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Reply #3125 –
Quote from: Soviet Commissar on
I see in the 0.6.8.3 changelog "Improved artwork compatibility with recent/future devices".  Which devices are affected, what are the improvements,
The devices are iPhone 4, iPad and probably whatever new iPods are coming out. Yes, I was deliberately vague since they aren't officially supported.

Quote from: Soviet Commissar on
and is it worth re-running the artwork scan in the event my device (iPod Classic 6G 2008, running 2.0.1) is affected?
Nope, it is just to do with support for some newer artwork formats on those devices as recently discussed.
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Reply #3126 –
The man speaks!  Thank you for clarifying. 

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Reply #3127 –
I just made the switch to foobar a few days ago. I switched back to itunes as it didn't have ipod support. Then I found that foo_dop plugin....

So after a fair bit of time of playing around I finally got my iPod touch compatible with foobar. Sort of.

I finally have it so it doesn't say "no device found" but, when I click iPod -> Synchronise
But I get this message... (the picture is a screencap)

How do I stop it removing the tracks?


Help, please.

Many thanks in advance

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Reply #3128 –
Quote from: mrguy on
I just made the switch to foobar a few days ago. I switched back to itunes as it didn't have ipod support. Then I found that foo_dop plugin....

So after a fair bit of time of playing around I finally got my iPod touch compatible with foobar. Sort of.

I finally have it so it doesn't say "no device found" but, when I click iPod -> Synchronise
But I get this message... (the picture is a screencap)

How do I stop it removing the tracks?


Help, please.

Many thanks in advance


I've been using foodop for a couple of years now and never used the "Synchronise" command, probably because I never used that on the dreadful iTunes.  It's easy enough to use Foobar to manage your iPod though.

To add individual tracks and entire folders you can right-click on those files and/or folders in the album list (or in Chronoflow or in a normal playlist) and select "Send to iPod".  That will, as you might expect, put those tracks on your iPod.

To remove tracks, click on "Load Library" under File>iPod to bring up a playlist of everything on your iPod, then select the files you want to delete from your iPod, right-click and select "Remove from iPod" (I think - or something very similar).

Does that help?

-StuPC

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Reply #3129 –
Quote from: mrguy on
I finally have it so it doesn't say "no device found" but, when I click iPod -> Synchronise
But I get this message... (the picture is a screencap)

How do I stop it removing the tracks?

If you didn't add those tracks with foo_dop a synchronize will always remove them, as synchronize will make sure your iPod contains just the tracks in the playlists you select for syncing and/or your foobar2000 library. If a track on the iPod isn't in there (or if foo_dop didn't copy it to the iPod and thus has no record which file in your library the song corresponds to) it'll get removed.

If you don't have those songs on your PC do a "iPod > load library", use foobar2000's file operations to copy those files to your hard drive and add them to foobar's library via the preferences dialog. Syncing might still remove and add them back once, but after that they'll stay put.
np: 4'33"

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Reply #3130 –
Hi musicmusic, I've looked a few times on the foo_dop documentation but I couldn't find an explicit way of creating a playlist of files that are already on the iPod. The only info that might be what I'm looking for is this:
Using the send playlists to your iPod command
-Files are matched to existing tracks using an exact match algorithm (requires identical files).

So with this I should create a playlist on foobar using the files that are already in the iPod and then send the playlist to the iPod?
If this is the answer, can I send the same file to multiple playlists?

Thanks in advance
Allegari nihil et allegatum non probare, paria sunt.

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Reply #3131 –
is there any possibility to drag and drop tracks into playlists found on my ipod touch 3g ios 4? Or is there any way to edit playlist on the device without deleting the playlist and creating a new one?

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Reply #3132 –
Is there a way to search my iPod library? Media search searches everything...
EDIT; never mind
 

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Reply #3133 –
Quote from: mrguy on
Is there a way to search my iPod library? Media search searches everything...


Go to File -> iPod and Load Library, which gets you a special playlist of your iPod's contents.
Then go Ctrl-F and search just that playlist!

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Reply #3134 –
Hey Mr musicmusic,

The more I use my iPhone now as a real iPod, the more I think that many of us here would benefit greatly for more control over our playlists.
Specifically, being able to update playlists without too much bother.

