Hydrogenaudio Forums > iPod manager

drbeachboy

Dec 21 2006, 15:27

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But in your case - filetype not supported by iPod - it should be fairly straightforward to make it transcode them to separate files.

Yes, that is all I am looking to do. All of my music is backed up to flac images, so just to be able to transcode miscellaneous tracks from the image would be terrific for my situation.

At the moment, here at work, I only have single FLAC files to transcode and I have been able to transcode full 12 track albums at once without a problem.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

0z0n3

Dec 22 2006, 15:51

musicmusic,

Great plugin!!!
Currently using the 0.3.6 test version and so far so good.

iTunes just blew. The Winamp plugin works, but hated going back and forth from it and fb2k. Now I can ditch Winamp.

Keep up the fantastic work man!!! Looking forward to any and all enhancements/improvements...

alphaex32

Dec 23 2006, 15:03

Could you add tag mapping for the rating?

Galova

Dec 26 2006, 09:12

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iPod Shuffle - Possible: yes. Planned: not right now.

Wow! Thanks! I'm the first to use it when it comes available!

musicmusic

Dec 27 2006, 19:11

There is a new special version available that needs testing here. It has a new background monitor for iPod connection/disconnections and also now detects iPods by their Device Instance ID (which means it will detect iPods without iTunesDB present).

However, this needs testing to see if it is working correctly. Please check with the test version to see if it still detects your iPod (e.g. try load library command) - especially if it is connected by firewire. If it does not, there should be some messages about drives in the foobar2000 console - just paste them here and tell me your iPod drive letter. Note: I don't really want it used for anything else other than to test this.

I'm also collecting VIDs/PIDs etc. for different iPods. These can be gotten from the console messages the test version outputs (see next link for more info). I'm especially interested if all iPods have the same IDs over firewire. I've put what I know so far here but a lot of it is second hand info. Please fill any gaps and make any corrections. Thanks!

QUOTE(0z0n3 @ Dec 22 2006, 21:51)

Keep up the fantastic work man!!! Looking forward to any and all enhancements/improvements...

Thanks

QUOTE(Galova @ Dec 26 2006, 15:12)

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iPod Shuffle - Possible: yes. Planned: not right now.

Wow! Thanks! I'm the first to use it when it comes available!

I'm not sure you understood what I meant..

drbeachboy

Dec 27 2006, 20:47

Hi musicmusic,

I connect by firewire and the new test version detected my iPod and loaded the library without a problem.

Also, I have a 3G and the console reads:

Startup time : 0:16.460685
iPod connected at M: Device Instance ID: 1394\APPLE_COMPUTER__INC.&IPOD\1670C202270A00

inatightspot

Dec 27 2006, 20:52

iPod connected at E: Device Instance ID: USB\VID_05AC&PID_1203\0000004E75DC

4G (grey)05ac 1203 works okay

david_dl

Dec 27 2006, 21:25

My Grey 4G says:

CODE

iPod connected at G: Device Instance ID: 1394\APPLE_COMPUTER__INC.&IPOD\87857D02270A00

I'll add this to the wiki table.

Shinsou

Dec 28 2006, 03:57

Nano 2G:
iPod connected at G: Device Instance ID: USB\VID_05AC&PID_1260\000A2700188F8614
Works fine.

funkyblue

Dec 28 2006, 04:03

Can someone please post on how to get the Device instance ID?
Thanks

Shinsou

Dec 28 2006, 06:02

QUOTE(funkyblue @ Dec 28 2006, 12:03)

Can someone please post on how to get the Device instance ID?
Thanks

view/console

musicmusic

Dec 29 2006, 11:02

Thank you all for testing. Good enough success rate for me

I uploaded final 0.3.7 TEST to my homepage. Details in changelog. I removed the console messages that were present in the earlier version also.

drbeachboy

Dec 29 2006, 18:12

Hi musicmusic,

I just wanted to let you know that transcoding from my FLAC image files is working perfectly. Thank you very much for including this in the final 0.3.7 Test version.

