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Configuration: Database
Settings overview
Metadata
After changing these settings, you can apply them to existing tracks on the iPod by:
- On the File menu, point to iPod, and then click Load library.
- On the shortcut menu for the affected tracks, point to iPod, and then click Update metadata on iPod.
Artist/Title/Album/Genre/Composer mappings
Specifies a title formatting script to remap the contents of these fields
Compilation mapping
Specifies a title format script that determines whether a track is part of a compilation. The script should output 1 for compilations, and nothing otherwise.
Soundcheck adjustment
Specifies the adjustment to be applied when converting ReplayGain data to SoundCheck data.
Other
=== Date added value ===e added field on the iPod. Date added to media library
requires the Playback Statistics component.
Database
After changing these settings, you can manually apply them by:
- On the File menu, point to iPod, and then click Rewrite database.
Ignore leading 'The' when sorting on the iPod
Ignores any leading 'The' when sorting items when browsing tracks on the iPod. For example, The Simpsons
would be listed under S
. This option can cause issues with some 5G iPod firmwares with respect to the “scroll by letter” feature.
Use "numbers last" sorting
Places items begninning with numbers last when browsing tracks on the iPod. Disabling this causes some issues with the “scroll by letter” feature on the iPod Classic/Nano 3G/touch/iPhone.