puppy -c turbo 1

 puppy -c mkdir \\MP3\\"$the_dir"

        puppy -c put "$file" \\MP3\\"$the_dir"\\"$this_file";

 puppy -c turbo 0

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 #       create a directory of the same name on the Topfield (in the Topfield's \MP3 directory)
 #       copy all of the MP3s from the source directory to the new directory on the Topfield 

 echo "making a directory called \\Mp3\\"$the_dir" (on the Topfield)"
 puppy -t -c mkdir \\MP3\\"$the_dir"

        puppy -t -c put "$file" \\MP3\\"$the_dir"\\"$this_file";

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 # This script copies *.mp3 files to a Topfield 5000 PVRt

 # Set Dirmp3Src to your mp3 source directory

 # of 128 folders in each; e.g. under MP3  "MP3/Artists A to M" and "MP3/Artists N to Z"

 # After copying all the MP3s to the PVR, you should restart the PVR. It looks 

 # start copying MP3 files from here - typically this is a Linux/Windows remote share

 Dirmp3Src=/root/P4

 # always be MP3 to suit jukebox TAPs
 Dirmp3Dest=MP3

 # we'll keep count of how many MP3 files are copied
 mp3count=0

 StartTime=`date`
 StopTime=

 if [ -d "$Dirmp3Src" ]
 then

 else

 fi

 artistCount=0

 echo "Counting number of Artist directories - please wait ..."

 for file in $Dirmp3Src/*
 do

 done

  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR detected by $0: " \
    "Topfield PVR not turned on OR busy OR could not make directory"; exit 1; fi

 for file in $Dirmp3Src/*
 do

  DirArtist=`basename "$file"`

    DirAlbum=`basename "$file"`

      puppy -t -q -c put "$Dirmp3Src/$DirArtist/$DirAlbum/$mp3File" \
        "$Dirmp3Dest\\$DirArtist\\$DirAlbum\\$mp3File"

 done

 StopTime=`date`

 echo "MP3 files copied : $mp3count"

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 StartTime?=`date`
 StopTime?=

 # sort it all out later using ftpd-topfield - probably the preferred method. You could 

 # This script copies *.mp3 files to a Topfield 5000 PVRt?

 echo ""
 echo "Done!"
 echo "Start time       : $StartTime"
 StopTime?=`date`
 echo "Stop time        : $StopTime"
 echo "mp3 files copied : $mp3count"
 echo ""
 exit 0

 #!/bin/sh

 # cpmp3tf.sh - should be runnable using any old path

 # This script copies *.mp3 files to a Topfield 500 PVRt?
 # It creates all directories as needed on the PVR
 # Set Dirmp3Src? to your mp3 source directory
 # Script assumes a "..\artist\album\song" layout
 # Empty directories are still created at the PVR
 # files in upper level directories, ie not in an album directory, are ignored
 # Only files with an mp3 extension are copied

 # 25 GB of data takes about 12 hours to copy over to the Topfield!

 # Some other limitations:

 # 1) The Toppy application only all allows 128 directory and/or files per directory
 # Programs accessing the Toppy via the USB interface will allow more to be created
 # but the actual Toppy application will have a heart attack. To overcome this, you
 # can put groups of artists under additional directories, all containing a maximum
 # of 128 folders in each; e.g. under MP3?  "MP3?/Artists A to M" and "MP3?/Artists N to Z"
 # An exception here is the directory "Various artists" - it may exceed the 128 maximum
 # and this isn't checked for. Currently the script will not execute if more 128 artists
 # are found. You could comment this code out, then copy all the mp3s over and then
 # sort it all out later using ftpd-topfield - probably the prferred method. You could 
 # use ftpd-topfield to do all the copying but this script perhaps has the advantage 
 # that it will keep going even if say some USB error occurs.

 # 2) mp3 files that have accented characters in their filename may cause problems on 
 # that file e.g. Clannard's Celtic Collection.

 # 3) Currently puppy doesn't return an appropriate error return status for this script
 # so the on Error exits don't work - not really a big problem

 # 4) because puppy cannot indicate if a directory already exists, this script should
 # be run only once. A second run will result in heaps of error msgs being shown as
 # puppy tries to create pre existing directories.

 # Possible improvements:
 # 1) It would be useful to change this code so that any error msgs from puppy were
 # sent to a text file.

