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Reply #3500 –
Can someone help me sort out my artwork?  I have all covers saved as folder.jpg inside each album folder.  Yet, when I transfer large amounts of music to my ipod, all the artwork goes haywire.  i.e. Albums will show another album's cover with no rhyme or reason.  Is it a problem with my iPod or can I do something with foo_dop to fix this?  And how can I prevent it from happening?  Should I embed all artwork in my mp3s instead of using folder.jpg?  Thanks!!

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Reply #3501 –
Hello! First of all, thanks for a great plugin, haven't used anything else for years.

But I've got a problem. I'm using this plugin with foo_audioscrobbler, and in the last few weeks scrobbling to last.fm from ipod just doesn't work.
Example of console contents:
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Audioscrobbler: Handshake successful.
Audioscrobbler: Importing played tracks from iPod
Audioscrobbler: Finished importing 1 tracks.
Audioscrobbler: Submitting track...
Audioscrobbler: Submission succeeded.

Everything looks normal, but it just doesn't show up on my last.fm page.
If I just play tracks in foobar, they get submitted normally and show up on last.fm.
I'm asking about it here just because foo_audioscrobbler wasn't updated for a year. I'm not really sure if it's a foo_dop issue.
Last time I submitted ipod tracks successfully was in january - there was a huge break in my ipod usage.
I've tried versions that are available right now: 0.6.8.9 and 0.6.9.6. I've also tried version 0.6.8.1 that worked for me in january. Right now it doesn't.
I've tried deleting foo_audioscrobbler and foo_dop *.cfg files. Updated foobar to 1.1.7. Completely uninstalled foobar2000 including deletion of folders in program files and in appdata\roaming (win7), then reinstalled and added only two plugins in question. Nothing helped.

I'm lost now.

Maybe some file on ipod got corrupted?

Oh, ipod model is nano 4g. Don't remember firmware version, not a recent one.

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Reply #3502 –
Quote from: jazzboyrules on
Hi,  I have an iPhone 3GS running on iOS 4.3.3.
Is there a way to retrieve the songs that I restored on the phone via iCloud.  I can copy them manually from File -> iPod -> File System Explorer. But is there an automated way to copy just the files that are on iPhone but not in my music folder?  I tried File -> iPod -> Recover orphaned tracks but that doesn't seem to work.. it doesn't generate a playlist with the recovered tracks.  It starts the process to recover, ends without any errors but doesn't show any new playlist.

So I copied all the tracks with random characters in filenames but now can't delete those.  It says that those files were downloaded on-device and they can be deleted only from the device.  I have about 30 such files on the device which I can't remove.

Please suggest a solution.
Recover orphaned tracks won't help, that is for files on the device but not in the database (due to a problem during sync or similar).

Anyway they might be listed through a normal 'Load library'. If so, just use the normal foobar2000 copy files file operation command.

The message means you should just delete them on the device, it should be possible with a swipe gesture.

BTW what exactly did you do with iCloud? It seems I don't have access to the music part of it not living in the US.

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
Also there is one bug.  If the sync is going on with my iPhone and I receive a call, the sync messes up even if I don't pick up the call. 
Does that mean that I need to go to airplane mode every time I am syncing using fb2k?
Hmm, I don't recall anyone ever mentioning that. What exactly happens (in foobar2000 and on the device)?

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
When I copied the music from iPhone, the files got copied alright, but it lost all the tag.  Did I miss something when copying them?  Any tips on how I could preserve the tags when copying the files?
Not really, if they aren't in the file, they aren't in the file...

Quote from: silkcut on
Can someone help me sort out my artwork?  I have all covers saved as folder.jpg inside each album folder.  Yet, when I transfer large amounts of music to my ipod, all the artwork goes haywire.  i.e. Albums will show another album's cover with no rhyme or reason.  Is it a problem with my iPod or can I do something with foo_dop to fix this?  And how can I prevent it from happening?  Should I embed all artwork in my mp3s instead of using folder.jpg?  Thanks!!
Don't use folder.jpg. It is a reserved system file, use cover.jpg or something else instead.

Quote from: mooee on
But I've got a problem. I'm using this plugin with foo_audioscrobbler, and in the last few weeks scrobbling to last.fm from ipod just doesn't work.
Well, it seems like the audioscobbler component is getting the play data notification. Maybe use something like Microsoft Network Monitor and check what is being transmitted to last.fm. Also check the date and time on your device is set correctly.
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Reply #3503 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Recover orphaned tracks won't help, that is for files on the device but not in the database (due to a problem during sync or similar).
Anyway they might be listed through a normal 'Load library'. If so, just use the normal foobar2000 copy files file operation command.


