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Hi Alan, |
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the problem is... :) |
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I own a iRiver T60 mp3 player, which uses the VFAT fs as |
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so many usbstick-like mass storage devices do. |
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It /seems/ (which is equivalent to "i dont know, whether..."), |
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that the sequence in which the songs are played depend |
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on the sequence they were entered into the VFAT. Whith |
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rsync I could manage to copy the files, which carry the |
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trackno as the the first two characters in their filename. |
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in alphabetically order onto the device. |
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So nice ... so good. |
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BUT: |
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In some rare cases the T60 insists in playing songs in |
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a different order. |
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Why ? No clue... |
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Another aspect of this is: If I will delete a couple of |
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files on the device and rsync some new, the previously freed |
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directory/VFAT entries will be occupied first, before new |
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ones will be used, which will screw up the playing order |
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totally. |
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Now I am looking for a VFAT editor and analyzer, which |
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permits me to explore and eventually -- if needed -- |
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"hack" the VFAT into a different order, so that my |
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files will be played in the correct track order without |
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reformatting the device in whole for any delete/add file |
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action I want to do. |
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If there is anything outside there, which will help |
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me to manage this task ... it would be very nice! |
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Thank you very much for your help and time in advance! |
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Kind regards |
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mcc |
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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> [08-11-30 13:20]: |
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> On Sunday 30 November 2008 12:06:57 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > I want to analyze an VFAT image to gather information of |
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> > its structure. |
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> > |
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> > Does anyone know of an VFAT analyzer/editor? |
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> > |
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> > Thank you very much in advance for any help! |
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> > Have a nice weekend! |
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> > mcc |
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> |
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> Do you want to know how FAT works? Wikipedia is as good a place to start |
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> looking as any. |
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> |
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> Do you want to know more about the files and directories on our disk? If so, |
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> please be more specific about what you want to find out. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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> |
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unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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