iPod Shuffle losing bookmarks on synchronization (2.5.4.978)

Post by **jiri** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:48 am

Do the files have genre 'podcast' (or at least contain this string)? It should work then.

Jiri

skst · Post by **skst** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:57 am

Yes, the genre is "Podcast".

skst · Post by **skst** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:50 pm

Was anyone able to reproduce this?

Post by **jiri** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:13 am

You can try to e-mail me the content of your \iPod_Control\iTunes\ folder after you play the files on iPod (preferrably just one file on iPod for clarity), connect to PC, but _don't_ run MM or iTunes. Ideally send also content of the same folder, after you resynch with 1. MediaMonkey, 2. iTunes, so that I could review if there's any difference.

Thanks,
Jiri[/quote]

skst · Post by **skst** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:43 am

I'll e-mail you that folder tonight. I've got five files on the Shuffle now, but I'll sync to delete four, then play the remaining Podcast track, and re-connect to send you the folder contents.

Unfortunately, I don't use iTunes (because I lurve MM!), so I can't send you the dir for comparison. Is that an issue?

Post by **jiri** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:40 pm

Ok, no prob.

Jiri

skst · Post by **skst** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:57 pm

Ok, well, I don't know if I did something wrong the first time or if there's some special way to repro this. But, when I deleted the tracks from the Shuffle and went to play the remaining one, it had saved its place. I added a track and sync'd again and it still saved its place. Hopefully I did something wrong before, but I'll keep a look out for it to happen again.

Sorry for the false alarm.

skst · Post by **skst** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:06 pm

It happened again. I'm not sure if it's worth sending you the pre-synch files because I can't guarantee if it'll happen on the next synch.

In case it helps, I had four tracks--all Podcast genre--and one had been played about 5-10 minutes. I sync'd, which deleted three and added two. When I played it again, I was at the beginning of the track. (Plus, I had to skip to the correct track--is MM or the Shuffle supposed to remember the current track between syncs? No, I don't use 'shuffle' mode.)

Post by **jiri** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:30 pm

Try to find some steps how to reproduce it in case it's really a bug in MM, currently I don't know about any issue in this area.

Jiri

skst · Post by **skst** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:36 am

It happened again. Maybe I'll just keep saving off my Shuffle contents before I synch.

No response required; I'm posting the scenario for a "paper" trail:

1. Tracks ABCD (genre "Podcast") on Shuffle added from two playlists.
2. Play track C for about 30 minutes.
3. Use MM to remove B from one of the playlists and add track E to same playlist.
4. Sync Shuffle with MM. MM asks permission to delete B. Confirm.
5. Play Shuffle. Shuffle starts in the middle of track D (which should've been at the beginning) and loses its place in track C.

skst · Post by **skst** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:30 pm

I can now reproduce this reliably. If part of the synchronization is deleting a track from the Shuffle, it loses the bookmarks. I'm e-mailing you two zip files of the iPod_Control/iTunes folder before and after the sync.

skst · Post by **skst** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:49 pm

Did you receive the files successfully?

Post by **jiri** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:46 am

No, did you e-mail it directly to me?

Jiri

skst · Post by **skst** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:02 am

I mailed it to the address that comes up when I click the e-mail link in your post. Should I use a different address?