Rhythmbox - iPod Touch 2nd Gen | Syncing work well but deleting leaves the entry in iPod database

[Djo]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

I'm trying ubuntu 10.04 beta 2 (april 13th 2010).

Rhythmbox : 0.12.8-0ubuntu1
libgpod : 0.7.93-0ubuntu1
iPod Touch : 2nd gen 8gb (xB528)

Everything is good with the iPod. I had to create directory structure wich went fine. If I add files on iPod everything is good, music sync, plays, alleluia!

The problem is when I delete a file, the file is not delete in the database. I unmounted normally the device, restarted the device, and the database entry of the song is still there.

If I delete a song with gtkpod, the entry in the database is deleted, everything is fine. Since rhythmbox uses libgpod, does it have to do with ligpod or Rhythmbox?

With Rhythmbox, every files is added one by one, on the database and the storage. The iPod does not stay in syncing for very long, it sync for few secs and then the iPod is "usable" (since rhythmbox waits for audio convertion wich is very looooooong...).

With gtkpod, all the action are in queue and done when you save changes.

Should rhythmbox change then database of the ipod everytime a file is deleted? Is this libgpod part of the work or rhythmbox's?

I will fill the bug repport also for libgpod project.

Thank you guys, you do awesome work. Two (ten?) thumbs up for decrypthing apple algorythm!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, when you report the upstream too please mention it there, upstream bug is https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=615703

[Djo (tueurdecorneilles)]

From upstream bug comment :

"Christophe Fergeau 2010-04-14 09:01:19 UTC

How long have you waited before unplugging the iPod? You need to wait for 10
seconds for the database to be saved."

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Please close bug, I have beeing to hasty. If I wait secs before ejecting the iPod, the database is synced normally. Could there be a way to make sure syncing gets done?

[Djo (tueurdecorneilles)]

***If I wait 10 seconds***

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

doesn't the ipod screen change to say when you can unplug it?

[Djo (tueurdecorneilles)]

When I transfer songs, rhythmbox converts the song (from ogg to mp3), the iPod is then in normal mode (usable). When the converting is done, transfer beggings, and I can't use the the iPod for few seconds. And when the transfer is finished, rhythmbox starts converting the next song, so iPod is in normal mode (songs are not tranfered actively).

[ciberhormaza (ciber-hormaza)]

ipod touch 2G sync but songs cant play on device, iphone sync but songs cant play on device, I'm syncing with Rhythmbox 0.13.1, in Lucid works very well.