Steve,
Here are my the results of my testing against v9.1.207 / 9.0.34:
Media Center Library (30 files)- Bangles, Greatest Hits (14 Tracks, all at 320bps)
- Bangles, Different Light (12 Tracks, all at 320bps)
- Bing Crosby, Golden Greats (Track 15 "Swinging On A Star", 128bps)
- Bing Crosby, The Radio Years Vol 2 (Track 25 "May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You", 160bps)
- Audible File, Morning Edition, June 19, 2003
- Audible File, The Art of Happiness
Setup - Formatted the ipod from inside Media Center.
- Created "Bangles Test" Smartlist With Album="Different Light"
- Created "Bing Test" Smartlist with Artist="Bing Crosby"
- Created "Additional Tracks Test" with [Track #]==1,15,25
- Created "Audible Test" with [File Type]=[aa]
Test 1Synchronized with
- Select Artist Field set to "Artist"
- "Bangles Test" smartlist selected
- Delete files not in list checked
- Update tags checked
- Options: force file conversions during uploads checked, normalization set to 95%, conversion to 160, high speed.
Issues
- The first 10 songs appeared to transfer correctly, but after the last 2 songs were transferred the playlist assignments for the original 10 were wiped out.
- The last 2 songs transferred were fine.
Test 2- Within MC, left clicked on the iPod drive under "CD, DVD, & Handhelds".
- Expanded the iPod drive by left clicking on the "+".
- Expanded the "Playlists" within the iPod by left clicking on the "+".
- Left clicked on "Bangles Test" playlist within the iPod.
Issues
- The songs listed in the iPod's playlist had red "X"s through the icon and would not play within MC when I double clicked on them. This was a consistent problem throughout all the tests. The specific error message was, "Media Center was unable to play any of the files in the playlist. Please make sure that the path in the Media Library points to the right location. Also double check to make sure that you are not unintentionally filtering these files."
- Anything under the iPod's Artists / Albums / Genres groupings played fine from within MC.
Test 3Resynched with
- All settings as in Test 1
Issues
- The 10 songs that were originally not assigned to a playlist on the iPod (Test 1) were now correctly assigned.
Test 4Synchronized with
- "Bangles Test" and "Bing Test" smartlists selected
- All other settings as in Test 1
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 5Resynched with
- All settings as in Test 4
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 6Synchronized with
- "Bangles Test", "Bing Test", and "Additional Tracks Test" smartlists selected
- All other settings as in Test 1
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 7Resynched with
- All settings as in Test 6
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 8Synchronized with
- Only "Bangles Test", and "Additional Tracks Test" smartlists selected
- All other settings as in Test 1
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 9Resynched with
- All settings as in Test 8
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 10Synchronized with
- Only "Bangles Test" smartlist selected
- All other settings as in Test 1
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 11Resynched with
- All settings as in Test 10
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 12Synchronized with
- "Bangles Test", and "Bing Test", and "Additional Tracks Test" smartlists selected
- Delete files not in list checked
- Update tags checked
- Options: all options as in Test 1, but normalization is UNCHECKED
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 13Resynched with
- All settings as in Test 11
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 14Resynched with
- "Bangles Test", "Bing Test", "Additional Tracks Test smartlists selected
- All other settings as in Test 12, but normalization is CHECKED.
Issues
Everything worked fine!
Test 15Resynched with
- "Bangles Test", "Bing Test", "Additional Tracks Test", and "Audible Test" smartlists selected
- All other settings as in Test 14.
Issues
- During the decode of the audible files, I received an error message for each aa file that said "Failed to decode FILENAME.aa" where filename is the path and filename for each of aa files.
- I had assigned the audible files to a genre, but not an album. When they were transferred to the iPod, an unnamed album list was created and the audible files were NOT assigned to it.
Test 16Disconnect the iPod and tested playing files.
Issues
- Strange error. I could not play the aa files when I browsed by artist, selected the artist, and pressed the play button while "All" was highlighted. They played fine everywhere else.
- No problems with premature cut-offs of songs that were transcoded.
- The aa files remembered where they were when you played them, went away to music, and then came back. Major triumph!
- Everything else appears to work fine.
I did some testing on this and think I have a way to implement this and get Replay Gain in. I need to get some time to implement it.
JACKPOT! I feel like I just won the lottery. Well, maybe not quite that good, but I am excited!!!
I'm on the road until July 11th and won't be much help to you. The procedures are here if you or anyone else wants to run similar testing.
Steve -- have a Happy 4th!!!
Cheers,
kc