How to sync just a playlist and not all your music to an android device

[Rex Nelson]

I am looking for some help to learn how to sync just one Musicbee playlist to my android phone (Huawei P9).

I have followed advice from the various posts here so far and found this helpful. Thanks all! However, even though I have ticked only the playlist I want to synchronise, every time I start the process Musicbee begins to synchronise everything instead. I have double-checked and saved my preferences for device synchronisation many times now to no effect (they are that the 'synchronise music' option is unticked and that the only ticked option is under 'synchronise playlists', 'selected playlists only' and the playlist I want to sync).

Is this a bug? I tried closing and reopening Musicbee several times to no effect. I don't know why it wants to sync all my music when I have selected only one playlist. I haven't seen any other users having this issue from other posts on this forum. Seems to be straight-forward for everyone else so I wonder what I am doing differently? I used to do the same process with iTunes and it worked no problem there. Do I need to reinstall the software? Any help is much appreciated!

[phred]

A screenshot of the Music tab in your device settings might be helpful.

[redwing]

Always use "Synchronize" button rather than drag and drop files which often ignores settings with some devices.

[Rex Nelson]

I have made a .jpg image of my sync selection, sync settings and the actual synchronisation in progress (all from screen shots) but cannot paste it in here. The platform does not seem to allow it. I also tried the insert image link but it wants a URL, which the image does not have. I am new to this forum...is there another way of sharing these screen shots?

Thanks 'redwing' - I have been using the "Synchronise" button to sync (I didn't know you could drag and drop the files!).

[redwing]

Upload them to an image hosting site like imgur.com and post the links.

[Rex Nelson]

Got that sorted. Here's a link to the jpg i made to show the snyc issue i have been having: https://imgur.com/a/l7Mbe

The first image shows the selection (note i have only selected the one playlist (Phonelist1). The second image shows the settings - maybe this is where i have made my mistake. The third image shows the syncing in progress - "processing 6 of 9388"...here's the problem as 'Phonelist1' only has about 30 songs on it as a tester so MusicBee shouldnt be trying the sync the lot.

Again, any help here would be very much appreciated. A solution would be even better!

[phred]

You have D:\Music selected under folders at the bottom of the 'selection' window (in your first screenshot) so MB is syncing everything in that folder.

[Rex Nelson]

Phred...you're a legend! Thats done it...well spotted! Thanks a million (and thanks to Redwing too)...that's me sorted

[phred]

You're quite welcome.