Rockbox music sync

[w1ll14m]

I've created a little batch script for synchronizing my music to my Rock(i)Pod (5g)
it uses robocopy (from M$) to copy the files to the pod.

For the people who don't know robocopy:
It's a program for copying data from one location to another,
before it copies the files it checks for existing files that are identical.
The identical files won't be copied to the pod (saves a lot of time)
edited or replaced files will be synchronized. it's for windows
machines only so far I'll try to fix a *nix script to sync files to rockpod

I've made a little Autorun script (wich seems to be malfunctioning)
if anyone is interested let me know and I'll post a zip file with the contents.

[Yotto]

For *nix, I just use cp -ru
For Windows, I use(d to use) xcopy /e /u which seems to do what you have robocopy doing.

[bascule]

For Windows, I use(d to use) xcopy /e /u which seems to do what you have robocopy doing.

That doesn't seem quite right... /u appears to force an update only:

/u : Copies files from Source that exist on Destination only

This reads to me as if it will never transfer any new music to the player, no?

[Yotto]

Sorry, haven't use Windows to copy lots of stuff in a while.  But I used to.  Maybe it was just xcopy /e and it just *knew* what to not copy. I don't remember.

[bluebrother]

For *nix, I just use cp -ru

on *nix rsync is in most cases a better alternative. The following line has been mentioned several times (syncs to the player only):

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rsync -avW --progress --size-only --delete /data/mp3/* /mnt/archos/

rsync is also available on windows.

[w1ll14m]

There are many options to syncronize music to the device,
I wrote this for my self but if anyone can use / need the script for syncing a device or something else i can post it.

this script will check if the song/file exists, if the file is modified it will replace the file with the one from the 'source'
If files exist on the device but not in the 'source' the files will be deleted
(unless you change the option in userconf.bat)

thats the functionality I wanted

so if I can help someone with this script, just ask and i'll post it

kind regards William

[mehtadone]

I wouldnt mind a copy of it.

I have used a lot of the syncing program and find them too clunky for my linking.

[bluebrother]

why don't you create a wiki page for that? The question comes around pretty regularly and attachments posted in the forums tend to get forgotten. Also, a wiki page could list various alternatives of syncing your music. Maybe such a page is also worth linking from the general FAQ page.

[w1ll14m]

Well about a wiki, it's a nice idea but i don't know how to create a wiki!
maybe someone else can do it ..

But here is the attachment

there is one bug, the localpath and extpath can't handle spaces eg:
localpathx=c:\path\to music\
extpathx=to music\

the following would work like it's supposed to work:
localpathx=c:\path\tomusic\genre\
extpathx=genre\

The subdirectory's can contain spaces, that's no problem
http://rockbox.schoorl.nu/rockbox%20sync.zip

[bluebrother]

Well about a wiki, it's a nice idea but i don't know how to create a wiki!

You don't need to create a wiki, the Rockbox website has one ;-) You just need to sign up for the wiki and create a new page (simply as accessing a new page that is nonexistant and use the "Create page" link)

there is one bug, the localpath and extpath can't handle spaces eg:

sounds like missing quotes to me ...

[bascule]

This looks promising... I like the fact that it sits on your player, rather than the PC; neat!

there is one bug, the localpath and extpath can't handle spaces eg:

sounds like missing quotes to me ...

Yes, I think this will work:

localpathx="c:\path\to music\"
extpathx="to music\"

[w1ll14m]

sounds like missing quotes to me ...

Of course i've tried that one, but it couln't fix the bug, I'll be trying some new codes to fix it

Yes, I think this will work:

localpathx="c:\path\to music\"
extpathx="to music\"

you can also try to adjust the code, it's simple and its plain text.
the files you want to edito to fix this problem are:
x:\.sync\paths.bat
x:\.sync\sync.bat

but using quotes it realy messed some things up for me

About the wiki, i will try to make one right away
which category should i use ?

[w1ll14m]

hmmm i registered on the wiki,
but when i create a page, it tells me:
Access deniend...

I have to be in some usergroup to create pages on the wiki...

i've never used wiki's before, i think thats why i don't understand how a wiki works

[bascule]

*Important note*: You will not be able to change anything in the Wiki directly after registering. You must first be added to the user group by a peer user. Join the #rockbox IRC channel, introduce yourself and ask for Wiki write permissions.

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[w1ll14m]

thanx for the reply, i have missed it i think

well the new wiki is at
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RockboxSync

ofcourse still under construction!