I copied from the playlist generated after 'load library'. The files got copied but the tags didn't transfer.

Quote from: musicmusic on
The message means you should just delete them on the device, it should be possible with a swipe gesture.


It works only for Podcasts, not songs.

Quote from: musicmusic on
BTW what exactly did you do with iCloud? It seems I don't have access to the music part of it not living in the US.


The iCloud appears in the iTunes Store App.  Through that I could redownload any song I purchased in past. The full implementation of iCloud will still happen in iOS5.  But I believe that this basic feature should be available to anyone in US using iPhone/iPod touch. Just FYI my iOS is 4.3.3 not jailbroken.

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
Also there is one bug.  If the sync is going on with my iPhone and I receive a call, the sync messes up even if I don't pick up the call. 
Does that mean that I need to go to airplane mode every time I am syncing using fb2k?

Quote from: musicmusic on
Hmm, I don't recall anyone ever mentioning that. What exactly happens (in foobar2000 and on the device)?

So if I receive a call and whether I receive it or not, on the computer I can see the syncing happening as usual. But at the end it will list the files that could not be written since the call came.

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
When I copied the music from iPhone, the files got copied alright, but it lost all the tags.  Did I miss something when copying them?  Any tips on how I could preserve the tags when copying the files?

Quote from: musicmusic on
Not really, if they aren't in the file, they aren't in the file...


I think the files contain the tags.  Here's the reason.  When I tried to remove those files which I downloaded on device, in the error log.. it gave a list of all those files which cannot be removed ( because they were downloaded on-device).  But it also listed the song titles, artist names to describe those files.  Now I have copied the same files from the playlist generated after 'load library' command.  But they get copied with null tags.

I hope my answers help you debug.

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Reply #3504 –
Quote from: jazzboyrules on
It works only for Podcasts, not songs.
Ignoring the idiocy of being able to download songs in-device that you can't then delete in-device, that will surely change with iOS 5 with the whole "computer-free" thing. Songs downloaded in-device have references in various places and some of the files with references are protected against modification by cryptographic signatures. Hence, the component won't remove them.

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
So if I receive a call and whether I receive it or not, on the computer I can see the syncing happening as usual. But at the end it will list the files that could not be written since the call came.
Hmm, at a guess the iPhone probably asks the component to pause the sync. If you can get them, a copy of the device system log when it happens might be helpful (Shift + File/iPod/View system log) and also the errors received.

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
I think the files contain the tags.  Here's the reason.  When I tried to remove those files which I downloaded on device, in the error log.. it gave a list of all those files which cannot be removed ( because they were downloaded on-device).  But it also listed the song titles, artist names to describe those files.  Now I have copied the same files from the playlist generated after 'load library' command.  But they get copied with null tags.
The metadata is in the database(s), but the component doesn't offer any way to transfer them to the file's tag(s). If anyone stripped the files of their tags, it would be Apple.
.

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Reply #3505 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: jazzboyrules on
So if I receive a call and whether I receive it or not, on the computer I can see the syncing happening as usual. But at the end it will list the files that could not be written since the call came.
Hmm, at a guess the iPhone probably asks the component to pause the sync. If you can get them, a copy of the device system log when it happens might be helpful (Shift + File/iPod/View system log) and also the errors received.

Hmm, I haven't repeated that problem.  Will post that log the next time it happens.

For now, I keep on seeing the error log after every sync that the component cannot remove the files downloaded on-device.  So is wiping off all music from the phone using iTunes, and then resyncing using fb2k the only solution?

But as I was playing around using your instructions.. I found interesting things in the log. I saw that 2 errors happen at every sync.  Are they anything major? Any way to avoid them from happening?
Here is an excerpt of the log for trying to sync twice.

