by BigInJapan » Fri May 31, 2013 10:26 am
Hi sirander. You seem to be confused on the difference between sync and transfer. Throughout your commentary on the uselessness of sync, you only address transfer issues. It's certainly true that it's better to not be constantly transferring content on and off of the device, but sync is so much more than that. Sync means being able to have your music files stored in multiple locations and each copy of the same track always having the same meta data. Suppose I have the same song on my tablet, my phone, and my PC, and I decide I want to change the Genre field. With sync, I can make that change on whichever of those three devices I happen to have in my hand at the moment and then have that change automagically applied to that same track on the other two devices. Then suppose I have an auto-playlist that populates based on the Genre field. With sync, changing the Genre tag on the copy of the file that's on the tablet, for instance, can then automatically cascade into a playlist update on all three devices.
Consider also the idea of tracking playcounts and last played dates. MMW gives us the ability to factor that information into auto-playlists. Up until now, those playlists could only factor in plays that happened on the PC. With sync, those playlists can now be aware of when and how often the track was played anywhere in a user's entire gadget-verse.
I imagine a good number of MM users would scoff at your notion that nobody has a library bigger than 64 GB. That point's somewhat moot though, as sync has tremendous value regardless of whether or not a user's entire library can fit on a microSD.
Hi sirander. You seem to be confused on the difference between sync and transfer. Throughout your commentary on the uselessness of sync, you only address transfer issues. It's certainly true that it's better to not be constantly transferring content on and off of the device, but sync is so much more than that. Sync means being able to have your music files stored in multiple locations and each copy of the same track always having the same meta data. Suppose I have the same song on my tablet, my phone, and my PC, and I decide I want to change the Genre field. With sync, I can make that change on whichever of those three devices I happen to have in my hand at the moment and then have that change automagically applied to that same track on the other two devices. Then suppose I have an auto-playlist that populates based on the Genre field. With sync, changing the Genre tag on the copy of the file that's on the tablet, for instance, can then automatically cascade into a playlist update on all three devices.
Consider also the idea of tracking playcounts and last played dates. MMW gives us the ability to factor that information into auto-playlists. Up until now, those playlists could only factor in plays that happened on the PC. With sync, those playlists can now be aware of when and how often the track was played anywhere in a user's entire gadget-verse.
I imagine a good number of MM users would scoff at your notion that nobody has a library bigger than 64 GB. That point's somewhat moot though, as sync has tremendous value regardless of whether or not a user's entire library can fit on a microSD.