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Reply #1450 –
Yes! When you exit iTunes or whenever it feels like it it will rewrite the iPod's database - so you will lose changes made by foo_dop whilst iTunes was running! I will add that to the FAQ.

Also, foo_dop has the same functionality - "Recover orphaned files" in the main menu.
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Reply #1451 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Yes! When you exit iTunes or whenever it feels like it it will rewrite the iPod's database - so you will lose changes made by foo_dop whilst iTunes was running! I will add that to the FAQ.

Also, foo_dop has the same functionality - "Recover orphaned files" in the main menu.


OK, now I understand why part of my music disappeared. Just to make sure - this happens only when both iTunes and Foobar are on at the same time? Or could it happen whenever I enter iTunes?

Different question: what about foo_dop and last.fm? Is there a chance to scrobble songs from iPod to Last.fm only using Foobar?

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Reply #1452 –
Quote from: zzeitg on
Different question: what about foo_dop and last.fm? Is there a chance to scrobble songs from iPod to Last.fm only using Foobar?
Yes, just install the foo_audioscrobbler plugin and, after connecting the iPod, do any operation that touches it (eg. Rewrite database).

HTH.

Alessandro

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Reply #1453 –
Thank you, it works!

I guess now I need iTunes for iPod firmware upgrade only...)

I really enjoy all these features: instant "send to iPod", automatic album art conversion (from folder.jpg), last.fm integration (with audioscrobbler) and even sync possibility.

What I have to try later is the file format conversion. What would you recommend - lame or nero? And what are the "input" formats of files, which should be converted in order to play in iPod? I mean can I convert any music format or only some of them?

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Reply #1454 –
Quote from: zzeitg on
Just to make sure - this happens only when both iTunes and Foobar are on at the same time? Or could it happen whenever I enter iTunes?
If you use foo_dop whilst iTunes is open you will get problems. It's OK to use iTunes at other times (see new FAQ entry though).

Quote from: zzeitg on
What I have to try later is the file format conversion. What would you recommend - lame or nero? And what are the "input" formats of files, which should be converted in order to play in iPod? I mean can I convert any music format or only some of them?
Only files in a format that is not supported by the iPod (but supported by foobar2000) will be converted. For example, FLAC, WavPack, TAK, Vorbis, Musepack,..
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Reply #1455 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: HannaH on
I've tried everything that I could think of to successfully put artwork for music that is already on my ipod.  Foobar's built in artwork finder sees all of the artwork with no problems but when I try to use "Update metadata on ipod" it doesn't transfer the artwork or even update the tags on the ipod.  It simply does nothing.
You need to run it on the results from "Load library". It will try and add artwork based upon the original path of the file originally sent to the iPod; it should pick up the same stuff as through send files. Does that not work for you?

I was told several days ago that it wasn't possible to add artwork to music already on the iPod. Does what's being said here mean that the iPod database or doo_fop remembers where files were uploaded to the iPod from? Interesting.

The main thing is, the only art that I have is embedded in my music, which resides on the iPod. Are there any plans to ever have foo_dop search for the embedded images when "Update metadata on iPod" is run? I was pretty surprised that it doesn't do that. (I tried using Floola to add artwork, and it worked on the whole but ended up making foo_dop give me a "bad allocation" for the ArtworkDB error whenever I tried to load contents.)

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Reply #1456 –
Quote from: J44xm on
The main thing is, the only art that I have is embedded in my music, which resides on the iPod. Are there any plans to ever have foo_dop search for the embedded images when "Update metadata on iPod" is run? I was pretty surprised that it doesn't do that.
It will try and read embedded art from the original file, if it still exists. It seems like I can make it read embedded art only from the files on the iPod, I will change that. (I won't go into the complicated details of why it didn't before...) But to clarify you are adding art to files directly on the iPod?

Quote from: J44xm on
(I tried using Floola to add artwork, and it worked on the whole but ended up making foo_dop give me a "bad allocation" for the ArtworkDB error whenever I tried to load contents.)
OK well mystery of the cause of that error solved  Probably iTunes undid the damage in zzeitg's case.
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Reply #1457 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
It will try and read embedded art from the original file, if it still exists. It seems like I can make it read embedded art only from the files on the iPod, I will change that. (I won't go into the complicated details of why it didn't before...) But to clarify you are adding art to files directly on the iPod?