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Jun 15 09:57:58 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 0 -> 1
Jun 15 09:58:21 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: iTunesSyncRequestedStart 0
Jun 15 09:58:21 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: beginSyncing 1
Jun 15 09:58:22 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: didShowSyncPanel 2
Jun 15 09:58:22 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: _notifyAppsSyncWillBegin 2
Jun 15 09:58:22 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 09:58:22 Kaushals-iPhone iapd[1193] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 09:58:22 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 1 -> 0
Jun 15 09:58:26 Kaushals-iPhone voiced[2747] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 09:59:06 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: iTunesSyncHasCompleted 2
Jun 15 09:59:06 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: didEndSyncing 5
Jun 15 09:59:07 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: ITDBPrepServerPostProcessRun: [BEGIN] looking up itdbprepserver.
Jun 15 09:59:07 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: starting up.
Jun 15 09:59:07 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: acquired iTunes sync file lock.
Jun 15 09:59:07 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: acquired itdbprep file lock.
Jun 15 09:59:07 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: posting com.apple.itdbprep.notification.willBegin
Jun 15 09:59:08 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: ITDBPrepServerPostProcessRun: [-END-] looking up itdbprepserver.  success = 1
Jun 15 09:59:08 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: BEGIN processing command: com.apple.itdprep.command.runPostProcess
Jun 15 09:59:08 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: [BEGIN] ITDBPostProcessController...
Jun 15 09:59:08 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.itdbprep.server[2748] <Notice>: warning: Could not compile statement SELECT value FROM _SqliteDatabaseProperties WHERE key = ?;: no such table: _SqliteDatabaseProperties
Jun 15 09:59:08 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.itdbprep.server[2748] <Notice>: warning: Could not compile statement SELECT value FROM _SqliteDatabaseProperties WHERE key = ?;: no such table: _SqliteDatabaseProperties
Jun 15 09:59:08 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.itdbprep.server[2748] <Notice>: warning: Could not compile statement SELECT value FROM _SqliteDatabaseProperties WHERE key = ?;: no such table: _SqliteDatabaseProperties
Jun 15 09:59:12 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: Sort collations changed, need to recompute
Jun 15 09:59:14 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 0 -> 1
Jun 15 09:59:33 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: Running Misc Commands...
Jun 15 09:59:33 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: Running Create Triggers...
Jun 15 09:59:37 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 1 -> 0
Jun 15 09:59:42 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: Initializing MusicLibrary...
Jun 15 09:59:42 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: *** STARTING: DB Backup (CREATE-NEW) ***
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: *** FINISHED: DB Backup (CREATE-NEW, time = 1.25s) ***
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: [-END-] ITDBPostProcessController.
	
	Stats
		totalTime=35.45s
		updateSortMap=22.47
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: DONE processing command: com.apple.itdprep.command.runPostProcess
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: Releasing locks.
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: exitServerWithReason com.apple.itdbprep.notification.didEnd
[b]Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: ERROR: *** Attempt to write to the database while writes were disabled ***
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: ERROR: *** Attempt to write to the database while writes were disabled ***
[/b]Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites ENABLED ***
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2748] <Warning>: exiting now.
Jun 15 09:59:44 Kaushals-iPhone iapd[1193] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites ENABLED ***
Jun 15 09:59:45 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 0 -> 1
Jun 15 09:59:52 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.voiced[2751] <Notice>: _VSElvisConfigureForModel: error adding last entry (1) - continuing...
Jun 15 09:59:58 Kaushals-iPhone SCHelper[1188] <Notice>: active (but IDLE) sessions
Jun 15 09:59:58 Kaushals-iPhone SCHelper[1188] <Notice>:   0x1fd07bf0 {port = 0x1a2b, caller = SpringBoard(29):com.apple.preferences, path = /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist}
Jun 15 10:00:56 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 1 -> 0
Jun 15 10:01:52 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: iTunesSyncRequestedStart 0
Jun 15 10:01:52 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: beginSyncing 1
Jun 15 10:01:52 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: didShowSyncPanel 2
Jun 15 10:01:52 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: _notifyAppsSyncWillBegin 2
Jun 15 10:01:52 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 10:01:52 Kaushals-iPhone iapd[1193] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 10:01:53 Kaushals-iPhone MobileMusicPlayer[2752] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 10:01:56 Kaushals-iPhone voiced[2759] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites DISABLED ***
Jun 15 10:01:58 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: MediaPlayer: Message springboardNowPlayingInfo timed out.
Jun 15 10:02:14 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: iTunesSyncHasCompleted 2
Jun 15 10:02:14 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: SB SYNC: didEndSyncing 5
Jun 15 10:02:14 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: ITDBPrepServerPostProcessRun: [BEGIN] looking up itdbprepserver.
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: starting up.
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: acquired iTunes sync file lock.
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: acquired itdbprep file lock.
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: posting com.apple.itdbprep.notification.willBegin
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: ITDBPrepServerPostProcessRun: [-END-] looking up itdbprepserver.  success = 1
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: BEGIN processing command: com.apple.itdprep.command.runPostProcess
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: [BEGIN] ITDBPostProcessController...
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.itdbprep.server[2760] <Notice>: warning: Could not compile statement SELECT value FROM _SqliteDatabaseProperties WHERE key = ?;: no such table: _SqliteDatabaseProperties
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.itdbprep.server[2760] <Notice>: warning: Could not compile statement SELECT value FROM _SqliteDatabaseProperties WHERE key = ?;: no such table: _SqliteDatabaseProperties
Jun 15 10:02:15 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.itdbprep.server[2760] <Notice>: warning: Could not compile statement SELECT value FROM _SqliteDatabaseProperties WHERE key = ?;: no such table: _SqliteDatabaseProperties
Jun 15 10:02:18 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: Sort collations changed, need to recompute
Jun 15 10:02:40 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: Running Misc Commands...
Jun 15 10:02:40 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: Running Create Triggers...
Jun 15 10:02:49 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: Initializing MusicLibrary...
Jun 15 10:02:49 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: *** STARTING: DB Backup (CREATE-NEW) ***
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: *** FINISHED: DB Backup (CREATE-NEW, time = 0.75s) ***
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: [-END-] ITDBPostProcessController.
	