Happy New Year!

musicmusic

Dec 30 2006, 02:35

Your welcome

Now to anyone who wants Shuffle support, I wouldn't mind a backup of the iTunes\iPod_Control folder of a Shuffle that has only been used with iTunes (it should compress well with 7-Zip). Thanks!

robaer

Dec 30 2006, 17:58

iPod 3G with firewire.

Startup time : 0:03.429382
drive H: installed Device Instance ID: HTREE\ROOT\0

No iPod found!

Killmaster

Jan 2 2007, 04:44

This might be a really obvious question, but could someone tell me what field I'm supposed to map %album artist% to? Is that was composer is for? The documentation says it's supported but all my VA albums are spread around.

aurelio

Jan 2 2007, 05:06

iPod Mini 1G via firewire
Windows Vista RTM

CODE

drive N: installed Device Instance ID: HTREE\ROOT\0

No iPod found!

aurelio

Jan 2 2007, 05:22

Same as above, I tried USB also - it doesn't work either.

musicmusic

Jan 2 2007, 08:27

OK, it wasn't working in Vista, because the volume isn't a child of the iPod's disk anymore in the device tree.

I used some funky tricks to match the iPod volume to the iPod disk without using admin priviledges or WMI (which is slooow). I tested it on XP SP2 and Vista RC2 where it works for USB iPods. Can you people who had problems and firewire people check if it works for you. The new version to test is located here. Note: it is only to check if it works or not. There's no console messages.

robaer

Jan 2 2007, 11:40

The new version works for me. I'm using Vista and firewire. And thank you VERY much for this component by the way!

aurelio

Jan 2 2007, 14:14

Yes it works under Vista now (both firewire and usb)!

And huge thanks for the great on-the-fly converter!!

bvm

Jan 2 2007, 15:16

Ok, I am probably being massively stupid here, but could someone help me out with the converter. I have tried every possible combination of codes I could reasonable think of.

What I want to do is to add properly tagged LAME V2 MP3s to my IPOD I am using this code

CODE

command:
C:\lame.exe -S --noreplaygain -V 2 --vbr-new - %d

Extension:
mp3

The failure I get is

QUOTE

Reason: Conversion failed - encoder failure

Presumably I don't have to convert to .wav before the conversion, do I?

If someone could post a successful code, I would be most grateful.

musicmusic, thankyou so much for this superb plugin.

Dan Hibiki

Jan 2 2007, 22:24

Could you add a "copy" feature, so if you use it, instead of transcoding a not supported file, foo_dop would just copy it like foo_sendtodevice? That way, foo_dop would be perfect for Rockbox/Apple OS use

I hope you understand what I mean

Thanks!

Killmaster

Jan 2 2007, 23:00

another thing - it seems that the "omit the when sorting" feature works, but scrolling songs on the iPod results in "A, T, B, T, C, T..." is this fixable?

musicmusic

Jan 3 2007, 12:08

QUOTE(robaer @ Jan 2 2007, 17:40)

The new version works for me. I'm using Vista and firewire. And thank you VERY much for this component by the way!

QUOTE(aurelio @ Jan 2 2007, 20:14)

Yes it works under Vista now (both firewire and usb)!

And huge thanks for the great on-the-fly converter!!

Good, thanks for checking, and you are both welcome

QUOTE(bvm @ Jan 2 2007, 21:16)

Ok, I am probably being massively stupid here, but could someone help me out with the converter. I have tried every possible combination of codes I could reasonable think of.

What I want to do is to add properly tagged LAME V2 MP3s to my IPOD I am using this code

CODE

command:
C:\lame.exe -S --noreplaygain -V 2 --vbr-new - %d

Extension:
mp3

The failure I get is

QUOTE

Reason: Conversion failed - encoder failure

Presumably I don't have to convert to .wav before the conversion, do I?

If someone could post a successful code, I would be most grateful.

musicmusic, thankyou so much for this superb plugin.

