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| From | Greg Cagle <gregc@gregcagle.com> |
| Subject | Re: iPod question |
| Date | Thu, 11 May 2006 09:53:23 -0700 |
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Matthew George said the following on 5/11/2006 9:49 AM:
> Greg Cagle wrote:
>
>> Right - the MP3 (or AAC) files are the same ones; the problem is that
>> the ipod itself renames them and puts them in its own directory
>> structure.
>
> The Media Library iPod plugin for Winamp copies the files to your hard
> drive with ID3 tags intact, and even puts them into Artist/Album
> directories for you.
>
> This is what I use - http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=138888
>
> Or do you mean that something in your setup prevents you from doing
> this? I frequently load MP3s onto my iPod through iTunes at home, then
> copy them onto another computer at work using Winamp.
But if you look at the files *on* the ipod (as a hard drive while it
is connected to a computer), they are renamed and reorganized into
its own directory structure. One would assume this is to speed up
directory lookups and database management. The files themselves
are intact, however. I would guess that the Media Library plugin
renames files and builds a directory structure on the fly based on
the ID3 tags.
- Greg
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