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HTC phones have become more and more media oriented, and the blackstone, with an aestheticly appealing music player and 8 gb memcard enclosed, as well as a headphone jack, is definitely contending as an iPod replacement. However, a lot of people already have or have had iPods, and with all those playlists... well, there really isn't a good substitute. There are roundabout ways to transfer it all through WMP or other things, but nothing especially good.
I bring you Black Berry Media Sync, or Salling Media Sync Pro. Both sync just like an iPod. I'm not looking for something that's just as visually appealing, just for something with the same functionality. Anyway, since I can't code, I figured I might as well unleash the idea. I put it in the Blackstone forum because the Touch HD is definitely the most media oriented HTC so far.
Please, if anyone can code, this is a forum for ideas. I can't do much, but go ahead and try!
I second this request. It is the MAIN feature I miss from my iPhone.
I would add however that whatever the solution is that it works on a Mac too.
Windows media player together with ActiveSync or without it can sync media, except much better than iTunes in that it won't do the stupid renaming of files and your library will be accessible to any application including itunes. Apart from this, almost any media player for Windows can sync with external drives and devices. So I fail to see what you are complaining about. There's much more functionality available compared to ipod!
Musicfone is an interesting solution to sync with Itunes . I am using it for the podcasts and I am
Regards
Okay, musicfone seems nice, but I'm talking specifically Windows Media Player for WinMo. Probably the main focus isn't transferring music, as I can already do that by syncing iTunes with WMP and WMP with my phone with Active Sync, but instead translating iTunes playlists into WMP playlists. Good idea? Please, if anyone knows willing coders, ask.
I would like Itunes on my HD2 as all my songs are currently in Itunes and don't want to start all over again with windows media player. Is this possible and NO I don't want to go buy an Iphone as my HD2 rules
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NO I don't want to go buy an Iphone
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Why not?
You seem bent on using a terrible piece of software, why not also a terrible phone?
Try Salling Media Sync
If you want to sync the playlists from the iTunes in your PC with your HD2, then you can go for Salling Media Sync. Its Free
There is also an excellent music/ internet radio player and iTunes sync software called Pocket Tunes costing $20, but available for a 15 day trial.
For the HD2 you'd need an extra 'skin' downloaded for it to work, and some of the menu options are a little less finger friendly as they are designed for stylus use, but still quite usable.
The PC client will sync iTunes files and playlists (though not those with DRM, as that's not allowed by Apple). The demo version won't work with WMA files as Microsoft don't allow that!
We did a review of this on 4WinMobile!, though its not been updated for a while
The only reason for having itunes would be the podcasts but this guy has fixed that for us.
He has converted the itunes xml to html using google appspot. So you can now access itunes store and download podcasts straight to your device. It is not the nicest UI but works on IE Opera and skyfire.
http://app-store.appspot.com
If someone wants to make it all nice and tidy feel free.
Just did a search on the forum and noticed that no one had mentioned iTunes Agent (http://ita.sourceforge.net/).
"iTunes Agent is a tiny application which rests in your system tray, constantly looking for devices being connected to your system. If a device it recognizes is connected it enables you to manage it via a playlist in iTunes. You may even associate your player with a Smart Playlist, such as "Party Shuffle", and always have a new collection of tracks on your player!
When you are done modifying the list of tracks for your player you can synchronize it with two small mouse-clicks!"
I thought it was good to mention as i have a itunes server service which i use for music and also a ipod touch and keeping them all in sync inc HD2 and any other device is very handy.
http://www.binaryfortress.com/itunes-sync/
This does a similar sort of thing, doesnt need to start with windows and hide in your tray though!
itunes and HTC HD2
Can itunes be downloaded and purchase the songs, games, and music on the
windows os? Are the games scaled to work on the HTC HD2? If so, how do you do this?
nuke1201 said:
Can itunes be downloaded and purchase the songs, games, and music on the
windows os? Are the games scaled to work on the HTC HD2? If so, how do you do this?
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music will work videos might work and games defiantly wont work at all.
itunes sync
Found a very good free app (doubletwist) that syncronizes itunes / iphoto/ video libraries between the Mac and any storage device. I have been using it on the HTC HD2 for a week and it syncs all the playlists from itunes and even photos and videos. it is linked to amazon music store and content can be downloaded directly. The interface is just like itunes and seems very very easy to use...just select your device from the panel, select playlists and click sync....all the playlists created get recognised by the HTC sense media player.. google doubletwist and download ...and you are all set.....
doubletwist
doesn't work for me. my hd2 is running windows mobile 6.5 and while the app recognizes my device after it's plugged into my computer and also sees the itunes files and playlists, nothing shows up after the supposed sync takes place.