You're command works fine here, so I don't think that is at fault. What version of LAME are you using? Try 3.97. What is the input file format? Try a different one. It may be specific to that format in which case I can fix it.

QUOTE(Dan Hibiki @ Jan 3 2007, 04:24)

Could you add a "copy" feature, so if you use it, instead of transcoding a not supported file, foo_dop would just copy it like foo_sendtodevice? That way, foo_dop would be perfect for Rockbox/Apple OS use

I hope you understand what I mean

Thanks!

I don't want to put unsupported formats in the iPod's db, it's only going to confuse the iPod and me also. Okay, maybe you don't want them in the iPod's DB but anyways sorry I don't plan to add this at the moment

QUOTE(Killmaster @ Jan 3 2007, 05:00)

another thing - it seems that the "omit the when sorting" feature works, but scrolling songs on the iPod results in "A, T, B, T, C, T..." is this fixable?

Hmmm.... I don't think its fixable without making the songs list as "..., The". Do you know what iTunes does?

iPod Shuffle Test Version
Thanks to the person who sent me their Shuffle iPod_Control\iTunes folder, I was able to attempt to implement Shuffle support.

Note: It has the following limitations:
-I don't own a Shuffle. Therefore I don't know if it even works or just send Shuffles into Oblivion.
-Make sure you backup your iPod_Control\iTunes folder before use
-It doesn't preserve the original song order. I.e., first time you use foo_dop, the song order will change. In addition, songs sent using foo_dop will appear in an arbitrary order.
-Doesn't merge play counts back into the DB. Doesn't support start/stop times. Resets the Shuffle's volume and shuffle status when updating the Shuffle.
-Don't know how foo_dop and DRM'd songs already on the Shuffle mix.

Test version download I am interested to know if it actually works (can you listen to added songs etc.)

I'm still interested in iPod_Control\iTunes backup of a shuffle that has been used a fair bit and has many songs on it and has only been used with iTunes.

Dan Hibiki

Jan 3 2007, 12:17

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 3 2007, 15:08)

QUOTE(Dan Hibiki @ Jan 3 2007, 04:24)

Could you add a "copy" feature, so if you use it, instead of transcoding a not supported file, foo_dop would just copy it like foo_sendtodevice? That way, foo_dop would be perfect for Rockbox/Apple OS use

I hope you understand what I mean

Thanks!

I don't want to put unsupported formats in the iPod's db, it's only going to confuse the iPod and me also. Okay, maybe you don't want them in the iPod's DB but anyways sorry I don't plan to add this at the moment

Yeah, it would just copy without adding it to the iTunesDB, hopefully you change your mind soon

Thanks for the attention

Ignite339

Jan 3 2007, 18:25

I keep getting this error:

QUOTE

Error writing iTunesDB file : Object not found

I tried reformatting it, rewriting the database, checking an option to allow filebrowsing, et cetera. This also causes my iPod to freeze up. My specs are:

3rd Generation 20 gig iPod
Windows XP Pro running foobar2000 0.9x

I tried both Firewire and Usb, and it shows up in My Computer each time. What could be wrong?

Thanks

Smitty2k1

Jan 3 2007, 18:44

QUOTE(bvm @ Jan 2 2007, 15:16)

Ok, I am probably being massively stupid here, but could someone help me out with the converter. I have tried every possible combination of codes I could reasonable think of.

What I want to do is to add properly tagged LAME V2 MP3s to my IPOD I am using this code

CODE

command:
C:\lame.exe -S --noreplaygain -V 2 --vbr-new - %d

Extension:
mp3

The failure I get is

QUOTE

Reason: Conversion failed - encoder failure

Presumably I don't have to convert to .wav before the conversion, do I?

If someone could post a successful code, I would be most grateful.

musicmusic, thankyou so much for this superb plugin.

I'm getting the same problem trying to add flac files to the iPod.

