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iPod iTunesDB file upload

To use this service, you have to upload your iTunesDB file

Your iTunesDB file contains a list of all the songs that are on your iPod (it does not contain any music). This list is required to define your musical taste and search for people with similar tastes.

Before you upload your iTunesDB file

Before you upload your iTunesDB file, you should check a couple of things to improve the quality of results.
  • Make sure that your artist, track and album info is correct (ID3 tags). When converting CDs to MP3 or AAC format, this info is read from databases such as www.cddb.com or www.freedb.org, but unfortunately it is sometimes buggy.
  • Clean up your pod, e.g. you may want to weed out music that you actually don't really like
  • Optional: use the star rating to indicate some of your high favourites

Uploading your iTunesDB file

iTunesDB file:

How to find the iTunesDB file on your iPod:
The iTunesDB file is on your iPod, in a hidden directory folder called "iPod_Control/iTunes".
Windows Apple Mac OS X
  1. Connect your iPod to your computer. iTunes will start.
  2. In iTunes, open the iPod preferences:
    • Activate: "Enable disk use"
    • Deactivate: "Open iTunes when this iPod is attached"
  3. Quit iTunes
  4. Open Windows Explorer, making sure Explorer is set to "Show hidden files and folders" (Tools Menu - Folder Options - View Tab - Files and Folders - Hidden files and folders).
  5. In Windows Explorer, go to the disk letter for the iPod.
  6. Open the folder called iPod_Control.
  7. In the iPod_Control folder will be a folder called iTunes.
  8. In the iTunes folder will be a file called iTunesDB.
  1. Connect your iPod to your computer. iTunes will start.
  2. In iTunes, open the iPod preferences:
    • Activate: "Enable disk use"
    • Deactivate: "Open iTunes when this iPod is attached"
  3. Quit iTunes
  4. Open a Unix shell ("Terminal" Application in Utilities folder)
  5. type "cd /Volumes"
  6. type "ls" (look for something called iPod)
  7. type "cd WHATEVER YOU JUST FOUND"
  8. type "cp iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB ~/Desktop"
  9. The iTunesDB file can be found on your desktop