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[iPod 5G] Read iPod native playlists in Rb database
vcardenas:
--- Quote ---There has not been any feedback from the people who wanted this feature only from the Devs. Does anybody want me to do an IPod playlist to RB playlist converter?
GRaTT
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you are aware that the ipod playlists aren't plain text files?
here is a description of the structure of iTunesDB.
If this is not a problem for your implementation, let me know and i will send you a example file.
gratt:
--- Quote ---you are aware that the ipod playlists aren't plain text files?
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I was not! I thought they were XML files. This makes it much more interesting.
The Sansa uses UTF-16 encoding so it was not so hard of a conversion.
--- Quote ---If this is not a problem for your implementation, let me know and i will send you a example file.
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I may not be able to do this but I would not mind giving it a shot.
There is lots of info on the structure as I see from your post, and even some perl programs to work with the IPod data base (gnupod).
I wrote my sansa playlist converter in perl first, so much easier than C.
Now there is an idea, a perl interpreter for Rockbox.
Please do not expect anything but I will try.
GRaTT
Llorean:
You should probably simply refer to them as "M3U" or "M3U8" rather than "RB playlist." Some people on here miss the fact that they're a standard format, and that makes it more unclear. ;)
runawaywind:
--- Quote from: Llorean on July 14, 2007, 01:37:35 AM ---You should probably simply refer to them as "M3U" or "M3U8" rather than "RB playlist." Some people on here miss the fact that they're a standard format, and that makes it more unclear. ;)
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Agreed. It'd be accommodating iTunes playlists.
And sorry for not responding recently. After receiving criticism I didn't think it was worth any more trouble (cuz I realize you guys don't need less knowledgable ppl bothering you), but I'm pleasantly surprised that vcardenas has his own app for the job and gratt has kindly taken a look at things for a plugin. Much thanks to you guys. I haven't tried the app, but I will tomorrow. I look forward to gratt's progress (don't worry I won't expect anything).
runawaywind:
well the converter that was mentioned didn't work out. It gave me an error and I let it sit, hoping it would complete but nothing happened. I guess my last option is to go to the iTunesExport I mention in the OP. My only concern is that I still want to use iTunes, but I lose the original firmware if I don't sync with iTunes. I'll be opening up a separate thread because my accommodations are to off-topic here.
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