Ipod - Itunes layout or drag and drop

[vocrobot]

I have been wondering for a while now how many people who have RB on their iPod keep the music set up so they can listen via the original firmware therefore just using the database to find music via Rockbox, or dispense with that method and drag and drop everything via album folders.

What I miss about having the music set up like that is that when you have playlists you can't go in and see the track names, you just get the iTunes re-named files. Obviously because of the difference between the two this can't be helped but because I don't feel totally confident using Rockbox yet I prefer to have my music organised so it works with the OF just in case I get a bit stuck.

Who uses which method, just interested that's all


PAUL

[GodEater]

Unsurprisingly for a Rockbox veteran, I dispensed with iTunes and its evil methods the moment I rockbox'd my iPod.

[vocrobot]

I am very tempted to do that but there are a few little things about the original firmware that I still like the main one being playlists are a lot easier to compile but the sound quality isn't as good. I also have some videos so I would be going into OF semi-regularly but most of my content is music.

[evilnick]

Maybe it'd be best to use the OF for video and Rockbox for music then?

[Chronon]

I haven't used Rockbox on an (5g) iPod for a few years but when I had one I found my music gradually all migrated into a sensible tree structure.  I basically used it as evilnick suggested.

[audio-i]

...but there are a few little things about the original firmware that I still like the main one being playlists are a lot easier to compile...

There are many (free) programs to generate and manage playlists (actually to manage your music), that Rockbox can play without any further modification. That's true even for automatic & smart playlists generating. You can even convert your current itunes playlist, you won't lose them.

[Yotto]

I bought an iPod Video specifically to put Rockbox on it. In the 4 years I've owned it it's been in the original firmware a half dozen times or so and each time I have to tell it I speak English. I've never listened to music, watched a video, or done anything else with it. In fact, I think that most of the times I went into the original firmware was to show a friend that - indeed - you still could.

So, to answer your question, I've never done anything with iTunes or the iPod's database.

[soap]

I bought my 5G before Rockbox had audio support for it, but with the intention of migrating to Rockbox ASAP.  Even back in the early days when battery life was ~50 of Apple's, folder structure support was a most compelling feature for me.