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itunesDB to Rockbox (command prompt)

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thewall388:
Hi. I'm new to the forum. I just got the 5th generation 80 gb ipod to replace my iriver h340 which Ive had for close to 5 years, 3 of which Ive had rockbox. Rockbox lit up my mp3 experience and got me spoiled. What more can I say?  ;D So much so that I got the 80 gb 5th generation instead of the new 160gb classic which I would have so much wanted instead for size.

PROBLEM: So, Ive been following this thread and have been doing everything. I got it all to work and I got itdb2tc to spit out the .tcd files. So it seems to have worked. Problem is, after i put it into the .rockbox folder in my ipod, and booted it up, the ipod said that the database isn't ready and it must search again. Why didn't rockbox read the .tcd files i created for it?

LambdaCalculus:
These instructions are ridiculously old. Just create the database from within Rockbox (see the manual). The database will scan your iPod's entire hard drive and add any files it finds to it. Just make sure everything is properly tagged!

thewall388:

--- Quote ---The database will scan your iPod's entire hard drive and add any files it finds to it.
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I realize that, but it takes too much time and battery. I dont want to have to waste that much time every time i update the id3 tags on itunes or add files. Which is where this program is supposed to come in and take care of that.

bascule:
That app has not been updated to cope with the many database changes that have happened since it was written, so it's very unlikely to work.


--- Quote from: thewall388 on September 10, 2008, 03:49:06 PM ---...but it takes too much time and battery. I dont want to have to waste that much time every time i update the id3 tags on itunes or add files. Which is where this program is supposed to come in and take care of that.

--- End quote ---

The battery problem can be got around by running Rockbox on charger power while generating the database (http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-ipodvideo/rockbox-buildch3.html#x5-380003.3)

And if you enable dircache, the database update (for new files) is much quicker than the initial build.

Even better, if you still have your H300 and exactly the same file structure on both devices, then export your H300 database (which generates a simple text file) and import it into the ipod.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: thewall388 on September 10, 2008, 03:49:06 PM ---
--- Quote ---The database will scan your iPod's entire hard drive and add any files it finds to it.
--- End quote ---

I realize that, but it takes too much time and battery. I dont want to have to waste that much time every time i update the id3 tags on itunes or add files. Which is where this program is supposed to come in and take care of that.

--- End quote ---

You could update the app to work with the modern rockbox database.

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