itdb, upload to my iphone 3.0 with iphonebrowser and i lose content of all music(((... musicmusic, will you tell me how do you insert information's track in Library.itdb and Location.itdb?

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Reply #2256 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Dr_Colossus on
I'm having a problem with last played and last skipped since the 24th of July (I may have updated to a new foo_dop build near or on that that date). Since then, I've had what seem like the 1. "beginning of unix time" (1970) 2. "end of unix time" (2040) 3. "beginning of iPod time" (2001) showing up in the last played and last skipped iTunes fields.
What model do you have, iPhone/iPod touch with 3.0 software?

Edit: It should hopefully be better in next build.


I rebuilt from a fresh database, deleted using iPhone Explorer, rebuilt using foo_dop. This worked for a couple days, but after I updated the metadata or after I sent a playlist (not sure), I started getting last skipped times from 1/1/2001 again. These are tracks that have never been skipped.

I noticed a bug in the newest build. The sound check adjustment box is blank, but the arrows still seem to increment.

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Reply #2257 –
Quote from: Freaky Dug on
When I send/sync music to my iPod Touch 2G with foo_dop it resets the listened/unlistened data for every podcast on the iPod. Is there any way to stop this happening?

I tried updating to 0.6.5.3, hoping it was one of the bug fixes mentioned in the changelog, but it has not fixed it.
Hi,
If you could make a backup of iTunes_Control\iTunes when a podcast is correctly showing as played, and then again when it is broken, then I could have a look and hopefully find the problem.. Thanks

Quote from: Mangust on
I try to insert some information about track in Library.itdb and Location.itdb, upload to my iphone 3.0 with iphonebrowser and i lose content of all music(((... musicmusic, will you tell me how do you insert information's track in Library.itdb and Location.itdb?
The cbk file needs updating for one...

Quote from: Dr_Colossus on
I rebuilt from a fresh database, deleted using iPhone Explorer, rebuilt using foo_dop. This worked for a couple days, but after I updated the metadata or after I sent a playlist (not sure), I started getting last skipped times from 1/1/2001 again. These are tracks that have never been skipped.
OK, I found another source of funny dates. Hopefully you won't get any more with the next build...

Quote from: Dr_Colossus on
I noticed a bug in the newest build. The sound check adjustment box is blank, but the arrows still seem to increment.
Oops, fixed for next build, thanks for the report.
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Reply #2258 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Freaky Dug on
When I send/sync music to my iPod Touch 2G with foo_dop it resets the listened/unlistened data for every podcast on the iPod. Is there any way to stop this happening?

I tried updating to 0.6.5.3, hoping it was one of the bug fixes mentioned in the changelog, but it has not fixed it.
Hi,
If you could make a backup of iTunes_Control\iTunes when a podcast is correctly showing as played, and then again when it is broken, then I could have a look and hopefully find the problem.. Thanks


Thanks for replying.

This is the iTunes folder just after having listened through a Downloadable Content Podcast called lookouts(most of my other podcasts are still broken from the last sync) and this is the folder after using iPod Manager to delete some playlists from the Touch. I think that's what you were asking for, but if not, let me know and I'll try again.

EDIT: I should probably also mention that the iPod does remember the time I was at in Podcasts I had listened part of the way through.

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Reply #2259 –
Thanks - I've found the probable problem. I will work on a fix for the next build. You can take those links down if you wish.
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Reply #2260 –
Freaky Dug: Are these Podcasts downloaded through iTunes or directly on your iPod? Also what firmware version, 2.2.x?

[edit]
I've uploaded 0.6.5.4.

Freaky Dug: Let me know if this helps with your problem.
Dr_Colossus: After the first write using it (alternatively remove everything and start again), let me know if you get any more broken dates.
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Reply #2261 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Freaky Dug: Are these Podcasts downloaded through iTunes or directly on your iPod? Also what firmware version, 2.2.x?

[edit]
I've uploaded 0.6.5.4.

Freaky Dug: Let me know if this helps with your problem.
Dr_Colossus: After the first write using it (alternatively remove everything and start again), let me know if you get any more broken dates.


That hasn't fixed it, unfortunately. These are podcasts download directly on my iPod, and I'm using 2.2.x.

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Reply #2262 –
Hmm, OK.

