Synchronization on MP3 players

[paj77]

I switched to MusicBee from MediaMonkey. I have been trying to synchronize various generic mp3 devices. I got a synchronization failure due to lack of space. Do I have to delete the contents of the music folder first before synchronizing, or is there a setting in MB that will do that before synchronization? New user - thanks for the help!

[psychoadept]

You probably need to tick "delete tracks that are not on the auto-sync list" and/or "fill device with random selection" in the settings.  See this page for details on settings: http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Devices

[paj77]

Thanks for the help!

[paj77]

Someone left me instructions on how to post pictures to MB so that I could illustrate the settings that I use on the playlist and the device. Would someone leave those instructions again please? I am still having trouble with musicbee sync. the device is a 32 gb device and my playlist is set to limit to 25 gb. MB synchronizes and keeps sync'ing after reaching 100% until failure or the application freezes up. Anyway, I would like to leave a couple of screenshots in the hope that someone can help me. Thanks!

[theta_wave]

http://musicbee.wikia.com/wiki/Posting_Screenshots

[paj77]

http://imgur.com/a/6ZnPw
http://imgur.com/a/84cSH

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2 images, 1 is playlist settings, 1 is device settings

Typically synchronization will proceed normally either until 100% and will continue going or will go to 100% then start copy failing. This has only worked once. The device has a capacity of 32 gb and I had to set it to 29 mb in order for MB not to overfill it.

[Bee-liever]

on the device settings page, what have you got on the 'Music' tab?
have you changed it so only your 'X02_32' playlist is selected or is it still on the default settings of synchronising the entire library?

[paj77]

My settings are: synchronize music unchecked; synchronize playlists, selected playlists only.

I have created playlists for each device and each one is set to be within the size limits of the device. Only one playlist per device or sd card.

Thanks!

[paj77]

32 gb sd card, my playlist is 29 gb limit - synchronization still claims that there is not enough room on the device. I haven't given up, but I guess no one really has a solution. So am I the only one that has difficulty with sync? I will keep reducing the limit of my playlist to see if it works.

[Aevaris]

While I am admittedly less familiar with SD cards (since marshmellow was prone to corrupting them, I've just stopped using them), I am assuming they need to be formatted. As a result how big is a formatted SD card? Similar to HDDs, 32 gigs isnt 32 usable gigs (due to formatting).

[paj77]

31.2 gb formatted. The cards come formatted now, but I have formatted some anyway on occasion. Playlist is 30 gb, yet MB will continue to copy and copy and copy until the sync fails.