E:\Program Files\foobar200\lame.exe -V 0 --vbr-new
extention:
mp3

If I use the built in FB2k converter to convert to mp3 then they add fine. Normal mp3's add fine. I don't have any file types besides mp3 and flac.

musicmusic

Jan 3 2007, 19:29

QUOTE(Ignite339 @ Jan 4 2007, 00:25)

I keep getting this error:

QUOTE

Error writing iTunesDB file : Object not found

I tried reformatting it, rewriting the database, checking an option to allow filebrowsing, et cetera. This also causes my iPod to freeze up. My specs are:

3rd Generation 20 gig iPod
Windows XP Pro running foobar2000 0.9x

I tried both Firewire and Usb, and it shows up in My Computer each time. What could be wrong?

Thanks

Is your iPod blank? Maybe there is a bug in the automatic ipod "preparation", I'll check it tomorrow. Or you can use version 0.3.1 to prepare it and switch back to new version.

QUOTE(Smitty2k1 @ Jan 4 2007, 00:44)

I'm getting the same problem trying to add flac files to the iPod.

E:\Program Files\foobar200\lame.exe -V 0 --vbr-new
extention:
mp3

If I use the built in FB2k converter to convert to mp3 then they add fine. Normal mp3's add fine. I don't have any file types besides mp3 and flac.

Try

CODE

"E:\Program Files\foobar2000\lame.exe" -V 0 --vbr-new - %d

Ignite339

Jan 3 2007, 19:58

Yeah, I'm using 0.3.1 right now because it's the latest release, I'm scared to use Test releases =P. I'll try the test release, though.

EDIT: I tried it with the Test release, and I got ANOTHER error:

QUOTE

Error writing iTunesDB file : I/O error (win32 #55)

What is going on??? (PS. this error didn't freeze up my iPod)

EDIT2: More information so maybe you can pinpoint the problem

I can "send" a small amount of songs at a time, and they show up on the iPod, however, when I try to send a whole playlist, the above error comes up. Also, "Browse iPod" in the foo_dop menu comes up clean; there's no songs or anything, even the ones I added which showed up on the iPod itself.

ONE MORE EDIT: I prepared the iPod in 0.3.1, and tried to sync in 0.3.7. "Error writing iTunesDB file : Object not found" came up again, AND I got a windows system tray message telling me that "files were not saved to K:, there could be a problem with hardware or software" (paraphrased). Syncing worked fine with Mediamonkey, so it's not the iPod.

musicmusic

Jan 4 2007, 05:02

This entire IO around the try handler that geneates that error:

CODE

    pfc::string8 path;
    pfc::string8 backup_path;
        path = m_path;
        path << "iPod_Control\\iTunes\\iTunesDB";

        newpath << path << ".dop.temp";
        service_ptr_t<file> p_file;
        filesystem::g_open_write_new(p_file, newpath, p_abort);
        p_file.release();
        backup_path << path.get_ptr() << ".dop.backup";
        if (filesystem::g_exists(backup_path, p_abort))
            filesystem::g_remove(backup_path, p_abort);

        if (filesystem::g_exists(path, p_abort))
            filesystem::g_move(path, backup_path, p_abort);
        filesystem::g_move(newpath, path, p_abort);

Whilst you may not understand c++, that should be vaguely understandable.

There are two possibilities for "Object not found" - it can't find the .temp file it just wrote at the last command, or maybe it can't find the iPod_Control\iTunes directory when opening the file. I don't think it could be the latter however (give you can send a few songs).

Given that it stops at any failure, it doesn't make much sense. But there is not much I can do about it if something is eating my temp files.

Check that your iPod is set up for manual song management. Exit any other iPod software, anti-virus software, etc.

Error #55 is "The specified network resource or device is no longer available." I.e. The iPod was ejected/removed mid-operation. Could be linked to the systray error maybe.

Browse iPod will be blank until you select something in the left list. Did you do that?

