Comments on: Music in the Park Tonight… PMC Review Follow up tomorrowish. http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/ thoughts of the convoluted Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:07:37 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen Speicher http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Stephen Speicher Sun, 05 Sep 2004 05:01:07 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-182 So I've downloaded the final ... Man is that *stupid*. If I switch between two playlists on my MuVo, I reconvert EVERY SINGLE TIME. Oy... So I've downloaded the final … Man is that *stupid*. If I switch between two playlists on my MuVo, I reconvert EVERY SINGLE TIME. Oy…

]]> By: Corey Gouker http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Corey Gouker Sun, 29 Aug 2004 21:03:12 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-181 Wait till final, especially before you go out and buy another drive. :) Wait till final, especially before you go out and buy another drive. :)

]]> By: Stephen Speicher http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Stephen Speicher Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:35:52 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-180 Just to verify -- you're saying that, if I choose to and I devote enough space to the cache, Windows Media Player 10 will keep a mirror of my entire media collection in a lower bit rate. Thus I can continue to rip all my CDs to lossless and, when syncing, only have to wait for transfer time? That would be fabulous. After all, HDs are cheap for the desktop. One can buy a 60 gig HD for under $50. I have no problem whatsoever devoting a 50 gig chunk to a low-bitrate mirror. Now if I could just get it working... What build do you recommend? Cheers, Steve Just to verify — you're saying that, if I choose to and I devote enough space to the cache, Windows Media Player 10 will keep a mirror of my entire media collection in a lower bit rate.

Thus I can continue to rip all my CDs to lossless and, when syncing, only have to wait for transfer time?

That would be fabulous. After all, HDs are cheap for the desktop. One can buy a 60 gig HD for under $50. I have no problem whatsoever devoting a 50 gig chunk to a low-bitrate mirror. Now if I could just get it working…

What build do you recommend?

Cheers,

Steve

]]> By: Stephen Speicher http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Stephen Speicher Sun, 29 Aug 2004 06:35:29 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-179 Whoops. I'm at 3646. Whoops. I'm at 3646.

]]> By: Corey Gouker http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Corey Gouker Sun, 29 Aug 2004 04:02:52 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-178 Well normally, it will cache them as it should. I believe there was a bug in 3476 that made things annoying like that. Hate to say it, but try waiting for RTM, things should be better then. I know it's working right in my pre RTM build here :). Well normally, it will cache them as it should. I believe there was a bug in 3476 that made things annoying like that. Hate to say it, but try waiting for RTM, things should be better then. I know it's working right in my pre RTM build here :) .

]]> By: Stephen Speicher http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Stephen Speicher Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:02:40 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-177 Here's what I don't understand: If a) my device holds 256 megs and b) my cache is set to 6000 megs and c) I am switching between 2 256 meg playlists (once they've been transcoded), why would it need to transcode EVERY single time? Shouldn't it just keep the 512 megs of cache? I like to store my music as loseless, but it's getting to be a pain in the neck to have a LONGASS conversion time every single time. Here's what I don't understand:

If a) my device holds 256 megs and b) my cache is set to 6000 megs and c) I am switching between 2 256 meg playlists (once they've been transcoded), why would it need to transcode EVERY single time? Shouldn't it just keep the 512 megs of cache?

I like to store my music as loseless, but it's getting to be a pain in the neck to have a LONGASS conversion time every single time.

]]> By: Corey Gouker http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Corey Gouker Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:55:54 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-176 Yeah I think it makes sense... You simply need to change the size of space that WMP10 is allowed to use for it's cache. Tools > Options > Devices > Advanced. I've got mine set to 20GB at the moment since that's the size of the device. It's an awful waste of space mind you. What you're talking about really only works if you do manual syncing. Unless of course you do auto syncing and have less data than what the device holds and then when in auto mode you have it sync All Music. etc etc. Yeah I think it makes sense… You simply need to change the size of space that WMP10 is allowed to use for it's cache. Tools > Options > Devices > Advanced. I've got mine set to 20GB at the moment since that's the size of the device. It's an awful waste of space mind you. What you're talking about really only works if you do manual syncing. Unless of course you do auto syncing and have less data than what the device holds and then when in auto mode you have it sync All Music. etc etc.

]]> By: Stephen Speicher http://coreygo.com/index.php/2004/08/27/music-in-the-park-tonight-pmc-review-follow-up-tomorrowish/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Stephen Speicher Sat, 28 Aug 2004 19:45:12 +0000 http://blogs.coreygouker.com/2004/08/27/MusicInTheParkTonightPMCReviewFollowUpTomorrowish.aspx#comment-175 You big tease! I have questions darnit and I was hoping that you would be able to answer them. For instance: I too have a rather large music and MCE TVshow collection (though not nearly the size of yours). In playing with Janus (3476 I think) and a removeable USB drive, I couldn't get transcoded files to stay in the cache. If I would switch between two playlists, it would transcode the playlist every time. I thought that it would have kept as much transcoded data in the cache as possible. My ultimate desire would be to dedicate enough cache space to fit my entire music collection (@160kb/s). At that point syncs would be just transfer time. Did any of that make sense? You big tease! I have questions darnit and I was hoping that you would be able to answer them.

For instance:

I too have a rather large music and MCE TVshow collection (though not nearly the size of yours). In playing with Janus (3476 I think) and a removeable USB drive, I couldn't get transcoded files to stay in the cache. If I would switch between two playlists, it would transcode the playlist every time. I thought that it would have kept as much transcoded data in the cache as possible. My ultimate desire would be to dedicate enough cache space to fit my entire music collection (@160kb/s). At that point syncs would be just transfer time. Did any of that make sense?

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