	Stats
		totalTime=34.34s
		updateSortMap=22.38
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: DONE processing command: com.apple.itdprep.command.runPostProcess
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: Releasing locks.
[b]Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: ERROR: *** Attempt to write to the database while writes were disabled ***
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: ERROR: *** Attempt to write to the database while writes were disabled ***
[/b]Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites ENABLED ***
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: exitServerWithReason com.apple.itdbprep.notification.didEnd
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone itdbprepserver[2760] <Warning>: exiting now.
Jun 15 10:02:50 Kaushals-iPhone iapd[1193] <Warning>: *** MLSSqliteVFS AllWrites ENABLED ***
Jun 15 10:02:57 Kaushals-iPhone SCHelper[1188] <Notice>: active (but IDLE) sessions
Jun 15 10:02:57 Kaushals-iPhone SCHelper[1188] <Notice>:   0x1fd07bf0 {port = 0x1a2b, caller = SpringBoard(29):com.apple.preferences, path = /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist}
Jun 15 10:02:57 Kaushals-iPhone com.apple.voiced[2761] <Notice>: _VSElvisConfigureForModel: error adding last entry (1) - continuing...
Jun 15 10:03:14 Kaushals-iPhone SpringBoard[29] <Notice>: MultitouchHID(1ed10d60) uilock state: 0 -> 1

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Reply #3506 –
Quote from: jazzboyrules on
Hmm, I haven't repeated that problem.  Will post that log the next time it happens.
Well, in the meantime I'll work on adding support for sync suspending which will hopefully help.

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
For now, I keep on seeing the error log after every sync that the component cannot remove the files downloaded on-device.  So is wiping off all music from the phone using iTunes, and then resyncing using fb2k the only solution?
Ah. If it's during a sync then that would be a bug, I'll fix that for the next build. I would just ignore the messages for now (unless you really want to remove them; then just remove those files with iTunes).

Quote from: jazzboyrules on
But as I was playing around using your instructions.. I found interesting things in the log. I saw that 2 errors happen at every sync.  Are they anything major? Any way to avoid them from happening?
No, in that they happen when using iTunes as well. There is something else wrong in your log though; if you send me a copy of \iTunes_Control\iTunes\iTunesCDB and \iTunes_Control\iTunes\iTunes Library.itlp\Library.itdb (through file system explorer, if you want to e-mail there's an address on my site) I can hopefully fix it (should get shorter "Updating library..." wait in the music/iPod app).
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Reply #3507 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: jazzboyrules on
I think the files contain the tags.  Here's the reason.  When I tried to remove those files which I downloaded on device, in the error log.. it gave a list of all those files which cannot be removed ( because they were downloaded on-device).  But it also listed the song titles, artist names to describe those files.  Now I have copied the same files from the playlist generated after 'load library' command.  But they get copied with null tags.
The metadata is in the database(s), but the component doesn't offer any way to transfer them to the file's tag(s). If anyone stripped the files of their tags, it would be Apple.

