Can I use the miniPlayer with iTunes or Windows media player?

The miniplayer seems like a very capable product but is it possible to sync the mini player to iTunes Windows media player or Winamp and transfer playlists from there onto the player, or is it just possible to drag and drop? I know that drag and drop might seem as the easiest way to transfer music, but when you've used iTunes or some media player for years and built up a personal library with tons of playlists it's harder to start browsing by folders to find your music. For example: how are you supposed to remember where you've placed a song you downloaded 2 years ago? In case the miniplayer can not be used together with iTunes, Windows media player or Winamp I need to start considering purchasing another player.

i have no experience with iunes etc but i can tell you, that you can choose between MSC- and MTP-USB-mode

Hello fisharoon and welcome to MeizuMe. To answer your question, The MiniPlayer can be used to sync from Windows Media Player, but I do not think WMP can sync Playlists to it. You have to create your own in the player's menu (Hold down enter button when a sond is highlighted, or a album or a artist).

Oh thats right, using MTP mode lets you transfer playlists. I forgot because I never use that function.

Hi there, I have just done a quick search for how to use and what the differences are between MTP and MSC... is there a thread or link that could help explain this... cheers

bleeeh

MTP: you connect your player to a PC and you can sync the songs from PC using Windows Media Player/Winamp or iTunes and programs like that, the player will be recognized as a multimedia player in your computer, not as a drive

MSC: you connect your player to a PC and you see the player's drive as a flashdrive, which in my opinion is the best way to put your songs on the player because you are not dependent on any software

Many thanks for the info...

Originally Posted by fisharoon

For example: how are you supposed to remember where you've placed a song you downloaded 2 years ago?

Pretty easy ..... F:\mp3s :D

Excellent explanation by Stranded...

But there are some goodies not explained:

Working with Meizu player in MTP mode with Windows Media the files are automatically transferred to the structure ROOT\ARTIST\ALBUM\tracks.

Beside of that it transfer cover art from Windows Media Player to folder \ALBUMS in the format required by Meizu player which is albumnameARTIST.jpg, it also transfer this cover art after tracks in the above mentioned structure.

There is just one problem: Windows Media, which work with ID3v2, put cover art embedded in tag in the first track of each album, this spoils the internal #track order of Meizu player sending the first track to the last position.

This is an issue that is not properly managed by Meizu software which doesn't allow embedded cover art in tracks. This is explained here Solved the problem of alphabetical order within albums.

While this is not corrected all the benefits of USB MTP are lost.

Thanx for your replys! So if I've understood it correctly I can use the m6 with a media player using the so called MTP-mode. Do you have to switch the player to MTP-mode manually, or can you just open your media player of choise and start transferring? I have a pdf-manual for the M6 but it doesn't say anything about MTP-mode. It only covers "drag and drop" transfers (in very poor English, I might add).

DaremoS: I didn't really get all that. From what I’ve seen the M6 doesn't even display album art at all. You say all the benefits of USB MTP are lost. Is this just because the track order is messed up? That doesn't seem like a major issue to me. I mean you can still play through a play list even if the first song comes last. Right?

Originally Posted by fisharoon

Thanx for your replys! So if I've understood it correctly I can use the m6 with a media player using the so called MTP-mode. Do you have to switch the player to MTP-mode manually, or can you just open your media player of choise and start transferring? I have a pdf-manual for the M6 but it doesn't say anything about MTP-mode. It only covers "drag and drop" transfers (in very poor English, I might add).

DaremoS: I didn't really get all that. From what I’ve seen the M6 doesn't even display album art at all. You say all the benefits of USB MTP are lost. Is this just because the track order is messed up? That doesn't seem like a major issue to me. I mean you can still play through a play list even if the first song comes last. Right?

Right!!

... and it will display Cover Art automatically

MTP is choose in SETTINGS ... USB MODE: 2 choices MSC / MTP

You need to go to Settings in your player and change USB Mode to MTP