by totient » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:28 pm
I can confirm that ratings are always synched back from the Sansa (Fuze) without option to not do that, and that bomb ratings are broken. In fact, half-star ratings are also broken (the synch will update MM and lose all half-stars). I think this is an MTP-specific issue. The only workaround I could find, which I have implemented, was this: Only use 1-5 star ratings, no half-stars or zero stars allowed. This was kind of a pain, though I don't mind it much now that it's done.
Repeated for clarity: use MTP, synch to Fuze, synch back and all of your half-star and bomb ratings for songs that were synched will be overwritten with wrong values, without the option to turn off ratings synch.
I can confirm that ratings are always synched back from the Sansa (Fuze) without option to not do that, and that bomb ratings are broken. In fact, half-star ratings are also broken (the synch will update MM and lose all half-stars). I think this is an MTP-specific issue. The only workaround I could find, which I have implemented, was this: Only use 1-5 star ratings, no half-stars or zero stars allowed. This was kind of a pain, though I don't mind it much now that it's done.
Repeated for clarity: use MTP, synch to Fuze, synch back and all of your half-star and bomb ratings for songs that were synched will be overwritten with wrong values, without the option to turn off ratings synch.