Sync problem with Creative Zen Vision: M

videoassets · Post by **videoassets** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:55 am

I just received a Zen Vision: M and am syncing with MM, which I also just loaded. The M properly comes up in the tree as a Windows Media device (no drive) and transfers the tracks fine. The problem is that MM doesn't stop the process after the tracks are synced. It still says "syncronizing" and I have to disconnect the player to release the software. I tried the "unmount the device" option, but no luck.

Probably just a newbie thing, but I'm stumped. Any thoughts out there.

Lance Lipman

Post by **jiri** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:12 am

Have you tried to keep it running for a longer time (several minutes)? MM synchronizes playlists in the end and as discussed in other threads here this is pretty lenghty operation on some devices.

Jiri

videoassets · Post by **videoassets** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:32 am

Yes, I did that. When I did my first sync (2500 tunes), I left it sit for a while before I checked it, so I'm sure it had ample time. I only had a few playlists too. Could it be a playlist incompatability?

Thanks.
Lance

Post by **jiri** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:28 am

You can try the debug version, its log would tell for sure whether/what is MM doing.

Jiri

videoassets · Post by **videoassets** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:10 pm

Well, I've deleted some of the random playlists and successfully synced a small number of files. One thing I've learned about the Zen Vision: M is that it doesn't like unfilled album tags. I've got to tag them "unknown" or I can't see the titles under an artist after syncing.

I'll try the full synce next. Thanks for the help.
Lance

crcm · Post by **crcm** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:24 am

It would be nice to hear...how the Player has been working in Mediamonkey. Any other problems? I am thinking about buying Creative Zen Vision: M.

videoassets · Post by **videoassets** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:40 pm

Everything's working fine with MM now. What seems to have solved my sync problem was turning on the "Delete tracks that aren't on the Auto-Sync list from the device" function. As I was editing tags, the old versions were not being deleted. But syncing ends properly now.

Otherwise, the playlists show up fine and once I cleaned up my tags, MM does a great job organing the device. The bundled Creative software just doesn't have the tag editing power of MM. AND I did a search for synchronize in the help section of Creative MediaSource (the main music organizer tool) and nothing came up. You can certainly rip and transfer files with it, but I'm not sure it will sync the list when you add & delete like MM.

The Zen Vision:M is great, but the navigation takes a bit of getting used to; both the sensitivity and layout. The video is awesome too, but it's not the mail reason I bought it. Good luck.

crcm · Post by **crcm** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:56 pm

thanks!

bmilner · Post by **bmilner** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:28 pm

I get the same problem. With a 4100 track library on the device, it appears to "hang" at 100% complete for 30 minutes or so. I ran the debug version and it appears to do the following steps over and over at the end of the sync process.

It does this at about 2-3 tracks per second, which for 4100 tracks = 30 minutes. I have an email in to their tech support to address it.

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00007142	145.68106079	[1444] WMDM: Starting action id: 3	
00007143	145.68118286	[1444] WMDM: GetStorageFromPath: Music\Mary Jane Lamond\Suas E!\09 - Hor Ghoid Thu Nighean (Stepping Song).mp3	
00007144	145.68132019	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007145	145.68217468	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007146	145.68823242	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007147	145.69122314	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007148	145.70158386	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007149	145.71234131	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007150	145.72306824	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007151	145.73382568	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007152	145.74197388	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007153	145.74255371	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007154	145.74273682	[1444] WMDM: Finished action id: 3	
00007155	145.74449158	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007156	145.74845886	[1444] WMDM: Starting action id: 3	
00007157	145.74856567	[1444] WMDM: GetStorageFromPath: Music\Mark Kozelek\What's Next to the Moon\08 - If You Want Blood.mp3	
00007158	145.74868774	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007159	145.74949646	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007160	145.75529480	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007161	145.75608826	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007162	145.76623535	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007163	145.77676392	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007164	145.78752136	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007165	145.79826355	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007166	145.80903625	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007167	145.81977844	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007168	145.83050537	[1444] WMDM: Waiting for command to complete	
00007169	145.83169556	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007170	145.83227539	[1444] WMDM: EnumStorage: 0	
00007171	145.83255005	[1444] WMDM: Finished action id: 3	
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Sync problem with Creative Zen Vision: M

Sync problem with Creative Zen Vision: M

It takes 30 minutes on my Vision M too