I've been trying to find an easy way to sync my Itunes library on a Windows 7 computer. I can use Isyncr and it works well, but only does music, no podcasts etc. It does do album art which is of course great!
I wanted to DoubleTwist but cannot for the life of me get it to work. So, option B, and I believe a much better option than both above is Salling Media Sync. After a whole lot of trial and error, I finally got it to recognize my Droid X and works great!
So, the key is very simple. Instead of setting the USB connection to mass storage as one would think, set it to "Windows Media Sync" and voila! It will sync your individual playlists, cover art, podcasts and photos!!! Seems to be working great as far as I can tell.
Please let me know if others find this to be working and if anyone has input on DoubleTwist and why it does not seem to work, feel free to add.
doubletwist is what i use. doubletwist can use any mass storage device, whats the hold up. does it not detect it or you just not sure how to sync it? just need to have it sync with your itunes then select what playlist or all music to sync
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doubletwist is what i use. doubletwist can use any mass storage device, whats the hold up. does it not detect it or you just not sure how to sync it? just need to have it sync with your itunes then select what playlist or all music to sync
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It does not recognize my device, actually it does not recognize any of my devices including my Iphone, Blackberry curve or Droid X. But, strangely, my wife's laptop does recognize all of them. So, it is something unique to my computer and I simply can not figure out what.
And, on another note Salling is not recognizing my Droid after the initial sync! UGH!! Its got to be my computer, but WHY!!!
Beta version adds Droid X support
The Droid X is not supported in the stable release.
Setup Salling Media Sync to use beta updates.
Update to beta.
Connect and set Droid X to USB Mass Storage Mode.
Voila.
I agree i have tried both double twist, isync and 1 more sync mate all have their shortcomings and you can waste a lot of time trying to figure them out . I found Salling Media Sync to work perfectly with my imac and HTC Desire perfectly
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I deleted all of my music and incidentally, the playlists from my storage card and set the X1 up for autosync with WMP11. The music and the playlists went into directories on my storage card called "Music" and "Playlists". The playlists appear in the multimedia player accessed from the spb panel but do not appear in the sony media panel! I found out that if you create a playlist through the Media Panel, these gointo the device itself under "My Documents/My Music and these are not compatible with the media player versions - great!
Anyone know of a fix for this as I dont want to recreate all of my playlists so that I can use them in the media panel!
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Alan
I just discovered the same thing. This is a annoying. I have set up several auto playlists in WMP11 and they sync just fine with my other MP3 (which I hoped that the X1 could replace, even bought 16Gb microSD card for this). Now I have to recreate these playlists again on the X1.
I had the same issue. Decided to go the apple way. Got all of my music and playlists setup on iTunes. Installed Pocket Tunes for the sync portion and it copied all of my music and itunes playlists to my SD card. So far, it's been very very stable, keeps in sync, the playlists are recognized by SE media panel and most other winmo media players because they're standard .m3u format.
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I had the same issue. Decided to go the apple way. Got all of my music and playlists setup on iTunes. Installed Pocket Tunes for the sync portion and it copied all of my music and itunes playlists to my SD card. So far, it's been very very stable, keeps in sync, the playlists are recognized by SE media panel and most other winmo media players because they're standard .m3u format.
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I have been working on this all weekend. After syncing a small playlist it all seemed to work. Then I started to re-rate all 2000+ songs in my library (as WMP does not store the ratings in the MP3 tags, iTunes did not import those ratings) as I often use playlists based on ratings. I finally started to sync all my music and pocket tunes sync keeps crashing This is very annoying.
Does anyone have another solution to get your MP3 library synchronized on your Xperia with working playlists in the Media Panel?
P.S. I also tried S2P. It look great, but it keeps crashing as my library is over 8Gb.
What version of windows are you currently running? I'm on XP and my version of Pocket Tunes is 4.1.2045 . Another option is to get the free windows version of Salling Media Sync, it'll sync your iTunes library as well as playlists, but to get it to work you have to switch your USB to PC settings so that your phone works as a mass storage device and bypasses active sync.