One problem then is I don't think the component will know about any Podcasts downloaded directly on the device. The info must be stored someplace. After downloading a podcast on the device, can you have a look around and see if any relevant (non-audio) files appear in either the iTunes_Control\iTunes, Podcasts or the Purchases directory (that weren't in your last backup)? Could be StorePurchasesInfo.plist or something else... Make sure you check before opening iTunes.
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Reply #2263 –
I may have found something. Podcasts which are showing up as listened to have an entry in PlayCounts.plist(in iTunes_Control\iTunes), with the playedState key set to 1. Unlistened Podcasts do not appear, or at least I can find their trackPersistantID.

After syncing with iPod Manager, the PlayCounts.plist file has disappeared and all Podcasts are showing as unlistened, even the ones that I was part way through listening to. The file reappears after I scan through a Podcast so the iPod see it as listened, but is missing all the Podcast keys that were in it before I synced.

There are a lot of entries in the PlayCounts.plist file, but I can't find their persistant IDs in the Podcasts TrackData.plist. I can't find a file linking music files to persistant IDs so I don't know if these entries are for music or something else.

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Reply #2264 –
Yes, played tracks since last sync are marked as such in the PlayCounts.plist file. foo_dop is supposed to merge that into the iTunesDB - that part should be working OK now. If foo_dop can't match an entry in there to the iTunesDB database it should print a message in the foobar2000 console.

In the backups you sent me, the first iTunesDB seemed to be written by iTunes - it had some podcasts in there in a section I hadn't seen before, and those entries were therefore being removed by foo_dop. That should be sorted in 0.6.5.4.

There still remains the question of how podcasts downloaded on the device end up in the iTunesDB database. That TrackData.plist might be interesting - it doesn't seem to be directly read by iTunes but still might be relevant. Could you upload it?


Anyway, one other test you could do (to eliminate any factors relating to downloading podcasts on the device) is:
-Add a podcast using iTunes, close iTunes & disconnect the device
-Start playing the same podcast on the device to remove its unplayed marker
-Connect the iPod to the computer & backup the iTunes_Control\iTunes folder
-Run 'File/iPod/Rewrite database' in foo_dop 0.6.5.4
-Backup the iTunes_Control\iTunes folder again

If after all that the state of the podcast has gone back to unplayed, then if you upload those two backups I can have a look at what is going on after the changes in 0.6.5.4. Thanks.
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Reply #2265 –
Here's TrackData.plist.

I'll try what you suggested, assuming I can get iTunes to stop freezing up as soon as I do anything with it.

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Reply #2266 –
Thanks for that, it's an interesting file..

It looks a bit like you've ended up with several entries of the same podcasts. Maybe that's why the PlayCounts.plist file had so many entries.. I could be wrong on that, though.

Anyway, I did a bit of digging and I think /Podcasts/StorePurchasesInfo.plist is the file which tracks the podcasts downloaded on the device since last sync. Unfortunately merging that back into the iTunesDB is not going to be that straightforward, so if you download any podcasts directly on the device, I'm going to have to advise that you use iTunes to merge them back in to the database.

But you did have podcasts in your original iTunesDB - so there are several factors involved here.
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Reply #2267 –
Something has rendered my iPod incapable of communicating with iTunes without causing it to either freeze up or crash. It stills work perfectly with foo_dop. I can't find any way to fix this without wiping my iPod, which I don't want to do because it's not backed up and it works fine otherwise. The upshot of this is I can't try adding a podcast using iTunes and I can't see if using iTunes before foo_dop saves the listening data.

Thanks for trying to solve the podcast problem, anyway.

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Reply #2268 –
Hi. I'm new on the forum, I just wanted to show my appreciation for this plugin by posting on this thread  . There's something that's troubling me tho... the first time I sent a file to my iPod all the playlists were moved out of their folders and ended up in the "root dir" with every other playlist. Is this supposed to happen?

Also, do you think you could implement drag and drop in "File -> iPod -> Manage contents"? I was trying to move all my playlists back to where they were but they don't budge...

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Reply #2269 –
Quote from: Freaky Dug on
Something has rendered my iPod incapable of communicating with iTunes without causing it to either freeze up or crash.
Oh, OK. Have you been trying to use iTunes before that at all? The iTunesDB in the iTunes_before archive did look like it was written by iTunes (even if the UI is frozen, it could still be writing the database in the background).

