Zen Touch file manageme

Hi, I just bought a Zen Touch and I want to transfer the song that came with it on my computer but they are locked... Anything I can do?

DRM protected ??
This mean I can only delete? Because I didn't buy those song or something like that?

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Zen Touch File Transfer/Stor

Im thinking of buying a Zen Touch in the next few weeks but i have one niggling doubt which i haven't been able to resolve over its file storage capabilities.
Can i simply drag and drop file onto it without the need for seperate software, as i intend to make use of my colleges T3 connection and i do not have user privliges to install new software or drivers?
Sorry if this has been brought up before, i couldn't find any info on the matter.

To do so with the zen touch you will need nomad explorer. A program that ties into windows explorer.
If you will need a player that does this take a look at the Zen Micro. You can partition 2GB on the hard dri've of the micro for data only and if you do so it should show up as a removable dri've.
Torstein.

Zen Touch File Transfer/Software iss

First, the nitty gritty:
I'm running Windows XP
MediaSource version 3.30.2Firmware version .0.03
In the beginning... I decided I wanted to upgrade my software and firmware to the PlaysForSure versions. The details of the program information said to be sure to backup all of my music seeing as how everything would be deleted during the installation process so I hooked up my 40G Zen Touch to my new laptop, opened up the MediaSource Organizer, adjusted the library settings to drop the music files into an Artist/Album tier and have the file with just the song title. I selected all 8700-some-odd files and began the process of transferring everything onto my laptop. I made sure there was plenty of space for all the files, but not long into the "B's" I started getting the error message: "Error: Unable to read file. File may be in use or corrupted". From that point on I could no longer transfer any files to my computer. I deleted the rest of the que, unplugged the device and took a look at the library. For every file that hit an error it would still drop a file with the track name into a folder of the album within a folder of the artist name - but the actual file was empty, no Kbs. From there I made sure I had the newest and most recent upgrades and plugins (prior to PlayForSure) to fix any bugs. I deleted all the transferred files and started over - again, in the "B's" I got the same message. I repeated this on a different computer with the same results. Once I get the error none of my songs will transfer.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated!
-p-

Here's the thing - we started out as friends, Zen Touch and I...
I double-checked the software and plug-in versions to make sure I had the most current. I attached the device and opened WMP. I can't figure out how to take files from the Zen Touch and put them on to my PC library. I need to transfer my entire cache of music from my Zen to the computer. And I just now realized that when trying to use the MediaSource Organizer earlier it put a file on my computer with the folder name "Man.." and I can't delete it. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that the file name contains two periods - I can't rename the file either, all I get when I try is an error that says "cannot delete: cannot read from the source file or disk". This is getting quite frustrating. More likely than not I don't need the new PlaysForSure upgrade but ) I cannot stand not having the latest upgrade and 2) I need to be able to transfer files easily between the device and my comp, which I was able to do until recently. Again, I beg the techno powers that be - HELP!

Zen Touch - file transfer sta

using winmedia player, as well as the conventional explorer extension, no difference.
copying a batch of files to the Zen... a file (few/none - sporadically) gets copied, the next one stalls halfway, and gets skipped. all consecuti've files do not get copied.
i've encountered this a few times already. did a disk cleanup / library rebuild several times, it helped. now it does not...
free disk space ~9Gb.
any ideas ?

this does not seem to be the case.
after a computer reboot and yet another player cleanup, the same files were uploaded successfully. i'm even sure that file content does not matter a bit.
using one or another program for file transfer does not change anything either, because they all use the same creative drivers that provide the API. even notmad explorer can not function without them. it's not a surprise that if WMP0 fails, so does the nomad explorer.
the problem seems to be 00% software-originated. creative's software is junk - clumsy custom UI, crippled functionality, obviously bad implementation - i honestly tried to use it (all of it, organizer, explorer, media source, etc...) and arri'ved to a practical conclusion that the easiest way to have all-in-one functionality (media library, device sync) is to use WMP0+creative drivers. the only drawback this pair has is slow transfer rate (notmad explorer claims 40Mb transfer rate, which is also crap, because neither USB2 nor the HDD itself are that fast).