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What version of windows are you currently running? I'm on XP and my version of Pocket Tunes is 4.1.2045 . Another option is to get the free windows version of Salling Media Sync, it'll sync your iTunes library as well as playlists, but to get it to work you have to switch your USB to PC settings so that your phone works as a mass storage device and bypasses active sync.
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I am using Vista Business 32 bit. I am currently testing Salling Media Sync right now. I had it first on ActiveX USB to PC setting, which gave problems. I just discovered that I have to switch it and am now testing it with the mass storage device setting. For me that would not be a problem, as I generally sync my Outlook and files either via Bluetooth or GPRS/HDSPA.
Here's something else I found, I may try it out tomorrow http://ita.sourceforge.net/ , it's called iTunes Agent.
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Here's something else I found, I may try it out tomorrow http://ita.sourceforge.net/ , it's called iTunes Agent.
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I saw that one, but you can only synchronize ONE playlist with your device, not multiple playlists that will also be available as multiple playlists on the device itself.
I think your issue with all these sync programs is Vista compatibility. If you get a chance, try XP, if you can't, try running xp on a virtual machine within your Vista install.
Another thing you can try is, right click on your pocket tunes executable go to properties and do a "run as administrator" on it, also select the compatibility mode to Windows XP, hopefully, it won't crash the next time.
Has anyone found a reliable, free (or cheap) solution for syncing content to their desire?
Ideally I would like to share the SD card via wifi but I know that might not be possible.
Next best option would be an app that runs on the PC (win 7 64 bit) and an android app to sync the content.
Nearest I have found is Missing Sync but they want $40 (£28) for it which is ludicrous!
I have tried searching but not found anything.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Although it doesn't do this over wifi, doubleTwist syncs all that.
For down/uploading files to sd card from/to your pc there is one called web sharing, great app.
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you could use an ftp server like swiftp on your phone and a client on your pc like filezilla. they're both free btw...
you would have to get yourself an app that rescans the sd card and adds the new files to the music library, but if i'm not mistaken there's a free one for that too
I'm using NextApp WebSharing Media/File Sync to do this. Try the free version first, the full version is $2.99 and honestly is excellent.
Gives the person full access to your SD card through any PC/laptop using WiFi. I transfer movies and files this way daily. All protected.
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iTunes Agent is a small program which enables you to synch your iTunes library or single playlists to any storage device. I don't know about videos and images, but it works great with music. Assuming you are using iTunes of course.
/edit: this is only one way though..
djind said:
iTunes Agent is a small program which enables you to synch your iTunes library or single playlists to any storage device. I don't know about videos and images, but it works great with music. Assuming you are using iTunes of course.
/edit: this is only one way though..
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Does this work over wifi?
I've been trying to get a program call aFileSync to work.
it syncs through ftp via wifi with many sync options.. (looks good)
but I'm having trouble getting it to connect to my ftp (im not that ftp savy, I'm using filezilla server )
HTC Sync v3.0xxx will do this...currently seems to work and released only for Wildfire. It actually syncs with your iTunes library (one-way only though and sadly on Wifi neither - PC to Desire, don't know about Mac version)...
tunesync is my option of choice, over wifi, syncs selected playlists from itunes automatically when you are on the same network as the pc.
there is a demo on the market too.
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tunesync is my option of choice, over wifi, syncs selected playlists from itunes automatically when you are on the same network as the pc.
there is a demo on the market too.
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I've just given this a go.. it works pretty good.
but it has also reminded me why I hate iTunes, its a pig of thing..
It would be nice if they could make it work with out itunes, it doesn't need to be any over the top, just a simple folder tree of all your artists and albums and check box next to each folder.
I've just found androsync which is similar but it can work from a simple m3u playlist file. I'm going to give it a go now.
and I also have to uninstall iTunes and plethora of other virus like apps it installs with it..
I am using a Macbook and had managed to sync playlists/songs/podcast to SGS after 2 weeks of seaching. Everything went a-ok but the music player in SGS was not able to recognise the playlist.... which has an extension .m3u. Any advise?
What did you end up using to sync your iTunes library?
