Quote from: Hydrac7 on 2008-06-05 22:01:13

Currently, I have this under Compilation on foo_dop: $if($stricmp($directory(%_path%,2),'Various Artists'),1,0)

How do I change that code to make it so that as well as putting mp3s I have in my Various Artists folder into compilation, it will display the tracks on my iPod as "Artist - Title" ?

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Artist: 
$if($stricmp($meta(album artist),$meta(artist)),$meta(artist),$meta(album artist))

Title: 
$if($stricmp($meta(album artist),$meta(artist)),$meta(title),$meta(artist) - $meta(title))

Compilation: 
$if($stricmp($meta(album artist),various artists),1,)

That's what works fine for me - it'll map the album artist to the artist and put the artist into the track title if artist and album artist don't match; plus it'll mark all files with an album artist of "various artists" (ignoring the case) as a compilation.

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.

Hi,

Yes it is possible without jailbreaking (that's how the component and iTunes works).

It is difficult for me to recommend anything - if there was some kind of shell for foobar2000 to browse files that way I would recommend that. I might cobble something simple together at some point.

I know someone else used iPhoneExplorer. A long time ago someone used Manzana - no idea if that is still working..

Using anything like those might fall apart though depending on how good their error reporting is. My suspicion is that that file is present but something is wrong with it at the filesystem level. If it is present, if you are able to delete it that might sort it.

You could try adding the file to a playlist in foobar2000, via 'File/Add location' and seeing what happens. You would put "applemobiledevice://<UID from console>:/iTunes_Control/iTunes/iTunesCDB.dop.backup" (without quotes) as the path. (Alternatively you could adapt the path of a song on the device). Then if it adds, try using the delete file command on it (and check the console). You could then try changing the filename from iTunesCDB.dop.backup to something that definitely doesn't exist and comparing the results when you try the delete file command on that.

Edit: I found the proper meanings of the error codes. The meaning of code 3 seems to be "No resources are available for the requested operation". Make of it what you will....

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.

0.6.5.3 released.
This adds support for setting any audio file as an audiobook by setting the MEDIA KIND field to "audiobook".

This adds support for setting any audio file as an audiobook by setting the MEDIA KIND field to "audiobook".

If you set Media Kind in iTunes for an mp3 to Audiobook, and send that over using iTunes, that shows up in the right place? If that is right, if you can send me a backup of iTunes Library.itlp folder from the iPod with the working mp3 audiobook then I can have a look.. Thanks

(You took out the quotes, right?)

Well the point is to check why it didn't work when you sent it using foo_dop, MP3Tag doesn't help with that.

But you did set MEDIA KIND in foobar2000 to audiobook in the track's properties before sending, right?

BTW Is it possible to do the same thing with podcasts?

Hi musicmusic,

I had no problems with the Classic. All went very well, but when I tried with a 4G v3.1.1, they show in iTunes in the Audiobook folder which is great, but do not show as an audiobook on the iPod. In the Audiobook screen, it is a blank (I have no other audiobooks on the 4G iPod).