BG,
The design point I think could be improved is that these non-fatal warning messages shouldn't interrupt a sync....
They should not interrupt the file transfer part of the sync which is the time consuming part of the sync. As far as I can tell, if unsupported file types are included in a sync, MC transfers all the files it can, shows an error with all the failed files and why they failed and then finishes the sync. The last part of this (after the error and until the conclusion of the sync) should be a relatively small period of time.
My iPod doesn't support MOV, JPG, etc. files, of course, but the only reason they ended up in my library at all is because I have no way to tell MC that I don't ever want to import those files.
You can set MC to not import these filetypes. I assume you mean that you want MC to filter these files before doing a transfer to iPod. This could be added, but currently can be accomplished by creating smartlists/playlists that are appropriate for iPod.
So, does that mean that if I take those two Future Tense radio shows and add them to two different playlists that Media Center may get them mixed up or the iPod may get them mixed up?
Yes, if the Name, Artist, Album, Genre, and Track Number are the same. MC and Portables do not use the filename for matching because these will always be different between a Portable and your PC.
Testing with 11.177, no change in behaviour from previous builds. Maybe these fixes are in .178?
They should be there. If not, they should definitely be in 178. If the messages do not appear, I will have to set up a test to duplicate this here.
Steve