Cool. I think Ubuntu could make a good OS for basic stuff, but it does need some more polish. And fix that mencoder bug
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Gudanov - May 01, 2007 11:23:28 am PDT #1445 of 25496
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aurelia - May 01, 2007 6:52:25 pm PDT #1446 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
iTunes help!
I have all my music on an external firewire drive. In preferences I have pointed iTunes to the correct folder on that drive, but none of the songs show up in my music library (in the iTunes screen) unless I double click the file in the folder. Is this because I lost a directory file when the old computer died? Will I have to double-click every song? Are my ratings and playlists lost forever or can I get all these things from the iPod? Which leads to the next issue...
The new computer only has one firewire port. All the music is on an external firewire drive. The external drive does have an additional firewire port. Can I connect the iPod thru the external drive?
tommyrot - May 01, 2007 7:05:37 pm PDT #1447 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm not sure what the problem is (but I think it's fairly common for external drive users). Did you try the "Reset" button in the Preferences / Advanced screen? Did you try specifying the folder again? Do you have "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" checked?
Not sure if any of these is/are the solution....
aurelia - May 01, 2007 7:21:56 pm PDT #1448 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Yes, yes, and yes. And I tried quitting iTunes after specifying the folder. I didn't have this problem when I first put the music on this drive (with the old computer).
I kind of wonder if I should use the iPod as my starting point. I'll lose some things that I haven't synced, but I probably won't remember what they were.
esse - May 02, 2007 12:11:31 am PDT #1449 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
aurelia, it might be worth deleting the aliases in your itunes library and starting over from scratch. allowing the library to relearn where all your songs are could fix it.
le nubian - May 02, 2007 4:10:30 am PDT #1450 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think what you need to do is go back, re-specify your itunes library, check keep itunes library organized.
Then go to Advanced --> Consolidate Library
tommyrot - May 02, 2007 10:55:23 am PDT #1451 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
aurelia - May 02, 2007 3:27:21 pm PDT #1452 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've tried the suggestions from SA and le nubian. Now I have a completely empty iTunes library.
I also tried replacing the iTunes music folder on the hard drive with an alias of the iTunes music folder on the external drive. No love.
I'm at a loss.
How about the firewire connection question? Can I connect the iPod thru the external drive?
-t - May 02, 2007 3:33:17 pm PDT #1453 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Can I connect the iPod thru the external drive?
That's what I do, but my external drive also calls itself a hub, so I'm not sure how universal that answer is. It seems like it should work, though, you're just daisy chaining peripherals.
Edited because I remembered something possibly important. At least on mine, to use the firewire ports on the drive, it has to be connect to the computer via firewire, ditto for USB, so if your iPod cable is firewire you should be golden. So to speak.
-t - May 02, 2007 3:37:15 pm PDT #1454 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, also, did you try leaving the original iTunes folder on the computer in place, and putting an alias to the folder on the drive inside of it? Replacing didn't work for me, but nesting did.