Re: Activesync 4.2 | WinXP x64 | WMP 10

No patches that I've heard of. I'm not sure it's a 'bug', either. Does MS
claim that it should work? I must have missed that.

Paul T.

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>I was wondering if MS has a patch for the bug in AS 4.2 that prevents
> it from synching media in winXP64?
>
> thanks.
>

Tip... don't sync to the device, but sync directly to a memory card in a
pc card reader... see http://BevHoward.com/itsnotapod.htm for details.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

>> that doesnt work with DRM'd music... <<

Thanks for that info... didn't know since I've been totally soured on
any drm content for half a decade following horrific experiences with
ebooks.

In that regard, I am still interested in learning more.

I have noted that when wmp on the pc syncs to a card, it generates two
small hidden files on the card root...

WMPInfo.xml and WMSyncCaps.xml

plus wmp on the device generateds the hidden root folder MSMETADATA
containing XMEMediaLibrary.mlb

I havn't spotted any other files elsewhere on the card, but could be wrong.

I don't know much about these files, but I have been assuming that they
might be related to drm implimentation... i.e. if you successfully sync
at least once to the device, you might find similar files on the device
and be able to associate paid content back to wmp10.

Until then, purchasing mp3 content saves a lot of headaches if the tunes
you desire are available on those legal paid services.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

>> When you synch to a card reader does it auto-convert video to PPC
format as well?? <<

man, you are hitting all the high points... would like to know the
answer to that as well... the options are there but greyed out when a
card is the sync target... I would suggest the wmp group but that has
been a wasteland according to my previous attempts to participate there.

>> ... if i've taken custody of the unwanted red-headed stepchild. <<

Tis the other way round... the unwanted red-headed stepchild has taken
custody of you ;-)

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Interesting, and related, article at;

http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,...l?tw=rss.index

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

I know that it's frustrating, but just because you have, say, a particular
type of hard disk and your PC supports hard disks doesn't mean that you'll
be able to format and use the full capacity of that disk as a single FAT
partition, either. Should WM10 work with anything on Earth that's a media
device? What's your definition of media device? You see the problem; the
software has to select a method or a set of methods to communicate with a
device and, presumably, any device that supports that method for connection
will work (if it doesn't, there's a bug in the device or in the program).
However, the thing about "standards" is that there's so many to choose from,
so not every device will support every conceivable way of interfacing with
it.

I've still not seen something that actually implies that a given Pocket PC
device supports whatever DRM-compatible protocol for data transfer that WM10
is expecting.

Paul T.

"Jez" <> wrote in message
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> This may be an issue with WMP 10 and not activesync (but i have no idea
> which one is responsible for the conduit between MS handhelds and
> WMP)...so maybe i should post this there... but when I see a menu
> option in a program that asks me to pick a media device to synch to
> then am I wrong to assume that it should work?? I dont think you can
> find a statement from Microsoft that the File->Close option in IE
> should work either... but since the menu is there you assume that by
> selecting it it's going to function... if it's not supported then rip
> the functionality out of the app... I didnt install some off the
> internet version of WMP 10 either.. this came with my OS... so it
> should operate as implied by the menu of functionality correct?
>