iriverh10.amarokscript

iRiverH10 (v0.9.6)

About
iriverh10 is an amarokscript to manage the iRiver H-series digital audio player in USB mass storage mode (UMS mode as opposed to MTP-mode) from within amaroK.
The script is build around easyh10 and easypmp. These are commandline utilities to generate the media database and playlist for the iRiver H-series digital audio player.
All actions on the device, that changes the content, make reconstructing the database necessary. This is done with easyh10 or easypmp. The media database is reconstructed from the music files and the playlist files converted into PLP/PLA playlist files, which are recognized by the H10 player.
Transferring MP3/WMA/WAV files into the music directory and creating M3U/M3U8/PLS playlist files under the playlist directory must be done manually in advance. This is where amaroK comes in place.

Dependencies
amaroK 1.3 or better.
EasyH10 [CUI]
or
EasyPMP [POSIX] (pmplib)

Thanks to
Credits should go to Mike Diehl and Kevin R. Bulgrien, who wrote the amarokscripts transfer_to_media_device and usb_device respectively. They gave me the idea for this script. But not after that I came across the program I really was looking for: easyh10. Without this program the writing of this script would be of no use. easyh10 and easypmp are programs by Nyaochi. Visit http://easyh10.sourceforge.net or http://pmplib.sourceforge.net for more information.

0.9.6 2007-02-11
- A rewrite of the Delete function. It is working now on a file by file basis, handling the delete from the device and the removal from the playlist at the same time. The process is better controlled right now. Also changed the progressbar to indicate the whole of the process instead of only the syncing.
- Added a progressbar to the Reconstruct function.
- Added a progressbar and partly rewrote the Synchronize function.
0.9.5 2007-01-05
- Made Size available without a connected device and rendered a change in the way it reports.
- Bugfix in updating the playlist after a delete.
- Reconstruct the amaroK-based playlist from the device's contents.
- Synchronize files from the playlist to the device, as an alternative for Transfer.
0.9.4 2007-01-03
- The statusreport as given with the option Size is now displayed as a popup message for various relevant options.
- After deleting tracks from the device the playlist was cleared. This was annoying and therefore removed.
- After deleting tracks from the device the corresponding entries in the playlist are removed as well. This solves an earlier problem in the To Do's.
0.9.3 2006-09-05
-Some rearranging of the code.
-Improving dialogs.
-After purging the device the statusinformation wasn't updated. Corrected.
-Updating the media-databases on the device after a Transfer, Delete and Purge has been made dependent on a configuration-setting.
-To be able to handle the H10jr. easypmp is introduced. See Dependencies above.
-Corrected PlsCreate... to not only make use of the devices tracklist, but essentially every playlist in the playlistwindow.
0.9.2 2006-03-25
-Create playlist PlsCreate and delete playlist PlsDelete. Instead of using the M3U-playlistfunction of amaroK, wich proved to be rather difficult, I choose creating a pls-file in the device's playlistdrectory.
-In case of Transfer and PlsCreate, check if the selected tracks in the active playlist have the right origin: the collection or the device respectively.
-Devicetrapping was still a bit buggy.
0.9.1 2006-03-12
-Introduction of progressbars for Transfer and Delete
-Rewrite of the devicetrapping routine.
0.9.0 2006-03-05
Initial release