[ EDIT -- The standard MC11.1 / iPod setup will serve most users well:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=29623.0
Thanks to Larry for these additional notes. -- JimH, moderator ]
[ EDIT -- I should clarify that my guide is not "mandatory" for using the iPod with MC11.1. My guide simply utilizes the more advanced smartlist, tagging, and view scheme features of MC to allow much easier and more powerful management capabilities for iPods. In other words, my guide takes advantage of MC's highly customizable configuration to help automate much of this process, and makes the task of managing song lists for one or more iPods much quicker and easier.
I renamed this thread back to "Guide" rather than "Notes" since I don't think "notes" is an accurate description of this document. This is a full fledged "guide" that has step by step instructions and detailed explanations for the entire process. I hope that it's okay to keep the "guide" name. -- Larry ]Here is the New and Improved "Larry's iPod Setup Guide" designed to work with Media Center 11.1.
The official title is "iPod Song Management with JRiver Media Center 11.1: Larry's iPod Setup Guide."
Changes from the MC 10 version of the guide were necessary in order to accomodate the new menu structure as well as some of the new features in MC 11.1 (such as MC's ability to remember which smartlist you want each individual iPod to use.)
A "JRiver" link will most likely be available eventually, but for now I'll give the links to my own ftp site where you can get either the html or the word .doc format.
Note that there are some improvements to the setup from the earlier version that makes it a bit more streamlined, and the layout of the document was changed to make the specific steps easier to follow. The new layout results in a higher page count, but this is largely due to the fact that each specific user action is given it's own line starting with ">". I found that it was easier to follow the steps this way without getting "lost" in the middle of paragraphs.
Thanks for being patient while I created the new document, which took vastly longer than I had anticipated.
Here is the link to the html document:
http://home.socal.rr.com/lalittle/Media%20Center%20iPod%20docs/iPod%20Song%20Management%20with%20Media%20Center%2011.1.htmHere is the link to the word document (created with Word 2003):
http://home.socal.rr.com/lalittle/Media%20Center%20iPod%20docs/iPod%20Song%20Management%20with%20Media%20Center%2011.1.docThe JRiver administrators may want to make this a sticky thread (like the previous one was.)
Assuming a JRiver link is made available I'll put it in this post. I'll most likely continue to offer the document via my personal links as well, however, since I can easily make changes and immediatly post the new versions to my personal site.
Enjoy,
Larry