I have a Macbook and iPhone but am going to be switching to the Galaxy S. I don't use Playlists on my iTunes.
How did you sync all your music to the phone?
salling media sync does a really nice job of syncing anything you have in iTunes to your GS, works on mac and pc. Double twist also does the job.
I use doubletwist, does a good job.
Does it sync playlists to Samsungs inbuilt player?
Wich software is the best to sync my Samsung Galaxy SII with the iMac? Is there a good alternative for kies?
You could try this, it may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104826
If i install it on my mac it will not show in the programs folder?
2452sgtb said:
You could try this, it may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104826
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The Raptor said:
Wich software is the best to sync my Samsung Galaxy SII with the iMac? Is there a good alternative for kies?
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Google Music
I cannot sync contacts and calender with Google Sync
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Google Music
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There are quite a few FREE choices out there, but if your willing to spend a few bucks here is what I'm using.
First off you need a Google account.
Then on your Mac, you can sync Contacts into your Google account by going into the Pref's in Contacts and adding your google account.
Next up is iCal, I use BusyCal, it works very well with Mobile Me and the Cloud, can download a fee trial to see, but it does the job to get the iCal info to and from the GS2.
Finally is Media, I've tried several ones and found that the Missing Sync does the best job to sync iTunes Music and Movies as well as a great job to sync iPhoto.
You will have to have NON-DRM music to get it on the GS2, use NoteBurner to strip it.
What I like about The Missing Sync is that I can plug in the GS2 and it will place my new photos or home videos right into iPhoto without me dragging or dropping anything, works like as if it were an iPhone. I installed an app on the GS2 called AutoMount that does what it sounds like, plug in the USB cable and it automounts the SD card, then auto syncs with the missing sync and then auto disconnects and keeps charging, its great.
SyncMate, the free version will do wonders for PIM, the premium one even adds media syncing capabilites.
If you stick with the free version, you can try using doubletwist for media. Alternatively buy Tunesync or a similar app in Android Market and go on using iTunes.
Just get a PC.
Thanx for the information.
How can i put Office and PDF files on the SD card? My iMac does not see the SD card.
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There are quite a few FREE choices out there, but if your willing to spend a few bucks here is what I'm using.
First off you need a Google account.
Then on your Mac, you can sync Contacts into your Google account by going into the Pref's in Contacts and adding your google account.
Next up is iCal, I use BusyCal, it works very well with Mobile Me and the Cloud, can download a fee trial to see, but it does the job to get the iCal info to and from the GS2.
Finally is Media, I've tried several ones and found that the Missing Sync does the best job to sync iTunes Music and Movies as well as a great job to sync iPhoto.
You will have to have NON-DRM music to get it on the GS2, use NoteBurner to strip it.
What I like about The Missing Sync is that I can plug in the GS2 and it will place my new photos or home videos right into iPhoto without me dragging or dropping anything, works like as if it were an iPhone. I installed an app on the GS2 called AutoMount that does what it sounds like, plug in the USB cable and it automounts the SD card, then auto syncs with the missing sync and then auto disconnects and keeps charging, its great.
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You can also try iSyncr, a very nice tool to sync with iTunes.
Simple stuff. I am looking for a program that can sync my music everytime I plug in my S4...
All it literally has to do is sync music. It doesn't have to play it or even edit the music tags or information, it simply needs to sync to my S4 external SD card. I just point the program to the folder I want to sync to and it adds everything that isn't on the SD card. just like an iPhone
Any recommendations?
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Simple stuff. I am looking for a program that can sync my music everytime I plug in my S4...
All it literally has to do is sync music. It doesn't have to play it or even edit the music tags or information, it simply needs to sync to my S4 external SD card. I just point the program to the folder I want to sync to and it adds everything that isn't on the SD card. just like an iPhone
Any recommendations?
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I use isyncr and itunes (blasphemy I know).
But it works well for me, I have it wireless sync on a schedule both ways (playcounts, ratings, playlists). Or you can have it sync over usb (gets annoying everytime I plug my phone into the computer though tbh).
You can use whatever android media player you want - needs to be itunes on the pc though.