Playlist and Channel Duplication Solutions
There are three known scenarios that can cause the spawning of duplicate playlists and channels. If you are experiencing this issue, please read the following three descriptions and see if they apply to your setup:
1. MAPPED NETWORK DRIVE
If you have a mapped drive as a monitored folder, then replace the current path with the UNC path. For example, if your mapped network drive is listed in the collection settings screen with this format F:\folder\ change it to \\computername\folder\.
2. MULTIPLE ZUNE CLIENTS
If you have multiple instances of Zune accessing the same playlist (for example you have more than one PC with Zune installed on it, and they are sharing content over a network), then you need to verify that they are both the same version (at the time of this writing the version of the Zune software client would be 3.1.620.0). Please download the most current version of the client http://www.zune.net/software/download/default.htm.
3. WINDOWS HOME SERVER
If you have the playlists on a network share and you don’t have full read/write access to that share, then you need to move the Zune folder to a local drive.
The corrective actions described in the scenarios above will prevent any further playlist spawning. However, you will still need to go into the Zune\Playlists directory and delete the duplicates by hand. If this did not solve your playlist duplication issue, go ahead and start a new thread in the forums.
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I am TRYING to find an answer, and so far i'm not finding it or figuring out how to do this.
I have a Zune. I synced it with a new computer. All the content on the Zune is now on my computer EXCEPT for the playlists.
Do i HAVE to create a new playlist on my computer? why can i not simply drag and drop the playlist from my device to the computer? i can highlight, select, but when i drop it into the collection/computer icon, nothing happens.
ChimeraOfTheSea wrote:I am TRYING to find an answer, and so far i'm not finding it or figuring out how to do this. I have a Zune. I synced it with a new computer. All the content on the Zune is now on my computer EXCEPT for the playlists. Do i HAVE to create a new playlist on my computer? why can i not simply drag and drop the playlist from my device to the computer? i can highlight, select, but when i drop it into the collection/computer icon, nothing happens.
NukeChief wrote:re: Mapped Network drive. So I have been getting duplicate playlists and couldn't even find a *.zpl file on my system. Changed my library settings to compname as you recommended. When I remove the mapped version of the drive (y:), do I say to "remove the folder and its contents" OR "remove the folder and keep its contents?"
But you can add or open Zune playlist (.zpl) in Windows Media Player.
tmis wrote:Playlist and Channel Duplication Solutions There are three known scenarios that can cause the spawning of duplicate playlists and channels. If you are experiencing this issue, please read the following three descriptions and see if they apply to your setup: 1. MAPPED NETWORK DRIVE If you have a mapped drive as a monitored folder, then replace the current path with the UNC path. For example, if your mapped network drive is listed in the collection settings screen with this format F:\folder\ change it to \\computername\folder\. 2. MULTIPLE ZUNE CLIENTS If you have multiple instances of Zune accessing the same playlist (for example you have more than one PC with Zune installed on it, and they are sharing content over a network), then you need to verify that they are both the same version (at the time of this writing the version of the Zune software client would be 3.1.620.0). Please download the most current version of the client http://www.zune.net/software/download/default.htm. 3. WINDOWS HOME SERVER If you have the playlists on a network share and you don’t have full read/write access to that share, then you need to move the Zune folder to a local drive. The corrective actions described in the scenarios above will prevent any further playlist spawning. However, you will still need to go into the Zune\Playlists directory and delete the duplicates by hand. If this did not solve your playlist duplication issue, go ahead and start a new thread in the forums.
i believe the issue revolves around the hid requirements and the windows os. hid = hardware identification...each piece of hardware has a number assigned to it from windows (not an issue for mac or linux i understand). portable devices will occasionally be re-assigned a new number; that makes all of the software references incorrect.
this is less of an issue for sync devices as it is for other types of software (ftp in particular) as the software is more accomodating.
you can prove this by installing windows to a hard drive, then transferring that installation to a different drive and using it to run the os....you will never get recognition of those types of devices and the only fix is to re-install windows to the drive.....lots of discussion on this issue being mapped drive and i can see why as the two are very similar. this is why they tell you not to install your os on a portable drive.