Where were the images on the ipod or the PC?

 

well on my pc... but the ipod recovery files are in the itunes system folder i need to know how to decode them.

 

You can restore them to your iPod

 

Nope! Won't let me I tryed that! Look I have all the back up files for the pictures... I need to decode them!!!

 

When you sync pictures to the iPod, your actual pix are not what gets loaded. Instead, iTunes creates a copy of the photo in a size and format that it knows will display well on the iPod. (I think the format is "ithmb"?). These converted pix are stored in the iPod Photo Cache folder, and uploaded from there. Every folder you select to sync photos from will have an iPod Photo Cache folder at its top level.

Files are kept there indefinitely, to save conversion time if you ever need them again. But those cache folders can really grow...if you know that you're never again going to need a bunch of photos on your iPod, you can delete the iPod Photo Cache folder from their parent folder. If you delete a cache folder that contains photos that are on your iPod, the cache will be rebuilt (provided the original files still exist).

 

... What????