Without making it too complex, I think two things would be advantageous:
1) From the "Manage contents" dialog, being able to not just view the playlists there but actually send them to a new foobar playlist, like "Load library" does, but just the tracks in that specific playlist, in the playlist order of course;
and
2) Being able to at least opt in the preferences that if you "Send" a playlist to the iPod that has the same name as a playlist already on the iPod, this overwrites that playlist.

That way, we can load a playlist into foobar, off the iPod, and make some changes (adding, removing, re-ordering), and then sync it back to the iPod. This method seems to me to match the current behaviour of the component fairly well.
How does this sound?

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Reply #3136 –
Quote from: icsterm on
is there any possibility to drag and drop tracks into playlists found on my ipod touch 3g ios 4? Or is there any way to edit playlist on the device without deleting the playlist and creating a new one?


See my previous post - no, you can't edit playlists that are already on the device, but I'm hoping our host & sponsor can help us there
Currently, if you have a playlist that you want to make changes to, you need to delete it and recreate it.

Quote from: ssjkakaroto on
Hi musicmusic, I've looked a few times on the foo_dop documentation but I couldn't find an explicit way of creating a playlist of files that are already on the iPod.


You can do this! I think you suggested it already in your post, but this is the process:
First go File -> iPod -> Load library (I've assigned Shift-Ctrl-Alt-I to this since I do it a lot).
You now have a new foobar playlist with the complete contents of your iPod in it. Now rearrange that playlist so that it only has the tracks you want, in the right order. If you wish, add some tracks from your hard drive.
Rename this "iPod View" playlist to whatever you want your playlist to be called on the iPod, and then go File -> iPod -> Send playlists and select it for sending to the iPod!

You can also drag any tracks you want out of the iPod View playlist into a new playlist to do the same thing.

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Reply #3137 –
Thanks a lot frogworth, I'll try it as soon as I get home.
Allegari nihil et allegatum non probare, paria sunt.

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Reply #3138 –
Hey frogworth, I was messing around with some playlists here and I have to agree with you suggestion:
Quote from: frogworth on
...
1) From the "Manage contents" dialog, being able to not just view the playlists there but actually send them to a new foobar playlist, like "Load library" does, but just the tracks in that specific playlist, in the playlist order of course;
...

That alone would allow us to "edit" the playlists in the iPod.
Allegari nihil et allegatum non probare, paria sunt.

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Reply #3139 –
Quote from: ssjkakaroto on
That alone would allow us to "edit" the playlists in the iPod.


Actually, the other thing we need to be able to do is then send the changed version back to the iPod. Currently this means deleting the one on the device and then sending a new one of the same name, and I've found that often, even though I've deleted the "Andrew Bird" playlist, the new one gets named "Andrew Bird-1" or something, so there's still some residual trace of the playlist on the machine.

So - much rather be able to actually have a setting that says "If there is already a playlist of that name on the device, replace it with the one being sent now".

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Reply #3140 –
I just got the new iPhone 4, and if there's anything I can do to help get foo_dop working with it, lemme know.  I used this plugin all the time with my 3GS, and it's sad not having it work with the new iPhone.

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Reply #3141 –
Quote from: Fangs404 on
I just got the new iPhone 4, and if there's anything I can do to help get foo_dop working with it, lemme know.  I used this plugin all the time with my 3GS, and it's sad not having it work with the new iPhone.


If you jailbreak it, there's a workaround that musicmusic posted a little earlier: decrementing the DBVersion in /System/Library/Lockdown/Checkpoint.xml to 4.
That means jailbreaking, then sshing into the phone, and editing the abovementioned XML file, and knowing enough about XML to know how to change that value.

If you are willing and able to jailbreak (you need to be on OS 4.0.1 rather than the just-released 4.0.2 which can't be jailbroken yet) and then need help with the next step, let me know and I can walk you through it.
Not wanting to speak for musicmusic though, who may have something coming now?

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Reply #3142 –
Is there any way of sorting albums in my iPod using the AlbumSort tag? Or any way to sort albums by date and not by alphabetical order?

Thanks
Very nice plugin i recommend it to anyone

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Reply #3143 –
Quote from: frogworth on
Quote from: Fangs404 on
I just got the new iPhone 4, and if there's anything I can do to help get foo_dop working with it, lemme know.  I used this plugin all the time with my 3GS, and it's sad not having it work with the new iPhone.


