Zen Micro Playli

This is beginning to really annoy me.
I can't find a simple way to create and use playlists using Windows Media 0 and my Zen Micro.
While it's very easy top create a playlist in WM0 and then sync it's contents tothe Zen, how do I then play that playlist?
The only option that I can see is to delete everything from the Zen, syn the playlist over and then play all. Not an ideal solution.
I know that I can build a playlist in Mediasource but I can't see a way to sysnc that list either.
The ONLY way that I've seen so far to create a playlist on the Zen itself is to use the Zen media explorer.
I see that Notmad has the option to copy a WM0 playlist over tothe Zen but I don't feel that I should have to fork out $25 to get some basic functionality.
Am I missing something really obvious here or is this functionality just not available?
Regards
Dave

SSR wrote:
There's this thread here, not sure if this hel
ps.
That did help and it seems to work.
Thanks again.
Dave

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HELLO,
I JUST PURCHASED MY ZEN MICRO MEDIA PLAYER AND DOWNLOAD MY MUSIC TO IT. WHEN I PICKED OUT A SONG TO START A PLAYLIST I NAMED THE NEW PLAYLIST AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO THE MAIN MENU TO ACCESS MY PLAYLIST IT LIST ALL MY SONGS. I AM NEW HERE AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?? HOW DO YOU CREATE A PLAYLIST? ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.
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microjess wrote:
You have to create playlists using Creative MediaSource Organizer. Playlists can't be made and named in the ZM. Hope this helps!
You can make playlists on the player also, although it's much harder and there's very little control over editing. See this thread.

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SSR wrote:
There's this thread here, not sure if this hel
ps.
That did help and it seems to work.
Thanks again.
Dave

Zen Micro File Copy & Playli

New user:
I have a Zen Micro firmware .02.05
I am finding the MediaSource very clumsy. It takes too long to update the MP3 tags and changes must be made one field at a time.
Is there an easier way to edit the tags once they have been imported?
Is there a way to create and or edit playlists outside of MediaSource?
Can drag and drop from Windows Explorer to the Micro be enabled?
I tried installing the updated drivers, my PC refused to connect to the device. I had to uninstall/install the entire package. Needless to say I am hesitant to install the firmware update.
Any advice/help appreciated.
Ed

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Does Zen Micro avoid duplicate songs in a playli

Suppose I have a playlist with 00 songs in it already in the Zen Micro. I make another playlist and this one has some of
the same songs in it that the first playlist does. Does the software not allow the duplicate songs
to be placed in the new playlist or do I wind up with duplicates in the new playlist? In this example
I would be loading new songs to the Zen Micro, not creating a new playlist from songs already
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I just purchased a Zen Micro and am just learning how to use it.
Thanks for your help,
Hillcountry

The playlist can have duplicates in it, of course playlists are just shortcuts to tracks so you aren't creating duplicate physical files on the player.
Notmad Explorer?has a function for removing duplicates from playlists.

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please explain me how to create playlist that with mp0 that can work with my micro

You're not alone. Many of us are having the same problem with the v2 firmware. Some of us have added our system information to the following thread to assist Creative with diagnosing the problem:
http://forums.americas.creative.com/...essage.id=7473
Unfortunately it has been a month since the firmware was first released, and there hasn't been any indication that Creative is going to release a patch, or is even acti'vely working on the issue. I'm losing my patience and will probably return my Zen Micro to Amazon before the return period expires. The Zen Micro is a great piece of hardware, so I'm very disappointed.
Message Edited by kelly on 0-27-2005 08:52 AM
Message Edited by kelly on 0-27-2005 08:53 AM

Creative Zen Micro : Error w Playl

I'm having problems with transferring an entire imported playlist into my zen micro.
I've recently updated both my firmware and MediaSource to the latest version. Loaded MediaSource up and imported a playlist that i created using winamp. Then I clicked and dropped the playlist into my zen micro and a new window pops up showing the progress of the songs transferring into it. But while transferring, many of the files had Error under the Progress. Note that I am able to listen to the songs in winamp, but am unable to listen to the "Error songs" in MediaSource. Attached is a screenshot of what happened.
[img"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/milo_dinosaur/error.jpg">
I've tried to create a new playlist in MediaSource, and imported the songs. But it also did not work.
Also, I found out that under My Playlists in my Zen Micro, there are many playlists named Creative Zen Micro, while the one that I've highlighted was the only one that I've created.
[img"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/milo_dinosaur/huh.jpg">
Went into rescue mode, reformatted the zen micro and even did a clean up. Nothing worked.
So, can anyone help me see what's wrong? Hopefully someone here can help before I email the Customer Service team again.
Thanks in advance. =)Message Edited by milo_dinosaur on 0-9-2005 :54 AM

