Re: [OT?] recreating lost iPod database
From: Nori Heikkinen (nori_at_sccs.swarthmore.edu)
Date: 11/05/04
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:39:07 -0500 To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
on Fri, 05 Nov 2004 01:06:46PM -0800, Brian Nelson insinuated:
> 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.
well, that will probably work, but there seems like there MUST be a
way to recreate this. if only i could find a reasonable explanation
of the directory structure!
> > 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.
nope, that neither. thought of that after i sent the email:
homeruns:..Pod_Control/Music/f00> id3v2 -l gtkpod00069.mp3
gtkpod00069.mp3: No ID3 tag
i think the DB must store the ID3 info was somehow stored in the
database, and these are just stripped-down music files, somehow ...
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