Zen Touch 40 GB: problems transferring music files and playli

Hi,
Creative Zen Touch 40 GB, one year old<
[color="#330000">PlaysForSure Firmware 2..0<
Creative MediaSource Organizer 5.0.38<
Creative?Sync Manager 5.0.9.0<
Windows XP Service Pack 2<
527?music (.wma) files on the player; 4205 MB of free space<
I'm finding it increasingly difficult to?transfer music files and playlists to my Zen Touch player now that the amount of free space on it has fallen below 5 GB. More often than not, it's necessary to put the player into Recovery mode, perform a clean-up, and then reboot and rebuild the library before Sync Manager works properly. I often need to repeat this process several times before I can transfer anything. Increasingly, too, Windows fails to detect the presence of the player when I connect it to my computer. Rebooting both the player and the computer usually fixes this issue. Transferring files by dragging and dropping in Windows Explorer is obviously much quicker than using Sync Manager, but here again I keep running into problems. It's as if the player freezes and refuses to take on-board any more files. Also, I can't find a way to transfer playlists except with Sync Manager. Are these known problems? I recalling running into similar issues with the Zen Touch 20 GB a few years ago. And could the fact that I'm doggedly using an old (998) and underpowered computer be an issue? I'm thinking of replacing the computer anyway, but is it likely that these synchronization problems would diminish or disappear altogether if I were to upgrade to something speedier?Thanks for any insights,Pete

I too have a simular problems! Managing music is the biggest problem with over 0 Gigs. Some artists songs sometimes change name titles, artists,?and etc. Win Explorer is most used by me now. Yes, I do lose sync from time to time! Especially when I open two windows on the portable zen. There are two tools that need. . Playlist management - it takes too long to do it on the player. I want to create "Gym Vibes" and had it on my old creative?Nomad player, but couldn't transfer. "Creative Sync Manager" doesn't do it!?Without all that sync stuff how can I create and edit creative's playlist on a PC?2. A method for detecting dupicates?This is my second creative portable and if I don't get the tools I won't buy another!

(Zen touch) Is there a way to do a file count for Nomad Explor

Hi. I just got my Zen Touch. It rocks, but I was wondering if there's a way to count how many files are actually in the NOMAD Explorer. Can anyone help? Thanks.

I'm sure my NJB3 tells me somewhere. Is there a place you can view the firmware version? I'm thinking it's around there somewhere, if it hasn't been removed from the Touch. I know that Notmad Explorer gives very clear details.
To save the tracks as a playlist, just queue them all up then hit the scroller and choose "save as playlist". Of course you can do a similar thing in the software by creating a playlist and then copying the tracks into it.

Transfering Files from a Zen Touch to a Zen Vis

Please help. I just purchased a Zen Vision, and I can't figure out how to transfer files. I had a Zen Touch and managed all my files in Creative MediaSource and it was very simple. I now have thousands of songs on my hard dri've and can't seem to figure out how to transfer them properly. I tried to synchronize, but it seems to be duplicating, naming songs as albums, not capturing all songs in an album, etc. I've also tried to drag and drop and that doesn't seem to be working for me either. Is there any easy way for me to download all songs as they currently appear in my Mediasource? Also, should I delete all the files I have already copied over that are incorrect and start from scratc?. Any help would be much appreciate because I am definitely at my wit's end!? Thank you.

Take a look at skydrive. Thats what I use. I save all my files on there and not my harddrives.

How to transfer files from Creative Zen Touch to Creative Vision:

Is there a way to transfer my music files from my Creative Zen Touch to my Vision:M?If so, can someone tell me how to do this. ?I know this has probably been asked before but I am new on this message board and am in need of assistance. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

If you have both the player and you're using MediaSource, just connect both the player to the computer, select one of the player as source and the other as destination and just transfer over it. Note, protected content will not be transfer over though.
JasonMessage Edited by Jason-CL on 03-27-2006 06:54 PM

Max Number of files supported by new Zen Touch Firmwar

Hello
I used to have about 34gigs of music on my zen touch with the old firmware. But now it will only accept about 20 gigs. Does anyone know what is the max number of files that zen touch supports with new firmware ?
Thank You

RBBrittain wrote:
Has anyone verified that this is true of MTP players as well? I doubt it'll be different (the tag-data library system is common to all Nomad-type Creative players, whether PDE or MTP), but with all the changes needed for MTP, it would be helpful.
I don't have a 40Gb Touch, which is really the kind of player you'd need to test this.
BTW, I was referring to the overall capacity limit, which is tied more to space than to number of songs; that was what Creative was talking about when they said MTP reduces the Touch's song capacity. Having a Micro myself, I've never had enough capacity to test the internal song limits.
Free space is pretty obvious, and the initial question was relating to number of files and any potential limit. I'm not sure what it is about MTP that reduces the space, whether it's the firmware, file system, or some addition to the files.

