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Help Copying music to the Captivate?

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jkl2000

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So I now have my Captivate connected to my PC and I want to copy some music files to it. What do you guys do, just dump MP3s into the Music folder on the Captivate? Do you drag Folders with all the MP3s from an album into the Music folder? I don't know if the Captivate works off of ID3 tags or just filenames like some CD players.

Or do you recommend using something like DoubleTwist? Thing is, I really have no interest in synching the music with my PC.
 
All of the various programs I tried (doubletwist, itunes agent, etc) had problems.

I'm just sticking to drag and drop.
 
jkl2000 said:
So I now have my Captivate connected to my PC and I want to copy some music files to it. What do you guys do, just dump MP3s into the Music folder on the Captivate? Do you drag Folders with all the MP3s from an album into the Music folder? I don't know if the Captivate works off of ID3 tags or just filenames like some CD players.

Or do you recommend using something like DoubleTwist? Thing is, I really have no interest in synching the music with my PC.
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I use Windows Media player. I set up a playlist in Media Player and set up my Captivate to sync that playlist only. That way, it doesn't blindly sync my entire library (there are some songs I don't want on my phone). I plug it in and it syncs automatically... just like my iPhone did with iTunes. You can also add album art and fix up the genres, artists, etc. to lump them together the way you like.
 
Ok, I'm trying to just drag and drop into the music folder, and it's saying The Disk is Write Protected! What the hell! I've never had so much trouble with a portable device! And it won't let me change the properties.
 
I did mount it. Thought when I select Turn off USB storage, it says remember to unmount the USB host. What is the USB host? God, this stuff is way more complicated than the usual. And what does turning off USB storage even mean? Does it do that automatically when you unplug the Captivate from the PC?
 
Ok, it works if I set USB Settings to Media player. WTF? Why are there are these different USB settings? Why is it needed here if it's not on a PC or MP3 player? How do they expect people to figure these things out except by reading groups like this and hours of trial and error? I'm just surprised. Is the iPhone this bad? Maybe it's just the difference between Apples and PCs? I do prefer PCs to Apples but this seems crazy.

Have to say though, the Music Player seems pretty sweet. :)
 
I have found that the surest way to be able to modify the sd card and transfer files is with the media player setting. Not sure why the USB Mass Storage setting doesn't seem to work but I'm not really worried about it as long as Media Player works.
 
I use the simple, safe, tried-and-true copy method via USB mass storage. Straightforward and works every time with no surprises or issues.
 
Search for "iSyncr" in the Android Market if you want to import your playlists from iTunes to the Music Player. iSyncr does not work with Media Monkey though. You'd have to keep using iTunes.
 
When you turn off the mass storage mode to disconnect, when it says remember to unmount the USB host, that would be your computer. If you are using windows, down near the clock, you will see the USB notification icon, click it, and click safely disconnect device, select your capt. It will then say something like, it is now safe to disconnect. That is what it is refering to when it says "unmount USB host".
 
None of this has worked for me so far.

If I use the Media Player, I get this RIDICULOUS "MTP Application" that starts just flashing with a big USB icon in the middle and a dot-status bar with the word "Inistialising" on it, until it turns off....looks like my screen is having an epileptic seizure.

If I use Mass Storage, my computer recognizes it until I get ready to drag something over...it's gone like the wind from the explorer tree. Then I've got the magical mysterious double Twist...it won't have anything to do with my phone, until, of course, I get lucky and get Windows Media Player to actually notice the phone, then it comes charging in to blow that up, like a middle school girl who just noticed the guy she loves to crap on and ignore is being noticed by someone else.

Not to mention that most of my miraculous files are wma's with drm from Walmart (what a mistake) that I can't get to play on my player, on the phone OR the installed client of double Twist, on the machine where they'll all play on WMP.

That's all contingent of if this bright idea some engineer had of the mini-USB plug that absolutely will not stay in it's port if a baby coughs in Singapore...dang sick baby.

Oh, the joy...not so much. I'm going to bed to pick this up tomorrow...it will all work out, I know. :)
 
TXBamanut said:
That's all contingent of if this bright idea some engineer had of the mini-USB plug that absolutely will not stay in it's port if a baby coughs in Singapore...dang sick baby.
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You're not opening the protective slider door all the way. Slide it even further/harder until it "clicks" open and into place. Then the USB cable will fit snugly and securely.
 
Another route you can take if you have wifi at home is downloading an ftp server like swiftp, then launch it on your phone. You can then access your phone's storage from an ftp client on your computer and drag and drop to your hearts content.
 
Is anybody thats using media monkey able to copy their playlists over to the phone? I was able to upload music without a problem using MTP but no playlists.
 
I was about to start a new thread but i found this.
(props to me for using the search bar haha)
okay heres my situation. I have no experience uploading music into anything.
I just know I hate Itunes and i want music in my captivate.

I own a bunch of Cds so what do I Do?

people have said its easy and its just drag and drop but i dont know anything at all..
can any of you guys help me

i have never had a chance to test out my music player..but right now i opened a new window and went on youtube..and plugged in my samsung headphones into the computer and it sounds awesome!! they are awesome little headphones...origianlly i was using ipod speakers
 
Step 1: Rip the CDs and convert them into files. Don't use Windows Media Player for this. There are endless numbers of free apps out there that do this easier and a better job. The Captivate will play both the traditional MP3 format as well as OGG (my preference). One popular app is Audiograbber.

Step 2: Copy them to the device. Make sure your USB mode is set to "Mass Storage". Then plug the cable into the computer, and when the USB notification appears in the notification bar, pull it down, press it, then choose [Mount]. Your Captivate's storage should now appear as a new drive letter.
 
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