I figured out where the tags are stored!  But would be great if you can devise an automatic way to embed those tags in the music file.
From Shift + File -> iPod -> File System Explorer -> Purchases, I can see an "xyz.plist" file present for every "xyz.m4a". The plist is a Property List file in simple xml that stores information like who bought the song, that person's email address, date of purchase, tags like song name, album, artist, bitrate, etc.
Is it possible for you to embed the info from plist in ID3 tags when copying the m4a files from fb2k to my computer? Or add a special function to copy files with tags?

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Reply #3508 –
Hi there, having an issue with the component and my ipod nano 6th Gen, when i right click and attempt to send to ipod it goes through all the transffering steps and then the database states, when it gets to SQLite it hangs and gives me an error message:
Failed to add file to ipod - Conversion Failed - Failed to Start Encoder Process - The System Cannot Find the File Specified.

It seems to work ok if the files do not need to be converted, but sometimes i have also recieved this error even if the files dont need to be converted, very odd.  I have the latest versions of Ipod Manager and Ipod Calc.

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Reply #3509 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Well, it seems like the audioscobbler component is getting the play data notification. Maybe use something like Microsoft Network Monitor and check what is being transmitted to last.fm. Also check the date and time on your device is set correctly.

yep, that was it, the date was wrong. it's working again. thanks!

p.s.: I've added this to your faq if you don't mind.

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Reply #3510 –
Alright, I have a problem that has almost certainly been mentioned before, but is quite hard for me to find:

Not all of my album art is being synchronized to my iPod.  I thought that this might be because I don't have a cover.jpg for every album folder, but that proved untrue when one of the albums with no cover had its embedded album artwork sent to the iPod.  Additionally, I've gone through my entire library (within the last week) and updated all the albums that didn't have album art with art.  What art gets sent seems sporadic at best.

Is there anyone who knows what's going on here?

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Reply #3511 –
Quote from: jazzboyrules on
I figured out where the tags are stored!  But would be great if you can devise an automatic way to embed those tags in the music file.
From Shift + File -> iPod -> File System Explorer -> Purchases, I can see an "xyz.plist" file present for every "xyz.m4a". The plist is a Property List file in simple xml that stores information like who bought the song, that person's email address, date of purchase, tags like song name, album, artist, bitrate, etc.
Is it possible for you to embed the info from plist in ID3 tags when copying the m4a files from fb2k to my computer? Or add a special function to copy files with tags?
The function could be something like "Tag tag-less files using metadata from database". Do the files have no metadata that shows in their properties?

BTW those are the files I was referring to - at the moment I disabled merging of purchases into the main database (and let iTunes do it). In other words, iPod manager won't see them until you've run iTunes once. I could re-enable it but actually it might be useful if you sent me some of the property list files (so I could check if I am capturing all metadata). Also I got the other file, thanks.

Quote from: mrmooks on
Hi there, having an issue with the component and my ipod nano 6th Gen, when i right click and attempt to send to ipod it goes through all the transffering steps and then the database states, when it gets to SQLite it hangs and gives me an error message:
Failed to add file to ipod - Conversion Failed - Failed to Start Encoder Process - The System Cannot Find the File Specified.

It seems to work ok if the files do not need to be converted, but sometimes i have also recieved this error even if the files dont need to be converted, very odd.  I have the latest versions of Ipod Manager and Ipod Calc.
I think it's not that clear with recent changes, but you need do download the relevant CLI encoder - e.g. Nero - and put it on the path or direct iPod manager to it in its preferences.

Quote from: mooee on
yep, that was it, the date was wrong. it's working again. thanks!

p.s.: I've added this to your faq if you don't mind.
Ah, good and thanks.

Quote from: Dwac on
Alright, I have a problem that has almost certainly been mentioned before, but is quite hard for me to find:

Not all of my album art is being synchronized to my iPod.  I thought that this might be because I don't have a cover.jpg for every album folder, but that proved untrue when one of the albums with no cover had its embedded album artwork sent to the iPod.  Additionally, I've gone through my entire library (within the last week) and updated all the albums that didn't have album art with art.  What art gets sent seems sporadic at best.

Is there anyone who knows what's going on here?
You can check which tracks have some kind of artwork transferred in 'Manage contents'. Also if you mean you added art to the originals of files which are currently on the iPod, you would have to use 'Load library' and then 'Update artwork' to update the device (and if the original files have moved it won't work).
.

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Reply #3512 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: Dwac on
Alright, I have a problem that has almost certainly been mentioned before, but is quite hard for me to find:

Not all of my album art is being synchronized to my iPod.  I thought that this might be because I don't have a cover.jpg for every album folder, but that proved untrue when one of the albums with no cover had its embedded album artwork sent to the iPod.  Additionally, I've gone through my entire library (within the last week) and updated all the albums that didn't have album art with art.  What art gets sent seems sporadic at best.