If you jailbreak it, there's a workaround that musicmusic posted a little earlier: decrementing the DBVersion in /System/Library/Lockdown/Checkpoint.xml to 4.
That means jailbreaking, then sshing into the phone, and editing the abovementioned XML file, and knowing enough about XML to know how to change that value.

If you are willing and able to jailbreak (you need to be on OS 4.0.1 rather than the just-released 4.0.2 which can't be jailbroken yet) and then need help with the next step, let me know and I can walk you through it.
Not wanting to speak for musicmusic though, who may have something coming now?

Ah, I missed this.  I jailbroke/unlocked my 3GS before I put it on eBay, so I know how to jailbreak it.  I'm still on 4.0.1, so I might do it.  I'll wait to hear what musicmusic says first.

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Reply #3144 –
ok, I give up!   

I updated a number of Beach Boys albums, spitting 2 fer CD rips into their individual albums updating tags and adding album art where needed.  I use MediaMonkey to embed art into the flac tags.

In Foobar, all art shows up correctly.  I deleted all Beach Boys tracks and added them again to my iPod Touch using auto convert to convert the tracks to mp3.  Everything worked well. New art showed up correctly.

The fun began when I updated a missing album cover art.  I loaded library, updated art.  New art still didn't show up.  I then tried update metadata, then update art.  Nothing.  After retrying several times, I think my iPod got mad at me because now, most Beach Boys cover art shows the cover for "Love Stinks" by the J. Geils Band!  I know I will have to delete everything and start over again.

I have had bad luck with with MediaMonkey also with album art.  It seem that more often than not, music that stays on the iPod gets it's art scrambled with updates, necessitating a periodic full reload of all the music on the iPod, which isn't easy if I haven't been simply syncing playlists.  Maybe I need to go back to only syncing playlists and forget about just adding music on the fly.  Better yet, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIX ALBUM ART CURRENTLY LOADED!

Why is this so hard and What is the iPod doing when it's "updating library" for a minute after I have finished adding new music?

Tim

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Reply #3145 –
Hi everyone,

I set up foobar2000 not to use the tag %album artist%, but instead to use %band%, like every other major audio software does (including iTunes). I changed ever single foobar2000 setting from %album artist% to %band%. Well, it works for the time being. Now I wonder if I have to change anything in iPod manager? I stumbled across its "remapping" page and found "Album Artist" there, and I'm not sure if I have to change something here. Any suggestions?

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Reply #3146 –
Quote from: telliott on
, most Beach Boys cover art shows the cover for "Love Stinks" by the J. Geils Band!  I know I will have to delete everything and start over again.


I deleted the tracks and added them again.  Now "Love Stinks" has been replaced with a different incorrect album cover.  At least it's a Beach Boys cover this time.

I have read, in the past, that album art that is too large can screw things up on the iPod.  I try to keep art at 600x600 or smaller.  I may have a few larger.  I don't really pay attention to the size in bytes.

Tim

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Reply #3147 –
Quote from: telliott on
Quote from: telliott on
, most Beach Boys cover art shows the cover for "Love Stinks" by the J. Geils Band!  I know I will have to delete everything and start over again.


I deleted the tracks and added them again.  Now "Love Stinks" has been replaced with a different incorrect album cover.  At least it's a Beach Boys cover this time.

I have read, in the past, that album art that is too large can screw things up on the iPod.  I try to keep art at 600x600 or smaller.  I may have a few larger.  I don't really pay attention to the size in bytes.

Tim

Do you have embedded album art that's conflicting with folder.jpg?  foobar automatically prefers embedded album art over the folder.jpg I think, so I always just mp3tag to strip whatever embedded album art is in my music first.  Maybe that's it?

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Reply #3148 –
Hello everyone,

I'm new to this forum. I have just started using foo_pod and loving it. Its way better than iTunes.

I have a query. I have the iPod Shuffle 3G which has the voice-over functionality. I don't see any option in foo_pod 0.6.8.3 currently to disable this feature.The changelog says that this option was added to foo_pod in 0.6.7.8 but I don't see it.

Can someone please upload the 0.6.7.8 version or tell me if I'm missing something.

TIA!

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Reply #3149 –
Does this plug in make it possible to add music to iphone 3GS running iOS4? If not, are there any other plug ins?