Interested in such an app for my HD2 on WM 6.5
Tried Itunes agent, not really user friendly and didnt manage to add my HD2 on it.
Ive got loads on myusic on itunes, would like to put one of my playlist songs (around 500 mbs of music) on my HD2.. is there a simple way? Copying items from itunes doesnt seem to work.. and there is a mix of MP3 files and AAC files... will they read allright on HD2?
If they where bought from the iTunes store..and no explicitly DRM free, then no, they will not work no matter how you copy them to your device.
To save everyone all the reading below here is the bottom line up front:
In my opinion Sony's Media Go is the best for the job (use at your own risk).
The good:
-surprisingly it syncs with my N1
-syncs music, pictures & video
-places a check mark beside all media in your library that is on your N1 card
-option to transcode if device needs
-optimizes pictures for device
-did not waste my time and delete my existing media and re-sync
-plays media library quite well
The bad:
-no option for auto syncing media (does show check mark to track what is manually synced as I mentioned).
-had to spend some time re-tagging about 100 videos
Basically it gives two options when you install; sync with Ericsson phone or PSP. I chose PSP as I was unsure if those phones have media card support and I know the PSP does. I'm still not sure if this will affect transcoding, namely if it thinks it needs to transcode for PSP or if Media Go is aware that it's an N1 and knows what type of files it supports. Hopefully it does know it's an N1 but if not it should only affect video. I have already synced two h264, .mp4 TV shows and it was rather quick so I don't think any transcoding happened. They are not PSP compatible because I watch them on my Xbox 360. I tried to install one movie but it was taking too long so I stopped it. It seems to me that most managers/players take a while to sync movies anyway because of their size, I was just being impatient with the movie sync. Also, I am unsure if it will sync movies purchased from the store as I am in Japan and the video purchase is blocked.
If you are like me you would like one program to sync music, pictures & videos to your N1 storage card. I've tried the majority of them, WMP; either you sync all items in library or one at a time and you have no visual for what in your library is already on the card with the second choice. If you sync all at once all videos in your library will try to sync. Realplayer; no option for pictures that I could find anyway. iTunes; "what you talkin' 'bout Willis". Doubletwist; if I wanted to use iTunes I would use iTunes. JR Media Player; way to involved but still a good program.
If you know of a better media manager program to sync all media with Nexus One please share your replies.
The best program for media syncing is a batch script.
xcopy /f /y /i /d c:\media\*.* e:\android_media\*.*
VicG said:
..In my opinion Sony's Media Go is the best for the job
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Doubletwist; if I wanted to use iTunes I would use iTunes.
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..In my opinion Doubletwist is an excellent solution for the N1 too. Writing it off simply because is mimics iTunes without acknowledging any of its features is a bit shallow isnt it? I can fully appreciate peoples dislike for iTunes interface and a clone like DoubleTwist. But one should at least acknowledge what Doubletwist can do. There is also a quite acceptable Doubletwist media player to run on your N1 too.
I think DoubleTwist is a perfectly adequate solution for those of us who are not so technical minded. Anyone who just wants a simple solution that works very well. As far as I can tell it does everything you say the Sony app will do.
logger said:
..In my opinion Doubletwist is an excellent solution for the N1 too. Writing it off simply because is mimics iTunes without acknowledging any of its features is a bit shallow isnt it? I can fully appreciate peoples dislike for iTunes interface and a clone like DoubleTwist. But one should at least acknowledge what Doubletwist can do. There is also a quite acceptable Doubletwist media player to run on your N1 too.
I think DoubleTwist is a perfectly adequate solution for those of us who are not so technical minded. Anyone who just wants a simple solution that works very well. As far as I can tell it does everything you say the Sony app will do.
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I never said that I disliked iTunes, if it would sync that would be my first choice. Suggesting that I'm shallow just because I stated my opinion about which program I like that happens to not be the one you chose is a little holier that though isn't it?
How about next time you just state your opinion without the whining...
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Suggesting that I'm shallow just because I stated my opinion about which program I like that happens to not be the one you chose is a little holier that though isn't it?
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YES, I would say so.
Actually it was your single sentence appraisal of Doubletwist that I was describing as shallow, not you. A ten page review of an application could be described as In Depth. Whereas the single sentence "Doubletwist; if I wanted to use iTunes I would use iTunes." can be described as a shallow review. I felt you wrote it off a little cheaply thats all. For what its worth, I am sure the developers would too
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How about next time you just state your opinion without the whining...
