Topic: MC iTunes Synchronizer (using MC with an iPhone or iPod Touch) [v6.0.2] (Read 500709 times)

vicini · « **Reply #700 on:** June 08, 2011, 06:22:52 pm »

as stated in an earlier post, i was having difficulty getting this to do a first scan with success.
It scanned MC library. it would take about 3 minutes to sync 1 from MC to iTunes.
my MC library is 75000 of which about 57000 are audio files.

last night, i came at it with a different approach.
i first did a import in iTunes to add all my audio files.
then i ran MCiS to sync playlists from MC to iTunes, and this worked.
i added new music to the mc library today. crossing my fingers, i ran MCiS to have those new tracks sync to iTunes. Bingo. it worked.

is the library to large to do a first run?

prod · « **Reply #701 on:** June 09, 2011, 12:37:09 pm »

Quote from: bspachman on June 07, 2011, 11:26:00 pm

A question about stacks & conversion caches...

I've been playing around with the DLNA features of MC16 a bit, and (without meaning to) have created several 'stacked' files. There is a master file, and then the DLNA-streamable appropriate mp3 file.

My last run of MCiTS imported all of the stacked mp3 files as new files into iTunes.

Any thoughts on how to prevent this? I looked a couple of pages back, where the discussion about managing lossless/lossy libraries was going on, and thought that might give me some clues, but I guess it's beyond me right now

brad

There's no way of distinguishing between a stack or non-stack through the MC SDK, so the way to do this is set up a playlist that contains only those tracks you want MCiS to see (in this case tracks that aren't stacks) and use the /Playlist command line argument when starting MCiS.

prod · « **Reply #702 on:** June 09, 2011, 12:44:47 pm »

Quote from: vicini on June 08, 2011, 06:22:52 pm

as stated in an earlier post, i was having difficulty getting this to do a first scan with success.
It scanned MC library. it would take about 3 minutes to sync 1 from MC to iTunes.
my MC library is 75000 of which about 57000 are audio files.

last night, i came at it with a different approach.
i first did a import in iTunes to add all my audio files.
then i ran MCiS to sync playlists from MC to iTunes, and this worked.
i added new music to the mc library today. crossing my fingers, i ran MCiS to have those new tracks sync to iTunes. Bingo. it worked.

is the library to large to do a first run?

In a word, yes.

I always recommend importing your tracks through the iTunes interface before the first run. The "Import Files to iTunes" option is really designed for those daily additions to your library - though it should manage single thousands of imports in one run easily.

vicini · « **Reply #703 on:** June 09, 2011, 02:15:05 pm »

ok. that's what i thought. and it is working perfectly now

now 1 more question.

Quote from: prod on December 22, 2009, 05:19:00 am

Anyway, it's easy to get around if you just give it some thought. Create a playlist named x in MC that contains every track you want in iTunes, and sync it across to iTunes. Create a smartlist in iTunes that is "not in playlist x". Periodically go into that iTunes smartlist, select all tracks and delete. Easy.

I made the playlist in MC for all music. it show up just fine in iiTunes. I just don't understand what rules to put it the smartlist to iTunes. Just a little help here please.

vicini · « **Reply #704 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:52:17 pm »

Figured it out ok.

i did notice one thing. i made that playlist and it shows 496 songs. thought that was strange since i haven't done anything yet.
well, those 496 songs are also not in the Media Center Library Playlist that was sync'd from the MC.
each of those files has a

in the tag. but there are songs that did sync that have
in the tag in the media center library playlist.

to make sure of this, i delete all playlists in iTunes to start over.
i did sync. it appears that those same 496 files didn't make it to the list. i did confirm, these files are in the Media Center Library playlist.

so, what should i be looking for to find why those files didn't make it into the media center library playlist?
i can't find 1 thing to fault
i also have the log file saved.

jephens · « **Reply #705 on:** June 11, 2011, 10:37:45 am »

This thread has gotten a little unwieldy, but a search didn't seem to turn up the phrase I'm looking for, so...

