How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

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Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Wed May 07, 2014 7:09 am

Thanks very much! It is working fine now.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 3:06 pm

I'll take another look. It's hard to read at a resolution of 3200x1800, so probably didn't see it very well. I thought that top box was checked, now I see it wasn't, for example, just by looking at the screen shot.

Thanks

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by nohitter151 » Tue May 06, 2014 3:01 pm

mediamonkeychick wrote: I had already set the conversion rule for wav to m4a, as I don't want mp3, but this didn't do the trick. I guess the incompatible Audio is the way to go.
No you didn't, at least not according to your screenshot that you posted. You only have incompatible format rules active there.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 2:53 pm

Okay, thank you.

If I say that the device does not support wav that would probably be easiest. So I just remove it from the 'supported' list?

I had already set the conversion rule for wav to m4a, as I don't want mp3, but this didn't do the trick. I guess the incompatible Audio is the way to go.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by Lowlander » Tue May 06, 2014 2:43 pm

As WAV is set as Supported Format and your conversion rules or for Incompatible Audio no conversion will take place for WAV files. Either remove WAV from Supported Format or create a new conversion rule for WAV to MP3.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 2:28 pm

Lowlander wrote:Then you need to set auto-conversion rules in the Media Server.
The auto conversion rules in the Media Server seem to say that they are for when streaming media, not for when media is being sent. I must be missing something, because I have these set already and it is not doing the conversion. http://www.elliekennard.ca/autoconversi ... server.PNG

I don't know how to attach a screen saver, so am just giving a link to my upload.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by Lowlander » Tue May 06, 2014 1:26 pm

Then you need to set auto-conversion rules in the Media Server.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 1:23 pm

So sorry, I mentioned Send To which caused confusion.

The first posting on this stated: "I have UPnP set up on my MM, and it does send the files wirelessly, but it does not seem to convert on the fly (to M4a, from .wav,which is what my files are in). I have set up the options to convert, but it does not convert, it is the wav files that are sent to the device."

This is using UpNP.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 1:17 pm

The device itself does support wav files, but obviously are bigger than I want on the phone, where m4a are fine. Should I change that to being unsupported format in some way?

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by Lowlander » Tue May 06, 2014 1:12 pm

You mentioned Send To, which can only be done over USB from MMW to device. Now you mention wireless which can only be done in MMA or from a DLNA client with download capability. Please explain in detail what/how you're doing as the lack of details won't allow us to help.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by Lowlander » Tue May 06, 2014 1:10 pm

You may have WAV set as supported format, thus the rule unsupported formats to MP3 won't convert the WAV files. A screenshot of the Auto-Conversion settings in the Device Profile may help.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 1:10 pm

That is already done, the whole thing is already set up to auto convert to the file format. It happens with no problems when sending the file, wired, to the device. When trying to wirelessly bring a file over from the library to the device, this does not actually happen.

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by nohitter151 » Tue May 06, 2014 1:06 pm

mediamonkeychick wrote:Sorry, I thought I had explained it.

I want to transfer a music file from the computer mm library to the device. In the library it is a wav file. I want the files to be converted from wav to m4a as they are copied over to the Android device. Not streaming. So I have the file, but in m4a format, actually on the device.

Thanks
In that case do as Lowlander already said, set the auto-conversion option in the device profile.

1. Attach device via USB
2. Click on the device in the MM media tree
3. Click the "Auto-conversion" tab
4. Set a new rule to convert WAV files to m4a

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by mediamonkeychick » Tue May 06, 2014 1:04 pm

Sorry, I thought I had explained it.

I want to transfer a music file from the computer mm library to the device. In the library it is a wav file. I want the files to be converted from wav to m4a as they are copied over to the Android device. Not streaming. So I have the file, but in m4a format, actually on the device.

Thanks

Re: How to get MM to auto-convert when exporting to device

by nohitter151 » Tue May 06, 2014 12:59 pm

mediamonkeychick wrote:I have the option set to auto convert on the fly already for that device and when it is hard wired to the computer it does perform the conversion, but this is a file being sent from the computer library to the device. On the device, we are calling for a file from the computer. The file that gets delivered is a wav file, not a m4a.

Any idea on what I might be doing wrong?
It's not clear if you are talking about syncing a file or streaming one.

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