Topic: Creative Zen - Filenames instead of song titles? (Read 3116 times)

kupmar · « **on:** January 03, 2003, 07:19:36 am »

First, I love Media Jukebox/Center. It meets pretty much all of my needs, and solves a lot of problems other software doesn't begin to touch.

That said, I just got myself a Creative Nomad Zen. I notice that when I transfer files using Media Center 9 it sends all of the information that it should (and transfers the music appropriately) except that instead of sending the song title ("Fallin'") as the title of the song, it sends what appears to be the filename (which in my case is "Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor - Fallin'").

When I transfer the file using Creative Play Center the title is transferred correctly ("Fallin'").

All of the other fields are transferring correctly.

I did try to "Update tags from library" with no improvement.

Thanks.

mdporter · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2003, 11:46:15 am »

Me too, but I have a Nomad Jukebox 3 (40Gb).

I'm using MC9 build 88 and version 3.0.27 of the plug-in on Windows 2000.

Many thanks.

Matt

SteveG · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2003, 01:51:11 pm »

If you get the latest Plug-in (3.0.28 ), this should be fixed.

Thanks,

Steve

mdporter · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2003, 07:26:25 pm »

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the quick turnaround, unfortunately it doesn't seem to work.

After much jittering about with Reinit/Disconn, I couldn't get it to work on my version of MC9. Oddly enough the version shown in the Plug-in screen hasn't changed from 3.0.27 ... should this have been updated to 3.0.28?

I have had no problems at all transferring with PlagueCentre, so it's not the drivers. I have uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled the plugin to no avail ... any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Matt

kupmar · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2003, 08:11:32 pm »

I've had similar problems -- especially with the brand new version that was just released. When I try to transfer files from Media Center, it tells me that the player doesn't accept files of type 'mp3'

Shortly thereafter it seems that the program quits, but this could be for other reasons

Thanks again for the quick responses! The effort is much appreciated.

SteveG · « **Reply #5 on:** January 08, 2003, 01:03:43 pm »

Matt,

Try redownloading the Plug-in, it should for sure say 3.0.28.

Kupmar,

This is a problem with MC 9, I can duplicate it. I will have to address this tomorrow.

Steve

SteveG · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2003, 01:26:55 pm »

Everyone,

Please get MC v 9.0.93 and the new Nomad Plug-in (v3.0.29) and hopefully the Title/Name issue is resolved.

Thanks,
Steve

mdporter · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2003, 05:18:04 pm »

Hi Steve,

Many thanks. I'll give it a go as soon as the next build is available again (pulled for stability reasons?)

Cheers,

Matt

SteveG · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2003, 11:41:21 am »

For Nomad Jukebox and Zen, please be sure to get MC 9.0.95 and Plug-in 3.0.30.

Thanks,

Steve

kupmar · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2003, 11:54:19 am »

Have 9.0.95 installed. When I try to install the newest version of the Creative plugin, I'm getting an error which says:

Failed to install package.

More Info: Failed to register object.
H:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Plugins\hh_nomadjukebox.dll

SteveG · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2003, 12:39:27 pm »

Kupmar,

This works for me on Windows 2000. Are you running XP? If so check the following...

http://www.mediajukebox.com/mediajukebox/pluginproblems.html

If it still does not work, there may be a problem with the download page and we will have to address in Monday.

Steve

SteveG · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2003, 12:43:09 pm »

If anyone is still having problems....

Please get version 9.0.96 (available in an hour or so) and then be sure to get the new Plug-in (3.0.31) which will be the only one compatible with 9.0.96.

Thanks,

Steve

mdporter · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2003, 02:21:34 pm »

Sorry Steve,

Hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but I still get the same issue that kupmar mentioned (Failed to register).

I have d/l and installed .96, and when I tried to install the plug-in (even after reboot), it gave the same error.

Many thanks in advance,

Matt

JimH · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2003, 02:31:47 pm »

Matt,
What OS?

mdporter · « **Reply #14 on:** January 13, 2003, 02:59:24 pm »

Sorry Jim,

Win2K, SP3 + Some hotfixes.

System info follows:

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.96 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium III 551 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 26 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.5436 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive H: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read 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 H: SONY CD-RW CRX160E Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:12 MaxSpeed:12 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

Hope that helps.

Many thanks again!

Matt

kupmar · « **Reply #15 on:** January 13, 2003, 04:28:09 pm »

I'm continuing to have the same problem...no matter what I do, I can't get it to install the plugin (same message as above). I've even tried closing the program and running the file from the desktop. Until a few versions ago (9.0.8x?) I didn't have this problem.

My information:

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.96 -- H:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 798 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 204 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive F: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive F: HP CD-Writer+ 9100 Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:8 MaxSpeed:8 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

SteveG · « **Reply #16 on:** January 14, 2003, 08:48:29 am »

I found a possible bug with the installation and fixed it in the current Jukebox Plugin (3.0.32). There is also a potential bug with the web page and that is being worked on. (edit -- and is fixed)

Steve

kupmar · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2003, 09:15:47 am »

The Creative Nomad module installed correctly this time, and Media Center successfully loaded the list of files. However, now (more often then not) transferring a file to the device results in the program quiting before the transfer is complete.

Mark

SteveG · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2003, 05:00:49 am »

Mark,

Please get the latest version of MC and the Plug-in version 3.0.33. I apologize for all the version changes recently, but things should settle down now.

After you have the latest versions, if you are still having upload problems, it is most likely a driver problem. I am using the standalone drivers from Creative's site and they work well. If you are still stuck, tell me what drivers you have installed and what Operating System and I will see if I can duplicate the problem and then recommend an appropriate driver to solve the issue.

Thanks,

Steve

kupmar · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2003, 11:42:52 am »

I downloaded the latest version of both Media Center and the Creative Jukebox plug-in and (along with the conduit from Creative) files seem to generally be transferring.

New question: I see that I am able to view the playlists on the Zen but I don't seem to be able to change them from Media Center (for example, I haven't been able to figure out how to copy a playlist from Media Center to the Creative Zen, or even edit the playlists on the Zen.

Is this functionality supposed to be included?

Thank you so much for all of your help!

Mark

SteveG · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2003, 12:10:40 pm »

Mark,

If you Right-Click in the left tree on Playlists under Nomad, you will have options to add or rename playlists on your Zen. To add files to a playlist you can right click on them and choose "Add to Playlist".

My hunch is you would like to see this automated like a synchronization. This will be included in the near future.

Steve

woodenshoes · « **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2003, 10:38:57 am »

Mark and Matt -

I'm considering purchase of the Zen, and use MJ...I see you've had some technical issues so far. What would you tell me about the Zen in general - do you recommend it, assuming your MJ issues work?

Just wondering. Also, if you don't mind, where did you purchase, and for how much?

thanks!

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