Re: [OT?] recreating lost iPod database
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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