Using MC15.0.174 and iTunes 10.3.1

In the middle of reading the iTunes library, the program seems to crap out with "The writer is closed or in an error state"

I tried changing the logging from file to clipboard, but the same issue persists.

The logging stops in the middle of a line...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<MCiS Version="6.0.0.0" StartDateTime="2011-06-11T11:25:26" Options="FFC12810BEBFFFFF">
  <ImportFileTypes>
   <FileType>MP3</FileType>
   <FileType>WAV</FileType>
   <FileType>M4A</FileType>
  </ImportFileTypes>
  <ExportPlaylists iTunesPlaylistFolder="<root>">
   <Playlist Rebuild="False" Shuffle="False" RemoveTracks="False">Cassettes</Playlist>
   <Playlist Rebuild="False" Shuffle="False" RemoveTracks="False">Cassettes\"Meaningful" Tunes</Playlist>

[... playlists trimmed to keep it under 12000 characters ... ]

   <Playlist Rebuild="False" Shuffle="False" RemoveTracks="False">XMas Popular</Playlist>
   <Playlist Rebuild="False" Shuffle="False" RemoveTracks="False">Zappa</Playlist>
  </ExportPlaylists>
  <Expressions>
   <Expression Field="Name">[Name]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Artist">[Artist]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Album">[Album]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Album Artist">[Album Artist]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Comment">[Comment]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Composer">[Composer]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Description">[Description]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Disc #">[Disc #]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Track #">[Track #]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Genre">[Genre]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Grouping">[Grouping]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Lyrics">[Lyrics]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Year">[Year]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Mix Album">[Mix Album]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="BPM">[BPM]</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Sort Name">Clean(Replace(Replace([Name],/(),/)),2)</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Sort Artist">Clean([Artist],2)</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Sort Album Artist">Clean([Album Artist (auto)],2)</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Sort Album">Clean([Album],2) - Clean([Album Artist (auto)],2)</Expression>
   <Expression Field="Sort Composer">Clean([Composer],2)</Expression>
  </Expressions>
  <MC Version="15.0.174" LibraryName="Default" LibraryPath="C:\Users\jef\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 15\Library\" />
  <iTunes Version="10.3.1.55" />
  <Track Filename="M:\Artist by Letter\B\Beastie Boys\Hot Sauce Committee\01 Make Some Noise.mp3">
   <Comment ChangedIn="iTunes" OldValue="

Thoughts?

prod · « **Reply #706 on:** June 12, 2011, 11:17:29 am »

I think you have something in your comments field that can't be resolved into XML. You should try turning off the logging altogether.

loric · « **Reply #707 on:** June 14, 2011, 03:28:40 pm »

First use of MCiS today and it's a great job, really !
I was expecting some kind of mistake in case of parallel increment of the number of play in MC and iTunes but it's allright.

prod · « **Reply #708 on:** June 15, 2011, 12:53:55 pm »

Thanks!

Eccles · « **Reply #709 on:** July 22, 2011, 05:23:17 pm »

iTunes 10.4 dropped this week. Is MCiS 6.0 compatible?

Magic_Randy · « **Reply #710 on:** July 23, 2011, 07:17:11 am »

Quote from: Eccles on July 22, 2011, 05:23:17 pm

iTunes 10.4 dropped this week. Is MCiS 6.0 compatible?

I've had no problems with MCiS after upgrading to iTunes 10.4.

Magic_Randy · « **Reply #711 on:** July 23, 2011, 06:38:15 pm »

Was 6.0.1 ever released as standard? The beta was early June & I still don't see it on your website.

prod · « **Reply #712 on:** July 25, 2011, 01:54:22 pm »

Hi Randy

I've had a busy June and July trying to move house with all its associated nightmares, the build looks good so I'll make it standard soon. Probably when my ISP gets round to connecting my internet in the new house!

Cheers

neverfinder · « **Reply #713 on:** August 17, 2011, 05:01:35 pm »

I don't get it. Perhaps I'm getting something wrong here.

