Wifi Sync - Is it possible?

by **ACraigL** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:08 am

I've been sucessfully using wifi sync for about a week now. I've been using MM4 with my HP Touchpad running Android. When the dev team released an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) alpha, I jumped on it. Unfortunatlely, the storage access under this version changed from USB/Drive letter to MTP. I don't know if it will remain that way or not, but for now it is. It's unfortunate because MM4 apparently needs to scan the entire MTP file structure to sync the device. Since this is a full OS, it has a lot of files on it, and takes it over 30 minutes to scan.

This forced my hand to try another sync solution. What I landed on was an app called Samba Filesharing:
https://market.android.com/details?id=c ... nNhbWJhIl0.

This (as you would expect Samba to do), when enabled will broadcast as a windows server share, so it can be mapped to drive letter by any PC on the network. From there, I simply mapped it to my PC, but mounted from the media directory so the scanning is a lot quicker (5 seconds, or less). I configured the drive in MM4 (thanks, lowlander), and now I'm able to sync via wifi.

Great for so many reasons... the app has a whitelist capability, so it will only enable for specific networks. This allows it to always be on for my network, but never when I'm away. I can sync while it sits in the charging dock, or even while I'm watching a video while on my treadmill

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Really happy with this as a solution. Recommending you try it if you have an Android device.

by **misplacedamerican** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:18 am

Hello,

Does the Samba Fileshare sync your ratings?

If so, you are my new HERO

by **ACraigL** » Mon May 28, 2012 12:04 pm

If you set MM to sync songs back to the PC that are newer (i.e. had a rating set while on the device), it will copy the song with the rating back to your library. Not an ideal solution, but it will work. If you're using PlayerPro music player, it has a native MM rating setting.

by **cotto** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:19 pm

Ratings sync works just fine..

Play count is a whole other story. *sighs*

by **x-cimo** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:22 am

How safe is this? Is it safe enough to do two way sync?

What if MM loose connection in the middle of updating a song from the device? Would MM detect this and revert to the last known good version?

by **Lowlander** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:47 pm

It's syncing back to database thus files on PC are unaffected in the case of connection loss (should be).

by **moonglow** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:10 pm

Just tried doubletwist, and it works fine. Other than the fact I decided to loath itunes almost a decade ago now, doubletwist is everything I want. Seems to have a nice android app/player, syncs play count and track stats seemlessly (and yes I know Aff is still supporting his syncback script, but to be honest its never been a particularly satisfactory solution), and also imports itunes playlists - although the downside there is it doesnt seem to do smartlists.

The only reason I can see for not just abandoning MM is that I've got a couple of years of track stats invested in the MM database. If I can find a way to import them into itunes without it wrecking all my tags, I'll be goneburger and recommending everyone else who owns an Android phone does similar if DT works for them.

timelezz wrote:Currently iTunes, WMP, Winamp, Songbird, DoubleTwist, et cetera have WiFi sync solutions. MM has NOT! And I completely agree that MM must come with a solution. For me it's becoming a pivotal in a decision whether I will keep using MM. And I am even a lifetime GOLD user!

I've taken time this Sunday to assess some of the alternative workarounds to sync over WiFi with MM. These are the options I come up with:

A: Wait for an Android app that syncs with MM <-- Probably takes ages
B: Copy files to a seperate folder + Android WiFi Sync Files <-- This is possible, but not a favorable solution
C: Auto-export M3u's (MM-script) + Android WiFi Sync M3U's <-- Surprisingly, there is no android app that syncs M3U's

I notice at this point that there are TONS of Android apps that support iTunes, and syncs iTunes playlists. Apparently iTunes is more favorable by developers, or has playlists that are easier to address to. Whatever the reason is, iTunes is so much in favor.

At this moment I installed iTunes, and will give it a try. Probably I will not completely abandon MM. Rather I will use MM for tagging, and iTunes for Synchronizing and playing songs. I would be glad that Last.FM plugin will work again too with iTunes. I will keep you updated.