Long Time to Sync Music (Media Player, with files on network drive)

Hello there,
I've set up my fab new Curve 8520 with the new version of Desktop Software. Sync is working fine for Outlook organizier information.
I use Media Player to manage my music. The library is on my PC, but the mp3 files themselves are on a network drive (mapped as a drive letter).
The music sync does work, but it takes ages for it to (1) show the songs / albums / playlists everytime you click the music button (20-30 minutes) and (2) it also takes a similar length of time to sync (even if you only sync one song!)
So it works, but it is not really usable. It seems to me that the Desktop Software is checking every file in the library every time I enter the music button, which is overkill.
Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks.

I think I solved the problem. I just had to switch the location of of the itunes library from the default to the network drive and it found the files. Funny how itunes could find the library to play songs but the ipod couldn't when syncing.
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