'synch' always just copies - what gives

[nohitter151]

Hi, I've just had a Creative Zen 32gb as a present and have discovered this problem (I never used the sync feature before, wasn't worth it with a 1gb player!), it resyncs about 1500 tracks each time. I'm running version 2.5.5.996, which I realise is way behind the times. I couldn't live without the auto-playlists so I need the Gold version, I don't mind buying MM3, but I don't want to without knowing if this issue is definitely fixed or not. How are people doing with it nowadays?

Many thanks, ModoX.

Have you seen http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... 13&nav=0,1 ?

[ModoX]

Have you seen http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... 13&nav=0,1 ?

Hi, I hadn't no, thanks. I've made sure the clock on the Zen is a minute ahead of the one on my PC, in case that makes any difference. The only other thing I've noticed is that I use half star ratings, while the Zen doesn't do half stars. Media Monkey has (and I nearly fainted when I noticed) updated the ratings on the PC to match those on the Zen. I can work my system round not using half stars, and I've managed to get the library reorganised (e.g. after everything that was 3 or 3.5 stars ended up just 3, effectively merging the two), and I'm wondering if maybe it kept updating the ratings to match, since the amount of tracks it kept re-synching was about the same number of tracks that I've rated. I'm trying that anyway, and hopefully it'll work.

Thanks for the pointer.

[ModoX]

Hi, I hadn't no, thanks. I've made sure the clock on the Zen is a minute ahead of the one on my PC, in case that makes any difference. The only other thing I've noticed is that I use half star ratings, while the Zen doesn't do half stars. Media Monkey has (and I nearly fainted when I noticed) updated the ratings on the PC to match those on the Zen. I can work my system round not using half stars, and I've managed to get the library reorganised (e.g. after everything that was 3 or 3.5 stars ended up just 3, effectively merging the two), and I'm wondering if maybe it kept updating the ratings to match, since the amount of tracks it kept re-synching was about the same number of tracks that I've rated. I'm trying that anyway, and hopefully it'll work.

Thanks for the pointer.

Ok, I've tried this and it still hasn't helped. I've looked at my music library and there are 1346 songs on which the timestamp is about 3 minutes ago (I just turned on my machine and loaded MM up, and synched). I haven't touched my PC since I posted the message above, so why has the timestamp been updated? Literally all I did was open MM, right click the device and press auto-sync.

Thanks for any help, ModoX.

[nohitter151]

Hi, I hadn't no, thanks. I've made sure the clock on the Zen is a minute ahead of the one on my PC, in case that makes any difference. The only other thing I've noticed is that I use half star ratings, while the Zen doesn't do half stars. Media Monkey has (and I nearly fainted when I noticed) updated the ratings on the PC to match those on the Zen. I can work my system round not using half stars, and I've managed to get the library reorganised (e.g. after everything that was 3 or 3.5 stars ended up just 3, effectively merging the two), and I'm wondering if maybe it kept updating the ratings to match, since the amount of tracks it kept re-synching was about the same number of tracks that I've rated. I'm trying that anyway, and hopefully it'll work.

Thanks for the pointer.

Ok, I've tried this and it still hasn't helped. I've looked at my music library and there are 1346 songs on which the timestamp is about 3 minutes ago (I just turned on my machine and loaded MM up, and synched). I haven't touched my PC since I posted the message above, so why has the timestamp been updated? Literally all I did was open MM, right click the device and press auto-sync.

Thanks for any help, ModoX.

Its hard to say for sure if its been fixed in MM3. There have been many improvements but I can't say for sure since I don't have your device. You could always try installing MM3 alongside MM2 just to give it a test drive. As long as you install to a different folder (ie: \Program Files\MM3\ rather than \Program Files\MediaMonkey\ ) your current installation shouldn't be affected. Then you can see how the new version works without disturbing your current MM2. May be worth a shot.

[ModoX]

Its hard to say for sure if its been fixed in MM3. There have been many improvements but I can't say for sure since I don't have your device. You could always try installing MM3 alongside MM2 just to give it a test drive. As long as you install to a different folder (ie: \Program Files\MM3\ rather than \Program Files\MediaMonkey\ ) your current installation shouldn't be affected. Then you can see how the new version works without disturbing your current MM2. May be worth a shot.

Yeah, not a bad idea. I should really upgrade anyway, so I'll give it a go. For the moment I've come up with a way to work round the problem (don't know why I didn't think of it before); I don't use the Custom 2 tag for anything so I've created an auto playlist which includes only music that has 'Current' in the Custom 2 field, and then I sync only that playlist. Not ideal but it's still preferable to using a different program.

Thanks for all the help you've been given anyway. I'll post up if upgrading helps, in case anyone else comes here with a similar issue.