Thank you, that would really be very much appreciated. Yes, I'm adding artwork directly to my iPod files. My iPod functions as my main music repository, and I make backups of it periodically.

Quote from: musicmusic on
OK well mystery of the cause of that error solved  Probably iTunes undid the damage in zzeitg's case.

Hey, always glad to be unintentionally helpful. ;-)

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Reply #1458 –
Hi, one more question... (not the last one I promise).

What exactly does this key in meta-settings:
"$if($stricmp($meta(album artist),various artists),1,)"

Does this mean that if I add tag "various artists" into "album artist", the songs from O.S.T. will "keep together" in one album on iPod instead of beeing (dis)arranged into many parts due to artist name?

If not, what is the right way of O.S.T. tagging in order to see correct information about soundtracks in both Foobar and iPod, while still being able to scrobble correct info for Last.fm?

(difficult question, I guess...)

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Reply #1459 –
Yes they should then come up on the compilations menu instead, just make sure Compilations is checked under Settings/Music menu on your iPod classic.
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Reply #1460 –
it was weird...i can use my ipod with this sometimes and other times i cant. more recently i cant. I keep getting a win32 error #87, which i don't know if you know or not means that the parameter is incorrect...but i just synced pretty much all of my music to it a couple hours ago. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Reply #1461 –
Hi, what is the full text of the error?

I would check some things:
-can you access the iPod using Windows Explorer when you have this problem?
-have you tried running chkdsk on the iPod?
-have you tried running Process Monitor to monitor the I/O operations performed by the component?
-have you checked if there are any messages in the Windows event log when you have this problem?
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Reply #1462 –
Am sorry to sound like a n00b, but is there a way to make foo_dop to flag tracks to skip on shuffle when being sent to a ipod, instead of doing it manually on each track?
"I never thought I'd see this much candy in one mission!"

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Reply #1463 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Yes they should then come up on the compilations menu instead, just make sure Compilations is checked under Settings/Music menu on your iPod classic.


Well, I have to say "IT WORKS!" again. However, I would probably not recognize it without your advice that Compilation has to be checked. Thanks!

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Reply #1464 –
Quote from: /mnt on
Am sorry to sound like a n00b, but is there a way to make foo_dop to flag tracks to skip on shuffle when being sent to a ipod, instead of doing it manually on each track?
Apart from doing it track-by-track in manage contents, you can set the IPOD_SKIP_WHEN_SHUFFLING field to 1 on those tracks. There is no remapping for this field, currently, which I figure is more what you are looking for.

Also, m4b audiobooks are not included in the shuffle anyway, but they currently are not accepted as a valid type by foobar2000.
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Reply #1465 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: HannaH on
I've tried everything that I could think of to successfully put artwork for music that is already on my ipod.  Foobar's built in artwork finder sees all of the artwork with no problems but when I try to use "Update metadata on ipod" it doesn't transfer the artwork or even update the tags on the ipod.  It simply does nothing.
You need to run it on the results from "Load library". It will try and add artwork based upon the original path of the file originally sent to the iPod; it should pick up the same stuff as through send files. Does that not work for you?


I've got the same problem, and I've tried running "update metadata on ipod" for results in my "iPod Media Library" (which is generated when I "Load Library"). No artwork is transfered.

However, if I "send files" the artwork does go.

I'm using a iPod Classic 160gb. Maybe a bug for this model?

Also, it would be handy if there was a way of browsing+sorting files on my iPod using the "Manage contents" option. At the moment it outputs all my files in a huge strange, semi-alphabetical list (possibly the order I added files to the ipod?), which is not very useful for managing my ipod. Otherwise foo_dop is ace!

