Re: [Gtkpod-questions] libgpod not fetching new songs from iPhone

[Christophe F. <cfe...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:07:44AM +1300, Craig de Stigter wrote:
> I hooked up my iPhone to gtkpod a month or so back, and synced all my music
> to my computer. Since then, I've bought a bunch of new tracks on the iPhone,
> and I'd like to sync those across too.
> 
> Unfortunately all the new stuff doesn't seem to appear in gtkpod. Is there
> some sort of cache I can clear to force it to update its list of songs?
> 
> Wiping my ~/.gtkpod directory and starting again doesn't seem to help.
> Rhythmbox has the same problem, so I assume its a libgpod issue. Any
> suggestions?

The list of songs purchased on the device are stored in an XML file. iTunes
then merges this information in the main iPhone database when it's plugged in.
Unfortunately, at the moment libgpod is unable to read this XML file and to
feed the information it contains in its database. To make the songs visible,
you'd have to plug the iPhone on an iTunes box.
Maybe it would work to manually look for orphans in gtkpod and to remove this
xml file (which I don't know where it is).

Sorry for not being able to give a more helpful answer,

Christophe