by egan857 » Tue Aug 02, 2022 8:03 am
Thank you for the replies. This leads to two more questions (sorry).
What is MMA? I’m guessing Media Monkey for Android, as opposed to MMW Media Monkey for Windows. Sounds like it’s Media Monkey that works on the MP3 device, which would make it difficult to manage the libraries and song metadata (I do a lot of typing and dragging when working with the music). Is this correct?
I’m looking for an alternative to Sony. The NW-A45 has so many features that upset me, and the NW-A105 probably is not much better. All I want is something that can play songs on Bluetooth speakers. I want a hard-wire connector so I can sync to the computer quickly, and the ability to handle lots of playlists and songs. I’m looking at MP3/MP4 players like the one made by Innioasis, but even that seems like overkill since I don’t need MP4. Any positive experiences with this or other MP3 players?
FYI, here are some of the things that bug me about the Sony Walkman NW-A45:
1. It takes 3 minutes to rebuild the database every time I turn it on, even though the library has not been updated (the only exception is when I turn it on while still in power save mode).
2. Songs with certain special characters corrupt the entire database, requiring a reformat and reload (umlauts are fine, I’s and O’s with accent marks are not). This is true if the characters are anywhere in the metadata (song title, artist name, composer, etc.). This is not a Unicode setting problem.
3. It has a Sony-specific connector cable.
4. Even with a 256GB card, it can’t handle an unlimited number of playlists. If I load one too many playlists, the card is corrupted and I have to reformat and remove one playlist before reloading the whole library. At any time, I have to live with only half of my playlists on the device. I think the restriction is the total number of songs on the playlists, because I can replace one big playlist with a few small ones. This is not a space problem; I’m using less than half the 256GB capacity and it has no problem when I add songs.
Thank you for the replies. This leads to two more questions (sorry).
What is MMA? I’m guessing Media Monkey for Android, as opposed to MMW Media Monkey for Windows. Sounds like it’s Media Monkey that works on the MP3 device, which would make it difficult to manage the libraries and song metadata (I do a lot of typing and dragging when working with the music). Is this correct?
I’m looking for an alternative to Sony. The NW-A45 has so many features that upset me, and the NW-A105 probably is not much better. All I want is something that can play songs on Bluetooth speakers. I want a hard-wire connector so I can sync to the computer quickly, and the ability to handle lots of playlists and songs. I’m looking at MP3/MP4 players like the one made by Innioasis, but even that seems like overkill since I don’t need MP4. Any positive experiences with this or other MP3 players?
FYI, here are some of the things that bug me about the Sony Walkman NW-A45:
1. It takes 3 minutes to rebuild the database every time I turn it on, even though the library has not been updated (the only exception is when I turn it on while still in power save mode).
2. Songs with certain special characters corrupt the entire database, requiring a reformat and reload (umlauts are fine, I’s and O’s with accent marks are not). This is true if the characters are anywhere in the metadata (song title, artist name, composer, etc.). This is not a Unicode setting problem.
3. It has a Sony-specific connector cable.
4. Even with a 256GB card, it can’t handle an unlimited number of playlists. If I load one too many playlists, the card is corrupted and I have to reformat and remove one playlist before reloading the whole library. At any time, I have to live with only half of my playlists on the device. I think the restriction is the total number of songs on the playlists, because I can replace one big playlist with a few small ones. This is not a space problem; I’m using less than half the 256GB capacity and it has no problem when I add songs.