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Reply #1466 –
Quote from: holly_rad on
I've got the same problem, and I've tried running "update metadata on ipod" for results in my "iPod Media Library" (which is generated when I "Load Library"). No artwork is transfered.
I have checked and it works OK. The only potential issue I could find is that the artwork source script can't be blank, but that is the same for send files. As mentioned previously doing this via 'Update metadata on iPod' depends on the original file not being moved, and the file having been sent by this component in the first place (the "In DopDB" column in Manage contents indicates if the component knows the original path).

Quote from: holly_rad on
Also, it would be handy if there was a way of browsing+sorting files on my iPod using the "Manage contents" option.
Yes it is a bit barebones... there will be some improvements there at some point.


BTW anyone with an iPhone/iPod touch with 2.0 software I would like some copies of iTunesDB files loaded with with a fair bit of varying content (music, videos, podcasts, audiobooks, playlists, smart playlists, ..). Once the hash is conquered I need to conquer some of the new database additions Apple have made.
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Reply #1467 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Yes they should then come up on the compilations menu instead, just make sure Compilations is checked under Settings/Music menu on your iPod classic.


As I wrote above, it works for iPod. But if I tag compilations (or OST, etc.) in such a way, i.e. each concrete "artist" for each song and "album artist" as Various Artists, it makes me big mass in Foobar Media Library. Now I have lot of Artists with only 1 song in Foobar library, as they were scanned from these compilations albums.

How can I tell to Foobar to look for "album artist" first and group compilation albums as "Various Artist" in media library?

(sorry, I know it is not a question about iPod manager exactly, but related to what we talked 'bout before)

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Reply #1468 –
Just use %album artist% where ever you have this problem. You can bung %track artist% somewhere near %title% if you want.

yes this has nothing to do with this component, there's no harm in starting a new thread, you will get more help that way
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Reply #1469 –
Hello, I'm trying to get foo_dop to work with linux. The problem I'm having is getting foobar2000 (running in WINE) to detect the iPod. Is it possible you could add a feature to allow the user to set the directory that the iPod is mounted on?

Thanks!

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Reply #1470 –
I've been meaning to post for the longest time to thank you for this plugin. It's by far my favorite plugin for any software (Firefox, etc.) & I really appreciate your hard work.

If I might be bold enough to make a feature request, it would actually be for an RSS feed on your website to make it easier to check for changes.

Cheers!

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Reply #1471 –
Quote from: al98 on
[...]Is it possible you could add a feature to allow the user to set the directory that the iPod is mounted on?
It's not possible nor desired for various reasons. You'd make better use of your time reporting issues to the Wine developers.

Quote from: helvetia on
I've been meaning to post for the longest time to thank you for this plugin. It's by far my favorite plugin for any software (Firefox, etc.) & I really appreciate your hard work.
Thank you! 

Quote from: helvetia on
If I might be bold enough to make a feature request, it would actually be for an RSS feed on your website to make it easier to check for changes.
Not sure if it is exactly what you need, but you can create an RSS feed from the wiki, e.g.:
http://yuo.be/wiki/feed.php?ns=dop

Some info on customising it:
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:syndication
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Reply #1472 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
BTW anyone with an iPhone/iPod touch with 2.0 software I would like some copies of iTunesDB files loaded with with a fair bit of varying content (music, videos, podcasts, audiobooks, playlists, smart playlists, ..). Once the hash is conquered I need to conquer some of the new database additions Apple have made.


Hello Musicmusic,

I've an iPhone 3G, and iTunes loaded with music only. Might it help?

Let me know.

Thanks for you hard work!

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Reply #1473 –
Well, there's no harm in me checking  For some reason, they split the list of tracks in two in the new DB format, I don't know what the second list is for yet, I'm thinking videos though.

Do you know how to make a backup of the iTunesDB file? If not I hope some other iPhone or iPod touch users can share the easiest method with us (or maybe I should just add this functionality to foo_dop ).

BTW, there's not really any rush, it will probably be at least a couple of weeks before the new protection mechanism is fully reverse engineered.
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Reply #1474 –
Once again, this component is absolutely fantastic.

Here's a question that probably doesn't belong here, but this is the best place I can think of for it. How can I add a little eject button to the toolbar? Not a panel or anything complicated, just a nice little eject button up top.

Is this a UI manager question? I'm using the default...