Like most things that matter this Answer only applies to a small number of people, those few enlightened souls that use MediaMonkey instead of iTunes to manage their music libraries. (For the uninitiated, MediaMonkey is just like iTunes with lower memory/CPU footprints, custom classification schemes, and uses DRM-free Amazon for a music store.) MediaMonkey does a good job of supporting iPods and other such MP3 players but the procedure for phones, especially Android phones, is a bit scant. But if you have a Motorola Droid I have found your solution for synchronization. Even after taking these steps I have one error in tag transcription (some songs have their Genre changed to ‘255′) but other than that playlists and music sync perfectly.
The link is quite verbose so here I have distilled it to a few key points.
- Connect Droid to computer. Wait for the peripheral connect sound.
- On Droid, click the new notification to mount SD card.
- Create two folders using Windows in the root of the Droid, ‘Music’ and ‘Playlists’.
- Launch MediaMonkey, go to Tools -> Options -> Portable/Audio Devices.
- Uncheck all the drivers except for “d_USBMass1.dll”, then click Configure.
- In the Device Profile, go to Device Configuration. Name the device as Droid.
- Click Configure and set ‘Music’ as the Main Directory, then close.
- Click Options and check the Copy Playlists box. Ensure ‘Playlists’ is entered for the location.
- Right click a selection of songs or a playlist, then choose Send To -> Droid.
- Eject the Droid in Windows by choosing “Motorola A855″ from the USB icon in the taskbar.
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