foo_pod - Foobar2000 meets the iPod, iPod -> Foobar2000 0.8 Options

[2Pacalypse]

occasionally but even if i send a playlist with 2 mp3's its not untill another app has transferred a song that my ipod will display the playlist.

made a mistake it above post its a 4gen 40GB (not 60)

[Bobjua]

CODE

ERROR (foo_pod) : iPod Shuffle Is Full
ERROR (foo_pod) : Insufficient free space (0 kB) to copy D:\Music - Metal\Catamenia - 2003 - Chaos Born\Catamenia - Chaos Born - 01 - Kuolon Tanssi.mp3 (10847 kB)
ERROR (foo_pod) : Insufficient free space (0 kB) to copy D:\Music - Metal\Catamenia - 2003 - Chaos Born\Catamenia - Chaos Born - 01 - Kuolon Tanssi.mp3 (10847 kB)

i have an iPod nano, not shuffle.?

[drbeachboy]

CODE

ERROR (foo_pod) : iPod Shuffle Is Full
ERROR (foo_pod) : Insufficient free space (0 kB) to copy D:\Music - Metal\Catamenia - 2003 - Chaos Born\Catamenia - Chaos Born - 01 - Kuolon Tanssi.mp3 (10847 kB)
ERROR (foo_pod) : Insufficient free space (0 kB) to copy D:\Music - Metal\Catamenia - 2003 - Chaos Born\Catamenia - Chaos Born - 01 - Kuolon Tanssi.mp3 (10847 kB)

i have an iPod nano, not shuffle.?

So, what is the problem, the "Name" or the 'Insufficient free space" or both?

[Aero]

CODE

ERROR (foo_pod) : iPod Shuffle Is Full
ERROR (foo_pod) : Insufficient free space (0 kB) to copy D:\Music - Metal\Catamenia - 2003 - Chaos Born\Catamenia - Chaos Born - 01 - Kuolon Tanssi.mp3 (10847 kB)
ERROR (foo_pod) : Insufficient free space (0 kB) to copy D:\Music - Metal\Catamenia - 2003 - Chaos Born\Catamenia - Chaos Born - 01 - Kuolon Tanssi.mp3 (10847 kB)

i have an iPod nano, not shuffle.?

Don't worry - foo_pod is physically incapable of transmuting your iPod Nano into an iPod Shuffle.

The message is from the pre-Nano days, where anything smaller than 4GB could be assumed to be a Shuffle. I have a better way to detect iPod models, so I'll see about removing that text.

[stevekim]

Aero:

Any chance you could incorporate a method like strftime() for translating "last played" times to a human-readable format? We mentioned it briefly many moons ago (#1433)...

Edit: If it would be useful, I could add another metadata item that could be formatted according to a foo_pod preference item.  Something like a strftime() format string?

Thanks,
Steve

[oscar]

Sorry to interupt your comely conversation...but I am having inexplicable trouble using foo_pod on win98se with foobar 0.83


i get this error upon running foober (in le console):

"ERROR (CORE) : Failed to load DLL: foo_pod.dll, reason: Unable to load DLL."


I have downloaded Msvcp60.dll and msvcr71.dll (I remember having truble with another component before that needed them... I have extracted them to the components folder (I am that far past noob at least )


Is there any particular reason this could happen or am I just a fool


ta

[Aero]

Any chance you could incorporate a method like strftime() for translating "last played" times to a human-readable format?  We mentioned it briefly many moons ago (#1433)...

Edit: If it would be useful, I could add another metadata item that could be formatted according to a foo_pod preference item.  Something like a strftime() format string?

Yeah, I'll try to squeeze that onto the Advanced tab or something for the next release.

[Aero]

Sorry to interupt your comely conversation...but I am having inexplicable trouble using foo_pod on win98se with foobar 0.83

Windows 98 is the problem - foo_pod only works on Windows 2000 or better. I posted some time ago and asked if anyone was interested in a Windows 98 version, and I never received any responses.

As I no longer have any Windows 98 machines to test or build on, I will not be supporting Windows 98 in the future.

[Kim]

Windows 98 is the problem - foo_pod only works on Windows 2000 or better.

I have the exactly same problem as oscar has, but I'm using XP Pro (english) SP2 and Foobar 0.8.3:

INFO (CORE) : startup time: 375 ms
ERROR (CORE) : Failed to load DLL: foo_pod.dll, reason: Unable to load DLL.
ERROR (CORE) : Failed to load DLL: foo_podclienc.dll, reason: Unable to load DLL.
ERROR (CORE) : Failed to load DLL: foo_podtranscoder.dll, reason: Unable to load DLL.

