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sarcanon

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Sync with Handheld Device - Conversion Not Being Done
« on: May 19, 2022, 09:39:03 am »

Hello.

I'm trying to sync a selection of music files (all in .FLAC) format to a Sony Walkman NW-A55, with conversion to MP3.

I am able to successfully transfer the files to the Walkman, but no MP3 conversion takes place. They are transferred as FLAC files, which is not the result I want.

I've enabled the MP3 conversion options in the Options dialog (correctly, I believe). A screen capture of the dialog is attached.

What more steps must I complete to get the desired conversion during ther transfer process? Or am I miunderstanding how syncing works?

Many thanks in advance.


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Matt

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Re: Sync with Handheld Device - Conversion Not Being Done
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2022, 09:40:17 am »

You're saying "Only when necessary" and maybe you also said the device supports FLAC.  Just change either.
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Re: Sync with Handheld Device - Conversion Not Being Done
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2022, 09:53:54 am »

Excellent. Changing the Mode value to "Specified output format" worked as intended. Thank you very much.

Not that it matters now, but I'm curious about your statement about device format support. I do not see where this sort of device management is handled. Under the "Device management" section of the Options dialog, I see "Add device... " and "Rename device...", but no other obvious place to manage supported file formats.

Do you perhaps mean "Supported Types" under the "Files, Paths, & More" section? Under there, I see "Supported Types", whose current value is set to the * wildcard, presumably means it suports all formats, but given where it is placed, I'm guessing it pertains to image file formats, not audio file formats.
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Re: Sync with Handheld Device - Conversion Not Being Done
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2022, 11:53:11 am »

"Supported types" is a list of file types that you don't want to be automatically converted.
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