On 10/09/2010 08:35 PM, Aleksandr wrote:
On 10/09/2010 01:26 PM, Michael Martin-Smucker wrote:
I'm not positive on the inner workings of the
"rebuild database" option, but from experience, I'm pretty sure
that you won't be able to sync it with iTunes again unless you
restore it in iTunes first. Really this isn't a terrible thing,
because it probably isn't a great idea to try to manage your
iPod with iTunes and Banshee at the same time; you'll just have
to pick one or the other. The good news is, it won't do
anything irreversible. If for some reason you need to use iTunes
again, you can always let iTunes restore the iPod.
I'm even less sure about this part, but I *think* that
rebuilding the database with Banshee should leave the music on
the iPod intact, but I know for a fact that restoring with
iTunes will wipe off everything on the iPod and you'll have to
sync everything again (which can be time consuming, especially
if your iPod is filled to anywhere near its 160 GB capacity).
Hope that helps, and I hope someone else will come along
and clarify/fill in any gaps,
Michael
Thanks for the reply. In truth I've been working with GtkPod for
a few days and have found it not so difficult to use but Banshee
seems to be more like iTunes and therefore more agreeable to use.
The warning of messing up the database had me concerned. I messed
up my iPod's playlists using GtkPod (late at night) but the
re-syncing using iTunes took a long time but it restored the iPod
to what I had on it.
Do I assume correctly that even if Banshee messes up the database
that I can reconnect it to iTunes and that'll restore the iPod to
way it was before the trouble?
Thanks, again, for the help.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:09 PM,
Aleksa wrote:
When I hooked up my
iPod 160 g Classic to Banshee I got the message- "Unable
to read your iPod"
It gave the option to Rebuild iPod Database.
What does that mean and will it effect my iPod so that I
can't use it with iTunes again? What are the
consequences to my iPod for letting Banshee rebuild the
database?
I hooked up my iPod to Banshee and let it rebuild the database.
About 50% of the tracks were listed as "unknown". They still played
fine but the "unknown" track name- how can I fix that?
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