Re: [OT?] recreating lost iPod database

From: Brian Nelson (pyro_at_debian.org)
Date: 11/05/04

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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:06:46 -0800

    Nori Heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> writes:

    > 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. all
    > consistent.
    >
    > so what i need to do is recreate the table, if possible. my only
    > other option, afaict, is to delete all the files in there from the
    > iPod_Control/Music/f* folders (can i just say: weirdest directory
    > structure _ever_?!) and then dump everything on again. NOT what i
    > want to do.

    That's what I'd try. Of course, you should back it up before trying it.

    > 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.

    ID3 tags are required, I believe. The files probably just have id3v2
    tags, which id3 can't read. 

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