Greetings and salutations.
I am out on the Bat-alcony enjoying the nice weather (for a change), and wanted to share how I keep my library of music sorted.
I keep my master iTunes library on the B4TD4P (HiFi Walker H2). I use Rockbox on it, which can scan the files for its database, and I can make iTunes playlists, and export them to the media in the H2. I have a script that trims the file paths so the H2 can find and play the music.
I have two other devices that have enough capacity to store #allteht00nz. Teh B4TP0D (iPod video 5.5) and CYB0RG (iPod Mini 2nd gen). Each has 256G flash media.
I created 3 scripts overnight/today (couldn’t sleep) to help keep everything sync’d.
The first uses rsync to keep a clone (on a little 250g Toshiba SSD) of iTunes from the H2. Once it is synced, I unmount the H2 and rename the SSD disk label to match the H2 disk label. That way, the iTunes on my laptop will work just like it does with the H2.
Scripts 2 and 3 use rsync to update B4TP0D and CYB0RG, from the clone. These syncs are just the directory hierarchy for the iTunes library, and the music files. This excludes the other iTunes files (XML/library files/etc). Since they are used solely as Rockbox, like the H2, they can scan the media, and even use the same exported playlists.
I use the clone drive as iTunes source, until I want to add new music. Then I use the H2 as the source for iTunes, add the music, and then do the rsync again.
May sound kinda TL;DR, but it does true syncing, in that it deletes removed items from the target. This keeps the H2 available as a music box, as well.
My library is just under 17k tracks, and I am not adding new music every day.
Trust me, this is much better than manually trying to keep everything sync’d by hand. That was tedious, and shit kept creeping out of sync.
Anywaze, thanks for reading!
Have a nice day.
