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Reply #2650 –
Quote from: odyssey on
No, it seem to erase it.
Files and in the database?

Could you clarify then, how you are sending the ringtones to the iPhone (sync button?), and the state of the sync tabs (music, films etc. ) and also "manually manage music and videos" in iTunes.
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Reply #2651 –
Quote from: metalboy on
Quote from: odyssey on
If you disable "manually manage music" iTunes erases anything it doesn't know on the iPhone every times it syncs.


We may be a bit confused here. You must have "manually manage music" enabled, box checked. Then when sync is done it doesn't look at the ringtones or music only other items. You have to have this enabled to use foo_dop otherwise you are always going to have orphaned files.

And that's what I wrote, right? IF you disable it.........

Quote from: metalboy on
Quote from: odyssey on
Yes that works, until you want another ringtone - If you add another ringtone to iTunes it will probably just destroy the library (at least that's what I think happened the first time). Second time when I forced it to sync the ringtones it told me right out that the contents would be destroyed.


No if you drag and drop ringtones on to the phone you will be just fine.

Oh really? Seriously, you should tell my iTunes, because it's doesn't seem to think that way.

Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: odyssey on
No, it seem to erase it.
Files and in the database?

Could you clarify then, how you are sending the ringtones to the iPhone (sync button?), and the state of the sync tabs (music, films etc. ) and also "manually manage music and videos" in iTunes.


All tabs but apps, ringtones and photos are disabled.

So, now I have my perfectly foo_dop synced iPhone, go into iTunes, I can see that music is occupying the iPhone, drops a new Ringtone into the library, press Sync. Now all my music is gone and the ringtone isn't even added - It's not listed under "Ringtones" in my iPhone.

musicmusic: Actually I think that you can experiment with this as well - Doesn't the iPod Touch have an alarm app? The Alarm app uses ringtones from iTunes.

Drag a new ringtone (m4r) into iTunes, it will appear under Ringtones. However it doesn't show under the iPhone's ringtone, although it's set to sync *all* ringtones.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

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Reply #2652 –
Quote from: odyssey on
1.Oh really? Seriously, you should tell my iTunes, because it's doesn't seem to think that way.

2.drops a new Ringtone into the library, press Sync. Now all my music is gone and the ringtone isn't even added - It's not listed under "Ringtones" in my iPhone.


1. No need to be smart, I am just trying to tell you it does work and trying to help you. I am successfully doing it.

2.This is your problem! You are pressing sync to add the ringtone. You don't have to sync the ringtone. In your library click the ringtone and drag it to the iPhone in the devices list. That's it, it is on there you can confirm by expanding the iPhone and looking at it. If you cannot do this then "manually manage music" is unchecked, it should be checked. Sync Ringtones should not be checked. You have to do it manually not by sync button.

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Reply #2653 –
Quote from: gob on
unfortunately i finally had to install itunes on my system to sync podcasts, video files


Just so you know you can add the video files to foobar and sync with foo_dop. However it may be a moot point since you still need to use iTunes for apps.

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Reply #2654 –
Quote from: metalboy on
2.This is your problem! You are pressing sync to add the ringtone. You don't have to sync the ringtone. In your library click the ringtone and drag it to the iPhone in the devices list. That's it, it is on there you can confirm by expanding the iPhone and looking at it. If you cannot do this then "manually manage music" is unchecked, it should be checked. Sync Ringtones should not be checked. You have to do it manually not by sync button.

Actually, it seems that sometimes iTunes will force disabling the "manually manage music" when you mess with the ringtones in some way.

But I can't add the ringtones as you describe. If I drag them to the ringtones section on my phone, they appear there, and the phone starts to sync, but they never show up on the phone - Only the old ringtones that I have always had (when I synced with the library) are still there.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

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Reply #2655 –
Quote from: odyssey on
If I drag them to the ringtones section on my phone, they appear there, and the phone starts to sync, but they never show up on the phone


Try dragging to top level of phone not ringtone section, in other words the name of your phone.

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Reply #2656 –
Same thing
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

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Reply #2657 –
Quote from: odyssey on
Same thing


I'm sorry I can't help, I just repeated the process again with new ringtone I made and have no issues.
1.Created ringtone
2.clicked and drug to phone in devices list (could see it copied)
3.closed iTunes
4.opened foobar2000 and sycronized (so my plays and such would be ready for next sync) rewrite database command works too
5.ejected

Maybe it is hardware or software differences.
I am iPhone 3gs 32gb version 3.1.2, iTunes 9.0.2.25, foobar2000 beta 6, foo_dop 0.6.6.4 all on Windows 7 pro.

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Reply #2658 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
(Sorting is usually alphabetical though, but you might have meant moving between folders etc.)


That's what I thought is should do but it is not (sorting alphabetically). That's why I was asking about sorting them basically (not moving).

Example I have these playlists
4 and 5s not in 30
4 and 5s not in 60
4s
5s
5s not in 30
5s not in 60
Country
Country needs rates
Green Day
Hobbes
King's X
Not Rated
Radio

On the iPhone it looks like this
5s not in 30
Not Rated
4and 5s not in 60
5s not in 60
Radio
Hobbes
4 and 5s not in 30
4s
Country
King's X
Country needs Rates
5s
Green Day

Not that this is a great big deal but, just strange. All except Hobbes are were created with "manage contents" and are smart playlists. Hobbes was synchronized.

