RE: EphPod "iPod locked" error and bad index

I use Kazaa Lite and I need the most efficient way to transfer songs to Ipod

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Joe Masters
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 9:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Ephpod] EphPod "iPod locked" error and bad index

Give iTunes a shot.  EphPod and iTunes should play nice together, as 
long as you don't use them at the same time.

--joe



Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:

>On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:45:30 -0500 Joe Masters wrote:
>
>; After you transfer your files, can you check to see whether they're on 
>; the iPod?  (iPod_Control\Music\F?? folders)?
>
>Yes, they are there on the iPod.  1268 mp3 files totaling 10.7G bytes
>in 20 "Fxx" directories (F00 through F19).
>
>; Can you check to see the last updated time on the iTunesDB?
>
>iPod_Control\iTunes\iTunesDB is time stamped the last time EphPod ran
>and is listed as 1K in size.  There is also an iTunesDB.backup file of
>922K bytes, which is time stamped the +previous+ time I ran EphPod.
>
>Running a test, I can probe the iPod for lost music which populates the
>list and creates the iTunesDB file.  This file is retained when EphPod
>closes, but apparently disappears when I "eject" the iPod using the
>same bog-standard "Safely remove hardware" command that I've always
>used.
> 
>; I'm wondering if (a) It's sending the files to the correct drive (is 
>; there an iPod_Control directory on any of your other drives?), and (b) 
>
>It is sending to the correct drive.  That was actually the first thing
>I checked, since I have two internal hard drives and two external
>"removable" hard drives, including the iPod.  The music files are being
>sent to the iPod, and the time stamps on the mp3 files on the iPod
>correspond to my sync attempts.
>
>; if it's actually updating the database file.
>
>It appears so, but for some reason the updating is being lost.  Do you
>think I should try iTunes to see if that works?  If it does, then the
>problem has something to do with EphPod, and if it doesn't, then the
>problem is likely the hardware.
>
>  
>


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