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I am using MMW 4.0.7.1511 Gold, MMA 1.0.4.0165, and I am syncing to an Acer A500 tablet with Android 4.0.3 via USB. I have a 16Gb microSD inserted into the tablet. The tablet has 8Gb of internal storgae. When I first synced with the tablet MM correctly recognized the internal and external storage, and I synced several Gb of music to the external storage. However, now MM is mixing up the internal and external storage of the tablet. When I connect the tablet to my PC both the internal and external storage of the tablet appear in MM. However, when I click on the internal storage it shows the capacity and folder contents of the external storage (and vice versa).

I would like to add some additional content to the external storage. However, MM incorrectly reports that the capacity is insufficient.

What can I do to fix this?

You should use the latest beta version of MM when syncing to MediaMonkey for Android. MM 4.0 is not optimized to sync to MMA.

Oh. I thought that the primary new feature in MMW 4.1 was sync via WiFi. I didn't realize that even syncing via USB was not fully implemented in MMW 4.0. I'll try using the latest version of MMW 4.1 and see what happens.

Thanks.

You can simply rename the storage names in the Device Profile (click on them).

Thanks for the advice so far. I tried using the beta version of MMW 4.1. That introduced additional problems. So, I went back to MMW 4.0. I can live with the miss-named storage labels.

So, now I am using I am using MMW 4.0.7.1511 Gold and MMA 1.0.4.0165, but I still have a problem. I have chosen to sync several playlists. However, they do not appear MMA. I have checked the \Playlist\ folder on the SD card, and all the playlists are there. They just don't appear in MMA.

How can I get the playlists to appear in MMA?

You'll need the latest MMW and MMA. Then make sure you have enabled the Playlists (in Options > Playlists in the Device Profile) to be synced.

In the MMW Device Profile for my tablet there are three tabs: Summary: Auto-Sync List, and Options. On the Auto-Sync List tab I have put a check mark next to the playlists I want to sync. On the Options tab I have not changed any of the default settings (i.e. 'Sync playlists' is already checked.)

Still, my playlists do not show up in MMA, even though I can see that the playlist files have been transferred to the Playlist folder on my SD card.

DannyDeLoach wrote:
How can I get the playlists to appear in MMA?

It's like I already said. You must use MM 4.1.

Thanks for the suggestion of using MMW 4.1. I have tried it several times. Each time I use it my albums are transferred to my Android device in duplicate. I haven't been able to find a way around that problem.

Is there no way to get playlists to properly synchronize to my Android device with MMW 4.0?

Otherwise, I guess I have to try MMW 4.1 again and try to figure out how to prevent the duplication of my albums in the synchronization process.

DannyDeLoach wrote:
Is there no way to get playlists to properly synchronize to my Android device with MMW 4.0?

That's what I'm saying.

OK. Thanks. I'll give MMW 4.1 a try again. Maybe this time I can figure out how to solve the duplicate albums issue.

DannyDeLoach wrote:OK. Thanks. I'll give MMW 4.1 a try again. Maybe this time I can figure out how to solve the duplicate albums issue.

I suggest clearing all the tracks and starting fresh.

Using MMW 4.1 and MMA I got the playlists to sync to my tablet. However, they are listed as "empty". The strange thing is that if I use Windows Explorer to copy the playlists and then paste them back into the same directory with a different filename, then they are no longer empty. I'm not sure what is going on there.

I think I finally got it. On the external SD card I got all of my music files into the /Music directory, and I got all of my playlists into the /Playlists directory. Then, I un-installed MMA and deleted the /MediaMonkey folders on both the internal and external storage. Then, I re-installed MMA. Now all of my music and playlists are properly recognized in MMA.

This was an arduous process. I really like MMW and MMA, but I look forward to a less complicated syncing process once the applications move out of Beta. I'm grateful for those who are developing this products.