REQUEST: IPOD integration...

**guino** · 08-22-2005, 11:33 AM

I can tell you from the library files I got from tim that the ipod library files are not the same as the winamp library files.. so this might be a lot harder than it looks.. anyway, I did pm him about borrowing the ipod for testing.. in any case, I always knew that getting folder-based player (like the 40Gb iRirver I have) would be the easiest to use it with anything else (In RR you can simply add a Browse.rrl link)...

**RoyN** · 08-22-2005, 11:36 AM

(Guino, talknig about browse.rrl, I have my CD drive in there, but if I dont have a disk in and accidntally try accessing my cd drive it will freeze up for a long time... anything that can be done there or is it a windows limitation the windows "freezing up" when trying to read from an empty drive? - this also happens when the usb dvd drive is just unplugged)

**Enforcer** · 08-22-2005, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by timwiththebo

Right, I got a PM from Guino asking to find the file that indexes all the songs on the ipod.

I thought I could find a piece of software that would monitor all the files on my hard drive and would notify me when a file is changed/added. Unfortunately I couldn't get anything I downloaded to work and couldn't find any obvious file that was being changed/added when I connected my ipod.

Can anyone help here?
Does anyone know any software that has the functionality I mentioned above?
Can anyone work out what file is indexing the songs on the ipod?

Come one guys, lets make this happen!

Have you tried filemon?

**timwiththebo** · 08-23-2005, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by guino

so this might be a lot harder than it looks...

You know you love the challenge Guino!

I posted a question in the winamp ml_ipod forum about where this file that indexes the songs on the ipod might be on the hard drive. I got the following reply from the current plugin's developer:

Originally Posted by Will, the ml_ipod developer

No such file exists.

There is a database file on the iPod itself which mlipod reads from, X:\iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesDB where X is the iPod drive letter.

So end of search, the file doesn't exist! Does this help at all Guino? If you are serious about implementing this into RR (which I hope you are) then maybe you should conact Will - his email is: will at mlipod dot com

**ddogg_777** · 08-23-2005, 10:22 AM

I think you all should pool together and get Guino and Ipod, it would make the chore easier...

Just a suggestion, I don't even have one...

**mykolJay** · 08-23-2005, 10:34 AM

an ipod mini is $180...I'll throw in $5

**guino** · 08-23-2005, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by RoyN

(Guino, talknig about browse.rrl, I have my CD drive in there, but if I dont have a disk in and accidntally try accessing my cd drive it will freeze up for a long time... anything that can be done there or is it a windows limitation the windows "freezing up" when trying to read from an empty drive? - this also happens when the usb dvd drive is just unplugged)

This depends on the drivers/O.S. .. here, if if I try to access the CD and the drive is empty, it will simply not do anything (as it was meant to)..

**guino** · 08-23-2005, 11:05 AM

DiNASTY is sending me an ipod for testing.. so I'll keep you guys posted...

**wsudu** · 08-23-2005, 02:17 PM

There is a software out called Tune Transfer that when hooked up to your iPod allows you to see the songs on it and transfer them to another computer while not disrupting the link to the origional iTunes library. You might be able to look into that and do something similar. So you can keep adding new songs from your desktop to the iPod and then take it to the car and RR could see them. Its about $20, just an idea.

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