I've tryed 3 different versions of foo_pod including the newest 0.9.9m. Could the files be corrupted? I used winzip 8.1 SR-1 for extraction.


Kim

This post has been edited by Kim: Oct 23 2005, 14:58

[Kim]

I have now downloaded foobar 0.8.3 normal and special edition, foo_pod 0.9.9 l,k and m on two different computers (Intel and AMD, both XP SP2) via two different ISP's. Installed and uninstalled all the different versions of both foobar and foo_pod. I have extracted foo_pod.dll, foo_podclienc.dll and foo_podtranscoder.dll to D:\Program Files\foobar2000\components folder according to the foo_pod readme (what is the use of msvcp71.dll? Also tryed to extract that one to the components folder). Every time I get the same error message.

I have an iPod shuffle waiting... Please, somebody help me!


Kim

[Aero]

I have now downloaded foobar 0.8.3 normal and special edition, foo_pod 0.9.9 l,k and m on two different computers (Intel and AMD, both XP SP2) via two different ISP's. Installed and uninstalled all the different versions of both foobar and foo_pod. I have extracted foo_pod.dll, foo_podclienc.dll and foo_podtranscoder.dll to D:\Program Files\foobar2000\components folder according to the foo_pod readme (what is the use of msvcp71.dll? Also tryed to extract that one to the components folder). Every time I get the same error message.

Try moving mscvp71.dll to the same directory as Foobar2000.exe.

[Kim]

Try moving mscvp71.dll to the same directory as Foobar2000.exe.

No effect. Still have the same error messages.

I have Macdrive installed, wich enables Windows to read/write (external) Mac HFS(+) formatted HD's. I've disabled Macdrive but it didn't help. Could this still be a problem even if it is disabled? I have used my iPod on both PC and Mac with iTunes.


Kim

[oscar]

It shouldn't matter what you use with your ipod, the dll should load regardless of whether your ipod is actually connected to the pc or not (unless i am gravely mistaken).


Also does anyone know where i can get ottos itunesdb classes from...I tried http://otto.homedns.org:8888/iTunes/iPodDB.zip but it timed out (tried for the last couple of days actually).
edit: they url is wrong should be http://otto.homedns.org/iTunes/iPodDB.zip

I can't make head or tail of it going from some stuff i've found (my db doesnt even look anything like teh way it is described in these docs :'(

This post has been edited by oscar: Oct 25 2005, 09:55

[Tsphere]

Hi,
I had a 20g 4g ipod die on me about two months ago and it had been replaced by a new one.

Recently, I'm getting the same annoyances I was getting with the previous one:
Skipping on songs (which I have to get to manually by using the foreward button), and last night the ipods display got stuck while a song played and I didnt manage to unlock it and restart until after it had finished.

My question is:
what should I do now?
Format it? defrag it? fix it somehow?

Im sure many of you have had these issues, whats the solution?

Also, I saw there is a new firmware available, what do you think of it?

[Aero]

Hi,
I had a 20g 4g ipod die on me about two months ago and it had been replaced by a new one.

Recently, I'm getting the same annoyances I was getting with the previous one:
Skipping on songs (which I have to get to manually by using the foreward button), and last night the ipods display got stuck while a song played and I didnt manage to unlock it and restart until after it had finished.

My question is:
what should I do now?
Format it? defrag it? fix it somehow?

Im sure many of you have had these issues, whats the solution?

In my experience, the skipped songs is mainly caused by the delay in spinning up or locating a song on the hard drive, and iPod timing out and going to the next one.

Defragging might help, but it is mostly a design flaw in the older iPods. I have had a 3G, 4G, and iPod Photo, and I experienced many more skipped songs with the 3G and 4G models.

As for the stuck UI, that happens occassionally, but I don't know what causes it (other than generally buggyness). Doing a soft reset (hold down the Menu and Center buttons for a few seconds) might help clear things up.

Also, I saw there is a new firmware available, what do you think of it?

Avoid it like the plague, IMHO. The latest firmware for 3G, 4G, and iPod Photo breaks dynamically updating smart playlists, and seemed somewhat buggier (lockups and crash/resets). Unfortuantely, this has been broken for several months and 2-3 firmware releases, and Apple hasn't bothered to fix it, despite widespread outrage.

