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Kalinda:
Hello,

I installed Rockbox successfully and then proceeded to initialize my iPod music (which I originally loaded using GTK Pod and Winamp, not iTubes but I assume it works the same). It says it is successful, although it doesn't take very long despite my having thousands of files. Then I reboot and when I go into database it's empty. If I check the original firmware, all my music is still there.

I searched the forums and Google and couldn't find any info. Does anyone know why it won't move my music? Was it because I used GTK Pod/Winamp instead of iTunes?

Any help appreciated; thanks!

yapper:
If you go to Files instead of Database, do you see any of your music?

It's possible that you have put your files inside the .rockbox directory, which (I think) has the database.ignore file in there as standard, which would effectively tell the database to NOT add any files in that directory.

Kalinda:
No, it's not under the files thing. I've just got Calendars, Notes, and Playlists. If I try to resume playback it says "Nothing to resume".

And, alas, I can't find my music, or any music, in the .rockbox folder.

yapper:
Your music is probably in the iPod_Control directory, which is where iTunes generally places files.

Hold down Menu until you see a menu with three options (Shuffle, Show Files and Repeat), and then press Play until Show Files is set to All.

Press Menu again and then go back and check Files again. You should see the iPod_Control directory, and inside that will be a Music directory, and then you will find a number of directories F00, F01 etc that contain your music. You will also notice that the filenames are odd - welcome to Apple's world!

Kalinda:
Alrighty; I see it... Thanks!

Unfortunately, even after I re-initiated the database, I still can't see anything under Database. What should I do now?

Thanks :)

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