Quote from: Zhelkus on
There's something that's troubling me tho... the first time I sent a file to my iPod all the playlists were moved out of their folders and ended up in the "root dir" with every other playlist. Is this supposed to happen?
Well, no  What model and firmware version are you using? Do the folders still show up in 'Manage contents'? Did you originally create these folders with iTunes/were you using another iPod manager before?
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Reply #2270 –
Is there any plan to support on-the-fly file splitting while synchronizing .cue files?

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Reply #2271 –
I think I found a small bug (sort of) in foo_dop:

- add music file (i.e. C:\file.mp3) to playlist you sync with ipod (i.e. X)
- sync ipod
- remove c:\file.mp3 from the playlist X
- add again C:\file.mp3 to playlist X
- start the sync

now foo_dop will list it going to remove file.mp3 from ipod and then add file.mp3. Could it be possible to do nothing in such case?

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Reply #2272 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Well, no  What model and firmware version are you using? Do the folders still show up in 'Manage contents'? Did you originally create these folders with iTunes/were you using another iPod manager before?

I'm using the 6thG Classic, 80GB. Dunno why it happened, this is the first time I use a third-party manager for the device. Yes, they still appear in manage contents. I'll try moving some playlists back with iTunes and try it again. I'll keep you updated.

Any chance you could...

Quote from: Zhelkus on
Also, do you think you could implement drag and drop in "File -> iPod -> Manage contents"? I was trying to move all my playlists back to where they were but they don't budge...

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Reply #2273 –
Quote from: Borszczuk on
Is there any plan to support on-the-fly file splitting while synchronizing .cue files?
For iPod supported types - not too straight forward splitting them properly unfortunately..

Quote from: Borszczuk on
I think I found a small bug (sort of) in foo_dop:

- add music file (i.e. C:\file.mp3) to playlist you sync with ipod (i.e. X)
- sync ipod
- remove c:\file.mp3 from the playlist X
- add again C:\file.mp3 to playlist X
- start the sync

now foo_dop will list it going to remove file.mp3 from ipod and then add file.mp3. Could it be possible to do nothing in such case?
It wouldn't have anything directly to do with removing it and readding it to the playlist in between syncs. Either something else changed with the file (modified in any way, check last modified date), or otherwise something is broken and it always happens.

Quote from: Zhelkus on
I'm using the 6thG Classic, 80GB. Dunno why it happened, this is the first time I use a third-party manager for the device. Yes, they still appear in manage contents. I'll try moving some playlists back with iTunes and try it again. I'll keep you updated.
Strange then, I have same model. If you used the Sync command then it might make sense. But I don't see any reason for it with 'Send to iPod', especially if we are saying the folders are still present in 'Manage contents' but the playlists have moved out. If you come across it again, make a backup of iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesDB and iTunesDB.dop.backup so I can have a look.

Indeed, as long as iTunes is in manually sync music mode, you can use it to move the playlists into the folders - but be warned I couldn't see anyway to move them back to root level, nor create new folders directly on the iPod.

Quote from: Zhelkus on
Any chance you could...

Quote from: Zhelkus on
Also, do you think you could implement drag and drop in "File -> iPod -> Manage contents"? I was trying to move all my playlists back to where they were but they don't budge...
It's needed I know.. Unfortunately everything takes time to implement
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Reply #2274 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Borszczuk on
Is there any plan to support on-the-fly file splitting while synchronizing .cue files?

For iPod supported types - not too straight forward splitting them properly unfortunately..

I do not mind some cracks - still better than syncing one monolith mp3 file

Quote from: musicmusic on
It wouldn't have anything directly to do with removing it and readding it to the playlist in between syncs. Either something else changed with the file (modified in any way, check last modified date), or otherwise something is broken and it always happens.

There might be. I will investigate further as I also noticed that I can sync, not change anything, try to sync again and foo_dop detects changes (some files to be removed and some to be added). And that could be done forever (the same files are listed over and over again).

BTW: is "Album Artist" respected? I recall I could have i.e. track1 by artist X, track 2 by artist Y set their Album Artist to Z and after sync both tracks would be listed under artist Z. It does not seem to work here (and it would be handly I do not want Compilation to be used in such case).