 # 2) Artists with "The" in their name all get sorted together. It may be a good idea
 # to mod this script to remove these prefixes from the file name except for the artist
 # "The The"!

 # After copying all the MP3s? to the PVR, you should restart the PVR. It looks 
 # like the directory layout may be loaded at start up by the Toppy app and
 # therefore needs to be refreshed.

 # If altering this script; beware of spaces in directory/filenames
 # some code could be replaced with ls -d but its results are bit
 # weird if used on the working directory so was avoided

 #---------------------------------------------------

 # start copying mp3 files from here - typically this is a Linux/Windows remote share
 # Typically P4 (this is a Pentium 4 in my case) would be mapped to say C:/Music on the share

 # destination directory on the Topfield PVR - it's created and should
 # always be MP3? to suit jukebox TAPs?

 # we'll keep count of how many mp3 files are copied

 # also the start and stop time

 #---------------------------------------------------

 # got a valid mp3 source directory?

 #---------------------------------------------------

 # count the number of artists

 # do the artist count

 #---------------------------------------------------

 #---------------------------------------------------

 # loop through all the artists and create the corresponding destination directory

 #---------------------------------------------------

 #---------------------------------------------------

Here is another mp3 copy script:

1. !/bin/sh
2. cpmp3tf.sh - should be runnable using any old path
3. This script copies *.mp3 files to a Topfield 500 PVRt?
4. It creates all directories as needed on the PVR
5. Set Dirmp3Src? to your mp3 source directory
6. Script assumes a "..\artist\album\song" layout
7. Empty directories are still created at the PVR
8. files in upper level directories, ie not in an album directory, are ignored
9. Only files with an mp3 extension are copied
10. 25 GB of data takes about 12 hours to copy over to the Topfield!
11. Some other limitations:
12. 1) The Toppy application only all allows 128 directory and/or files per directory
13. Programs accessing the Toppy via the USB interface will allow more to be created
14. but the actual Toppy application will have a heart attack. To overcome this, you
15. can put groups of artists under additional directories, all containing a maximum
16. of 128 folders in each; e.g. under MP3? "MP3?/Artists A to M" and "MP3?/Artists N to Z"
17. An exception here is the directory "Various artists" - it may exceed the 128 maximum
18. and this isn't checked for. Currently the script will not execute if more 128 artists
19. are found. You could comment this code out, then copy all the mp3s over and then
20. sort it all out later using ftpd-topfield - probably the prferred method. You could
21. use ftpd-topfield to do all the copying but this script perhaps has the advantage
22. that it will keep going even if say some USB error occurs.
23. 2) mp3 files that have accented characters in their filename may cause problems on
24. that file e.g. Clannard's Celtic Collection.
25. 3) Currently puppy doesn't return an appropriate error return status for this script
26. so the on Error exits don't work - not really a big problem
27. 4) because puppy cannot indicate if a directory already exists, this script should
28. be run only once. A second run will result in heaps of error msgs being shown as
29. puppy tries to create pre existing directories.
30. Possible improvements:
31. 1) It would be useful to change this code so that any error msgs from puppy were
32. sent to a text file.
33. 2) Artists with "The" in their name all get sorted together. It may be a good idea
34. to mod this script to remove these prefixes from the file name except for the artist
35. "The The"!
36. After copying all the MP3s? to the PVR, you should restart the PVR. It looks
37. like the directory layout may be loaded at start up by the Toppy app and
38. therefore needs to be refreshed.
39. If altering this script; beware of spaces in directory/filenames
40. some code could be replaced with ls -d but its results are bit
41. weird if used on the working directory so was avoided
42. ---------------------------------------------------
43. start copying mp3 files from here - typically this is a Linux/Windows remote share
44. Typically P4 (this is a Pentium 4 in my case) would be mapped to say C:/Music on the share

Dirmp3Src?=/root/P4

1. destination directory on the Topfield PVR - it's created and should
2. always be MP3? to suit jukebox TAPs?

Dirmp3Dest?=MP3?

