I am excited about this plugin. but i have a question.
i don't know how to sync playcount and lastplayed.
please teach me about that.

Hi, I'm the proud owner of a brand new iPod video, and just used foo_dop to transfer all me music, and I have to say its incredibly good.

Anyhow, I'm new to all this video jazz, and I was wondering how you actually give a video file the TV Show, Episode Number, Season Number etc tags. I read somewhere that you can get TV Shows to come up under "TV Shows" rather than "Movies" on the iPod but I have no idea how.

Thanks again for the great plugin

Hi musicmusic,

I was wondering if foo_dop has full support of audiobooks? I ask this because I just started listening to my fist audiobook in m4b format and I'm having trouble seeing the listing of chapters in the audiobooks section of the ipod after using foo-dop.

I loaded the the audiobook using iTunes, because fb2k does not recognize m4b. Yesterday, I added some songs to my iPod using foo_dop, then used "Load iPod Library" to make sure the songs were added, then disconnected.

Later, when I went to listen to my audiobook, "Audiobook" list on the iPod was blank. So, this morning I attached the iPod to iTunes, saw that the chapters were still there, then disconnected. I went back into "Audiobooks" on the iPod again, and the chapters re-appeared in the list.

Do you have any idea what may be happening? I am using fb2k 0.9.4.4, foo_dop 0.4.6 Test, and iTunes 7.3.2.6 and the iPod is a G4 grayscale.

Thanks!

Not likely Also noted different directory name (iTunes_Control vs. iPod_Control). Is it using iTunesDB? Maybe new iPods will use similar structure.

It's not possible to sync them back to your local library.

OK but I hope you know new iPods are expected this week Though don't know if foo_dop will get along with them yet..

Click: Also TV Shows need to be tagged properly to show up on the iPod (IIRC Show Name & Season Number are needed) Click here for field names.

Probably foo_dop is clearing some flag or removing some data in the database. I dont use audiobooks so this hasn't really been tested. All you did to break it was 'Send files to iPod', correct? I'll look into it then.

Thanks musicmusic, I seem to have skipped over that bit in the wiki.

[quote]All you did to break it was 'Send files to iPod', correct? I'll look into it then.[quote]
Hi,

Yes, that is correct. Thank you for looking into that for me. If you need any files sent, let me know and I get them to you.

If you could get me before (i.e. working) & after (i.e. broken) iTunesDB files it would be helpful. For the after "Rewrite iPod database" should be enough to break it (check that though).

Let me synchronize the same playlist to both and do a compare... I could also provide you any files you need.

On a side note, sadly I have not been using the iPhone as an iPod at all, largely due to lack of foo_dop. Hah!

Thanks.. but if this doesn't act as a UMSD I can't see support being added in foo_dop, sorry. Need data from new Nano 3G & Classic iPods though

hi all, just downloaded the plugin and don't know anything about it

So I've got two questions:
is there possibly to have a "albumlist" of the artist from the iPod?
is there possibly to browse ipod libary like "SCPL" instead of using external window?


thx in advance!
// Mikael

EDIT: fixed it....

Just want to say that i'am hoping for support for the new generations of ipod's one day, as of now i really can't stand the though of using itunes :/

New iPod's checksum system has changed...

check this article

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/09/15/ap...with-new-ipods/




and....

finally linux developer crack it!

http://www.monroe.nu/archives/110-iPod-Cla...-Supported.html
http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/496-iP...-Supported.html
http://digg.com/linux_unix/iPod_classic_to...rted_for_Amarok
http://digg.com/linux_unix/New_Ipod_Hash_C...rted_Once_Again

Hi mate, I have enough info now to get the classic working, but I need a little bit of info to add support for the Nano 3G. Can you get me the VID/PID (instructions - ignore remark about disk mode) and the XML property list (goto foo_dop prefs / tools and click on view ipod device info, copy all the info and PM it to me)

I'll see what i can do musicmusic!

Great component, now I don't have to open iTunes... unless I want to remove something from my iPod. I tried it with foo_dop, but it doesn't work, it shows me some kind of an error. I think it's because my filenames are too long and they got cut when transporting to iPod. Can you fix it?

And I have an idea. It would be really great, if there was an option "Eject iPod" in the context menu.
EDIT: Sorry, didn't see, that there already is such an option.

Done, info sent to you on PM =)

Probably the problem is what the error says Make sure you are using the load library command and then using the remove command on files on the iPod playlist.