Problems with ripping files from my cds to Zen Touch via Mediasource pla

This is a problem I have had recently. I run Windows XP and have a Zen Touch which is a really decent player. However, just recently I have been unable to rip any CD tracks from my ample collection and put them on the Zen touch. I always get a little dialogue box which says CDrom doesn't support file ripping. Try the Recording function. It has done this even on CDs whose tracks I ACTUALLY put on the Zen touch already without any problem. Why is it doing this now?
I have tried re-installing the Zen touch cd a number of times but to no avail.
Thanks

Thanks for that. I have been going around in frustration with this thing for a few nights. Even my husband is at a loss with it and he knows more about this stuff than I do.
I have effected a temporary solution to the problem which is to rip cd tracks using Nero Startsmart which converts them to MP3 no problem. I have also tried using the Media Player as well. Now all I have to do is download from the MP3 folder the tracks I have already ripped and load them onto the Zen.
What I don't understand about all of this is that the MediaSource Software was working okay until this month.

Zen Touch crashes during file trans

My Creative Zen Touch already crashed twice during file trasfer with Zen Touch Media Explorer. What should I do?

I have had exactly the same problem. My zen has crashed, or both my pc and zen have crashed during file transfer. I have formatted my zen, re installed firmware and ran clean up too. I have tried my zen on another computer and the same thing happened. I have all the up to date drivers and programs. I cannot work out what the problem is at all, other than there are physical errors on my zen. I have only had it for about a year too. I just hope this can be sorted because I know exactly how annoying it is for an expensi've product to throw up problems.

How do I transfer mp3 files into my Zen touch playe

Hi guys / gals,
I am the most " illiterate" person on earth when it comes to MP3 files and Creative is not very customer friendly so I really need you help.
I have all my MP3 files loaded but I don't know how to transfer them to my Zen touch and creative "WON'T" respond to my questions.
Can someone please help me ? Thanks.

Open up Normand Explorer and plug in your Zen (download all the drivers and stuff first" From Normand Explorer, go to Zen Touch, Music. Then just copy/past or drag all your songs into Normand Exploere, and the music goes onto the Touch.

Backing Up Files On My Zen Touch 40

I Would Like To Back Up My MP3 Files On CD. This Is No Problem Except I Can't Figure Out How To Save Them As Album Files. The Files Always Come Out As Individual Songs. How Do I Save Them As Albums? You Know What I Mean? When I Open Up The CD Back Up, I Want To See Individual Folders For Each Album. I Know That It's Probably Something Easy That I'm Not Seeing, But Boy Oh Boy, It's Major League Frustrating.
Thanks For Any Help That You Can Gi've Me. It's Much Appreciated.
By The Way, I Have :
Zen Touch 40 GB MP3 Player
Creative Mediasource Organizer
Nomad Explorer


Here is what you should do:
- Download and install the latest Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 3.30.2 from your product download site.
- Download and install the latest Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox plugin 2.00.9 for Creative MediaSource from your product download site.
- Launch Creative MediaSource Oragnizer.
- Go to Tools->Settings->PC Music Library and click Properties. Set your preferred folder and file naming convention. Close the setting page.
- In the Sources window, click to view PC Music Library.
- Go to View->Right Panel View and select to view your MP3 player.
- Transfer the tracks from your MP3 player to MediaSource's PC Music Library by clicking the arrow pointing from right to left.
- If you have updated the track information of the tracks in your MP3 player, the updated track information will also be imported into the PC Music Library database. However, the tags of the files are not updated. Here is what you need to do. Right click the PC Music Library node in the Sources window or right click on any tracks in the PC Music Library window and select "Update Tag". This will update the tag of all the tracks or the selected tracks with the track information as seen in the PC Music Library.

