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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 13, 2022, 07:53:21 AM »

No. I right-click the playlist name, then Send To -->  Device xyz.

Is there another method you want me to try?

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 12, 2022, 03:33:34 PM »

12.06.2022 16:31:42 - sync: USB_114GB,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\USB_114GB.dat,01.01.0001 00:00:00,Partial,preview=False
12.06.2022 16:31:55 - sync: USB_114GB,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\USB_114GB.dat,01.01.0001 00:00:00,Partial,preview=False

And file is not there:

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee>attrib *.*
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\ActivityLog.dat
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\CustomSearch.xautopf
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\CustomTagConfig.xml
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\DialogStateSettings.dat
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Downloads.dat
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\ErrorLog.dat
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\HD_60GB.mbl
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\mb_QuickTagger.config
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\mb_TagTools.Settings.xml
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\MusicBee3Settings.bak
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\MusicBee3Settings.ini
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Removable DiskI.mbl
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\TagTools.PropNamesErrorLog.txt
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\TagTools.TagNamesErrorLog.txt
A                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\USB_114GB.mbl

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee>

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 12, 2022, 10:55:01 AM »

Absolutely! The least I can do

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 12, 2022, 10:20:08 AM »

Many thanks, Steven.

This did the trick. The *.dat files still are not being created. Will this change go into the 3.5 Beta as well?

Again, many thanks, this makes my life much easier!

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 12, 2022, 08:36:55 AM »

Sorry, I did not read your statement correctly.

I was assuming that a copy is triggered when the timestamp differs between source and target. But you are saying that it is only triggered when the source is newer than the target.

For testing purpose I manually set the timestamp identically to the source files timestamp. Even then the sync is taking place.

Regarding your idea with the changing device ID: I recognize only these files related to the USB sticks I tested with:  "HD_60GB.mbl" and "Removable DiskI.mbl".  The names equals the USB labels. I cannot find any of the dat files you have mentioned, neither in the local nor roaming part of MusicBees appdata folders.

Edit: it also does not matter if the USB stick is formated with NTFS or exFat. My OS is Windows 11 21H2 22000.708.

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 12, 2022, 07:31:02 AM »

I think the reason is clear: the modification timestamp differs 1 second for each file. The question is why does it differ? The files are binary identical.

I will have a look at the sync status files

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 12, 2022, 12:21:24 AM »

I was so hopeful, but sadly exactly the same issue. All synced files have one seconds difference.

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 11, 2022, 11:31:36 PM »

Just realized from your signature that there is a beta version out. Let me try this one and report back.

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Portable Devices / Re: Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 11, 2022, 11:20:54 PM »

V.3.4.8033 installed from MusicBeeSetup_3_4_Update2.exe

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Portable Devices / Sync to USB drive always copies all files

« on: June 11, 2022, 07:20:30 PM »

I am syncing playlists to USB drives. Every time all files are synced, which is very time consuming for 1607 tracks.
A binary file compare shows that both the sources files on my hard disk and the synced files on the USB drive are binary identical.
On further investigation I found that the changed timestamp of the files on the USB drive differs for one second from the original.
Like on the hard disk the timestamp is 16:13:39 and on the synced file it is 16:39:40.

This happens for every file on every sync. Any idea what I can do to stop this from happening? Many thanks!