OK good news is that working iPod Classic support is implemented for next version - thanks to lots of testing by Soup_Menu (Nano 3G should also work). Currently though the artwork preview in the menus isn't working - I'll be able to fix that once I get a Classic in hand in a few days. So unless anyone wants a version with that broken new version will be released when that's fixed.

musicmusic, I'd just like to say that you're such a great guy doing wonderful work lots of people greatly appreciate.

Thank you so much for all the brilliant things you did and continue doing for the foobar2000 community, and keep up a great work

(I'm in love with columns_ui and foo_dop)

Yeah, the missing coverart preview in the menus seems to be hitting all of the iTunes replacements. I know that ml_ipod has run into the same thing. I'd be happy to check out a version of it without the previews, if you want someone else with a Classic to give it a try.

Thanks again musicmusic, great component.

I've had my ipod classic 80gb delivered today and would be more than willing to give the new version a test drive if you need it.

Yeh, I have ideas but its not practical to test without the Classic in hand, so I'll find out the cause once I receive mine. Which may be next week.

About testing: I don't need it tested ATM, I know most of the issues already. But if you want to use a new version that has at least the mentioned limitation (artwork previews in menus not working) then I don't mind releasing that now.

Any chance of that release please; I can cope without the artwork previews, what I can't is replaygain->soundcheck conversion.

Done.

These are (visible) issues I know about:
* Artwork previews in menus aren't working
* Probably doesn't handle playlist folders well
* Some error dialogs (with lists of files) are a bit messy. They'll be changed to same style as gapless scan results dialog.

I just got my iPod Nano 3rd Generation with 8GB and was willing to at least try iTunes. I expected it to be a little easier. It just wouldn't do what I wanted. foo_pod, however, worked fine. Thanks for the Plugin.

Thanks for this plugin, musicmusic, it really makes my life easier with foobar200+ iPod. I have iPod classic 80Gb, and plugin works awesome. I don't care for not seening artwork previews in menus, as soon as have Artwork as Covers even in COverFlow ;-)
And it transfers my ratings as well to iPod!
Keep up the good work, thanks again

You are welcome, but foo_pod is (was..) a different component

Not sure I understood all of that, but you are also welcome Artwork previews in menus is implemented for next build anyway

BTW in regard to the latter, it will be for new tracks only. Apple made some changes to artwork handling (sparse artwork as they call it).

Just to add to the known Classic/Nano issues, it seems that music fails to play when it should for songs added by foo_dop in the (fairly ridiculous) Music Quiz 2 in the iPod Quiz game. I'm looking into it..

I want to start using this as iTunes is getting very annoying and I'm becoming hesitant in syncing my iPod. Only thing is, I've got 2 questions: can I export the checked playlist from iTunes -> Foobar so that I can quickly get the same music that I would've had on my iPod when I used iTunes as I have on foobar. Also, if I use the 'move, copy or rename' function in f2k (particularly the move & rename) will it recognise that I've moved the files and let them stay in the playlists that they are in, even though I've moved the files, or do I have to move/rename every album and then add it to the playlist that it used to be in?

Is there a way to trick the iPod to see two Genres instead of one since I have it set as a Multivalue Field? So "Metal, Folk Metal" will get put into both "Metal" and "Folk Metal" Genres instead of creating a new Genre called "Metal, Folk Metal"? Thanks, Martin.

Try %<genre>% instead of %genre%

1. If there is some way to export your playlist in iTunes into a foobar2000 compatible format then yes.
2. The "Move..." action will update all your foobar2000 playlists, yes. So if you are just using the sync function you should be OK.


No, the iPod doesn't support that. Only way is two copies of the track.

That works only in album list..

That can be solved by simply dragging, like in Explorer, no? You'd be able to move contents from an iTunes playlist into a new playlist in Foobar.

Is there any progress in the area of statistics synchronizing? Only tiny little lack keeping me on the iTunes side.

Oh, ok thanks for the answer. Might not be worth to keep retagging stuff with more than one Genre then, might as well make Playlists instead.

Probably you are right I didn't try..

Sorry, no. You mean syncing play stats from iPod back to local library?

Doing that to the file's embedded metadata is problematic: it would cause the file to be updated (copied again) on iPod at next sync. So I would prefer to do that to a local database - as I recall official foo_playcount uses such a database by default but I don't think it has an API so I can update it myself.

