Re: WMP no longer sync, more

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On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:30:11 -0700, gloriouslace
<gloriouslace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I tried this exactly as you said yet it did not work for me at all. My mp3
player is now not even showing up at all for me to attempt to sync.


Do you have all of the syptoms described by Phil, which were :

"I once could but now cannot:
1. connect to either my Zen mp3 or my LG Chocoalet 3
2. Rename or update album or song information
sync, of course with either above device"

And do you have a Zen MP3 or LG Chocolate 3 phone, like Phil does ?

If not, we'd better start again as you're probably describing a
different scenario or problem. In fact it' wou;d be best to staret by
describing the problem, then we can work from there, rather than in
reverse ;-)

Cheers - Neil



"Phil Hoskins" wrote:

You are a genius. Removing and rebuilding the data base did the job with all
the problems. Now I am wondering if, because many of my music files are on a
removable HD the problem comes when I disconnect it????

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:58:01 -0700, Phil Hoskins
<PhilHoskins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I thouhgt I made it clear that neither device shows up -- on this machine

Not really, at least not explicitly ;-)

only -- in the synce tab, although, when I hook each up it shows briefly on
the bottom margin of WMP as "Zen detected" or "LG detected" but not as the
icno in the upper right corner. So nothing can be synched because it isn't
activated.

OK so it shows but "vanishes" ?

What happens if, with WMP running, you now physically disconnect the
device cable, then reconnect it - does the device reappear then stay,
or disappear again ?

If it reappears, try to select the dropdown below the Sync tab, choose
<device name> and End Sync Relationship from there.

If none of this works, your media library database *may* be hosed.
That could possibly explain the CD info issue too...

ZachD has instructions on how to delete that here :
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#medialibrary or at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925718

You'd then have to press the F3 key to re-scan all your media and add
the data to a new copy of the library

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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