X-Fi2 - no Tags are updated on resync? Is it really true?

Hi,
I already posted a thread considering the star rating - but another even more shocking Issue appeared:
The X-Fi2 doesn't update Tags if you re-sync?
I tried under XP/Win7 with Creative Central, WMP, Media Monkey... no matter what kind of synchronisation I do, the tags are not updated. f.E:
You sync your files to your device. Then you change the Genre, or the Interpret in your library. If you perform a sync now, none of your tags/files are updated on the zen...can that be true? :-(
Whats the use of syncing then - You have to re-copy the entire file any time you change a tag=?
I loved my X-Fi and bought the 2 because I thought it will be an improvement. :-(
But there seem to be no proper way to sync the X-Fi2, or am I'm doing something wrong?
Looking really forward to any answers or suggestions,
thanks!
melbe

Hi melbe
I'm also puzzeled why the X-Fi2 isn't MTP anymore, but I must say that I prefer this as a Mass Storage Class device, because it also works on older computers that don't have WMP 0, so I can use it anywhere as a regular USBstick.
But, I agree with you that it's a drawback for the whole syncing story (which is just simply copying files now).
And yeah, player-only star-rating is kind of pointless.. I also read somewhere that those ratings will all be deleted when you upgrade the firmware (I thought it was on ABi, but I can't find it anymore..), which suggests that the ratings are stored somewhere on the player and not in the tags. I guess that as a result, the player doesn't do anything with the ratings from the tags.. But yeah this cripples the whole idea of star-rating songs..
Well the X-Fi2 has some new features like RSS, apps, more options on the audio enhancements, but on the other hand the wireless features are gone, it uses another protocol, and I also thought that the X-Fi2 is a little cheaper than the X-Fi. So overall I think it's just a different player, and they should have given it another name instead of just adding the "2".
I think it could be changed, because there are some Creative players that are upgradable to become MTP players (Touch, Xtra and Micro. link).
I'm actually quite happy with this player as it is now, I like the simplicity of using it as a MSC device. And well, I don't use the star-rating and I also don't like automated processes editing my files (I'd rather do this myself ), but?I have seen more people on this forum that were disappointed by the missing functionalities due to this change, so hopefully Creative will consider such an optional upgrade for the X-Fi2 as well.

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