vPod-like management software for Rockbox'ed iPods?

[HalloweenJack]

Hi

First post, be kind! :-)

I'm a big fan of the iPod-management style of the (windows-only, freeware) program "vPod" (http://www.vonnieda.org/software/vpod).
I've used it before, but can't use it now becuase it doesn't support the newest Apple-firmwares and is Windows-only (I'm currently using OS X).

The concept is that it loads the contents of a music-source folder on your PC with (presumably) all your music.
You can then easily mark/unmark the artists/albums/songs you want to sync to your iPod.



Use iTunes, you say? Well iTunes can synch chosen playlists etc., but you can't have the complete and easy overlook over what you've synched and _what you haven't synched_ like vPod offers.

So my plea to the Rockbox-team (or someone willing and able) is:
Can you please make a similar program/script/solution for Rockbox?
It can't be too hard to make a small program that compares the contents on your player with a folder on your PC?

I know Rockbox is all about having full control over your hardware and being able to drag & drop/delete files without using any 3rd party software, but really miss the management-style vPod offers.

My 5.5g iPod is currently using iPod firmware/iTunes, but if a feature like I'm describing above would be made it's going back to Rockbox in no time! :-)


Regards from Norway
Magnus

[zajacattack]

Why not just have your music sorted into folders, and then use drag-and-drop to transfer and un-transfer music?

Also, you could get the ball rolling by starting to code this. I'm sure some people would jump on board.

[Llorean]

What does this even have to do with Rockbox specifically? It's entirely PC-side, it just needs to copy files to a UMS device. Rockbox doesn't care how the files get on the device.

[dreamlayers]

There are lots of file synchronization utilities.   If your music collection is organized into folders, you'll probably find some file synchronization utility which you like.  If your music is tagged but not organized into folders, you can organize it into folders based on tags.

[XavierGr]

As zajacattack already said: Immediately stop using iTunes. That's one of the most welcomed aspects of Rockbox, it doesn't obligates you to use bloatware programs that in the end will only cause you headache.

Once you stop "synchronizing" (and instead organize your music in folders) you can have both the Database and the File Tree View. Instead now you are only limited to Database.

[HalloweenJack]

Thanks for the replies.

On second thought, I guess this isn't the responsibility of the Rockbox-software...
Maybe I should ask the Songbird-crew to make it easy to check/uncheck/synch/unsynch artists and albums, not just songs (which iTunes already can do).

dreamlayers:
Any programs for OS X which you can recommend for synching?


regards
Magnus
 

[zajacattack]

If you like iTunes, I can recommend http://www.badfruit.com/
They have a plug-in so that you can use iTunes with other DAP's.

[PaperArtillery]

Winamp and ml_iPod ought to be what you are looking for - ten times the sync functionality of iTunes, and it won't complain about the "weird" Rockbox firmware.  Plus, it supports album art and all kinds of other things, so I recommend you give it a try.