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Bug 601152 - can't really create playlists on iPod
can't really create playlists on iPod
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: general
0.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-11-08 14:20 UTC by Andrew Ziem
Modified: 2010-10-02 11:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Fixes ipod playlist handling (2.28 KB, patch)
2010-10-02 10:24 UTC, Christophe Fergeau
committed Details | Review

Description Andrew Ziem 2009-11-08 14:20:37 UTC
When I create a playlist on my iPod, I can only see it in Rhythmbox.  In my iPod, the playlist is not listed, but when I re-connect my iPod, Rhythmbox sees the playlist again.

If I remember correctly, an older version of Rhythmbox worked because my iPod does show some old playlists.

Fedora 11 32-bit
rhythmbox-0.12.3-1.fc11.i586
idVendor           0x05ac Apple, Inc.
idProduct          0x1260 iPod Nano 2.Gen
Comment 1 joelbrunetti 2009-11-09 08:15:39 UTC
I can confirm this bug. It has been with me for quite some time. I see exactly the same problem as above. The podcasts also don't work but that is a byproduct as podcasts are simply a playlist.

If I subsequently use gtkpod the podcast playlist works for me. 

Workaround: Use rhythmbox to manage music, close rhythmbox, open and save ipod using gtkpod. 

Debian amd64 testing/unstable/experimental (sorry)
rhythmbox 0.12.5
ipod: 4th gen nano & classic
Comment 2 Christophe Fergeau 2009-11-09 08:31:54 UTC
I just tested it with rhythmbox and the latest libgpod and it worked. What libgpod version are you using?
Comment 3 Andrew Ziem 2009-11-09 14:40:03 UTC
I use libgpod 0.7.0-2.fc11.  I tried gtkpod, but it crashes frequently
Comment 4 joelbrunetti 2009-11-09 15:03:13 UTC
I have debian version 0.6.0-6 AND version 0.7.2-1.1 installed. 

from apt-cache showpkg rhythmbox is using 0.6.0 but I don't know how to get rhythmbox to confirm this.

I'm going to bed 0.6.0 doesn't support playlists but I have to get to work.
Comment 5 Christophe Fergeau 2010-06-15 13:47:35 UTC
Do you still have this issue?
Comment 6 Andrew Ziem 2010-06-19 19:20:31 UTC
Still a problem on rhythmbox-0.12.8-4.fc13.i686 on Fedora 13 (with same iPod hardware as above).  Now I am noticing also several "import errors" (maybe they were there before??)
Comment 7 joel 2010-07-03 01:08:06 UTC
I have been experiencing this issue for quite some time as well.

The read/write speeds on my iPod are so painfully slow that I usually don't try to reproduce problems (instead I just plug it into my Mac at work and fix playlists, etc. that way.)

That being said, here are some details on the issue as I experience it:

* Start rhythmbox
* Plug in iPod
* Create new playlist on iPod
* Add songs from the iPod library (ie. not the local library) to new playlist
* Sanity check: observe; songs are indeed in the playlist
* Eject the iPod (right-click in rhythmbox -> eject)
* Wait for the iPod to completely disconnect
* Unplug iPod

BUG: Observe; the new playlist cannot be found on the iPod
EXPECTED: see a new playlist with songs in it

Continuing...

* Reconnect iPod to computer

BUG: Observe; the recently added playlist is available, but is now empty
EXPECTED: at this point I'm not really sure, although since the playlist is still there, I would expect it's contents to be intact.

Further notes:
Using the above sequence of operations, the bug is reproducible every time.  Also, rhythmbox does successfully add songs to playlists if the playlist was already created (through iTunes, On The Go Playlist, etc.)  It only seems to fail when creating a new playlist.

       OS: Ubuntu 10.04 (x86_64)
rhythmbox: 0.12.8-0ubuntu7
 libgpod4: 0.7.93-0ubuntu1
   device: iPod Video 60 GB MA147LL (5th Generation) (OS v1.3)

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.  I would be willing to compile/install from source, apply patches, test, etc. if that helps.
Comment 8 Charles P. Collins IV 2010-08-03 08:19:32 UTC
This issue also affects a 1G nano, and iphone 3g

Ejecting from within Rhythmbox, "Safely removing the drive" from the gnome desktop, and Ejecting / Unmounting from the desktop do not "trigger" the playlist to write either.

If a song was transferred to the ipod prior to Rhythmbox (from  itunes on windows) it will be added to the playlist, but songs transferred via Rhythmbox will not.

This affects many users. More info here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/496681

https://bugs.launchpad.net/rhythmbox/+bug/117925
Comment 9 Christophe Fergeau 2010-10-02 10:24:45 UTC
Created attachment 171561 [details] [review]
Fixes ipod playlist handling
Comment 10 Jonathan Matthew 2010-10-02 10:28:50 UTC
Review of attachment 171561 [details] [review]:

Looks OK to me.
Comment 11 Christophe Fergeau 2010-10-02 11:48:19 UTC
fixed in f487224746a591a56f49a7f14c2a7449e466ca57