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Reply #2659 –
I haven't read all 107 pages, but is there a way to scrobble your songs played on your iPod using foo_dop/last.fm scrobbler (I use both) to your Last.fm?

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Reply #2660 –
Quote from: Omitson on
I haven't read all 107 pages, but is there a way to scrobble your songs played on your iPod using foo_dop/last.fm scrobbler (I use both) to your Last.fm?


Foobar2000->preferences>tools>audioscrobbler>Import played tracks from portable devices (requires foo_dop)

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Reply #2661 –
Quote from: metalboy on
Quote from: Omitson on
I haven't read all 107 pages, but is there a way to scrobble your songs played on your iPod using foo_dop/last.fm scrobbler (I use both) to your Last.fm?


Foobar2000->preferences>tools>audioscrobbler>Import played tracks from portable devices (requires foo_dop)


I have no "Audioscrobbler" listed under tools. Only 'Converter' and 'iPod Manager'.

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Reply #2662 –
Quote from: Omitson on
I have no "Audioscrobbler" listed under tools. Only 'Converter' and 'iPod Manager'.


You need to install the component made for foobar not the official last.fm program.

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Reply #2664 –
Quote from: Omitson on
Quote from: metalboy on
Quote from: Omitson on
I have no "Audioscrobbler" listed under tools. Only 'Converter' and 'iPod Manager'.


You need to install the component made for foobar not the official last.fm program.


Updated both foo_dop and the scrobble component, works fine now, thanks!


Actually, I'm not sure if it works now. I have played x songs on my iPod. How long do you think it will take before Last.fm tracks it?
Any suggestions to speed it up? e.g. unplug/plug in the iPod. Restart foobar. Play with other settings.

Just thinking out loud. I'd like to check if it works, hence this post.

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Reply #2665 –
Look in foobar2000's console and see if you can find a line item saying x tracks imported from ipod and submitted.

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Reply #2666 –
Quote from: metalboy on
Look in foobar2000's console and see if you can find a line item saying x tracks imported from ipod and submitted.


Checked, nothing there.

Played one song on my iPod and reconnected:

iPod manager: Device properties: DBVersion: 3, SQLiteDB
iPod manager: 88 post process SQL commands, version 9
iPod manager: Apple iPod/iPhone connected. Device Instance Path: USB\VID_05AC&PID_1265&MI_00\000A27001E864C5C&AAPL0

That's all. Not good, eh?

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Reply #2667 –
Is you playcount in foobar changing?

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Reply #2668 –
What do you mean by that?

Don't know where to check playcount.

It is tracking the songs I play in foobar.

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Reply #2669 –
Do you have playback statistics component installed?

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Reply #2670 –
Hey, I'm not sure if this is an existing issue or not, but foo_dop appears to be causing a glitch with the podcasts playback stats that are synced by itunes. basically, it appears to be randomly resetting playback stats on some podcasts, but not always all of them. then when itunes syncs, its restoring the podcasts playback stats back to their state when it was last synced with itunes. I tried to follow a similar conversation in this thread, but wasn't able to find if there was any resolution.

here's the steps i used to reproduce:

-play a whole podcast
-play some songs
-update audio with foo_dop
   > podcasts are no longer listed in the proper order on the ipod
   > podcasts are no longer marked as played, *some* semi-played podcasts still show as semi-played
-sync with itunes
   > podcasts are back to listing in the proper order
   > all podcast playback stats since the last itunes sync are restored


foobar v1.0
foo_dop v0.6.6.4
iTunes v9.0.2.25
iPod touch 2G - s/w v3.1.2 (not jailbroke)
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

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Reply #2671 –
Quote from: metalboy on
Do you have playback statistics component installed?


I just installed it. Should I set up any settings? I have done nothing of that and by default the scrobbling from iPod doesn't work.

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Reply #2672 –
Is there anyway to get the albums sorted by year, instead of alphabetically when transferred to the ipod?

I saw some post where you can do it by making it display the year before the album, but if possible I'd like to do it without the year being displayed before it.

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Reply #2673 –
Quote from: darknecrotic on
Is there anyway to get the albums sorted by year, instead of alphabetically when transferred to the ipod?

I saw some post where you can do it by making it display the year before the album, but if possible I'd like to do it without the year being displayed before it.


I think %date% - %album% is the only way. It works well for me. I am sure it is due to the way the iPod only sorts alphabetically.

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Reply #2674 –
Hi all,

first of all great plug-in.
But i have a few issues/questions with it(and/or with my iPod) though.

1.
On my iPod under music -> artists, the artists are sorted like this:

The Adicts
Al & the Black Cats
The Astro Zombies
...

is there a way to change it to:

Al & the Black Cats
...
Batmobile
Cock Sparrer
...
The Adicts
so that "The" in the beginning of an artist is not ignored?(I don't have this option checked in preferences)

2.
Is there an easy way to update the metadata(e.g. genre) on my ipod if i made changes to the according files on my computer? What i do now is, delete the files from my ipod and add them again with the changes made to the metadata. Is this the only way to do it?

3.
What is the Database Metadata mapping for? And how do i use it correctly?

thanks in advance

p.s.: Sorry for my bad english :/