Feedback on the New SystemI have now had a chance to try out the portable system in MC 11.1. Generally I like the new volume-adjustment system better than the old. It's seems to get a more reasonable volume-level than what the old system could produce.
However, it would be nice if one could set the target volume on the iPod or adjust the volume further afterward. Fx, it would be nice if one could use the new system first, and then take additionally 24dB off (which is the limit in the old system).
However, 11.1 isn't all beer and skittles; the UI has certainly taken a step back.
First, there is no visually bar showing how many songs have been transfered. In 11 this would be shown in the action window. That was an excellent system.
The new system where you have to click on the iPod (under "devices") to see how many songs have been transfered. Not so handy...
Second, I can no longer assign certain playlists to be transfered manually. When clicking handheld in the action window I can only drag and drop playlists, I can't select a range of playlists as in 11. As I understand you can do this by selecting a number of predefined playlist which are to be synced with the iPod, but it is in no way as useful!
Third, playlists are name rather annoying (as in previous version), ie "100 most played (iPod playlist-100 most played)". Why not "100 most played"? The location in MC is irrelevant!
Fourth, the handheld icon is ugly! At some point MC used a nicer icon... Maybe you could even use different icons for different devices (and a non-white icon as default).
Cheers,
Rasmus
PS: The obligatory list of feature requests
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Better volume adjustment procedure ✓- Smart lists
iPod shuffle support ✓- Full photo/video support
- Better AAC support