Well if you want multiple values for genre outside of the iPod, and if the order multiple values are specified in the track property dialog is the same order as you access them in the $meta(name,n) function then you could put the primary/preferred genre first and use a remapping in foo_dop for genre (something like "$meta(genre,0)") so the genre menu on the iPod is not messed up. If they don't use the same order it won't work, something you can look into if you wish

0.4.8 TEST 0.4.9 TEST released, see changelog for details.

Didn't manage to find cause of quiz problem on classics/nano 3gs so that remains broken.

I am also looking into some weird occurrences with playlists on my Classic.

The iTunes -> F2k drag and drop works. I made a smart playlist in iTunes for checked things, selected all and dragged the selected things into a new playlist in the F2K window.

very nice update

and the new version works great for my 4G
but I really miss the option to ignore the "The" in the artist tag

perhaps you can include again, if not, V0.4.5 works great too :/

It will come back. The problem is with the 5G - it's a complete mess there (with regards to the scroll by letter thing). With the 6G they added some stuff to make it work properly with the scroll by letter thing. So I will add it but disable it for the 5G and probably Nano 2G as I don't know if it works properly there.

I´ve just tested with an iPod Shuffle 2nd gen, works like a charm.
The song order is preserved, I didn´t notice any changes... not sure if the wiki documentation isn´t updated or if it has to do with the latest version.

cheers!

Yeah, I was having some major problems with the scroll by letter on my 5.5g. It actually screwed over my good itunes db (which I'll have to rebuild with ratings, etc.; no worries, though.), because albums kept saying "t,s,t,s,t,s,t,u" when it showed the letter overlay.

In any case, thanks for the hard work, musicmusic

Any progress on this issue? Some friends and I have been taking semi-lengthy trips by car on the weekends and having On The Go working again would be fantastic.

I would love for you to implement the ability to convert ReplayGain to SoundCheck (SoundCheck is terrible ). It's not critical, but something nice to have.

Oh I see you have implemented this, how does one go about this?

I didn't change anything in shuffle support

Hi, well you didn't really need to start over, you could have just disabled the option and used the rewrite database action.


I'm looking into it ATM

Are you using smart playlists? I've seen:
-The contents of the OTG playlist being replaced with a smart playlist (and without the clear playlist etc. items). You can get that working again by opening and closing iTunes.
-Other playlists getting the wrong contents. Only saw that once or so a while ago so not sure on the story there.


It's automatic (apart from songs converted automatically).

Does this work with the iPod Touch? Because I receive a "No iPod found!" notification.

Done.

Done..

Hi,
The problem is fixed for 0.5.0 which I will upload shortly. However, to completely get rid of the problem a correction needs to be made to any existing playlists. Opening and closing iTunes usually does that, otherwise you will have to remove all the playlists from your iPod and send them again.

Sorry the iPod Touch is not supported. I'll update the web page to make that clearer.

The lack of disk mode on the iPod Touch is the main problem That quote was written when 'Manually manage music […]' forced disk mode to be enabled as well (now only true for models with a disk mode).

I removed my old playlists and it's working perfectly. Thanks!

Well, I've recently fallen head over heels in love with my new 3 rd Generation iPod Nano. I was resisting for years because I just loathe iTunes. Finally sighed and decided I loved the iPod more than I hated iTunes.

Then I found this plugin. I am so very happy. And the plugin works perfectly for the music on my iPod.

But since I have walked out on iTunes, I can no longer copy my mp4 based videos to my iPod without using iTunes itself, and syncing with iTunes seems to require erasing everything that foo-dop puts onto it.

Is there a way to copy these videos without using iTunes?

When I simply add it to a foobar playlist and update using this plugin all I get is the audio from the video. I know these are iPod mp4 files, they copied over just fine in iTunes.

Are there any options besides going back to iTunes?

Is there any way to implement support for breaking up flac+cue images into single files in the transcoder? foo_pod had this, and atm, that is the only feature keeping me using itunes along with a duplicate media library, and i really do not like that setup.

Great! Still got the MQ2 problem to fix.. though I didn't have much luck in finding the problem so far

Put iTunes in manual mode.

This is supposed to work. What created the MP4 files? Do they show up on the audio or video list on the iPod? Do you have a sample file? (You haven't disabled the option on the advanced pref page right?)

This is supposed to work. Did you set up the conversion settings correctly? What error do you get?