by Solitaire001 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:59 am
I will provide what help I can. Sorry if it is a bit wordy.
I can only speak about Sony players that I have. I have the following players (all are flash players): NWZ-A818 (8GB), NWZ-A816 (4GB), and NWZ-E438 (8GB). Each of these players works very well with MediaMonkey (MM). Music and playlists sync perfectly with my players.
As far as what sync means, I can only give you my own opinion. For me, it is an operation that does the following: (1) MM compares the songs that are on my player against what MM says should be on my player, then (2) deletes any songs that should not be on my player, and (3) adds any songs that are missing from my player, and finally (4) updates the playlists on my player. At the end of the operation what is on my player and what MM says should be on my player are in perfect sync.
With my Sony players, sync is basically a one-way operation, any changes I need to make (ratings, song information, and so on) have to made in MM. Also, much of the song's ID3 tag information (such as ratings, play count, and the album artist) aren't used directly on my Sony player (but can be used indirectly via playlists). Finally, when I play a song on my Sony player it doesn't change the play count in MM.
For example, I have MM set up where only songs rated 3 stars or higher are loaded on my player. If I want to add or remove a song from my player, I just change its rating and the next time I sync my player the song will be added/removed from my player (depending on what the rating is).
One quirk I have found when syncing actually works to my advantage. I've found that if I sync a playlist that contains only songs rated "Unknown" or 0 stars to my player, each time I sync my player, MM takes the songs from that playlist that are on my player and changes their ratings to 1 star, then they are replaced in the playlist and on my player by other unrated or 0 star songs. This is handy for podcasts when I want them loaded in order with the oldest ones first, each time I sync my player each podcast is replaced by the next one in order.
Basically, this is my experience with my Sony players. It is likely that other players handle it differently, and that syncing might more of a two-way process (such as changes made on the player being passed on to MM and vice versa).
I hope that helps.
I will provide what help I can. Sorry if it is a bit wordy.
I can only speak about Sony players that I have. I have the following players (all are flash players): NWZ-A818 (8GB), NWZ-A816 (4GB), and NWZ-E438 (8GB). Each of these players works very well with MediaMonkey (MM). Music and playlists sync perfectly with my players.
As far as what sync means, I can only give you my own opinion. For me, it is an operation that does the following: (1) MM compares the songs that are on my player against what MM says should be on my player, then (2) deletes any songs that should not be on my player, and (3) adds any songs that are missing from my player, and finally (4) updates the playlists on my player. At the end of the operation what is on my player and what MM says should be on my player are in perfect sync.
With my Sony players, sync is basically a one-way operation, any changes I need to make (ratings, song information, and so on) have to made in MM. Also, much of the song's ID3 tag information (such as ratings, play count, and the album artist) aren't used directly on my Sony player (but can be used indirectly via playlists). Finally, when I play a song on my Sony player it doesn't change the play count in MM.
For example, I have MM set up where only songs rated 3 stars or higher are loaded on my player. If I want to add or remove a song from my player, I just change its rating and the next time I sync my player the song will be added/removed from my player (depending on what the rating is).
One quirk I have found when syncing actually works to my advantage. I've found that if I sync a playlist that contains only songs rated "Unknown" or 0 stars to my player, each time I sync my player, MM takes the songs from that playlist that are on my player and changes their ratings to 1 star, then they are replaced in the playlist and on my player by other unrated or 0 star songs. This is handy for podcasts when I want them loaded in order with the oldest ones first, each time I sync my player each podcast is replaced by the next one in order.
Basically, this is my experience with my Sony players. It is likely that other players handle it differently, and that syncing might more of a two-way process (such as changes made on the player being passed on to MM and vice versa).
I hope that helps.
