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5gen ipod - Tag Cache problem
zakos:
Really? that sounds seriously wrong. I have about 13000 files on my ipod 5G and Tagcache takes less then 5 minutes to build. Could it be possible that you have hard drive issues?
lalittle:
--- Quote from: zakos on September 03, 2006, 05:39:47 AM ---Really? that sounds seriously wrong. I have about 13000 files on my ipod 5G and Tagcache takes less then 5 minutes to build. Could it be possible that you have hard drive issues?
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Wow -- that's quite a difference compared to mine. I only have the one unit and I have nothing to compare it to, but the unit operates fine, so it doesn't seem likely that it's a hardware issue. I do know that I've read other reports of tagcache taking a while, so it doesn't seem like I'm alone here.
What file types/sizes etc. are you using? I'm using mp3's, half VBR half CBR, between 160 and 200kbps average. I use the LAME encoder in JR Media Center to encode all my songs. My 5G is a 60gig. I've been using Rockbox builds between 8/12 and 8/31, mostly Senab's builds, but some raw ones.
Something is obviously amiss here, so I'd be curious to know why we are getting such different results.
Thanks,
Larry
zakos:
I have the same ipod as you, I have mostly mP3s (avg 192 bitrate) with a mix of m4a as well. I've mostly been using senab's builds, and sometimes the normal cvs builds, never had the tagcache build last longer then 5 minutes.
Have you tried to defrag at all?
condictio:
Still nothing .... :( I charged it and then initialized tag cache once again. It worked untill the battery was empty, than I connected it to computer and it continued working, but it seems that initialization uses so much energy that charging at the same time just doesn't help - it would shut down after a few minutes. All my files are mp3 mostly encoded by I-tunes... Now it says that Tag cache is not ready yet or shows a few files... It's strange, but when I initialized Tag Cache for the first time it created id3 tags database (although it wasn't working OK) - now it can't even create this database...
Maybe the problem is that when I was installing rockbox, I had to transfer all files to computer (cause rockobox can't read the databes created by orginal firmware), I did it using sharepod and it has created much more folders than it should. For example it put some tracks into few folders whereas they should be in one... And now Tag Cache just can't cope with such amount of folders.... I don't know...
lalittle:
--- Quote from: zakos on September 03, 2006, 07:14:37 AM ---I have the same ipod as you, I have mostly mP3s (avg 192 bitrate) with a mix of m4a as well. I've mostly been using senab's builds, and sometimes the normal cvs builds, never had the tagcache build last longer then 5 minutes.
Have you tried to defrag at all?
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No -- I've never defragged my iPod, but I've completely wiped it and started from scratch before, so I doubt that fragmentation is the issue.
I mispoke, however. I have some mp4 video files on the iPod. I'm wondering if Tagcache gets "stuck" on these for a while, which is something that I've seem reports on in the past.
Thanks again,
Larry
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