Steve - I'm new to Interact, but I've been using JRiver products since MJ7 was released. I now am using MC9 with iPod .36
and I'm very pleased. I have two bugs to report.
The first is relatively minor. Unlike other sections of MC9, if I'm looking at the song list on the iPod, the File Count in the Status Bar always shows the total number of files. Regardless of how many files I select, it stays at 2535 (the total number of files). I believe the file count field should show the number of selected files as it does elsewhere in MC9.
The second is significant, and I may have found the reason that people are reporting missing files on their iPods. I have 2535 files in my Smartlist to be transferred. After a Synchronization that goes well in all other respects, only 2534 files appear on the iPod. I spent some time finding the one that was missing. I think you'll find the results interesting.
Looking back through the Interact forum, I noticed the "F19 problem" that you corrected. Based on what I read, I suspect you have some sort of hashing algorithm to distribute the files among the F00-F19 folders. Each file is then copied to the appropriate folder during sync, using its original file name.
It appears that the hashing algorithm has placed two files in the same folder (F11) - and those two files happen to have the same file name.
02 - Dreams.mp3Here are the two complete path names:
D:\Shared Music MP3\Fleetwood Mac\The Dance\02 - Dreams.mp3
D:\Music MP3\The Cranberries\Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We_\02 - Dreams.mp3
The Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" file was not present on the iPod. I assumed it was being overwritten by The Cranberries "Dreams" file. I tested this by changing The Cranberries file name to
02a - Dreams.mp3 and re-sync'd. Now there are 2535 files on the iPod as there should be. FYI, the
02a - Dreams.mp3 file is now in F05, so I guess the hash algo includes the file name as well as the path.
I hope this helps you. I'd also like to thank you for the work you're doing. MC9 is
very cool and the iPod transfer shows 9-10 Mbps on my 2.5 GHz Dell. Great job!
--- WinXP 5.1 SP1, MC9.0.88, iPod 3.0.36
(It sure would be nice if we could use Quick Search in the iPod file list...)