Lastly, freezing iPods etc. isn't normal, neither is that error you said turned up. Was the title "Delayed write failure"? Is write caching enabled on your iPod? It can't be good idea for removable device, you should set windows to "Optimise for quick removal". Do a chkdsk on your iPod too. Also check Event Viewer for any errors about your iPod.

2Pacalypse

Jan 4 2007, 06:41

how can i tag my music to be displayed as compilations on my ipod?

i tried tagging %compliation% to '1'

@musicmatch:

Is there any way to have the imported playlists (when loading playlists from iPod) to be removed once the iPod is disconnected? - they take over my playlist drop down menu!

and a bit off topic but does any1 know if there is a variable such as %playlistname% (i know theres active playlist for cwb hooks) - i wanna sort my playlists into section: iPod & autoplaylists (which i can use %lock%)

Ignite339

Jan 4 2007, 08:10

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 4 2007, 06:02)

Lastly, freezing iPods etc. isn't normal, neither is that error you said turned up. Was the title "Delayed write failure"? Is write caching enabled on your iPod? It can't be good idea for removable device, you should set windows to "Optimise for quick removal". Do a chkdsk on your iPod too. Also check Event Viewer for any errors about your iPod.

Yes, the error in the systray was "Delayed Write Failure". Write caching is not enabled, it is "optimized for quick removal", and always has been. Could it be that the iPod just can't handle that much information at once, given that I can send a few songs? It is quite old, but again, it worked just fine on MediaMonkey.

bvm

Jan 4 2007, 11:33

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 3 2007, 12:08)

QUOTE(bvm @ Jan 2 2007, 21:16)

Ok, I am probably being massively stupid here, but could someone help me out with the converter. I have tried every possible combination of codes I could reasonable think of.

What I want to do is to add properly tagged LAME V2 MP3s to my IPOD I am using this code

CODE

command:
C:\lame.exe -S --noreplaygain -V 2 --vbr-new - %d

Extension:
mp3

The failure I get is

QUOTE

Reason: Conversion failed - encoder failure

Presumably I don't have to convert to .wav before the conversion, do I?

If someone could post a successful code, I would be most grateful.

musicmusic, thankyou so much for this superb plugin.

You're command works fine here, so I don't think that is at fault. What version of LAME are you using? Try 3.97. What is the input file format? Try a different one. It may be specific to that format in which case I can fix it.

I am using FLAC, but its working now!

the culprit was the lack of LAME 3.97. I cant for the life of me remember what I was using before this, but that seems to be the cause. The command is working fine without the quotes around the directory path.

Thanks for the reply.

musicmusic

Jan 4 2007, 18:47

QUOTE(Ignite339 @ Jan 4 2007, 14:10)

Yes, the error in the systray was "Delayed Write Failure". Write caching is not enabled, it is "optimized for quick removal", and always has been. Could it be that the iPod just can't handle that much information at once, given that I can send a few songs? It is quite old, but again, it worked just fine on MediaMonkey.

Well, yes sending more files is going to stress things. If the iPod's HD is screwed, sending more files has more chance of hitting a bad block/whatever on the HD. It could alternatively be stressing some component of your computer (USB bus/whatever).

BTW To All: Don't use the Browse iPod command in TEST version, it has a bug and may cause a crash.

Ignite339

Jan 4 2007, 23:46

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 4 2007, 19:47)

QUOTE(Ignite339 @ Jan 4 2007, 14:10)

Yes, the error in the systray was "Delayed Write Failure". Write caching is not enabled, it is "optimized for quick removal", and always has been. Could it be that the iPod just can't handle that much information at once, given that I can send a few songs? It is quite old, but again, it worked just fine on MediaMonkey.

Well, yes sending more files is going to stress things. If the iPod's HD is screwed, sending more files has more chance of hitting a bad block/whatever on the HD. It could alternatively be stressing some component of your computer (USB bus/whatever).

BTW To All: Don't use the Browse iPod command in TEST version, it has a bug and may cause a crash.

