On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 12:01:36 -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i managed to write the blank database that gtkpod was displaying to my > iPod -- at least, that's what i think has happened.
What is the output of 'ls -l ~/.gtkpod`? > now, when i start up gtkpod, sometimes it'll give me an error about not > being able to read the iTunesDB, sometimes not. but it shows that i > have no files. Do you have the "Offline" flag set? What happens if you * run gtkpod without connecting your iPod; * select "Offline" mode; * select "File->Read iTunes DB"? > the iPod itself shows that i have no music, no artists, no anything. it > also shows that i have 18.5G used, and 2.8G available. Do you mean the display on the iPod shows no tracks under the various entries? > so what i need to do is recreate the table, if possible. Have you looked at the command-line tools in gnupod? > i'm not sure this is possible, because the mp3 files in the > iPod_Control/Music/f* folders don't appear to have id3 tags: > > homeruns:..Pod_Control/Music/f00> file gtkpod00069.mp3 gtkpod00069.mp3: > MPEG 1.0 layer 3 audio stream data, 48 kBit/s, 44.1 kHz, stereo > > homeruns:..Pod_Control/Music/f00> id3 -l gtkpod00069.mp3 > gtkpod00069.mp3: No ID3 tag. Could it be that 'id3' only knows about ID3V1 tags and your files have only ID3V2 tags? (I purged 'id3' because it didn't do anything I wanted, so I don't remember.) If it seems useful, try running EasyTag. I copied one file from my iPod to my home directory, and it has an ID3 tag. > any ideas on where to go from here? Is section 5.6, "Restore your iPod" in the gtpod documentation any help? > i'd really like to recover this data, if at all possible! I know what you mean. > also, ideas of where i'd be better off asking this question would rock > ... Gmane (http://gmane.org/) has a newsgroup, gated from a mailing list, named gname.comp.ipod.gtkpod -- with very little traffic. However, it's a free service, so it might be worth a try. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