I want to sync my ratings from itunes to MC. I have to different file systems.

All songs for MC are flac and in a folder called FLAC
All songs for itunes are AAC and in the itunes folder.

I have rated quite a lot in itunes bfore finding MC and would like to get these ratings into MC without havening to sit weeks in front of a computer.

Now I downloaded the program, opened it and clicked on sync. Not much happened. The program first "loads the MX Libary" after that it says "Analyzing songs" and goes trhough all 25000 songs. However behind that it says "synchronized 0 so far" this stays at 0.

I also synced one play list from MC to itunes, that one appears in itunes.

In the settings I clicked on "Use Alternative File Keys"

So what am i downing wrong ?

Any help?

Thx

prod · « **Reply #714 on:** August 22, 2011, 04:07:12 pm »

Hi

There is a field in MC that MCiS will have created for you called iTunesFileKey. When Use Alternative File Keys is checked, this needs to be populated for each file with something meaningful, i.e. the corresponding file in iTunes with which the file should be sync'd. Most people make this a calculated field.

Hope this helps some.

rhom · « **Reply #715 on:** August 27, 2011, 10:39:40 am »

my system crashed and my database appears corrupt somehow (MC has no problems, just mcitunesysnc), i keep getting a "Duplicate MC cache key encountered" error on all files, so i started a brand new empty library so i could sync again.

except now its trying to add every single file from my MC library into itunes and not just the ones that are in the playlists that i want to sync. im fairly sure this didnt use to happen as i have 15,000 mc files and only need about 2,000 files in itunes to sync with my iphone.

mc 16.0.160 / mcis 6.0 / itunes 10.4.1.10

JimH · « **Reply #716 on:** August 27, 2011, 01:53:39 pm »

Quote from: rhom on August 27, 2011, 10:39:40 am

my system crashed and my database appears corrupt somehow (MC has no problems, just mcitunesysnc),

MC makes automatic backups. Go to File/Library to restore one.

rhom · « **Reply #717 on:** August 27, 2011, 05:29:28 pm »

Quote from: JimH on August 27, 2011, 01:53:39 pm

MC makes automatic backups. Go to File/Library to restore one.

yes, i used one to begin with, mcitunessync sees it as "corrupt", media center does not. this isnt an mc problem per se.

the major problem is that mcitunessync is trying to import my entire mc library into itunes and not just the contents of the playlists.

prod · « **Reply #718 on:** August 30, 2011, 03:30:40 pm »

You need to limit the scope of the sync operation by using the /Playlist command line argument.

Checking/unchecking playlists in the UI doesn't limit which tracks are sync'd.

jephens · « **Reply #719 on:** September 06, 2011, 06:46:06 pm »

So after not playing with this in awhile, I tried a sync and got this error in the log:

<MC Version="15.0.174" LibraryName="Default" LibraryPath="C:\Users\jef\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 15\Library\" />
<iTunes Version="10.4.1.10" />
<Result EndDateTime="2011-09-06T19:43:49">The message filter indicated that the application is busy. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8001010A (RPC_E_SERVERCALL_RETRYLATER))</Result>

Both applications (Itunes / MC) are open, and no modal dialogs are up, nor is anything playing... ?

prod · « **Reply #720 on:** September 09, 2011, 07:37:39 pm »

Quote from: jephens on September 06, 2011, 06:46:06 pm

So after not playing with this in awhile, I tried a sync and got this error in the log:

<MC Version="15.0.174" LibraryName="Default" LibraryPath="C:\Users\jef\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 15\Library\" />
<iTunes Version="10.4.1.10" />
<Result EndDateTime="2011-09-06T19:43:49">The message filter indicated that the application is busy. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8001010A (RPC_E_SERVERCALL_RETRYLATER))</Result>

Both applications (Itunes / MC) are open, and no modal dialogs are up, nor is anything playing... ?

