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MC iTunes Synchronizer (using MC with an iPhone or iPod Touch) [v6.0.2]
escaflo:
Hi all,
Not sure if I am doing anything wrong here. Recently I got myself an iPhone 5 and have been trying to use MCiTS to sync just some playlist over to iTunes.
The problem is that the sync always take ages (I've to leave it running overnight.). It doesn't matter if it is the first sync or the second sync, but it will always take ages.
Below is my setup:
My music is store on H:\Media Center Music
With the following structure underneath it: [Genre]\[Album Artist]\[Album]\
And the filename of the songs are: [Track #] - [Artist] - Left([Name],30)
I've setup a handheld sync using MC to sync and convert music to a folder for iTunes called: F:\iTunes Cache\ and it only syncs certain playlists.
I've setup my iTunesFileKey library field as:
F:\iTunes Cache\[Genre]\[Album Artist]\[Album]\if(regex([Filename (name)],/#\.(mp3|mp4|m4v|m4p|m4b|m4r|jpg)$#/),[Filename (name)],Filename(,0).mp3)
(PS: Thanks MrC)
If I check the iTunesFileKey field for m4a, flac, ape, it shows the file:
H:\Media Center Music\Soundtrack\Various Artists\C Soundtrack\07 - C Soundtrack - Weldgun.flac
F:\iTunes Cache\Soundtrack\Various Artists\C Soundtrack\07 - C Soundtrack - Weldgun.mp3
Which seems right.
So I've setup MCiTS to sync as follow:
Synchronize MC playlists to iTunes playlist folder: To Root Folder
Check playlists: Two of the same playlists that I sync for the handheld device settings in MC.
Fields to aggregate all unchecked.
Fields to export from iTunes all unchecked.
Fields to export from MC all unchecked.
Use alternative File Keys checked
Only synchronize files of types: mp3
Fix broken links in iTunes checked
Import files to iTunes of types: mp3;wav;m4a;flac;ape
Log: <ImportToiTunes> (fail) unchecked <FileNotFound> unchecked, the rest of it checked.
I am not sure if I am doing anything wrong but every time I run a synchronization, it takes up to a few hours to complete it.
Just a note is that I got about 65,000 songs in my library. I understand if the first time it is slow, but I am not sure why it is so slow every time.
Hope someone can guide me to solving this issue. :)
Thanks!
simonmason:
I have 32000 files and it takes ages every time. It always was slow but it seems to have gotten worse with newer versions of iTunes. Unfortunately, I don't think the program is supported any more.
prod:
I support it when required and have the time. There's little I can do about iTunes being slow/crap.
A trick is to keep iTunes thin by only syncing over the files/playlists you want on your device. You can also reduce the scope of the sync by using the /Playlist command line argument. Both these things can drastically reduce your sync time.
escaflo:
Hi Prod,
I thought by choosing the playlists to sync over, I am suppose to be only syncing the playlists songs?
That's what I want to do, to sync only the playlist songs and not all 65,000 songs.
The problem is I can't figure out how to do that.
Thanks for all the help and this is a great program. Just that maybe it is the stupid me that can't get it to work the way I needed.
winniew:
Hi escaflo,
I had the same problem.
In this thread in 2011 I posted my solution:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=51734.msg456491#msg456491
--- Quote ---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).
--- End quote ---
Hope it helps.
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