Bug 114451

Summary:	Problems with iTunesDB (amarok do not update it?)
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Herbert Alexander Faleiros <herbert>
Component:	Collections/iPod iPhone	Assignee:	Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jonathan.anderson, matej, opensource
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Herbert Alexander Faleiros 2005-10-15 16:55:35 UTC

Version:           1.3.3 (using KDE 3.4.3, compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.6
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.31

I can connect to my iPod, transfer music files with amarok, etc., but when I click to disconnect (it says that the device is in sync) the music files do not appears in the iPod, but the files are there, if I mount it I can see the file there. If I open the iPod with gtkpod it says:

iTunesDB '/media/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB' does not match checksum in extended information file '/media/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB.ext'
gtkpod will try to match the information using MD5 checksums. This may take a long time.

gtkpod rebuild(?) the database and the music files can be listened (I do not know what gtkpod does, bus it fix the problem caused by amarok).

Comment 1 Mike Diehl 2005-11-03 04:28:09 UTC

Moving.

Comment 2 Martin Aumueller 2005-12-30 13:20:06 UTC

gtkpod complaining about iTunesDB.ext being out of sync is normal: this is an additional database only used by gtkpod and amaroK makes no effort of updating it.

As to your songs not showing up: could it be that you are using a 4th generation or newer ipod (e.g. photo/nano)? There is a known limit of 256 songs with the kio based ipod support in amaroK 1.3.

Comment 3 Martin Aumueller 2006-01-15 02:55:29 UTC

Probably fixed in 1.4-svn.

Comment 4 Jonathan Anderson 2007-01-03 05:31:48 UTC

Nope, this is not fixed: I have the same problem with Amarok 1.4.4 on Kubuntu Feisty.

> gtkpod complaining about iTunesDB.ext being out of sync is normal: this is an
> additional database only used by gtkpod and amaroK makes no effort of
> updating it.

Well, there's something going on that the iPod cares about, because adding tracks with gtkpod works normally, but tracks added with Amarok are unplayable. The title and cover artwork appears, but then the iPod skips down through the playlist as if the files weren't there. They are, however; the iPod just doesn't "see" them.

Is there some kind of libgpod-based tool that I can use to debug this problem?

Comment 5 Martin Aumueller 2007-01-03 12:31:39 UTC

#4: your problem is completely different, as ipods are now (in 1.4) accessed via gtkpod's libgpod library. The original report was for 1.3, which used code based on the ipod kio slave.

The cause for your problem is most likely that Amarok was built against libgpod 0.3.2, whereas you now have 0.4.0 installed. Please report this problem to your distributor.

Comment 6 Jonathan Anderson 2007-01-03 18:42:09 UTC

I see... I'll try building from source against libgpod 0.4.0.

Thanks!

Comment 7 Jonathan Anderson 2007-01-03 18:54:42 UTC

I still have the same problem... I'll file a new bug.

Comment 8 Mathieu Jobin 2007-12-11 19:57:07 UTC

not so sure if this bug is related... I am using Kubuntu 7.10
I can transfer songs just fine, but the playcounts does not get updated to the itunesDB

is it something missing in Amarok?