BUG: MC has serious problems with synchronized files...
On my laptop, I have mapped the D:\ drive to my home file/music server. I then made one of the subfolders D:\Music\Albums available offline using WinXP Pro's "Make Available Offline" option. Finally, I created a new library on the laptop and duplicated it from the library on my file/music server. So, now when I'm connected to my home network, I can access everything on the file/music server since D:\ is mapped to it and when I disconnect I still have the D:\Music\Albums directory available so my music goes with me.
This works just fine for playing files, but the following things are broken:
1) MC crashes if I choose an offline file in the media library and select AW->File Properties->File Type Info
2) MC pops up an error dialog "PlaybackEng - the parameter is incorrect." if I browse to My Computer\D:\Music\Albums. When I click OK, another dialog pops up saying "Gathering information and updating view...". It never seems to finish if left alone, clicking CANCEL only deactivates the button, but clicking on Playing Now does make it go away.
3) MC can't update any of the offline files tags even though if I check them, the files are not set READ-ONLY
-John
Media Center Registered 9.1.291 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Unknown 1594 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 565 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive Z: Copy mode:Normal CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive Z: MATSHITA UJDA745 DVD/CDRW Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:8 MaxSpeed:8 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
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Topic: Issues with WINXP "Make Available Offline" files (Read 785 times)