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Media Center supports any device that is WMDM compatible and any device that appears to your PC as a removable or fixed drive. |
Media Center supports any device that is WMDM compatible and any device that appears to your PC as a removable or fixed drive. It also supports most iPods. |
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==Using a PC as a device== |
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If your files are on a network drive, you can make a local copy of them, with transcoding to MP3 or a different format if needed, so |
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that you can still have music when the network drive is disconnected. |
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# Create a playlist or smartlist containing the files you want to have locally. |
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# Tools->Options->Handheld |
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# Under Device Management choose ''Add Device'' |
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# Choose a name and a folder and click OK. |
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# Choose a playlist (or playlists) to sync to the device, and set the device options desired for your device |
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# Under Drives and Devices, right click on your device and choose ''Sync Now'' |
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For more information, please see [http://wiki.jrmediacenter.com/index.php/Sync Sync]. |
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== iPod == |
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Media Center offers excellent support for Apple's iPod. Media Center reads and write the iTunes database used by the iPod. |
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'''The following links to threads on the Interact forum containing iPod-related information''' |
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* [http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=35116.msg253937#msg253937 Compilation on the iPod]. Enables compilation on the iPod. |
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* DEAD LINK...<strike>[http://home.socal.rr.com/lalittle/Media%20Center%20iPod%20docs/iPod%20Song%20Management%20with%20Media%20Center%2011.1.htm Larry's iPod Setup Guide]. This guide adds a view scheme to manage what songs should be synced to the iPod. Particularly useful if more the one iPod/mp3-player is associated with Media Center.</strike> |
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* [http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=28453.msg197050#msg197050 BlueGlow's extensive start guide to Media Center and iPod]. Including a [http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=28453.msg197052#msg197052| Reference Section]. |
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* [http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=29623.0 PeterS' quick start instructions for the iPod and MC 11.1] |
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==More== |
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* [[Setup a Handheld/Portable Device]] |
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* [[Transfer Files to your Handheld/Portable Device]] |
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* [[Handheld Advanced Options]] |
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Revision as of 17:44, 5 August 2009
Media Center supports any device that is WMDM compatible and any device that appears to your PC as a removable or fixed drive. It also supports most iPods.
For more information, please see Sync.