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iTunesDB to Tag Cache converter
Adam:
Ok, well here's what I have now:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ConvertiTunesDBtoTagCache
Should I put a link to it from the IPodFAQ page, under the other suggestion involving foo_pod?
Llorean:
That would be a good idea.
mikeage:
At the risk of asking a really stupid question... what good is this? TagCache itself is quite good at scanning the disk and creating it's own DB.
foo_pod is useful because it allows the creation of an iTunesDB file, without moving around files. This seems like it would only help by saving a little bit of battery life.
Or am I missing something really obvious?
Llorean:
If you have a small capacity player, like the Nano, and use iTunes to manage it, you could potentially replace the entire contents of the player while resyncing it for a trip or something. The program could regenerate TagCache much more quickly without Rockbox having to deal with a massive change in the file contents, or reinitializing. As well it'll be much faster than TagCache Initialization I imagine.
Adam:
I've been asked a lot about why, here's some of my reasons:
* Many of my files aren't tagged
* It takes too long to scan everything
* I'm happy with how everything is set up in the iTunesDB
Pretty much I want something that takes a few seconds to run, leaves me with the same interface to my files as I had with the Apple firmware, and doesn't change anything that doesn't need changing.
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