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[511PF]

I've got several iPod sync issues with MC 12.0.118, on Windows Vista RTM with my iPod Nano (v 1.3).

* Podcasts are marked as not listened on the iPod every time I sync.  This is really frustrating, as I lose my place in the podcast.  Could it have anything to do with the Get play stats from handheld on connect option?
* Certain files are synchronized over and over even though they're already on the device.  For example, one file from a podcast is already on the device and it comes up with a "File missing" error even though the file isn't missing.

MC11 won't recognize my iPod on Vista, so I can't go back to the older version.  Are the above known issues that are being worked on, or can I work around them now?

Thanks in advance.

System info:

Media Center Registered 12.0.118 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\

 Workstation 6.0  (Build 6000)
Intel Pentium 4 3163 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1571 MB, Free - 911 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.6000.16386 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.6000 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.6000 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.6000 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive E:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  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 E: RICOH    CD-R/RW MP7083A    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:8  MaxSpeed:8  BurnProof:No
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Portable Device Info
  Removed devices:

Device info dump for 'Carl's iPod (G:)':

WMDMName: CARL'S IPOD (G:)
DeviceUID: $$?$wpdbusenumroot#umb#2&37c186b&0&storage#volume#1&19f7e59c&0&_??_usbstor#disk&ven_apple&prod_ipod&rev_1.62#000a2700186d358b&0##{f33fdc04-d1ac-4e8e-9a30-19bbd4b108ae}
CanonicalName: \\?\WpdBusEnumRoot#UMB#2&37c186b&0&STORAGE#VOLUME#1&19F7E59C&0&_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_APPLE&PROD_IPOD&REV_1.62#000A2700186D358B&0##{f33fdc04-d1ac-4e8e-9a30-19bbd4b108ae}
VendorName: ; VendorID: 1452
ProductID: 4618; FirmwareVersion: 1.62
WMDMSerialNumber: 354b363334304b42535a43
DeviceType: 3; DeviceID: 5K6340KBSZC; DeviceName: Apple iPod; UnsupportedDevice: 0
IsDrive: 1; DriveLetter: G:; DrivePath: ; MainDriveLetter: G:
IsJanusCapable: ; IsIpod: 1
SupportsAlbumArt: 1; AlbumArtEnabled: 1
SupportsFolders: -1; PlaylistFormat: 0; EjectMode: 1; AlwaysPumpCOMMessages: 0
SupportedFileTypes: mp3;wav;mp4;aa;m4a;m4b;m4p;aiff;aif;bmp;jpg;jpeg;gif;tif;tiff;png;sgi;psd
ContextMenus: Delete

MemoryTypes: Internal Memory

InstallURL:
ApplicationName: Media Center
ImageName: Apple iPod Nano
RootBasePath:
AudioBasePath: Music\[Artist]\[Album]\
ImageBasePath: Images\
VideoBasePath: Video\
DataBasePath: Data\
PlaylistBasePath: ROOT\
DatabaseBasePath:
AudibleBasePath: Audible\
MatchKeyExpression: If(IsEqual([Media Type], Image), [Name]
[File Size, 0]
, [Name]
[Artist]
[Album]
[Genre]
FormatNumber([Track #, 0])
[Media Type]
)
ChangeKeyExpression: If(IsEqual([Media Type], Image),,[Rating]
[Composer]
[Date Modified]
)

Device info dump for 'SanDisk Cruzer Titanium (F:)':

WMDMName: Removable Disk (F:)
DeviceUID: $$?$wpdbusenumroot#umb#2&37c186b&0&storage#volume#1&19f7e59c&0&_??_usbstor#disk&ven_sandisk&prod_cruzer_titanium&rev_2000#00000000000000175528&0##{f33fdc04-d1ac-4e8e-9a30-19bbd4b108ae}
CanonicalName: \\?\wpdbusenumroot#umb#2&37c186b&0&storage#volume#1&19f7e59c&0&_??_usbstor#disk&ven_sandisk&prod_cruzer_titanium&rev_2000#00000000000000175528&0##{f33fdc04-d1ac-4e8e-9a30-19bbd4b108ae}
VendorName: ; VendorID: 1921
ProductID: 28936; FirmwareVersion: 2000
WMDMSerialNumber: 48f4c826ff
DeviceType: 2; DeviceID: 00000000000000175528; DeviceName: SanDisk Cruzer Titanium; UnsupportedDevice: 0
IsDrive: 1; DriveLetter: F:; DrivePath: ; MainDriveLetter: F:
IsJanusCapable: 0; IsIpod: 0
SupportsAlbumArt: ; AlbumArtEnabled: 1
SupportsFolders: -1; PlaylistFormat: 0; EjectMode: ; AlwaysPumpCOMMessages: 0
SupportedFileTypes: mp3;wma
ContextMenus: Delete

