Steve,
The only other apps I access the Jukebox with are the ones I downloaded from the Creative website -- MediaSource (player/organizer) and Creative File Manager 2, to use if storing non-music files on the player (which I don't do). I can use MediaSource to transfer to & from the player without problems.
OK, I have downloaded the Nomad Jukebox Zen plugin for RealPlayer 10 and am able to transfer to and from my Zen using it, too. (RealPlayer of course has its own problems (yuck), but crashing wasn't one of them.)
Using Creative MediaSource, I deleted all of the Beatles and Blur from the Zen (230 files/740.7 MB; chosen arbitrarily because I have a lot and wanted to experiment with M.C. performance with a Zen that's not quite as close to capacity). I was then able to transfer all of the Blur back to the player in Media Center by clicking on Handheld Player in the Action Window, selecting Blur from Artist/Album in the left plane, and dragging it to the Nomad Jukebox "Drop Files Here" and hitting transfer. That said, after all of the files transfered and M.C. requeried the list, it crashed again. I was able to delete the Blur from the Zen again, this time using Media Center. Again, it crashed after it was done deleting. I then deleted all my Built to Spill (51 files/222.6 MB). Again, crash upon requerying. It seems like any time I take an action in Media Center that queries the Zen, M.C. will crash pretty quickly thereafter.
Oh, forgot to answer a question or two. I am now re-uploading the Built to Spill to the player (this time click the Artist in the left pane, right click and select Send To-->Drives/Devices-->Nomad Jukebox. I'm noticing straightaway that the transfers seem slow for USB2.0... Perhaps 5s for a 4-minute 128kbps mp3, slower than the Creative MediaSource transfers and slower than I've noticed in Media Center before. I find it notable that it's not crashing
during my uploads/downloads to Zen from Media Center!
If I try and transfer more than the available capacity on the player, I get the warning message which I must select before being able to proceed, then the "144 Cancel remaining transfers?" dialog box once capacity's exceeded.
To answer your other question: scrolling, selecting etc. don't cause Creative MediaSource or Real Player to crash or otherwise behave oddly.
I'll be happy to try more stuff if you think it'll help diagnose things!
bseller,
The power loss and the scrolling crashing could be hardware related and maybe not even Nomad related. Can you use other applications to access Nomad without issues? You mention uploads work, how about scrolling, etc.
Once MC displays files and you scroll through them, there is no interaction between MC and Nomad directly. If there is a crash at this point there are other issues involved.
What happens when you try to transfer new music? Does it not transfer due to lack of space? Does MC alert you to this?
In regards to capacity, the difference is due to how we define a MB. Player manufacturers always try to optimize how this appears.
Steve