All right, well, I can deal with sending one album at a time

Thanks for your help, and thanks for the excellent plugin!

musicmusic

Jan 6 2007, 18:18

OK, I released 0.3.8 TEST. Changes are same as earlier releases in this thread, and I also added a browser for the photos that are on your iPod. Yes, not the most useful feature, but it at least tests the Photo Database reader properly (before I maybe write a Photo Database writer

)

If you run the "Browse Photos" command, it should either burp an error, or display your photos that are stored on your iPod (not in any particular order...) It will read the database stored at "Photos\Photo Database" (not the ArtworkDB file ATM).

The actual Photo Browser itself isn't designed for anything other than for testing reasons. The Next/previous format buttons are for navigating between the different formats image formats stored on the iPod. If you receive any error trying to browse photos (other than object not found..) please let me know and post your Photo Database if possible. Thanks!

elishnevsky

Jan 6 2007, 20:25

Hi musicmusic,

Not sure if people asked this question or not. You know, iTunes has a feature, I don't remember what it's called, before you load a track to the iPod there's a checkbox that you can mark, it makes iPod to remember the position in a track when you stop it. It's particularly useful for audiobooks. Are you planning to implement such feature? Thanks.

laowai

Jan 7 2007, 19:04

Hi guys, I have tried to add UNSYNCED_LYRICS tags to the existing songs on 5.5g 80gb ipod. The lyrics was not shown by ipod first. I have tried to reload/rewrite database - no luck. But then, I have found that iTunes can see the tag and after I have once opened it with iTunes the ipod will also starts showing it! Any opinions? Thanks.

2Pacalypse

Jan 8 2007, 07:19

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 7 2007, 00:18)

I also added a browser for the photos that are on your iPod. Yes, not the most useful feature, but it at least tests the Photo Database reader properly (before I maybe write a Photo Database writer

)

This is great news! I will test it when i get home and report back. thanks for the continued work

Edit: Browser of images works fine, showed all my images! I dunno why there are 4 formats tho? thought there would just be a thumbnail and a full size

Shade[ST]

Jan 10 2007, 16:54

Added files with latest test version. Files were added and play, but other entries screw up with the letters in fast scrolling (i.e. The Hooters is sorted as H but displays a [T] overlay when fast scrolling.) This wouldn't be such a problem if it didn't also slow the scrolling considerably.

I can take pictures with a digital camera if needed. Or a video.

musicmusic

Jan 10 2007, 18:16

QUOTE(elishnevsky @ Jan 7 2007, 02:25)

Hi musicmusic,

Not sure if people asked this question or not. You know, iTunes has a feature, I don't remember what it's called, before you load a track to the iPod there's a checkbox that you can mark, it makes iPod to remember the position in a track when you stop it. It's particularly useful for audiobooks. Are you planning to implement such feature? Thanks.

Yes, it is planned

QUOTE(laowai @ Jan 8 2007, 01:04)

Hi guys, I have tried to add UNSYNCED_LYRICS tags to the existing songs on 5.5g 80gb ipod. The lyrics was not shown by ipod first. I have tried to reload/rewrite database - no luck. But then, I have found that iTunes can see the tag and after I have once opened it with iTunes the ipod will also starts showing it! Any opinions? Thanks.

Last time I checked, the field name (for mp3s) should be "UNSYNCED LYRICS" (i.e. no underscore) and also make sure the mp3 file has an id3v2 tag (use "MP3 Tag Types"). Check those and try again.

QUOTE(2Pacalypse @ Jan 8 2007, 13:19)

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 7 2007, 00:18)

I also added a browser for the photos that are on your iPod. Yes, not the most useful feature, but it at least tests the Photo Database reader properly (before I maybe write a Photo Database writer

)

This is great news! I will test it when i get home and report back. thanks for the continued work

Edit: Browser of images works fine, showed all my images! I dunno why there are 4 formats tho? thought there would just be a thumbnail and a full size

Thanks for testing

The iPod stores several formats, I didn't pay much attention to what they are for.

