by nynaevelan » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:34 pm
There is no need to give up using playlists. Once you setup your autosync lists and they have been synced to your Zen the first time, every sync after that it will only sync thosse files/playlists which have changed since your last sync. Keep in mind if you do alot of tag changing or playlist changing, these will keep syncing to your Zen. I do not know what difference it makes but I do not have the option selected to update the timestamp of my tracks. Now I only see minor changes in my syncs unless I have done some major tagging. I use MM for my Zen and Zen X-fi and on my Zen I only sync it once every 2 or 3 weeks and at most I usually only see more than 100 tracks being synced because I've made some minor changes. On my X-fi I usually only see 10-50 track changes, mostly it is playlist changes because I adjust my playlists every few days. In all the time I use MM, playlists are the one area I have the least amount of trouble with. My Zen has an autosync list of 44 playlists and 1005 tracks, my X-Fi has a list of 1621 tracks and 83 playlists.
Keep in mind any manual syncs you do by using the send to... option it will always recopy everything, and if you have tracks that are a part of other playlists you will lose the links in those playlists, that is why it is better to use autosyncing. I only use manual syncing when I upload my audiobooks since they are not a part of any other playlists.
Nyn
There is no need to give up using playlists. Once you setup your autosync lists and they have been synced to your Zen the first time, every sync after that it will only sync thosse files/playlists which have changed since your last sync. Keep in mind if you do alot of tag changing or playlist changing, these will keep syncing to your Zen. I do not know what difference it makes but I do not have the option selected to update the timestamp of my tracks. Now I only see minor changes in my syncs unless I have done some major tagging. I use MM for my Zen and Zen X-fi and on my Zen I only sync it once every 2 or 3 weeks and at most I usually only see more than 100 tracks being synced because I've made some minor changes. On my X-fi I usually only see 10-50 track changes, mostly it is playlist changes because I adjust my playlists every few days. In all the time I use MM, playlists are the one area I have the least amount of trouble with. My Zen has an autosync list of 44 playlists and 1005 tracks, my X-Fi has a list of 1621 tracks and 83 playlists.
Keep in mind any manual syncs you do by using the send to... option it will always recopy everything, and if you have tracks that are a part of other playlists you will lose the links in those playlists, that is why it is better to use autosyncing. I only use manual syncing when I upload my audiobooks since they are not a part of any other playlists.
Nyn