I also tried setting up Subsonic but it turns out you have to pay to use the app.Īnyone have suggestions? I was thinking of setting up an FTP protocol but this probably wouldn't be any faster that plugging the phone in.
M3unify reviews Offline#
I just tried sharing my music library folder on my local network and accessing it through the VLC app, but I'm finding it really slow and I don't really like the UI, plus it looks like I can't save the files for offline viewing. Some great tools for keeping your library organized.I used to plug in the phone and copy the files over manually, but I was getting frusturated with how long the whole process takes (plug in phone, wait for computer to read it etc) and I was wondering if any of you have a really convenient way to do this. I’ve been using some of Doug’s AppleScript utilities in iTunes and they’re worth checking out.
M3unify reviews mac#
I haven’t tried this but it looks promising and might just be the special sauce Mac users need for this. It’s still a fantastic player and I love it, despite some of its usability quirks.ĭoug of DougScripts has a little utility to “Stuff a thumb drive with songs from your iTunes library” called M3Unify. This one, in particular, was the most helpful I found for decoding the structure of the Fiio’s entries. There are a number of threads on the interwebs with people struggling to figure this out. And it’s the main reason I can’t come up with a more convenient, reliable way to sync music other than just copying and deleting the contents of the memory card. It’s a relatively minor complaint, but one I keep coming back to. Play counts, ratings, favorites and playlists are all locked inside the player, never to be used again. It is impossible to synchronize library metadata (information about the songs on the player) with an external source. Fiio, if you read this, please give us something that can edit the included library on the device. It’s not great for that.Īnd that brings me back to the device.
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If your playlist changes, the contents on the Fiio won’t necessarily reflect those changes.ĭon’t even think about editing a playlist on the Fiio itself. What it is not great for, is keeping a playlist in sync with the source computer. This is great for dumping copies of playlists from iTunes, optionally with the included music. Yours may well look different, depending upon how you’ve formatted your music naming in your library. The files are stored in Artist\Album Name format. I’m using relative paths for my playlists, and the m3u files are exported to the top-level music directory on the Fiio’s SD card.Īn couple of example playlist entries might look like: Elliott Smith\Elliott Smith\01 Needle in the hay.m4aĭeath Cab for Cutie\Transatlanticism\07 Translatlanticism.m4a In my case, the “Music File Path Settings” must be changed from /Volumes/Bulk/Music/rob’s iTunes Collection/ to an empty field on the Fiio’s card. This is of crucial importance, because by default, the paths are slightly different than they are in my computer’s music collection. It’s even somewhat smart in that it allows you to adjust the file paths on export to match up what you have on your player’s SD card. Pick a playlist from the list and it will dump the m3u file and optionally copy the files to a destination of your choosing. I have another utility excitingly named Playlist Export that does just this. You might be saying, “how can you do that? iTunes won’t let me export playlists.” For less than the app’s listed 27 bucks, I can do the same by just creating custom playlists and exporting them myself. My summary from reviews of Dapper is that it uses a custom set of playlists (using a prefix in the playlist name) to figure out what to export to your card. If you have, I’d love to hear your impressions in the comments. The two best options for integrating sync with iTunes seem to be:
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M3unify reviews software#
There are a few software options out there that aim to help with this, but most of them integrate with iTunes and I’m trying to wean myself off of that mess. The Fiio players don’t come with their own software for keeping track of what’s stored on them. It sounds fantastic but has a few UI quirks that take a bit of getting used to. The summary of that review was that this is a bare bones audio player, with a simple UI, that is beautifully-built with an attention to sonic quality.
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M3unify reviews portable#
Awhile back I wrote a review of my portable digital audio player, the Fiio X3 2nd generation ( Amazon US, Canada).