Creative MediaSource for PlaysForSure play

Is there any way to make MediaSource not display the file name in the organizer view? It is making it very difficult to manage music. This new setup really bites compared to the old.

Let's not forget that downgrading is not an option if you were foolish enough to upgrade to playsforsure like I was. The firmware itself does work fine for me - my problem is with the poor choice of functionality changes. Creative took away the best organizational tool it had - the grouping of artist, song and album is gone - that makes playlist creation and manual searching nearly impossible

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Creative MediaSource will not play certain MP3

I have a Creative Audigy 2 NX with a remote that I really want to be able to use. Programs such as GIRDER, WinLIRC, and uICE do not support the RM-500 remote control.
I can't figure out how to control the remote beyond editing and creating key files that send ASCII commands, but the problem with that is I cannot control programs that are not currently acti've. In other words, I cannot control winamp if I'm playing a game with my remote, which is what I want to do. The KEY files are structured as this:[KeyEvent690 etc]KeyName=whateveryouwantdisplayedNotification=- or 2 or 4KeyEventRemap=this is the important partHandleByApp=i don't know what this doesAnyway, if I set notification to -, I can send ASCII commands-- BUT these will not send to programs not currently on top. If I set notification to 2, as Creative did in their Winamp .x key file, I could control the program even if it is not on top-- BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE KeyEventRemaps NUMBERS SHOULD BE. I cannot find this information, and I have tested as far as I am capable of doing manually (tested numbers through 500 MANUALLY).So what I want to be able to do is use my remote to control winamp, but that is impossible. And Creative MediaSource will not play streaming audio (for God knows why...). So what I decided to do was record to an MP3 player with a third party program and play that MP3 in the Creative MediaSource software (the built-in recorder will NOT work, as I cannot structure that into a playlist nor can I play the recording media nor can I minimize the program and mute the feedback-- I can only record if I'm playing, and this doesn't work). The first problem I encountered was several programs would not output MP3s that were playable as they were being recorded, however I finally did find one. This program, 3aLab iRadio, allows the MP3 to be played back WHILE simultaneously being recorded. The only problem is that this the Creative MediaSource software will NOT play the mp3. Out of the 5 different MP3 players I tested, ONLY the Creative MediaSource software would not playback the MP3 as being written. I cannot figure this out, and I am at a loss as to what to do next. I realize that Creative won't support streaming audio with their player, MediaSource, but what I like to do is listen to streaming internet radio as an item on my mp3 playlist in winamp. I wish to be able to control this with my remote, but as I cannot find ANY WAY out there to control my remote as I wish without further information, this is a dead end. My alternati've is to use the Creative software for which the remote was designed to work, but unfortunately this does not support streaming internet radio nor does it support MP3s that are being written to. This is driving me insane.
What I want to be able to do is have a playlist that I control with my remote, with the first item on the list being internet radio, the 2nd and such on down being MP3s. In winamp, this is doable, as well as in Windows Media Player, and most MP3 players out there. Since I cannot do this in Creative's software, I need a workaround alternati've. PLEASE.
So, in conclusion, is there anyone out there who can either tell me how to control my remote directly by identifying what the notification=2 keyeventremap=configuarions are, give me a program like girder however which supports the RM-500 remote, or tell me how to get MP3s that are being written to (aka incomplete) to play in the Creative MediaSource software?
Thank you very much for your time.
Message Edited by PzyX on 0-5-2005 08: PM

Sky_Blue wrote:
Hey ppl. I own a Zen neeon which i bought in Hong Kong. I can't play any of the tracks and i don't know why. Can i still transfer them to my mp3 or will they not work?
I am afraid that you need to provide more detail steps of your problem.Message Edited by micromouse on 0-04-2006 0:52 AM

Creative Mediasource can't play Chinese so

Recently I reformatted my computer and had to reinstall Creative Mediasource.However, now it cannot play any songs with Chinese characters in their names. src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/o246/yunyikaren/creativemediasourceprob.jpg">The Chinese characters in the song titles cannot be viewed and are simply replaced by question marks (E.g. "?The Kila" is shown as "? The Killa" instead) and when I click on it to play, there is?a black X beside the song and it cannot be played. Only the songs with no chinese characters can be played (E.g. 06 K-O). I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Creative Mediasource fi've times but the same problem still arises.Could anyone help me with this?Thanks! Message Edited by hyperjjfan on 0-22-200706:3 PM

previous version of mediasource doesn't support unicode so you need to go to control panel and setup your computer language to support chinese for non-unicode program.
if not, just go and download mediasource 5 from creative website as that support unicode and should display chinese properly.

