Comments on: The Nokia Music PC Client Has Potential

By: The Guru

The Guru — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:03 +0000

@talhamid – It depends alot on what portable device you’re wanting to use, and your personal preferences. I tried using Windows Media Player 11 for a while, and found the library features to be unusable. Tagging, in particular, is a sore spot here. If you use a 3rd party tagging app, WMP doesn’t update the tags, or reload the information. I also found the playlist features to be a pain, and the interface is much too….showy.

iTunes is the closest competitor, and it actually works great as a desktop music management system. However, if you’ve tried syncing your S60-powered device with iTunes, you’ll know why this app is so attractive. The only way I was able to do it is with iTunes Agent, and that only allows syncing one playlist, from the PC to the device, not the other way around.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that in its current state, the Nokia Music PC Client hands down beats the rest – yet. But I see some serious potential.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:24:00 +0000

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that in its current state, the Nokia Music PC Client hands down beats the rest – yet. But I see some serious potential.

By: talhamid

talhamid — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:13:07 +0000

How is this an improvement over Windows Media Player 11? Or itunes?

By: talhamid

talhamid — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:13:00 +0000

How is this an improvement over Windows Media Player 11? Or itunes?

By: JonnyBruha

JonnyBruha — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:56:09 +0000

You are correct, sir.

After playing with it, the one thing I really like is the organization of duplicate files. MediaMonkey and iTunes just gives me a huge list of songs by artist, sorted by album, but if I have the album in two places for whatever reason, they show up mixed in with one another. Nokia Music gives it to separate locations by album, so A)I don’t hear every song in an album play through twice, and B)I can look and delete the second location much easier. I don’t know if I explained that correctly, but I think you get the idea.

By: JonnyBruha

JonnyBruha — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:56:00 +0000

You are correct, sir.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:49:00 +0000

@JonnyBruha – I have those under Show Me More… but the options are greyed out. I was assuming that this would potentially lead you to the Music Store as a recommendation sale. I want the option to have it pull from my existing library.

By: The Guru

The Guru — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:49:00 +0000

By: JonnyBruha

JonnyBruha — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:38:55 +0000

“6. Go deeper – When I right-click on a track, I want to see 3 more options – Play more from this artist (in my library), Play this album, and Play more from this genre.”

I found all three of those, in order under the File> menu. :)

By: JonnyBruha

JonnyBruha — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:38:00 +0000

“6. Go deeper – When I right-click on a track, I want to see 3 more options – Play more from this artist (in my library), Play this album, and Play more from this genre.”

I found all three of those, in order under the File> menu. :)