How to get my iTunes Playlists/ratings onto rockbox

[HiddenShadow]

I've tried looking everywhere (or maybe every wrong place) and couldn't find any info about getting my iTunes playlists onto rockbox, I've tried transfering itunes playlists to winamp to make a m3u/pls (which ever rockbox uses, forgot what i did back then..) which failed horribly since I could only make it with the mp3s pathed on my local disk instead of my ipod. So, does anyone know how to transfer iTunes playlists or ratings to the database in rockbox?

Im sort of looking for something other than, "start over and re rate all your songs and redo your playlists", however just figuring out how to do the ratings will suffice, but I'd still like to know how to do both.

[bluebrother]

There are 3rd party tools that allow exporting your itunes playlists to m3u, which can be read by Rockbox. If those playlists keep the correct folder structure Rockbox will work fine with them -- an added drive letter will get stripped.

You can't convert itunes ratings to Rockbox.

[HiddenShadow]

Ok, thanks, but is it possible to convert the playlist and then make every track in that playlist rated (like make then all 10's etc)? or is it just easier to add tracks i like by adding tracks onto the pre-existing playlist instead of changing the ratings?

[Chronon]

Doesn't iTunes use a database for all of that stuff?  Rockbox just uses standard M3U playlists so I'm not sure what you mean by storing the rating in the playlist.

[HiddenShadow]

Doesn't iTunes use a database for all of that stuff?  Rockbox just uses standard M3U playlists so I'm not sure what you mean by storing the rating in the playlist.

The database has a rating system in place, does it not?

[Chronon]

Yes, but there's not a desktop application that will make the conversion from Apple's iTunesDB to the Rockbox runtime database.  Maybe you could write one.   

[HiddenShadow]

HAHA, you wish, I have no programming skills whatsoever, used to barely know VB, but thats gone too now.   

Thanks for the help tho, ill try the playlist thing again, and hopefully i'll get it to work this time.

[Chronon]

Try here:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/UsefulTools#Playlist_Tools

[HiddenShadow]

Try here:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/UsefulTools#Playlist_Tools

Yay, playlist converter, and then some! I have to learn how to use that wiki some day, but I really wish it were a "standarized" wiki like on wikipedia and other sites. And that UsefulTools page should be added onto extras shouldn't it? I mean, its pretty useful.. 

Thanks

[Llorean]

There's no such thing as a wiki "standard." I expect you just mean you wish we used MediaWiki, but not all tools are equally suited for all purposes, and Twiki got chosen for this one.

[Zardoz]

It would be nice if the rockbox wiki was searchable

[Llorean]

That would be what the "Search" link on every page of the wiki in the top left next to the Go box is for. If you click it, you get to this page http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch that lets you search the wiki...

[Zardoz]

"Search" doesn't work so well. The wiki site could be improved no end.

[Llorean]

You asked that it be searchable. I just intended to point out that it can, in fact, be searched.

Twiki is open source. Any improvements you feel that could be made to it, feel free to contribute to their project.

[Zardoz]

It can be searched of course. It takes two or three clicks to get there. That's bad design in my opinion