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[iPod 5G] Read iPod native playlists in Rb database
polygonal:
--- Quote from: etien on August 15, 2007, 05:05:00 AM ---[EDIT] having trouble finding foo_dop, the page of the dev doesn't open, hopefully this has not been abandonned. If someone had an alternative link (ie not starting with www.yuo.be), would appreciate, thanks.
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foo_dop is not abandoned. Don't think "www" should be in the link - try http://yuo.be/ipod.php
The support thread at hydrogenaudio forum is here http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=d4a6ec70bca940d7722e9ca395fc1b1e&showtopic=45160
etien:
I was indeed trying to access yuo.be (with no www), but it was probably maintenance that kept it offline. It's back on now, Cheers!
ell1ps1s:
--- Quote from: etien on August 15, 2007, 05:05:00 AM ---Unfortunately I'm one of those darn macusers so sadly no Foobar for me...
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If you're on a Mac, pretty much everything within iTunes is accessible to AppleScript. It shouldn't be too difficult to write a script to get the pathnames of the files on an iPod and write a text file of those.
This site has a number of useful AppleScripts for iTunes. I don't see one that converts iTunes playlists to m3u, but the code of all the scripts there is available, so you can use them as tutorials towards one that does what you want.
I've been playing with something similar, but right now it's too specific to my own environment to be of much use to anyone else. If there's interest out there I could look at making it more general, and maybe posting it on the wiki.
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EDIT: After further investigation, 'not too difficult' is probably an overstatement. If you're simply using an iPod as a hard drive, then getting pathnames of the files on it is simple. However, if you're using iTunes to manage the music on the iPod, and the music files are therefore stored in the secret Apple directory structure, that appears to be trickier. I'm still looking into it, but I'm not promising results at this stage.
ashvash:
--- Quote from: polygonal on August 14, 2007, 05:32:55 PM ---For those of you still trying to find a solution, I suggest trying foobar2000 with a plugin calls foo_dop. It should read the itunes database fine and converts all playlists into foobar playlists (and I think recently it starts to support smart playlist converting to foobar2000's autoplaylist as well). And from that you can easily save those playlists to m3u or m3u8, which will be understood by rockbox.
Additionally, foo_dop lets you have your own folder structure (instead of the F00, etc. folders) and build a itunes database with that as well. That means that you can save your music in logical format, i.e. something like \music\artist\album\trackname and can still use the original firmware when you want to. It is worth a try - and you can't go much wrong since foobar2000 is one of the best audio players around.
EDIT: spelling and grammar : )
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hi i have a 5.5g 80gb..not getting the foobar plugin to work. i want to be able to drop folders into the ipod's root directory with my mp3 in them. but i want the native OS to have access to that stuff as well, because rockbox will not work with my ihome system or my phillips ipod dock.
thanks
GodEater:
Yeah, I never got foo_dop to work like that either.
Apparently later versions of the Ipod firmware refuse to load music from folders outside the Ipod_Control\Music directory, even if the itunes database on the ipod says the files are elsewhere.
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