Where to download Creative MediaSource for To

Hello. I just got my Touch two days ago. I bought it off ebay, and the seller did not include the CD with the drivers. I downloaded all the firmware, etc. and also the NOMAD Explorer software. However, I wanted to try the software requiring MediaSource. I cannot find anywhere to download this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I went to the download site to take a look. You are right that under Zen Touch, Creative MediaSource is not listed as a download. I believe that this is because the Zen Touch installation CD may already have a newer version. That is why Creative thinks that Zen Touch users do not need to download MediaSource.
You may want to try to download the MediaSource listed in the download for Nomad Jukebox 3. Remeber to also download NOMAD JukeBox Type 2 Version .0.03 (English) Web Release.

Creative Mediasource for Creative Zen (2-38

Hey everyone,
I am well aware that the current version of Creative Mediasource is not available for the Creative Zen. Now I figured that eventually they would make a version compatible with the Zen. I'm currently up to my 3rd Generation of Creative Mp3 players (from Zen Touch to Zen Vision: M to Zen 32 gb ), and I constantly used Creative Mediasource to edit the track information, usually the genres which awere so totally confused (Hip Hop should never be associated with Country :S). However, now that the Zen operates through Windows Media Explorer, instead of being able to select whole cds and right clicking them to 'edit genre', I now have to individually select each song and rewrite the details.. this could be a problem in the near future; I just got my mp3 player last tuesday, and though right now i'll manage, my media database is a little off in terms of assortment, and editing 600 tracks manually seems to be a rather tedious task >.< So, my question is(are):
When (if they ever decide to do so) will a Creative mediasource version for the Creative Zen be released?
Is there a faster method that I'm unaware of to edit the tracks?
I did take the time to look through the forums before I wrote this, taking the precautions by searching for Creative Mediasource, Creative Mediasource Zen flash, etc.Thanks in advance!

Well, I usually avoid Windows Media Player because the computer I use is also used by the rest of the family, and every once in a while it chooses to autosync music onto my Zen.. but if you say it's useful to edit multiple ID3 Tags (so that's the official name for them, oh..), i'll give it another try. And I'll try MediaMonkey too, because it sounds like the program was made specifically to make ID3 tag updating easier.
Thanks for all your help!

My creative mediasource player won't play

bought creative x-fi card about 2 months ago and with it came creative mediasource player.
it played any formats, avi mpeg jsut fine, now about a week ago it stoped playing avi format, the black playback screen won't come on, but mpeg still plays fine. also i have morpheus installed... it also only played mpegs now and when i try avi it gives me one of those backgrounds jsut like on xbox when u play music, screensaver type... i tried to repair windows/ reinstall, problem remains... updated mediasource still nothing, but i don't think is creative but something else... cause morpheus stoped working at the same time, anyone encountered this problem and have any idea how to fix it's?? i need help plz

nah i went through windows media player and updated it, with some new codecs and then also updated codecs from microsoft site still the problem persists, i keep getting no playback screen for avi files in creative media cource player/ morpheus/ or windows media player

Creative MediaSource Organiser not responding ¡HEL

Hello,
I have a Muvo v00 for a long time now, and it works great, but some time ago I installed the Creative MediaSource. It was working great for some days (really good for transfering the music from my computer to the Muvo, etc) and then one day it suddenly stopped working: when I started the Creative MediaSource Organiser, and imported files, I got an error window saying that the program encountered an error and had to be restarted. Since then I cannot use the MediaSource Organiser, although the normal MediaSource Player is working (one song at a time). Could anyone please help me solve the problem with the Organiser?
Thank you very much!
Alexandra

markomusic wrote:
Yes, while playing a song in Creative Mediasource for no reason the sound goes off completely. This affects all the sound for the computer. Quiting Creative Mediasource does not restore the sound, neither does restarting the computer. I have to use the restore defaults to get the sound back and this works immediately. As I said this problem has only started with the new drivers.
That is why I said that MediaSource is not the cultprit. The driver probably is the cultprit.

Creative MediaSource Organiser cuts the sound off with latest driv

I have an Audigy 2 ZS with the latest drivers and the latest Creative MediaSource Organiser. What happens for no reason is that playing some music, wav or mp3 the sound goes off. This does not happen with all songs. This affects everything, no sound whatsoever in any game or windows. The only way to get the sound back is to use the Creative Diagnostics and put all settings back to the default. While it is good to have this fix, it did not happen with the previous drivers. And should not happen. Is it a fault with Creative MediaSource Organiser? And are Creative going to update this program.

markomusic wrote:
Yes, while playing a song in Creative Mediasource for no reason the sound goes off completely. This affects all the sound for the computer. Quiting Creative Mediasource does not restore the sound, neither does restarting the computer. I have to use the restore defaults to get the sound back and this works immediately. As I said this problem has only started with the new drivers.
That is why I said that MediaSource is not the cultprit. The driver probably is the cultprit.