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Well as a matter of fact................ That what I thought I was doing...
Is there a way to sync from itunes directly to N1, or the only solution from itunes to N1 is doubletwist?
I'm on a mac btw.
I prefer media monkey.
Mokurex said:
Is there a way to sync from itunes directly to N1, or the only solution from itunes to N1 is doubletwist?
I'm on a mac btw.
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Salling Media Sync works well for me - there are free and paid versions. The paid version gives faster syncing.
I actually think that windows media player 12 that comes with windows 7 is not bad at all
Is there an app that syncs via adb? i.e. no mounting.
mac
automator + rsync =
worker1 said:
The best program for media syncing is a batch script.
xcopy /f /y /i /d c:\media\*.* e:\android_media\*.*
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And when you delete something out of media?
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GldRush98 said:
And when you delete something out of media?
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but this. . .
I use TuneSync.
It lets you pick which iTunes libraries you want to sync to your phone, then when connected to your Network via WiFi it downloads all of the music. I love the wireless factor. Keeps it simple.
Can you post a link to the Sony Media Go.apk?
iSyncr + iTunes. Works like a charm.
Wii60 said:
iSyncr + iTunes. Works like a charm.
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What he said
Wisefire said:
Can you post a link to the Sony Media Go.apk?
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Media Go isn't a program for your N1, it's software on your PC. (free)
I agree with the OP, it's great software that makes dealing with all your media very easy.. a good solution overall.
link: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/mediago/default_enu.asp?page=download
Ah! I was thinking it was something Sony made for the x10 and someone ported.
Thanks.
worker1 said:
The best program for media syncing is a batch script.
xcopy /f /y /i /d c:\media\*.* e:\android_media\*.*
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Its not "batch", its "bash", and your syntax is wrong...
for FILE in /path/*;
do
adb push "$FILE" "/sdcard/yourpath/"
done
lbcoder said:
Its not "batch", its "bash", and your syntax is wrong...
for FILE in /path/*;
do
adb push "$FILE" "/sdcard/yourpath/"
done
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Bash is a Unix command shell.
A batch file is a text file containing a series of commands intended to be executed by the command interpreter in DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows.
Since Zune is now useless for syncing in WP8, I've decided the time has probably come to uninstall it. However, I'm loathe to let the iTunes virus onto my PC after a bad experience several years ago, so what is the best alternative music player/manager?
What are you using?
I still use Zune because I like the interface but you can also still sync with Windows Media Player.
winamp,foobar, mediamonkey or VLC - take a pick
but i tend to just listen to xbox music and dont use the local storage anymore.. shame actually
but smart dj is just a nice random mode
I agree with sinister1, Zune is amazing. Still using it.
I use Windows media player and Zune, but Zune is much better sounding than WMP.
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Winamp has been my choice for the last several years, but I recently decided to try foobar2000. Foobar...... lacks a lot of functionality in comparison to winamp. Still, the majority of Winamp's addons haven't seen updating for over 5 years (literally), and winamp being owned by AOL has some downsides (the installer tries to give you a lot of ****).
I don't think I'm going back to winamp, but that decision is more of a vague whim, since foobar can be very.... patchy. The modular nature of foobar means UI functionality across the program is incredibly inconsistent, even among the default components! People keep assuring me "everything is configurable" but that just doesn't seem to be true, short of writing a component from scratch to make it work the way I want. Still I've managed to overlook these flaws and settle in comfortably, I think.
Mediamonkey is fat. That might not matter on a newer computer, but I'm biased against software with inefficient (bad) programming. (Full disclosure, Winamp's modern skinning engine is fat- don't install that, it's optional, and get an older "classic" skin).
I found this app named MusicBee. I'm in the process of syncing all my music as far as tags once I'm done I will wipe my phone and try to sync using it, I will keep you posted; I have a very large collection so it might be a while.
Too bad someone can't hack Zune and make it wokr for WP8 just like they made WMDC work for WP7.
I used the Windows Phone 8 apps (both metro and desktop versions) and music syncing was pathetic. It also took up too much space and had no playlists. I removed all music from my L920 and set up sync with Windows Media Player. I got all my songs and playlists and increased my available storage by about 10GB. The only downsides are that I don't prefer WMP over Zune (who would??) and now nokias Rinstone Maker doesn't recognize pretty much all the songs as they are WMA and not MP3
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