Re: [Bug-gnupod] DESC field in iTunesDB

[H. Langos]

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 12:54:33PM +0200, Richard van den Berg wrote:
> On 5/8/09 11:51 AM, H. Langos wrote:
>> Smart playlists can have a "desc" attribute? I didn't know that. Does  
>> tunes2pod retain it? If so, could you send me the relevant lines from 
>> your
>> GNUtunesDB.xml ? I will probably not do anything with it but I'm curious.
>>   
>
> I created it with iTunes, and it filled the playlists with the songs  
> currently on the iPod. From GNUtunesDB.xml:
>
> <smartplaylist checkrule="spl" limititem="song" limitsort="artist"  
> limitval="25" liveupdate="1" matchany="1" moselected="" name="Veere"  
> plid="292683058" >
>   <spl action="CONTAINS" field="DESCRIPTION" string="/somedir/" />
>   <splcont id="2771" />
> [snip]
>   <splcont id="2769" />
> </smartplaylist>
>
> <smartplaylist checkrule="spl" limititem="song" limitsort="random"  
> limitval="25" liveupdate="1" matchany="1" moselected="" name="Random"  
> plid="3323171954" >
>   <spl action="!eq" field="playlist" string="292683058:292683058" />
>   <splcont id="2693" />
> [snip]
>   <splcont id="2735" />
> </smartplaylist>

Ah, I see. You are filtering for the content of the description field. I
thought the _playlist itself_ had a description and I was wondering
how/where the ipod would have shown it.

> But since they are liveupdate smart playlists, after adding more mp3s  
> using gnupod (not from /somedir/) and without running iTunes, they did  
> show up in the playlist named "Random". Which is exactly what I want.
>
>> Could be. Could you test if the "desc" attribute in combination with the
>> "lyrics_flag" attribute result in displayed lyrics? Apart from the "desc"
>> attribute i wouldn't know where the lyrics could be stored.
>>   
>
> I forced the lyrics_flag to 1 in mk_mhit() but I still don't see the  
> description. Pressing the center button I still cycle through:
>
> volume -> position -> artwork -> rating

strange. which generation ipod is that?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353

cheers
-henrik