Connecting to Nomad Jukebox 3 using MediaSource for XP-64

I am currently running Windows XP-64 and own a Nomad Jukebox 3.
I have downloaded the latest version of Creative MediaSource (for XP-64) which includes the Nomad plugin. Does this mean I'm able to connect to my Jukebox from here ? I can only see "My Computer and PC music Library".
Clayton

Hello,
Many thanks for your replies.
Unfortunately I could not get the device to work, this is what I did:
) I made sure that I had downloaded everything for CMS. The latest version I have is Creative MediaSource, release 3.30.2. I then hit "Check Update" and I received the following message:
Status: No updates are necessary for your Creative product. Your system already has the latest versions installed.
2) I then went to Tools > Settings and I have the following set:
Enable Detector - Checked
Play Sound On Detection - Checked
"NOMAD Jukebox 2/3/Zen" - Checked
"Show Detection Window to Select Task to Perform" - Checked
3) I then closed down CMS and took out the USB from my Jukebox and from the back of the PC. The PC played a sound when I reconnected, however when I went back into CMS I still have the same screen.
4) Also, I have an auto shutoff after a couple of minutes. When the Jukebox switches off, XP-64 then displays an error "USB device not found".
5) Please also note, that there appears to be no device written for the Nomad Jukebox 3 using XP-64. Do I need to wait for this driver first ?
6) The really weird thing is that XP-64 "knows" it's a Nomad Jukebox !! Whenever I reboot, remove the USB and reconnect XP-64 says "Nomad Jukebox" found !! The problem then, is that it's asking for the latest drivers.
ClaytonMessage Edited by Clayton on 0-04-2005 :55 PM

Creative Mediasource opens a strange win

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...angeWindow.jpg?When I open Creative Mediasource it does a strange thing and opens the window shown in the clipped screenshot of my desktop. Stranger still, the window has no handles, and will not respond to normal windows keyboard shortcut?(Alt + SpaceBar)?that would normally allow you to access the restore/minimise/maximise menu option. I am stuck with this window. I know for a fact that it is a window, because it behaves as a window in every other way. I can drag it around my desktop, in other words. Also, it reacts to the transparency settings given by my Graphics Card. Does anyone else share this problem, and would anyone be able to help troubleshoot this problem? I have used Creative Mediasource for?almost a year now, and I have finally decided to whip this little puppy into shape.

If your MediaSource is older than v3.30.2, then?download and install MediaSource v3.30.2 from your product download site.

Should I install "Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox plugin 2.00.20 for Creative MediaSourc

I have the Play For Sure firmware on my Zen Touch, now I'm going to first install the driver on my computer, then install the creative media source, then the play for sure software suite, and then the media source CD plugin. Should I also install the Zen & Nomad Jukebox plugin afterward or that's only for ppl who haven't upgraded the firmware?
Thanks!

The "Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox plugin 2.00.20 for Creative MediaSource" is for those who have the non-PlaysForSure firmware. So, you do not need to install it.

Cannot play audio CD with Creative MediaSource Pla

Hi All,
I recently installed an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum soundcard and the Creative MediaSource Player software. I also purchased Creative 5. Analog speakers. Have everything configured pretty well now and really enjoying the enhanced sounds!
My problem is that I cannot play audio CDs using the MediaSource Player. I can see my DVD Player and CD Player in the MediaSource Player 'Source' column and a list of all the tracks on the CD. (no track info, just track numbers and length)
When I double-click on a track it cycles through all the tracks and then places an 'X' next to each one in the 'Now Playing' list window. If I have other music files from my harddri've available, it will start playing one of them.
I've tried different CDs with the same results.
I can use both the DVD and CD dri'ves to play an audio CD if I use any other player (Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc.) and use both dri'ves everyday for loading software and reading files. It will also read the demo DVD Audio disk that came with the card using the DVD-Audio player they provide so I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with the hardware or drivers.
I've read all the info that came with the card and on the Creative Web site and have been through every configuration screen multiple times but haven't found a switch that turns this feature on.
Would like to get this working so I can standardize on one player that allows me to use all the advanced features of my new card.
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this.
Jay Perez

