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[iPod 5G] Read iPod native playlists in Rb database
bluebrother:
--- Quote from: runawaywind on July 05, 2007, 09:06:50 PM ---My gripe however, it is not quite as easy to actually replace playlists if it's really to be a r"eplacement."
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Rockbox isn't intended to be a replacement firmware that copies the original but a replacement that has nothing to do with the original firmware. It happen to have a similar purpose though ...
IOW, no devs are interested in how the original firmware works. Which also implies the way how things are handled by the original firmware. This applies not only to the database but also to all other aspects of the firmware.
GodEater:
--- Quote from: bluebrother on July 06, 2007, 10:24:59 AM ---This applies not only to the database but also to all other aspects of the firmware.
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i.e. if you prefer how the original firmware works - then go use it - no-one's making you use Rockbox :)
runawaywind:
--- Quote from: GodEater on July 06, 2007, 01:27:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: bluebrother on July 06, 2007, 10:24:59 AM ---This applies not only to the database but also to all other aspects of the firmware.
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i.e. if you prefer how the original firmware works - then go use it - no-one's making you use Rockbox :)
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That makes sense. Unfortunately I am not satisfied with the original firmware. I like certain aspects of both firmwares and realize there are advantages to having both (hence it allows dual boot).
I don't mean to slam Rockbox either. In fact I wrote a favorable review of it at http://liquidparallax.com/2007/07/02/upgrade-your-ipod-with-rockbox/.
--- Quote from: Llorean on July 05, 2007, 09:30:29 PM ---The Rockbox database isn't meant to copy the iTunes DB. It's the Rockbox database. It's existed on one form or another since before Rockbox ran on iPods.
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I wasn't clear in what I was trying to say. It doesn't copy iTunesDB, but it does scan the contents (audio files) that are associated with it.
In the end this is a trivial problem for me, but maybe there are other devs willing to tackle other problems I describe in my review.
Llorean:
It NEVER scans the contents of the iTunes Database. It scans the files present on your player and organizes their metadata into its own database.
If you took the exact same music files and put them on a Gigabeat, you'd have the same results, with not iTunes database present at any point along the way.
If you meant to say "It creates a database from the same music files that iTunes does" then your argument could as easily be turned around to say that iTunes creates one from the same files as our database does, in which case I still don't understand your point.
saratoga:
If you want to import itunes playlists, you should write a plugin that does it.
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