Android Devices

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Introduction

MediaMonkey can sync your music, videos and playlists to your Android device. Sync includes basic metadata like Title, Artist, Album and Genre, but also Rating, Lyrics and an Artwork image associated with the Album. MediaMonkey will also sync certain tag changes and Play Counts back to MediaMonkey when using Auto-Sync when using MediaMonkey for Android to play and edit Media Files on your device.

Configure your Device

If you're planning to use MediaMonkey for Android on your device you should install it first.

Sync

Sync and the Device Profile settings are explained here: Syncing Files to Portable Devices.

USB Sync

USB Sync works like Sync for any other device MediaMonkey can Sync to. USB Sync is faster than Wifi Sync.

• MTP Drivers in Windows for Android devices can be buggy causing a media transfer process appears to be frozen error message in MediaMonkey. Often when clicking OK Sync will continue. Updating MTP drivers can help. If USB Sync continues to fail you can try to use Wifi Sync instead.

Wifi Sync

Wifi Sync is run from MediaMonkey for Android (can't be initiated from MediaMonkey) and requires the MediaMonkey Media Server. Wifi Sync is slower than USB Sync.

• Wifi Sync uses the same Device Profile as MediaMonkey uses. It may be easier to setup the Device Profile(s) in MediaMonkey first before starting a Wifi Sync.

Direct Sync to SD Card

MediaMonkey can Sync directly to SD cards.

• When using MediaMonkey for Android this is not recommended as tags will be read by Android Media Scanner instead of MediaMonkey updating MediaMonkey for Android directly with tags and Play History.

Disconnecting your Device

Android devices can safely be unplugged once a sync operation has completed.

Related

• Help: MediaMonkey for Android Help
• Knowledge Base: USB Sync with Android / MP3 Players fails
• Knowledge Base: Wi-Fi Sync doesn’t work
• Knowledge Base: MediaMonkey DLNA / UPnP Server Inaccessible / Casting Fails

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