MemoryTypes:
InstallURL:
ApplicationName: Media Center
ImageName:
RootBasePath:
AudioBasePath: Music\[Artist]\[Album]\
ImageBasePath: Images\
VideoBasePath: Video\
DataBasePath: Data\
PlaylistBasePath: Playlists\
DatabaseBasePath:
AudibleBasePath:
MatchKeyExpression: If(IsEqual([Media Type], Image), [Name]
[File Size, 0]
, [Name]
[Artist]
[Album]
[Genre]
FormatNumber([Track #, 0])
[Media Type]
)
ChangeKeyExpression:

[511PF]

One more issue - my iPod doesn't remember playback position on some podcasts.  I *think* this is file specific.  In other words, MC needs to mark the file in some fashion so that it's bookmarkable.  Any ideas?

Thanks again.

[lalittle]

One more issue - my iPod doesn't remember playback position on some podcasts.  I *think* this is file specific.  In other words, MC needs to mark the file in some fashion so that it's bookmarkable.  Any ideas?

Thanks again.

Are podcasts bookmarkable?  I thought they were just mp3 or m4a files, and I didn't think that either of these was bookmarkable.  I can say that I've never had a bookmarkable podcast on my iPod, but this of course doesn't mean that it's not possible if it's file specific.

Larry

[511PF]

Are podcasts bookmarkable?  I thought they were just mp3 or m4a files, and I didn't think that either of these was bookmarkable.  I can say that I've never had a bookmarkable podcast on my iPod, but this of course doesn't mean that it's not possible if it's file specific.

Larry

Larry,

Maybe bookmarkable isn't the right word.  When I exit a podcast to go listen to something else, the iPod remembers where I left off in the podcast.  Or at least it used to under MC11 on Windows XP.  My Nano doesn't do that any more.  I *think* Podcasts have to be marked by the sync software in some fashion for this to work, but I could be wrong.

I'm going to go back to synching my iPod with MC11 on XP, as MC12 on Vista RTM just isn't working well enough for me yet.  Not sure if this an MC12 issue or a Vista issue, but it's frustrating either way.

[lalittle]

Maybe bookmarkable isn't the right word.  When I exit a podcast to go listen to something else, the iPod remembers where I left off in the podcast. 

You're definitely using the right word -- I just haven't ever experienced a bookmarkable Podcast on my iPod (5G) OR in MC, including both 11.1 and 12.  The only bookmarkable files that I have personally experienced have been Audible (aa) files, and these worked both on the iPod and in MC.

Larry

[511PF]

You're definitely using the right word -- I just haven't ever experienced a bookmarkable Podcast on my iPod (5G) OR in MC, including both 11.1 and 12.  The only bookmarkable files that I have personally experienced have been Audible (aa) files, and these worked both on the iPod and in MC.

Larry

Larry,

Strange - this absolutely worked for me in every case with MC11.1 and my iPod Nano 1G with firmware 1.2.  I listen to about a half dozen podcasts regularly and I manually downloaded a bunch, all of which remembered where I left off. 

One thing to note - if I use the iPod select button to play, it would start the podcast from the beginning.  If I used the Play button it would remember where I left off.

[511PF]

Larry,

Strange - this absolutely worked for me in every case with MC11.1 and my iPod Nano 1G with firmware 1.2.  I listen to about a half dozen podcasts regularly and I manually downloaded a bunch, all of which remembered where I left off. 

One thing to note - if I use the iPod select button to play, it would start the podcast from the beginning.  If I used the Play button it would remember where I left off.

For what it's worth, I synched my iPod using MC11 on XP and the iPod now bookmarks files the way it used to.  This is either an MC12 or MC12 on Vista issue.

[lalittle]

It must be file specific in that case.  I've tried both mp3 and m4a podcasts, and none of them has ever provided bookmarks on either the iPod or in MC, and this includes MC11.1.

Larry