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Syncing with Windows Media Player

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  • Started 4 months ago by arthew
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arthew
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I have used other programs with my MP3 player that allow me to simply add music. I started to use Windows Media Player 11. From what I can find, when I want to add music, Media Player will sync my hard drive and my player. If I am adding new music to the player, but had deleted some music from my hard drive, WMP will add the new music and also delete from my MP3 player the music that has been deleted from the hard drive, so both drives "match" one another. So they are in Sync. Isn't there anyway to just add music and not have to go through this syncing nonsense? What I am doing now is to time the "download" and stop the sync as soon as the new music is added. I have looked and looked but I cant find an answer.

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mnpeep
mnpeep
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You can manually add music in your player by sneaking about in some folders.(you may need to turn on visibility of hidden folders and files)
(Vista & 7: Organize ->Folder and Search Options ->View ->View Hidden...)

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ScottW
ScottW
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arthew, disable automatic sync and use manual sync. The procedure is described on this page. Then read about how manual sync works.

BTW, these help files should be on your system in Start -> Help and Support; or in WMP, click the help button (blue question mark).

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arthew
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I have read all these help files. They really do not cover "copying" to a MP3 player. Even with manual sync, Media Player wants to make my player mirror my hard drive. Maybe this some users want the same identical, music while they are away from home as they have at home, but not not all users.

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ScottW
ScottW
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Art, I see your point. It appears that WMP always wants to sync and won't let you just transfer. You should try some other software. Who makes your player? I have a Creative Zen Vision:M and the software that comes with it, MediaSource, allows you to just transfer. It also has the option to sync in either direction or both.

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