A good way to see what kinds of things you might need for something like vlc is to look at the optional dependencies for the package. So if you do pacman -Qi vlc if the package is installed on your system already, or pacman -Si vlc if not yet installed, you can see in the output what kinds of optional dependencies there are. Typically there is a short description of the extra functionality that the optional dependency can provide as well.
So in the case of vlc (and the libcdio optional dep) I get:
$ pacman -Qi vlc
Name : vlc
<SNIP>
Optional Deps : avahi: for service discovery using bonjour protocol [installed]
<SNIP SOME MORE>
projectm: for ProjectM visualisation plugin
libcaca: for colored ASCII art video output [installed]
libgme: for libgme plugin [installed]
librsvg: for SVG plugin [installed]
gnome-vfs: for GNOME Virtual File System support
libgoom2: for libgoom plugin
vcdimager: navigate VCD with libvcdinfo [installed]
xosd: for xosd support
aalib: for ASCII art plugin [installed]
libmtp: for MTP devices support [installed]
smbclient: for SMB access plugin [installed]
libcdio: for audio CD playback support [installed]
ttf-freefont: for subtitle font
ttf-dejavu: for subtitle font [installed]
opus: for opus support [installed]
libssh2: for sftp support [installed]
<SNIP>
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Creative MediaSource 5 is now officially available for download (22 Dec 20

I just saw that the latest (dated 22 Dec 2006) Creative MediaSource 5 and its various plugins are now officially available for download at your respecti've product download sites.
The main Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer:
Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 5.0.38 (22 Dec 2006)
For mass storage series ZEN/Muvo players:
Creative Music Player (Mass Storage Series) Plugin 5.0.07 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For PlaysForSure ZEN players:
Creative PlaysForSure Devices Plugin 5.00.36 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For non-PlaysForSure NOMAD/ZEN players:
Creative ZEN and NOMAD Jukebox Plugin 5.00.22 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (27 Dec 2006)
For CD Burning function:
Creative CD Burner Plugin 5.0.3 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
For selected DTS supported Sound Blaster cards:
Creative DTS Neo:6 Plugin 5.00.05 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer (22 Dec 2006)
Message Edited by micromouse on 2-27-200609:49 PM

pat247 wrote:
I installed MS5 using auto update but it did not uninstall the old media source. After the install of MS5 I was having a conflict with another program that is in my startup folder causing it to not start. So I uninstalled media source 3 thru add and remove programs in control panel and it seems to have fixed the conflict with the program in the startup folder. Media Source 5 works fine but when I check the Creative website for updates it wants me to install all the Media Source 3 programs. Is this necessary or a glitch at Creative?
It seems that MediaSource 3 and MediaSource 5 are designed to coexist with each other. I believe that MediaSource 3 may still be needed for some (old) products. That may be the reason why installing MediaSource 5 does not automatically uninstall MediaSource 3.

My music does not play in Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer

? In Creative MediaSource Player my music library is listed, but when I try to play a song (on the computer- not my ZEN Micro) I get an X and it doesn't play. The music is fine on my Micro. It seems there is a problem with the software, but I don't want to have to reload all my songs again. Any suggestions?

C? Pattym9
I see what is happening now.
Media sniffer will only find new items(those in your kids folders) and ones where the links have been
changed .i.e.items which you may have moved between files on your computer.
You have obviously deleted files from the creative software as instructed but they remain intact on
your PC. Therefore if you import them all again into the creative media source programme I guess
all will be ok.Unfortunately when you cleared items from the creative programme hopefully you did
not tick the box delete from computer as well. If you did and have not made cd/dvd backups of these files
you will have to rip cd's/download music files back onto your computer.Quite a long job for 500 songs.
Incidentally you can set media sniffer to only check the folders you want it to rather than all folders
but I won't go into that at this time unless you wish to know.
Best Wishes
ZENFLASH

Petition for last.fm plugin for creative mediasource pla

If you want a plugin for Last.fm's audioscrobbler for your creative mediasource player, please post in this thread...once, please do not submit posts for any other reason
signature # - the_can

As a Last.FM moderator we see quite a lot of threads and requests passing by for a pplugin that would allow people to "scrobble" the tracks they played on any of Creatives MP3-players. (Take a look at http://www.last.fm/forum/276/_/26462, for example). The problem Last.FM faces here is that, by the looks of it, getting a timestamped log-file from plays on a Creative-player is not possible (don't quote me here, I am just the messenger, and have hardly any knowledge concerning the plugins...)I do know that there is a community that is pretty positi've about Last.FM and that moderators nor staff can help them here. Perhaps the nice people developing the software for your players might want to take a look at the site and decide that it might be a nice idea to open up the software a bit, or develop a plugin themselfs. It might prevent people (like me) from buying an iPod, which does allow me to submit my listened songs to the site...

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