Yes I'm currently using 3.30.2
I've finally found the problem. My computer currently has 2 user profiles, the first one is 'Owner' and it's the directory I've saved my mp3 files at. Second one is called 'pokey' (just a nickname, don't ask why! :P) which I frequently use. So, my playlist called 'blabla.m3u' was saved under pokey, which is C:\Documents and Settings\pokey\My Documents\blabla.m3u.
I opened up my playlist using notepad and saw that it's file path was
"\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Music\Apocalyptica - Bittersweet.mp3"
So, MediaSource would just tag the filepath of that song as
"C:\Documents and Settings\pokey\My Documents\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Music\Apocalyptica - Bittersweet.mp3"
That was where it went wrong.
Now, I save my playlists under the 'Owner' profile, and it works fine. file path shows up as
"C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Music\Apocalyptica - Bittersweet.mp3"
which is exactly where I placed the files.
So now everything works fine. The thing is that I have to save the playlist in the same profile as where the mp3s are located at.
The error actually existed because MediaSource couldn't find the file at the designated filepath. I guess it was an error on my part.
Anyway, thanks for the quick reply! It's really very much appreciated.Message Edited by milo_dinosaur on 0-9-2005 0:24 PM

Zen Micro: Re-ordering tracks in a playli

Hi. I love my new Zen Micro, there is just one thing that I haven't worked out with it yet.
Can you, and how do you, change the order of tracks in a playlist, and in the Now Playing playlist screen? I just want to be able to move a single track up or down in the list. I remember being able to do this with my old old Zen USB2.0 by just choosing 'move' or something like that after pressing the menu button. No such thing seems to be in the menu on the Micro.
If it turns out that this is not a current feature, may I make a polite request that it be implemented in a future firmware release? I'd think it'd be a pretty simple thing to add, and without it, the ability to create playlists on the fly is a bit crippled, don't you think?
Thanks.

"may I make a polite request that it be implemented in a future firmware release?"

just wondering... I just got a Zen Micro, and have only visited these forums for days...
I've seen a few other folks in these forums request, demand, suggest that functions be added to firmware updates.
Is Creative actually in the habit of adding ANY additional functionality to any existing product, through firmware? Or do they just save those ideas for new products, and make us buy those instead?
trying to be the realist - looking for historical behaviour ;-)

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I've been trying to transfer mp3 files to my firmware upgraded Zen Micro and find that the transfer slows down and then locks the player after 30-40 files have successfully copied. This happens with ..0 and 2.2.02 firmwares.
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nzOdy wrote:
I've been trying to transfer mp3 files to my firmware upgraded Zen Micro and find that the transfer slows down and then locks the player after 30-40 files have successfully copied. This happens with ..0 and 2.2.02 firmwares.
The player will then remain in a 'acti've' docked state (black arrows) until the battery is removed. After this lock up tags on the mp3 files are messed up and display Chinese looking characters in the Details View.
This happens on two different computers with USB2.0, one Intel based and the other AMD.
Two questions - anyone know if this is a known issue being worked on for an imminent firmware update? And secondly - is the problem aggravated (or even created) because I am trying to copy files over from a directory tree (mp3's sorted into artist/album/ folders) rather than one flat folder with all mp3s in it (ie. in one single folder).
I'd try transferring fewer files at a time and see if that works.
You might be on to something with copying from a directory tree too. See if transferring the files in smaller groups from one folder helps out.
You can always organize the artists/albums later in Zen Micro Media Explorer or Creative MediaSource.

New Zen Micro will NOT connect!