I think the application is busy.

jephens · « **Reply #721 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:40:42 pm »

Whatever it was, it resolved itself. All is well...

loric · « **Reply #722 on:** September 10, 2011, 03:07:22 am »

Juste upgrade to iTunes 10.4.1 and all is OK with MC 16.0.164 and MCiS 6.0 ...

simonmason · « **Reply #723 on:** October 09, 2011, 09:00:54 am »

Just installed and tried to run the application. MC 16.0.179. Synchronizer 6.01. Itunes 10.4.1.10. I imported my Itunes library to make sure it was up to date. Everything syncs successfully. However the playlist names show in iTunes but there is nothing in them. I am synching with a copy of MC that is connected to a library on my media server. Is this the issue? Thanks

bump

steveklein · « **Reply #724 on:** October 12, 2011, 02:06:41 pm »

I'm running 16. 176 and iTunes 10.5 and MC iTunes Sync 6.0

Some time ago some kind of bug caused a significant portion of my 110k file library to be double imported into iTunes so I had about 38k duplicates.

I only resync my iTunes library with MC16 once every few months.

So today I decided would be a good day to get everything up to date with the release of iOS 5 and iCloud.

MC iTunes Sync appears to be working fine and deleting the broken links in iTunes (the duplicates). However, there are 38,000 of them and it takes 2-3 seconds for each one to be deleted. This seems entirely too long and at this rate will take several days for the broken links to all be fixed.

Anyone else seen this?

simonmason · « **Reply #725 on:** October 22, 2011, 07:35:45 am »

Is anyone supporting this app? I don't want to register until I know I can get it working - and so far I only get blank playlists in iTunes (see my previous post). Thanks.

prod · « **Reply #726 on:** October 22, 2011, 01:30:23 pm »

The files in these MC playlists are not being matched with their corresponding entry in iTunes. There may be a clue as to why in the log.

MCiS uses the full pathname of a file to match the file so the pathname in the MC library must match exactly (case insensitive) with the pathname in iTunes.

Quote from: steveklein on October 12, 2011, 02:06:41 pm

I'm running 16. 176 and iTunes 10.5 and MC iTunes Sync 6.0

Some time ago some kind of bug caused a significant portion of my 110k file library to be double imported into iTunes so I had about 38k duplicates.

I only resync my iTunes library with MC16 once every few months.

So today I decided would be a good day to get everything up to date with the release of iOS 5 and iCloud.

MC iTunes Sync appears to be working fine and deleting the broken links in iTunes (the duplicates). However, there are 38,000 of them and it takes 2-3 seconds for each one to be deleted. This seems entirely too long and at this rate will take several days for the broken links to all be fixed.

Anyone else seen this?

Yes the iTunes SDK can be dog slow. It may be quicker to clear the iTunes library, reimport, then perform a sync with MCiS. I imagine this advice is too late, sorry.

jack wallstreet · « **Reply #727 on:** October 23, 2011, 01:43:19 pm »

Does MCiS support MC17 yet?

simonmason · « **Reply #728 on:** October 23, 2011, 01:48:11 pm »

I checked my paths and they are exactly the same when I check the properties of the files in MC and in Itunes. But I am still getting empty playlists in iTunes. I am running a synchronize right now and selecting just about every field in MCIS to see if it is something else that is causing the problem. Any other thoughts on what might be causing this?

Magic_Randy · « **Reply #729 on:** October 23, 2011, 07:10:49 pm »

Quote from: jack wallstreet on October 23, 2011, 01:43:19 pm

Does MCiS support MC17 yet?

Works just fine.

jack wallstreet · « **Reply #730 on:** October 23, 2011, 08:17:06 pm »

Quote from: Magic_Randy on October 23, 2011, 07:10:49 pm

Works just fine.

This comment reminded me of a deja vu. I had asked this same questions re MC15 to MC16 and got the same answer. You then said: I think I know what the problem is: Please reinstall MC16 (now it's MC17) and it should work just fine. I did that and it "works just fine." I repeat this for those who might have this issue. Thanks again.

