Hi JimH -
My iPod is running version 1.1.2, and I'm running MC 11.1.194
I know your next comment will be to upgrade to the latest MC, and I understand why - you can't afford to go back and debug possible problems in older versions. But it takes over 40 HOURS to sync a 60GB iPod when converting from .ape to .mp3 in realtime.
A couple of months ago I was loosing all data on my iPod after syncing with MC. The solution at the time was to download the latest MC, which fixed that problem (mostly - there were still stability issues). And now I imagine I'm supposed to do it again as the first step in fixing this problem.
Please, please, please add the capability for MC to maintain multiple copies of the same library in different formats, automatically keeping all of them in sync when tag changes, album art, lyrics, or any other modification is made. This has been discussed many times in many different threads, and I can not imagine a more powerful addition to MC.
So for what it's worth my current setup is given below. If I have to upgrade to the latest MC to get any more help then O.K., I'll deal with the immensely long time it takes to reload the iPod yet again. But it really is painful because the computer is essentially tied up completely during that time (sorry, I love MC, but it just isn't stable enough to multi-task while performing thiis action on my P4 2.8GHz 800MHz FSB machine).
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Media Center Registered 11.1.194 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2777 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 324 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2800 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2800 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2800 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive F: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive G: Mode:ModeSecure Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: Yes Soundfile: chord.wav
Burning / Drive F: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A Addr: 3:0:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: No / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No /