Zen Touch - Moving files to PC without drivers and software install

I think I've heard about some firmware coming to make it possible to
move files to any computer with Windows mediaplayer installed,
without having to install the Zen Touch software or drivers....
Is this true? Is it out?
It would be awsome if I could move files and music between
computers with my Zen Touch. I must say I was a bit dissapointed
after reading that I could only do it through the software...
Message Edited by Tophe on 02-02-2005 0:44 PM

Kinda. It won't appear as a dri've letter, but it will appear as a device in Windows Explorer. I'm not 00% certain if this will allow you to copy data to it (perhaps someone out there with a Zen Micro can confirm?). It'll also only work with a PC that has Win XP and Windows Media Player 0 installed. But aside from those issues, it's a form of driverless support.

Probleme mit dem Zen Touch FW 11.1: Files werden unterschlag

Hallo,
bin zwar der englischen Sprache m?chtig, da ich jedoch schon seit Stunden hier sitze, bin ich extrem ?berm?det und versuche es daher erst einmal auf dem einfacheren Weg.
Vor einiger Zeit habe ich die Firmware 2.. auf meinen Zen Touch (40) gespielt. An sich l?uft alles weitgehend fehlerfrei, allerdings sind mir in letzter Zeit die beiden folgenden Probleme aufgefallen:
Einige Mp3-Files, die ich auch schon vor dem Update auf dem Player hatte, werden sowohl bei normaler - als auch bei der Zufallswiedergabe nicht mir gespielt. Der Player verh?lt sich, als ob sie sich nicht auf der platte befinden w?rden. Ein erneutes Aufspielen hat mich auch nicht weiter gebracht.
Desweiteren bricht die Verbindung zum Rechner (XP und Media Player 0) im Akku-Betrieb h?ufig ab. Der Player muss in diesem Fall neu gestartet werden und eine Verbindung kommt erst wieder im Netzbetrieb zustande.
Sind diese Probleme bekannt bzw. handelt es sich evtl. um Bugs, f?r die es ggf. Updates gibt?
Ich hoffe, ich habe mich einigerma?en verst?ndlich ausgedr?ckt, ansonsten versuche ich es noch mal, wenn ich ausgeschlaffen bin.
Viele Gr?e und danke im Voraus,
Vf04

Hallo,
erst einmal danke f?r die schnellen Antworten.
Leider bin ich mit dem ersten Problem noch nicht weiter gekommen. Zun?chst habe ich erst einmal alle Dateien vom Player gel?scht und dann die betreffenden Dateien noch einmal aufgespielt. Sie wurden weiterhin nicht abgespielt und sind auch nicht in der Bibliothek erschienen. Auf dem Rechner habe ich sie noch einmal mit verschiedenen Programmen getestet, es gab dort aber keine Probleme.
Danach habe ich die Firmware noch einmal aufgespielt, womit ich mein Problem auch nicht beheben konnte. Dabei haben sich jedoch weitere Fragen ergeben:
- Auf meinem Rechner habe ich lediglich den Mediaplayer 0 installiert, die speziellen Creative-Treiber und Programme hatte ich nach dem ersten Update aus Platzgr?nden bereits komplett entfernt. Bisher bin ich davon ausgegangen, dass diese auch nicht mehr ben?tigt werden. Ist ohne die Treiber auch ein sauberes Firmware-Update m?glich, wenn der Zen Touch erkannt wird? Eine Fehlermeldung gab es jedenfalls nicht, es erschien lediglich der hinweis, dass die Firmware-Datei mit der FW auf dem Player identisch ist. Die Installation schien ansonsten problemlos zu funktionieren.
- Der Inhalt des Players wurde bei der erneuten Installation nicht gel?scht, obwohl dies beim Update auf die neuere Version der Fall war. Ist das normal?
- Auf dem Display sind momentan nur chinesische Schriftzeichen zu sehen; vermutlich hatte ich versehentlich etwas verstellt. Eine erneute Installation der Firmware brachte keine Ver?nderung. Wird der Player bei der Installation der Firmware auf Werkseinstellungen zur?ckgesetzt; falls nicht: wie kann ich das selbst tun?
Ansonsten gab es jedenfalls keine Ver?nderung: Die genannten Dateien lassen sich weiterhin nicht abspielen, ansonsten verh?lt sich der Player normal. Das zweite Problem ist bisher nicht wieder aufgetreten, evtl. hatte ich den Akku tats?chlich nicht ausreichend aufgeladen.
Viele Gr?e,
Vf04

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