John

Edit: Actually, that was Prod who gave me those directions.

Magic_Randy · « **Reply #731 on:** October 23, 2011, 09:36:59 pm »

Quote from: jack wallstreet on October 23, 2011, 08:17:06 pm

This comment reminded me of a deja vu. I had asked this same questions re MC15 to MC16 and got the same answer. You then said: I think I know what the problem is: Please reinstall MC16 (now it's MC17) and it should work just fine. I did that and it "works just fine." I repeat this for those who might have this issue. Thanks again.

John

Edit: Actually, that was Prod who gave me those directions.

Good catch...

I had no problem when I upgraded to MC17, but I think there is a possibility (prod can confirm it) that if you:
1) Had MCiS installed and working with an earlier version of MC
2) Installed MC17
3) Uninstalled the earlier version of MC
4) Launched MCiS

In this scenario MCiS may not be able to automatically load the MC library. If this happens a reinstall of MC17 or an upgrade to a later version of MC17 should solve the issue.

If you do an upgrade of MC17 after step 3) above, before you launch MCiS again, you would not see the issue.

Again, prod could confirm if this is a possibility with MC17.

What I can confirm is that I use MCiS with MC17 every day, and it works fine for me.

prod · « **Reply #732 on:** October 27, 2011, 06:21:34 am »

Quote from: Magic_Randy on October 23, 2011, 09:36:59 pm

Again, prod could confirm if this is a possibility with MC17.

Indeed it is. All versions of MC share the same external interface. By uninstalling any version of MC you also uninstall the interface, even though another version of MC may be installed. If you are uninstalling an older version of MC on your machine, you must do a refresh install of your newer MC version for MCiS, or any other software utilising the MC SDK, to control MC.

I think many MC users update quite often, and so this gives the illusion that the problem simply disappeared without intervention.

loric · « **Reply #733 on:** October 27, 2011, 10:29:11 am »

Does MCiS support iTunes 10.5 ?

prod · « **Reply #734 on:** October 27, 2011, 11:56:57 am »

Quote from: loric on October 27, 2011, 10:29:11 am

Does MCiS support iTunes 10.5 ?

Yes.

jd7744 · « **Reply #735 on:** November 08, 2011, 08:34:45 pm »

Prod,
Been away from this for a while but needed to resynch. I've updated to latest of everything. Keep getting error as follows:
<MC Version="17.0.27" LibraryName="Main Library" LibraryPath="C:\Users\James Daras\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 17\Library\" />
<iTunes Version="10.5.0.142" />
<Result EndDateTime="2011-11-08T21:13:04">Could not find any tracks in MC.</Result>
</MCiS>

MC converts perfectly with proper path for m4a files. All files appear in music folder under iTunes\media but no synch. THe library name and path reference is curious as I don't see it anywhere in MC options nor in the setup for MCiS.

One difference I've noted which is likely unrelated but worth noting is the iTunes library in the latest versions of iTunes references simply the overall iTunes library - in my case my "E:\my music\iTunes" - which has subfolders for media\music. The Zxsixs guide states the directory for iTunesSynch should be exactly as shown in the iTunes preferences for the media folder. Using "E:\my music\iTunes" as the directory parameter for the iTunesSynch library field in MC results in the music folders populated directly under the "itunes" directory rather than the iTunes\media\music folder where iTunes would normally populate and presumably look for music. So I didn't follow the guide and used the subfolder ...\media\music in the iTunes synch directory parameter. The music is in the right place but has this disturbed the MCiS synch process?

jd7744 · « **Reply #736 on:** November 16, 2011, 03:18:15 pm »

I've answered my own question. MC now hac a library management function with a default library that isn't the library designated in Library and Folders section of Options. If you go to File/Library in the main menu and designate and name your library the problem is solved.

Skeet · « **Reply #737 on:** November 19, 2011, 05:19:08 am »

I've been using this excellent application on a daily basis for a while now. Since the last upgrade to 10.5.1.42 (though this may be a coincidence) the application has stopped working, with this message in the log.