1. we'll keep count of how many mp3 files are copied

mp3count=0

1. also the start and stop time

StartTime?=`date` StopTime?=

1. ---------------------------------------------------
2. got a valid mp3 source directory?

if [ -d "$Dirmp3Src" ] then

  echo    "Source directory is      :  $Dirmp3Src"
  echo -e "Destination directory is :  \\$Dirmp3Dest"
  echo ""

else

  echo "ERROR detected by $0: mp3 source directory $Dirmp3Src does not exist"
  exit 1

fi

1. ---------------------------------------------------
2. count the number of artists

artistCount=0

echo "Counting number of Artist directories - please wait ..."

for file in $Dirmp3Src/* do

  if ! [ -d "$file" ]; then continue; fi

  artistCount=`expr $artistCount + 1`

done

1. do the artist count if [ $artistCount -gt 128 ] then echo "ERROR detected by $0: Too many Artist directories - must be <= 128 but found $artistCount" exit 1 fi
2. ---------------------------------------------------

  echo "Creating Topfield 5000PVRt directory:  \\$Dirmp3Dest"
  puppy -t -c mkdir \\"$Dirmp3Dest"
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR detected by $0: Topfield PVR not turned on OR busy OR could not make directory"; exit 1; fi

1. ---------------------------------------------------
2. loop through all the artists and create the corresponding destination directory

for file in $Dirmp3Src/* do

  if ! [ -d "$file" ]; then continue; fi

  DirArtist?=`basename "$file"`
  echo "Creating Topfield PVR directory:  \\..\\$DirArtist"
  puppy -t -c mkdir "\\$Dirmp3Dest\\$DirArtist"
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR detected by $0: could not make directory"; exit 1; fi


  # loop through all the albums and create the corresponding destination directory
  for file in "$Dirmp3Src/$DirArtist"/*
  do
    if ! [ -d "$file" ]; then continue; fi

    DirAlbum?=`basename "$file"`
    echo -e "\tCreating Topfield PVR directory:  \\..\\..\\$DirAlbum"
    puppy -t -c mkdir "\\$Dirmp3Dest\\$DirArtist\\$DirAlbum"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR detected by $0: could not make directory"; exit 1; fi


    # copy the mp3s to the PVR
    for mp3File in "$Dirmp3Src/$DirArtist/$DirAlbum/"*.mp3
    do
      mp3File=`basename "$mp3File"`
      echo -e "\t\tCopying track:  $mp3File"
      puppy -t -q -c put "$Dirmp3Src/$DirArtist/$DirAlbum/$mp3File" "$Dirmp3Dest\\$DirArtist\\$DirAlbum\\$mp3File"
      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "ERROR detected by $0: could not copy mp3 file"; exit 1; fi

      mp3count=`expr $mp3count + 1`
    done
  done

done

1. ---------------------------------------------------

echo "" echo "Done!" echo "Start time : $StartTime" StopTime?=`date` echo "Stop time : $StopTime" echo "mp3 files copied : $mp3count" echo ""

exit 0

1. ---------------------------------------------------

The following is a script that I use to quickly transfer music from a Linux PC to the Topfield 5000 PVR. It uses Puppy to 'copy' a specified directory, and all of its mp3 files, to the Topfield.

Warnings: I Am Not A Programmer. This script does very little error checking.

 #!/bin/bash
 # specify a source directory and this script will:
 #       create a directory of the same name on the Topfield (in the Topfield's \MP3? directory)
 #       copy all of the mp3s from the source directory to the new directory on the Topfield 
 #
 # e.g. usage: send_mp3s_to_toppy.sh /home/rik/music/various_artists/trainspotting
 #
 # WARNING: use at your own risk. IANAP!
 #


 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
        echo "ERROR: Please specify the directory to send to the Topfield" 1>&2
        echo "Usage: send_mp3s_to_toppy directory" 1>&2
        exit 1
 fi

 if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
        echo "ERROR: $1 does not seem to be a directory" 1>&2
        echo "Usage: send_mp3s_to_toppy directory" 1>&2
        exit 1
 else
        dir="$1"
 fi


 echo "------------- Copying $dir to the Topfield..."

 the_dir=`basename "$dir"`

 echo "making a directory called \\Mp3\\"$the_dir" (on the Topfield)"
 puppy -t -c mkdir \\MP3?\\"$the_dir"

 for file in "$dir"/*.mp3; do
        this_file=`basename "$file"`
        echo
        echo "------------- PROCESSING $this_file";
        puppy -t -c put "$file" \\MP3?\\"$the_dir"\\"$this_file";
        echo "------------- FINISHED $this_file";
        echo
 done