Hello all,
I just bought a Creative Zen Micro player. I installed the software, charged the battery to full and guess what.....the Creative software does not recognize my player as being connected. And yes, I've checked device manager to see if it appears. It does, with the correct name and everything. So what is the problem? I've read other messages on this forum about this problem but it usually seems to be a problem after installing a new version of firmware. But this hasn't been done in my case because I haven't been able to get the stupid thing connected in the first place.
I'm confused as to what to do next. I've tried resetting it by removing the battery and then holding the power button but this hasn't worked either. I first was using a usb hub to connect but after reading that you should avoid this, I tried plugging directly into a usb port on my machine. That also didn't make a difference. I've unistalled the player from the device manager about 5 times and reinstalled it. I've tried reinstalling the creative software/drivers about 5 times and no resolution. I've followed instructions from the Creative website step by step as the proper way to install the software but nothing works. I'm extremely disappointed to bring home a product that does not work out of the box. Oh, and yes I have Windows XP Pro so the OS isn't the issue here. I guess I will just return this useless product unless someone else has another idea that I could try. I'm really at my wits end.
Thanks for listening to this short novel,
Drawn-a-Blank

The software that will not recognize the player is the Zen Media Explorer and Media Source. I'm not sure what firmware I have and I can't check since I'm not at home. But, I can't install new firmware even if I wanted too since it won't connect. However, I have downloaded the lastest drivers but I don't think I've installed the lasted version of Zen Media Explorer, so I guess that is one other option.
Message Edited by drawn-a-blank on 07-23-2005 09:30 PM

Bought Zen Micro to replace Zen Nano Plus - Can't get it to work

HiSorry if this was answered somewhere, but maybe i'm just dense. Can't seem to get things going. I used to have a Zen Nano Plus which worked fine on my PC - Win XP SP2.Picked up a used Zen Micro - I thought that it would be better because of bookmarking - but I have yet to get it to work.Zen Micro says Version 2.20.05?Here is a list of what it says is loaded on my PC[Creative Product-PID][Installation Log]
8 May 2006, Creative Zen Nano Plus Pack
8 May 2006, Creative MediaSource Zen Nano Plugin .00.07
8 May 2006, Zen Nano Plus Media Explorer 2.00.0
8 May 2006, Creative Audio CD Ripper .60.0
7 May 2006, Creative MediaSource Plugin for CD Burner 3.0.8
7 May 2006, Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 3.30.2
7 May 2006, Common Audio Driver Interface .03.29
3 May 2006, MediaSource AudioSync Plugin .0.03
3 May 2006, MediaSource NOMAD Jukebox 2/3/Zen Plugin .0.03
3 May 2006, Creative Music Store Plugin .00.09
3 May 2006, Creative MediaSource Zen Nano Plugin .00.03
3 May 2006, Creative MediaSource Player Skin Pack .0.06
3 May 2006, MediaSource NOMAD MuVo Plugin .0.0
3 May 2006, MediaSource CD-ROM Burner Component 3.0.
3 May 2006, MediaSource Detector 3.00.7
3 May 2006, Common Audio Driver Interface .03.
3 May 2006, Creative MediaSource 3.20.57
3 May 2006, Audio Device Selection .0.05
3 May 2006, Creative System Information .0.3
3 May 2006, Zen Nano Plus Media Explorer .0.03
3 May 2006, Creative Audio CD Ripper .60.06
Have tried to download drivers and software for Zen Micro. When I try to run it though, it does not install because it says that I do not have device connected. Have erased everything off of Zen Micro, but have not reformatted. When I attach Zen Micro to PC, Zen Micro displays "booted" & PC displays "Zen Micro" for a second or two, then switches to "MTP Device"?. Do I need to erase everything from the Zen Nano Plus first?2. What do you think my next step should be?Thx???

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Creative MediaSource won't recognize my Zen Micro all of the sudden!! What is going o

