Music won't show up but is still on iPod // 80GB 5G iPod - Page 2

GoldenArm · #9 February 14th, 2008, 08:57 AM

This just happened to me too.

I plugged my Ipod into a pc which doesn't have Itunes simply to charge the battery (I didn't have my charger with me).

Now I have 118GB of "other" files on a 160GB Ipod Classic.

Someone please help!!!!!

GoldenArm · #10 February 14th, 2008, 09:58 AM

OK, I seem to have figured out how to get everything back if your data gets shifted from "Music", "Video" etc.. into "Other" for whatever reason.

1) Plug your Ipod into your pc
2) Find the Ipod in Windows Explorer
3) "Unhide" Hidden files & Folders in Windows
4) In one of the ipod's hidden folders, locate "itunesDB" and an "itunesDB.old_mlpmp"
5) Rename "itunesDB" to "itunesDB.old" (this is the newly corrupted DB), and rename "itunesDB.old_mlpmp" to "itunesDB" (no file extention). This restores the automatic backup of your DB that Apple doesn't seem to think we need to know about...

It worked fine for me. I didn;t pay attention to when the backup was made, I believe it was last time I synced with Itunes. I didn't add anything new on that last sync, so I'm not sure if you will be missing some files if you do this restore and you had changed the Ipod's contents on your last sync...

Either way, it's a whole lot better than rebuilding your library and all your playlists (they have also miraculously re-appeared!)

Hope this helps some of you!

Jacksloadedgun · #11 February 17th, 2008, 04:20 AM

alright well since this is macosx.com how about some answers for us mac users??? cause this just happened to me today and i just attempted this and no luck fore me i didn't even have the "mpmp" file.

Satcomer · #12 February 17th, 2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Jacksloadedgun

alright well since this is macosx.com how about some answers for us mac users??? cause this just happened to me today and i just attempted this and no luck fore me i didn't even have the "mpmp" file.

Use TinkerTool to hide/unhide files.

Jacksloadedgun · #13 February 17th, 2008, 10:13 PM

already did that, i used an automater script to show all hidden files

Satcomer · #14 February 17th, 2008, 11:46 PM

What happens when you use Disk Utility on the iPod? Does it reports any errors?

kramm · #15 June 21st, 2008, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenArm

4) In one of the ipod's hidden folders, locate "itunesDB" and an "itunesDB.old_mlpmp"
5) Rename "itunesDB" to "itunesDB.old" (this is the newly corrupted DB), and rename "itunesDB.old_mlpmp" to "itunesDB" (no file extention). This restores the automatic backup of your DB that Apple doesn't seem to think we need to know about...

This just happened to me and I cannot find the "old" file. I would really like to fix it as opposed to restoring it.

Can anyone offer advise before I have to begin moving all the music off my full ipod?

kramm · #16 June 21st, 2008, 02:41 PM

Another question...

Is there a way to save my playlists? my whole ipod was completely playlists and I'd like to salvage them if possible.

Before I restore my ipod, can I save a particular file from it to keep them?

Also, I had every song's volume manually adjusted to be even.... is there any way to save this too??