QUOTE

' date='Jan 10 2007, 22:54' post='463287']
Added files with latest test version. Files were added and play, but other entries screw up with the letters in fast scrolling (i.e. The Hooters is sorted as H but displays a [T] overlay when fast scrolling.) This wouldn't be such a problem if it didn't also slow the scrolling considerably.

I can take pictures with a digital camera if needed. Or a video.

Thanks, it was reported above. I guess I will just make it edit the strings so the "The" is appended (as ", The", which I guess is what iTunes did, but I don't remember). You can disable the sorting option for now if it bothers you.

Killmaster

Jan 11 2007, 03:22

ooh new feature request... make the ipod playlist an autoplaylist that automatically updates itself when the iPod is connected or updated.. that would be immensely useful

2Pacalypse

Jan 11 2007, 03:32

QUOTE(2Pacalypse @ Jan 4 2007, 12:41)

how can i tag my music to be displayed as compilations on my ipod?

i tried tagging %compliation% to '1'

bump

anybody?

inatightspot

Jan 11 2007, 09:21

how can i tag my music to be displayed as compilations on my ipod?

i tried tagging %compliation% to '1'
[/quote]

bump

anybody?

Isn't it the album artist field tagged as VA for compilations?

laowai

Jan 11 2007, 18:11

QUOTE(musicmusic @ Jan 11 2007, 01:16)

Last time I checked, the field name (for mp3s) should be "UNSYNCED LYRICS" (i.e. no underscore) and also make sure the mp3 file has an id3v2 tag (use "MP3 Tag Types"). Check those and try again.

Hey musicmusic, thanks for your advice. I am using fb2k v0.9.4.2 with MP3 preferred writing scheme set to ID3v2, writer "compatibility mode" is on (for iTunes). The tag name is "UNSYNCED LYRICS" (for MP3 files). The problem is related only to the songs that are already on the ipod. The ipod will start showing the tags, but only after the lyrics was read by iTunes once. It seems to me like iTunes changes the database record for the title to indicate the presence of the tag. Also the tags are perfectly displayed in all songs if they are added through iTunes.
I think I need something that would rescan the ipod database from files. I thought that foo_dop should do that? I've tried using "Reload ipod library metadata from files", but as I said no luck.

2Pacalypse

Jan 12 2007, 03:17

[quote name='inatightspot' date='Jan 11 2007, 15:21' post='463448']
how can i tag my music to be displayed as compilations on my ipod?

i tried tagging %compliation% to '1'
[/quote]

bump

anybody?

Isn't it the album artist field tagged as VA for compilations?
[/quote]

Having %album artist% set to VA or Various Artists just displays the artist as VA (which for some reason is at the top of the artists list) and Various Artists, they do not come under compilations menu.

inatightspot

Jan 12 2007, 16:30

[quote name='2Pacalypse' date='Jan 12 2007, 03:17' post='463612']
[quote name='inatightspot' date='Jan 11 2007, 15:21' post='463448']
how can i tag my music to be displayed as compilations on my ipod?

i tried tagging %compliation% to '1'
[/quote]

bump

anybody?

Isn't it the album artist field tagged as VA for compilations?
[/quote]

Having %album artist% set to VA or Various Artists just displays the artist as VA (which for some reason is at the top of the artists list) and Various Artists, they do not come under compilations menu.
[/quote]
I know what you mean. This link is the closest I could find to help explain things
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....;hl=compilation
foo_pod was able to mark albums as compilations just like itunes, didn't it?. If not it seems that this feature was only available using Itunes. I could be wrong, though.

2Pacalypse

Jan 13 2007, 14:11

can't remember if foo_pod was able to do it compilations. I did try playing with the code for field remapping off of foo_pod website, but had no luck

alphaex32

Jan 13 2007, 14:25

I was just wondering if it would be possible to get tracks to show up under more than one genre in the ipod database. I don't the format of the ipod database, so I'm not sure if a song can only be classified under one genre. If not, could you try to have foo_dop recognize when there are mutliple genre tags? Same question for artist and composer.