Is there anyone who knows what's going on here?
You can check which tracks have some kind of artwork transferred in 'Manage contents'. Also if you mean you added art to the originals of files which are currently on the iPod, you would have to use 'Load library' and then 'Update artwork' to update the device (and if the original files have moved it won't work).

I didn't add the artwork to the files on the iPod directly, just the ones that are on the computer and then let iPod manager do the work, and none of the computer-side files have changed place since I started using foobar.  When I hit Load Library, it doesn't give me the option of Updating Artwork, or at least I don't know where to find it.  Thanks for the speedy reply though!

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Reply #3513 –
Foobar was working fine, just peachy when all of a sudden BAM it stops recognixing my Ipod touch (32 GB) with 4.3.3 IOS on it, a day or so ago anyone got a fix for this? I've Reset the Ipod ( (I even cleared my setting on Foobar200) and then nothing.. so anyone know how to get it to see the ipod?

I mean I got to Ipod ->Synchronize and get 'Ipod Not Found'.

Itunes sees it.. but not foobar and its 1.1.7 version of Foobar.

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Reply #3514 –
Are you using the latest version of foo_dop?

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Reply #3515 –
Anyone tried foo_dop on iOS5 beta?

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Reply #3517 –
Any chance of getting foo_sendtodevice functionality added? Really want to be able to sync playlists in foobar to my android phone and have
high bitrate files converted automatically on sync.

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Reply #3518 –
Not sure what you are asking. This component has nothing to do with android OS.

Foo_sendtodevice 'sync' capability is limited to a one time write to a tag noting that a file was sent to another other device. It does not manage changes made on either end and does not provide sync. The conversion on the fly capability can be mirrored with a simple saved preset within Foobar's converter.

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Reply #3519 –
Quote from: Dwac on
When I hit Load Library, it doesn't give me the option of Updating Artwork, or at least I don't know where to find it.
Hopefully you found it by now, but you select the files and right-click.

Quote from: mobilia on
Anyone tried foo_dop on iOS5 beta?
Not sure, but perhaps you could?  At least I tried it with iTunes 10.5 beta and that didn't break anything.

Quote from: spiritsongtress on
Yes
Check:
1. Mobile device support is enabled in preferences.
2. Console says "Listening for mobile devices".
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Reply #3520 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Quote from: mobilia on
Anyone tried foo_dop on iOS5 beta?
Not sure, but perhaps you could?  At least I tried it with iTunes 10.5 beta and that didn't break anything.

I just installed iTunes 10.5 beta 2 (required for iOS 5 beta 2) and I get the following message when I run foobar2000:

Code: [Select]
Failed to locate function
AMDeviceNotificationGetThreadHandle


Any suggestions?

Edit: Download links to iTunes and activation of UDID ($10) for iOS 5 here.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

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Reply #3521 –
OK, I tried beta 1 

It will need some changes on my side...
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Reply #3522 –
Yeah I ran into the problem above. I'm running iOS 5 beta 2 also, would be happy to help with any testing needed

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Reply #3523 –
I've put up 0.6.9.7 which at least fixes that. I haven't tested iOS 5; I haven't seen anything problematic though. Does the device automatically connect to iPod manager over Wi-Fi (with 0.6.9.7)?
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Reply #3524 –
Quote from: musicmusic on
Does the device automatically connect to iPod manager over Wi-Fi (with 0.6.9.7)?

Are you talking about the new Wi-Fi Sync feature in iTunes? That feature is currently only available for Macs.

0.6.9.7 is able to see my iPhone 4 (iOS 5 beta 2), and send music to it. It doesn't seem to work right, but I suspect that it's not foo_dop's fault:

- When music is sent to iOS 5, the device no longer appear to Synchronize. This is most likely because synchronization is now done in the background, while the device can be used as normal. One thing I noticed with iTunes, is that a sync-icon sometimes appear in the top-status bar on the device - This did not appear when foo_dop was sending music to it.

- Music sent to the device cannot be seen by iPod-app, not even after rewrite database, or reboot - However, it is shown in the playlist and are playable when i "Load library".

- I also had trouble transferring music to the device using iTunes. It wouldn't synchronize when I drag/dropped files onto the device. The only way I could get music on it, was to load it into the iTunes library and sync my iPhone with the iTunes library.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P