After having setup my new S8 I tackled the task of getting all my itunes music and playlists across. I decided to go with Doubletwist but found this very problematic. I made several attempts and followed the "how too" but with mixed results.
Basically it just refused to replicate my library and especially the playlists. If I had eg 150 blues songs in an Itunes playlist it would only send a portion to Doulbetwist on my phone. After uninstalling the app on my phone plus the associated media info file, I retried, failed and gave up. I must make the point here that it's important to erase every trace of Doubletwist on your phone. There are good tutorials around to help you but it's very simple.
Finally I created a simple workaround which doesn't require Doubletwist Sync to be installed on my Windows 10 PC.
So here's the step by step solution.
1 Install Doubletwist app on your phone (it must be a CLEAN install).
2 Open Itunes and select all songs.
3 Connect your phone to your PC and using windows File Explorer, navigate to the Music folder on your phone.
4 Copy/paste your Itunes music into the phone's already system created Music folder. (If you can't copy/paste direct like I couldn't, copy into a temp folder on your Windows desktop, then copy from there into the phone's Music folder.
Now here's the important bit.
5 Create another temp folder on your desktop and call it say M3U playlists
6 Click/highlight your first Itunes playlist on the left side of Itunes window
7 Click File at the top then come down to Library and choose Export Playlist
8 In the Save To window select your M3U folder and Save as type M3U
9 Repeat this process for as many playlists as you want.
10 Now open up your temp M3U folder and copy/paste them into the same Music folder on your phone that you put your Itunes music in.
11 Lastly fire up your Doubletwist app and give it a minute to sort itself out, you'll then see ALL your music and ALL your Itunes playlists.
Worked for me, hope it works for you.
Basically it just refused to replicate my library and especially the playlists. If I had eg 150 blues songs in an Itunes playlist it would only send a portion to Doulbetwist on my phone. After uninstalling the app on my phone plus the associated media info file, I retried, failed and gave up. I must make the point here that it's important to erase every trace of Doubletwist on your phone. There are good tutorials around to help you but it's very simple.
Finally I created a simple workaround which doesn't require Doubletwist Sync to be installed on my Windows 10 PC.
So here's the step by step solution.
1 Install Doubletwist app on your phone (it must be a CLEAN install).
2 Open Itunes and select all songs.
3 Connect your phone to your PC and using windows File Explorer, navigate to the Music folder on your phone.
4 Copy/paste your Itunes music into the phone's already system created Music folder. (If you can't copy/paste direct like I couldn't, copy into a temp folder on your Windows desktop, then copy from there into the phone's Music folder.
Now here's the important bit.
5 Create another temp folder on your desktop and call it say M3U playlists
6 Click/highlight your first Itunes playlist on the left side of Itunes window
7 Click File at the top then come down to Library and choose Export Playlist
8 In the Save To window select your M3U folder and Save as type M3U
9 Repeat this process for as many playlists as you want.
10 Now open up your temp M3U folder and copy/paste them into the same Music folder on your phone that you put your Itunes music in.
11 Lastly fire up your Doubletwist app and give it a minute to sort itself out, you'll then see ALL your music and ALL your Itunes playlists.
Worked for me, hope it works for you.
