Media Sync & iTunes on a Network Drive - when????

Ok so I was excited to install Media Sync and find my Blackberry only for the playlists to appear but greyed so I can't select them.
All my MP3s are ripped from CD and are DRM-free. Searching on here suggests that my problem is due to my iTunes Library sitting on a NAS....
So this is a known problem, Media Sync 2.0 has been released and no sign of correcting this problem...
Anyone know when or even if this is going to get solved? No point hyping the software if it can't cope with what I assume is an increasingly normal way to use iTunes??

The drive is mapped, still doesn't work

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