<Result EndDateTime="2011-11-19T11:14:18">Unable to cast COM object of type 'iTunesLib.iTunesAppClass' to interface type 'iTunesLib.IiTunes'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{9DD6680B-3EDC-40DB-A771-E6FE4832E34A}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).</Result>

Any ideas what the problem might be?

lmurawski · « **Reply #738 on:** November 19, 2011, 09:45:23 am »

Reinstalling MC resolved this issue for me. Maybe reinstalling iTunes will fix it for you.

winniew · « **Reply #739 on:** November 19, 2011, 10:07:52 am »

After getting a new Iphone I tried again to transfer my MC-Ratings to itunes 10.5.1.42.
With my rather big MC-Library with more than 90k titles I always had to wait a long time and MCiTunes began importing all my titles to itunes. Hadn't enough patience for waiting.

But today I read the MCiS-Instructions and realised that there is a commandline-mode with switches:
..
/Playlist - The MC playlist (or smartlist) path and name to use. Only tracks in this playlist will be sync'd.
..
Heureka!

Starting MC iTunes Synchronizer with:
MCiTunesSynchronizer.exe /Playlist:"MC2Itunes\to be synced to itunes"
only imports and syncs files in the playlist "to be synced to itunes", that's exactly what I wanted.

Perhaps this is helpful for other users who misunderstood the meaning of ticking in the Playlists-Dialog of the program (without switches).

drosoph · « **Reply #740 on:** November 19, 2011, 08:40:58 pm »

Screw it, I'm going to try a sync of 1.63 Million files from MC17 into iTunes via MCiS.
What do you think the log will show when it fails

If this works, I'll pay you TWICE the registration fee!

prod · « **Reply #741 on:** November 20, 2011, 01:46:39 pm »

Quote from: drosoph on November 19, 2011, 08:40:58 pm

Screw it, I'm going to try a sync of 1.63 Million files from MC17 into iTunes via MCiS.
What do you think the log will show when it fails

If this works, I'll pay you TWICE the registration fee!

If it works, you can have it for nothing!

drosoph · « **Reply #742 on:** November 20, 2011, 01:58:39 pm »

Quote from: prod on November 20, 2011, 01:46:39 pm

If it works, you can have it for nothing!

HaHaHa ... "Error Duplicate MC cache key encountered"

prod · « **Reply #743 on:** November 20, 2011, 02:08:22 pm »

Aw shucks

... You have a duplicate in your MC library, two entries with the same full pathname maybe.

Brave try though. I reckon the chance of iTunes surviving with half that amount of files is really, really low.

bspachman · « **Reply #744 on:** December 03, 2011, 05:29:29 pm »

Been away from MCiTS for a while, but finally undertook the 'stack-ification' of my main MC library.

Sadly, something has now failed for me. Symptoms:
- In 3 consecutive runs, MCiTS has reported nearly 7000 items synced.
- In 3 consecutive runs, MCiTS has reported removing over 10k dead tracks
- In 3 consecutive runs, MCiTS has reported needing to import a bunch of files, but examining the log shows that every import has failed.

Feeling fully comfortable in blaming iTunes, I then went and removed all the dead tracks from the iTunes Library. Another run gave me a report that nearly 7000 items synced, nothing needed to be removed, and a bunch of failed imports.

Arrrgh!

Any thoughts as to what could be going on, or how to resolve it?