When I first began using my Zen Micro, Creative MediaSource worked fine. I could start my player and it recognized it right away. Then I was told I had to update my firmware and download an update to MediaSource. I did both but shortly thereafter I started having problems! Primarily, when i plug in my Micro a window pops up where I have 3 options, none of which are Creative MediaSource. The window has "MTP Media Player" across the top bar, but i havn't a clue what the "MTP" stands for. The 3 options given are "Sync your music using Napster", "Synchronize media files to this device using Windows Media Player", and "Take no action". I initialy tried "Take no action" and then opened MediaSource only to find it didn't recognize my Micro any more. I then e-mailed Creative for help and got a reply telling me to.............
Thank you for contacting Creative Technical Support.
In regards to your issue, you can try uninstall and reinstall
MEdiaSource with these procedures.
. Click START -> RUN -> type MSCONFIG and click OK.
2. Click SELECTIVE STARTUP and then uncheck LOAD STARTUP GROUP ITEMS.
3. Apply the changes and reboot the computer when prompted.
4. Uninstall MediaSource from the system using ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS.
5. Manually delete the MediaSource folders from the computer system :
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\MEDIASOURCE
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\CTCDDB
C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\MEDIA MANAGER
C:\MEDIA\MUSIC
6. Right-click your My Computer icon and click Properties.
7. Click the Hardware tab and then click Device Manager.
8. Remove any listings for Creative NOMAD products in the Device
Manager
(they will most likely be located in the Uni'versal Serial Bus
Controllers category).
9. If you have a category call Other Devices, look for listings in
there
called USB Device. If you have any, remove them.
0. Install MediaSource only from the original installation CD.
NOTE: DO NOT OPEN MEDIASOURCE WHILE PERFORMING THESE PROCEDURES.
Also, you can try reloading the Zen Micro's firmware through recovery
mode.
Move and hold the Power button to the Power On position and re-insert
the battery to the Zen Micro. Hold the Power button until the rescue
mode appears.
Clean Up: Performs a disk scan on the players hard disk
Format: Formats the players hard disk All contents will be lost
Reload OS: Reloads the Operating System on the Jukebox. Do not select
this option unless you have downloaded the firmware. Reloading your OS
will not effect the contents of the files stored on your Jukebox Zen
Reboot: Reboots the device
Please attempt the options 'Reboot' and 'Clean Up' first. If they do
not
help, you must try 'Reload OS'. To do this, you must have a downloaded
firmware from our website ready. Please let us know the results after
these steps, as soon as possible.
For faster service please reply with previous correspondence when
replying to this email.
Best Regards,
Technical Support
Creative Labs Americas
"Get Creative"
I followed the directions, but 3 of the folders listed in step 5 didn?t exist (only C:\PROGRAM FILES\CREATIVE\MEDIASOURCE did), there were no Creative NOMAD products listed as in step 8, and there was no ?Other Devices? as stated in step 9. I did everything else for all the steps through step 0.
I then re-installed Creative MediaSource from the CD only to find it still didn?t recognize my player! I?ve now done this twice with the same results!
Zen Micro Media Explorer doesn?t even recognize my Micro when it'ss plugged in! It just keeps saying ?The device is not connected. Please connect your Zen Micro to the computer?.
I?m hardly a tech expert, but it seems to me that something on my PC is detecting my player and decieding for itself that the only 2 programs it will let manage my Zen Micro are Napster and Windows Media Player. If this is the case where do I go from here?!?!
Moderator Note: Removed the name of the Email Advisor. Please do this in the future when posting email responses from Creative.Message Edited by Jason-CL on 07-2-2005 02:05 PM

LakeTahoeGuy,
Just as SSR mention, if you're using v2.xx.xx (MTP) firmware then you will need to get the correct version of Media Explorer that support this firmware and also install the MTP plugin for MediaSource. Both the software and plugin are available from the site SSR mention.
Jason

I've installed firmware for my zen micro, now i can't use my creative software! Please he

I wanted to download some music from napster and to play it on my player it told me I needed a firmware upgrade. I knew from buying my player that I probably would need to upgrade so I did. Once I installed the upgrade, and plugged my zen micro in and now it will only let me use windows media player? to transfer my music to my player. I hate this software as it doesn't work brilliantly, I was really happy with the creative software, but now when I plug in my micro and open the creative software it won't recognise it. I've tried reinstalling the creative software but its made no difference. Also, a box keeps coming up with something called MTP what is this? Can anyone help me with this problem? I would really appreciate it!

MTP is microsoft's media transfer protocol. Essentially, your micro can now connect to WinXP SP2 computers with WMP0 without loading Creative drivers.
The new firmware you installed allows you to drag and drop files to your micro using windows explorer. In order to use any of Creative's software, you'll need to download and install updated versions from their website.

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