This post has been edited by Aero: Oct 25 2005, 22:58

[binkgle]

what is the latest firmware that a 3g 15gig ipod user should have installed?

[Kim]

Try moving mscvp71.dll to the same directory as Foobar2000.exe.

The readme file does not say anything about this file, why? What is the use of this file? Tryed to put it in the components folder and foobar folder but nothing works.

I formatted one of my computer and installed a clean Win XP pro SP1. Installed only Foobar 2000 and foo_pod and I still get the same error messages. I am 99% convinced that the problem is not in my computer but in the software. I downloaded Foobar 2000 from here: http://www.foobar2000.org/foobar2000_special.exe and foo_pod from here: http://www.loodi.com/foo_pod.zip.

Could someone please try these versions if you get the same error messages? Is the Foobar version too new even if it is 0.8.3???

Please someone help me, this problem is driving me nuts!


Kim

This post has been edited by Kim: Oct 27 2005, 14:25

[kl33per]

Well I'm pretty sure you're missing DLL's somewhere. I'm not sure how foo_pod is built, but try installing the .NET Framework. As I understand it, foo_pod shouldn't need it as it's unmanaged code, but install it anywhere and report back. Oh, and get SP2 on that machine quick smart.

[Kim]

Well I'm pretty sure you're missing DLL's somewhere.  I'm not sure how foo_pod is built, but try installing the .NET Framework.  As I understand it, foo_pod shouldn't need it as it's unmanaged code, but install it anywhere and report back.  Oh, and get SP2 on that machine quick smart.

I don't understand how I can miss any DLL's as I manually extract them to the components folder? If i take the foo_pod DLL's away from the components folder i don't get the error messages anymore. Obviously Foobar finds the DLL's when they are in the components folder but can't load them correctly.

NET framework is installed now because of another program (Cutterman) that needed it. No help there. The computer wich I formatted is standalone and not connected to internet or any other computer at any time. I only do video/sound editing on that computer so SP2 is not needed.

Where can I find older/other versions of Foobar 2000?


Kim

[kl33per]

No your not missing any foo_pod dll's of foobar dll's, but other windows dll's, at least that would be my guess. Have you got the msvcr71.dll. Note that it is different than the mscvp71.dll file.

[Kim]

No your not missing any foo_pod dll's of foobar dll's, but  other windows dll's, at least that would be my guess.  Have you got the msvcr71.dll.  Note that it is different than the mscvp71.dll file.

msvcr71.dll found in: D:\Program Files\Radeon Omega Drivers v2.5.58\AtiTool.


Kim

This post has been edited by Kim: Oct 28 2005, 12:57

[anza]

If that directory is not in your %path%, it doesn't help, as foobar can't find it. Try copying the file to a directory in your %path% (ie. c:\windows\system32).

[Kim]

If that directory is not in your %path%, it doesn't help, as foobar can't find it. Try copying the file to a directory in your %path% (ie. c:\windows\system32).

Bingo! Thanks "kl33per" and "anza"! I copied msvcr71.dll to D:\WINDOWS\system32 and now i get the foo_pod option under the components tab in Foobar.

Now I have to try and transcode flac->mp3 on the fly into my iPod. Thanks again guys!


Kim

[WellPaidScientis...]

Will the new 5G ipod (ie ipod video) work with foo_pod? As I understand it, foo_pod only works with itunes 4.8 database files, but the 5G ipod ships with itunes 6 so... I'm not really sure what that would mean.

I'm getting the 60GB ipod 5G as soon as they are available here in Canada (within a couple of weeks it looks like).

This post has been edited by WellPaidScientist: Oct 30 2005, 02:45

[Aero]

Will the new 5G ipod (ie ipod video) work with foo_pod?  As I understand it, foo_pod only works with itunes 4.8 database files, but the 5G ipod ships with itunes 6 so...  I'm not really sure what that would mean.

I'm getting the 60GB ipod 5G as soon as they are available here in Canada (within a couple of weeks it looks like).

Based on my limited testing, iTunes 4.7 format databases (the kind that foo_pod typically writes) will work wijth newer firmware. You won't be able to use the newer firmware features, like the special podcast features, but otherwise, you should be fine. And if Apple ever fixes the firmware for older iPods, I'll probably add more complete support for the newer iTunes versions as well.