IPod as a disk drive

Sorry if this has been covered before, I've not had a lot of time to search the forums, and wanted a quick response!
I’ve set my iPod to be treated as a disk drive and I can explore it with no problems via Windows Explorer.
Rather than using iTunes to import all my tracks is it possible to copy folders & files directly to the iPod via Windows Explorer?
I tried dumping some MP3 files into the iPod folder which worked, but the iPod doesn’t recognise the tracks I’ve copied.
Thanks for in advance any advice!

You can't drag and drop mp3's onto the iPod and expect them to play (on the iPod). Apple's implementation of putting music on the iPod uses files (iTunesDB, iTunesControl, etc) to allow the iPod's O/S to keep track of what is playable on the iPod.
To allow "drag-n-drop", you have to use a third party software.
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