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VCAST Media Manager

AnAmerican

Are you kidding me! Tried downloading the VCAST Media Manager and found it is not compatible with 64 Bit Windows7......

Any other options there for Music until Verizon gets its act together?

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mikeyflysit

I have the same problem. I just used Windows Explorer to transfer music from my computer to my Droid. Same with movies.

john185

Did you use the USB cable for this?

AnAmerican

Also just tried Double Twist. Worked on set up but now all sync "fail"!

Nice! Why can't APPLE just get there stuff here to Verizon so I don't have have to screw around with the DROID mess!

Ms_Shonta

Here is some steps to download music to your Droid X...Hope this helps!

Connect the device to a computer using the supplied USB cable.
From the home screen, touch and hold the status bar (located at the top of the display).
Drag the window shade to the bottom of the display.
Touch USB connection.
Touch USB Mass Storage then touch OK.
From File Explorer / Finder on the computer, create a new music folder in Removable Disk (X.
Removable Disk (X represents the SD Card installed in the device. This name may vary.
Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the newly created folder.
For any accompanying artwork in JPEG format, rename the art file albumart.jpg and copy into the same folder as the music files.
To further organize files, create a subfolder in the newly created music folder and copy desired music files into it.

Cody21

Thanks for that Ms_Shonta ...

So, a follow-up question, and I want you to be specific for us.

- on the SD Card, the folder name MUST be = "music" ... lower case, upper case, matter?

- what about Videos? another folder called = "video" or "videos" or what?

- any other folders that we must define on that card?

thanks

shystie1

Cody21 wrote:
Thanks for that Ms_Shonta ...

So, a follow-up question, and I want you to be specific for us.

- on the SD Card, the folder name MUST be = "music" ... lower case, upper case, matter?

- what about Videos? another folder called = "video" or "videos" or what?

- any other folders that we must define on that card?

thanks

Yeah what Cody21 said

PS: Give me a 64 bit option Verizon

BigCTexas

For 64 bit Windows try:

http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Consumer-Support/Software/Motorola-Media-Link

IMO, it works better than v cast which is somewhat bloated and slow on a 32 bit system.

AnAmerican

When I change to Mass Media then computer will not read the DRoid x is connected.

Nothing seems to work on this thing!

djtonic

"Nice! Why can't APPLE just get there stuff here to Verizon so I don't have have to screw around with the DROID mess!"

I'm sorry, I don't mean to thread crap on this, but where exactly is your issue? Yes, VCAST is garbage and had it's time in the sun years ago..time to shut it down! But, honestly, where is there a "DROID mess"? If someone can't figure out how to use a simple yet powerful device to perform a VERY simple task like transfering media via USB without being locked down to a restrictive iTunes application then you really should just use a normal phone and use your ipod for music.

Ditch VCAST and just use windows.

Windows 7 and DROID/ MOTOROLA have an extremely intuitive, easy to use tool called "media share" which is supported fully by DROID.

Plug in your phone via USB and wait a second.
Your phone will have a notification that "connections are available"
Pull down your notification bar and change the USB connectin to "Windows Media Share"
Allow the device to install drivers.
Windows will pop up a very lovely easy to understand application to guide you with ALL your syncing and backing up processes.

So, stop trashing Verizon and the DROID for your misunderstanding of a simple technology.

see screenshot below...
dxmedia

AnAmerican

Thanks for the help but that screen shot no longer shows on my computer on my particular Droid X. That would seem to be part of the issue. I have done nothing out of the ordinary but I can't get the computer to recognize this thing.

The fact that very little works on this thing is a little frustrating........from the simple ability to change views depending on which way you hold it to the fact that this phone will not connect with this PC running WIndows 7.

Never had an issue with an IPhone!............................................ So thats the story

thanks

djtonic

interesting that the media manager stopped popping up. You'll need to make sure that the USB selection on the phone is NOT USB MASS...anything. Just "windows media Sync"

Also, make sure have drivers installed, it should be automatic. And, if you have firewall configured to be pretty agressive, that may stop it from recognizing the device. these issues arent exclusive to Droid X or Android or Verizon at all.

Changing views? I assume you are talking about changing from portrait to landscape when you rotate the phone...of course the Droid does that. There is a very capable accelerometer in the DX.. It does not do it on the stock home screen for some odd reason with this phone, but with an alternate home launcher and within most applications, it certainly does change.

If you are a lefty and roate the phone clockwise instead of counter-clockwise, then you are right. Android 2.1 does not rotate display that way. That is fixed in a couple weeks when Android 2.2 is pushed out to these devices.

You are frustrated and keep saying stuff like "nothing works on this thing" which is just 100% untrue. There are some issues that have been discussed many times, but no one says that nothing works. It is obvious that you are not comfortable using this phone. You don't have to keep it. Return it and wait til 2011 when iPhone comes out for Verizon.

My wife is going to get an iPhone next year on our plan when it finally comes out. I might try to convince her to swap w/ me at times when she does.

Dj.

AnAmerican

Thanks.

Ended up back tracking trying to figure out why nothing was working and when it started.

Went in and deleted everything related to DoubleTwist which had also stopped functioning due to computer not reading the X.

Deleted all the files and music files on both ends and checked the settings.

Re boot ed and go figure the Droid snapshot is now showing up.............................

Still not real impressed with DROID but will wait until 2.2 to make final decision.

Philbert

Frankly I just use Windows Media Player and it syncs brilliantly, After using iTunes on my old iPhone for so long I was really pleased with how well WMP worked for syncing.

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