Songs are deleted off device, and then re-added [iPod Classic 160GB]

[jackthesmack]

When I sync my iPod Classic 160GB to MusicBee, it will delete 150 songs (I counted them manually), and then re-add them. Because of this. it always takes 5-15 minutes to sync my iPod, even when I add one song to my collection. Also, it always says "syncronization failed", but songs and playlists are always correctly updated. When I first got MusicBee, I restored the iPod in iTunes, so the software is fresh.

I just did a test where I synchronized my iPod, and after it finished I synced it again. It deleted the 150 songs yet again!

Here are my iPod settings:




Edit: Disabling "Delete tracks that are not on the auto-sync list" doesn't stop the 150 tracks from being copied over.

Edit 2: With "Delete tracks that are not on the auto-sync list" disabled, those 150 tracks that are copied are not overwriting the old ones, but adding to the collection, and filling up my iPod even more. Enabling the option again deleted all the extra tracks.

Also, there are a couple songs that say "file missing". One of them I cannot find in my collection, and the other has a file name that doesn't match the song in my collection (it has a "_1" on the end of the file name). I rescanned my library, but it didn't fix this issue. This might be why I'm getting the "Synchronization Failed" message at the end.

[Anti]

Check the 'modified date' of the files on the device and the files in your library just before you sync again.
Are they exactly the same?
If not, then musicbee assumes the files have changed and will over-write the ones on the device.

I have the same problem when syncing my mp3 player, and I have not found out the cause yet, but I do know that it is because the 'modified date' is being changed somehow on either the device or computer.

[Steven]

also try using v2.3 which fixed re-synching for files with no album tag

[jackthesmack]

Thanks, updating to 2.3 from fixed it like you guys said it would. http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=11200.0