Thanks Jim ... that was it. MTP was broken apparently (which is what I needed) so it was defaulting to MSC. Here is what I did (for future reference) as this fixed a media connection problem with my Xbox 360 as well (the Xbox can now read and play files off the PC) ...
1) Kill WMP 11 if running
2) Start>Run>services.msc
2a) Go to
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service ... right click on it and hit
Stop (if you can't stop it or hangs on stopping forever, then click on
Properties and change
Startup type to
Manual, click OK then reboot)
3) There is a directory under
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users called
DRM. The files contained within are hidden so you need to show them. Once shown, delete everything under that directory. You won't be able to if the WMPNSS is still running, hence the the need for step 2a.
4) Re-install WMP (may not be necessary, step 3 may fix problem). I couldn't uninstall so I re-installed over the top of the existing.
5) Perform step 2a again but instead right click and
Start the service and set
Startup type back to
Automatic.
I'm not sure it's necessary to initiate the Plus with WMP, but I did anyways. It placed a file called
WMPInfo.xml in the root of the Plus. That may have been the file I killed earlier causing the MC synch problem.
BTW: The Handheld file format converter works beautifully in MC. Unlike the transKode script in Amarok, MC sees previously encoded files and uses them when called for. MC just rocks!
Espion's post here saved the day ...
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Xbox-360-PC-Media-Sharing-Issues-Please-help-t174851.html