Top and a couple of tails from the logs as follows:

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<MCiS Version="6.0.1.0" StartDateTime="2011-12-03T18:05:55" Options="7C12A00003BEF7F">
  <ImportFileTypes>
    <FileType>MP3</FileType>
    <FileType>M4A</FileType>
    <FileType>M4P</FileType>
    <FileType>M4B</FileType>
    <FileType>AA</FileType>
  </ImportFileTypes>
  <Expressions>
    <Expression Field="Name">[Name]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Artist">[Artist]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Album">[Album]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Album Artist">[Album Artist]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Comment">[Comment]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Composer">[Composer]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Description">[Description]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Disc #">[Disc #]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Track #">[Track #]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Genre">[Genre]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Grouping">[Grouping]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Lyrics">[Lyrics]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Year">[Year]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Mix Album">[Mix Album]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="BPM">[BPM]</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Sort Name">Clean(Replace(Replace([Name],/(),/)),2)</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Sort Artist">Clean([Artist],2)</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Sort Album Artist">Clean([Album Artist (auto)],2)</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Sort Album">Clean([Album],2) - Clean([Album Artist (auto)],2)</Expression>
    <Expression Field="Sort Composer">Clean([Composer],2)</Expression>
  </Expressions>
  <MC Version="17.0.46" LibraryName="Main Library" LibraryPath="C:\Users\Brad\AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 17\Library\" Playlist="iTunes Sync List" />
  <iTunes Version="10.5.1.42" />

and

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<Result EndDateTime="2011-12-03T17:47:18" Analyzed="23400" Synchronized="6854" Imported="0" Removed="10785">Successful</Result>
<Result EndDateTime="2011-12-03T18:07:48" Analyzed="12615" Synchronized="6854" Imported="0" Removed="0">Successful</Result>

Best,
brad

bspachman · « **Reply #745 on:** December 03, 2011, 06:05:15 pm »

I believe I may be the world's biggest idiot today.

Because I was expecting several thousand files to be synced and changed, I made sure that the first time I ran MCiTS, I put it into "Test Mode".

I then forgot I had done that.

Every subsequent run (including the one I did after nuking my entire iTunes library and reimporting everything) still had Test Mode turned on.

A NON-test mode run is in progress and seems to be progressing normally.

Please return to your regularly scheduled Media Center-ing...

brad

Mantara · « **Reply #746 on:** December 14, 2011, 01:20:02 am »

Hello

,

I use this prog for 2 days and now I am a little bit confused ? After multiple synchronizing, I´ve lost my "Ratings" in MC17, because the information was taken from iTunes

I would like to override the informations in iTunes in any case. The information in MC17 should not be changed!

I've seen that there is the possibility to override only the aggregated field from iTunes (/ExportAggregatesOnlyFrom:MC). But how does it work? I have found no settings to select them ?

Thx...

prod · « **Reply #747 on:** December 14, 2011, 06:38:09 am »

Hi,

It's a command line argument, so you have to specify it when you run MCiS, e.g. MCiTunesSynchronizer.exe /ExportAggregatesOnlyFrom:MC

Hope that helps.

Mantara · « **Reply #748 on:** December 14, 2011, 08:16:47 am »

@ Prod

thx a lot it works fine

bennyd · « **Reply #749 on:** December 27, 2011, 05:30:08 am »

A small issue/question:

I'm syncing smartlists from MC to iTunes with a limit of 200 songs.
In MC this is exactly 200 songs on each refresh, but in iTunes this is mostly not even 100 songs.

Is there another setting I need to set to have the same amount of songs or how is the synchronizer actually working ?

Update 29/12:

I did some more investigation:
- It doesn't happen when my complete library is synced between MC & iTunes
- It only happens when I select a playlistgroup from MC to be synced and your tool imports the ones that are not in iTunes yet

So here is the exact situation:

- In MC I have a playlist group called "iTunesSync" which contains all kind of smart playlists with a limit of 100 songs per smartlist
- Your tool is setup to only sync this playlist group and its content and to import missing files
- When starting your tool, it scans the MC Playlist group, it then analayses iTunes and imports missing songs, then it refreshes the playlists in iTunes

What I think what happens is during the first scan of the Playlist Group, it reads MC (which builds the playlist group with the content of the smartlists), but afterwards when refreshing the iTunes playlists, it one by one scans MC again with the corresponding playlist, ofcourse the content of the smartlists are different know, and that's the reason why I'm missing so many tracks in my playlists.

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