topic Music via network media receiver: unusable user interface? in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/music-via-network-media-receiver-unusable-user-interface/m-p/44683#M37430 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Having linked up my media receiver via WLAN to the vaio and stored 100s of CDs on the Vaio, the music interface seems to render the whole set-up unusable:<BR /><BR />1. It would quicker to get the actual CD and insert it into a CD player than to navigate the playlists: The albums are listed alphabetically and there's no quick way to get to the one I want to play. It takes forever to scroll past the first page or two one album at a time - and worse if I 'show playlist' rather than playing I go right back to the start even if I then want to play it.<BR /><BR />2. There seems to be no way to set up favourites - either from the TV or the PC itself - that are accessible via the TV.<BR /><BR />3. The tracks in the albums (even though I encoded with m3u playlist) are sorted alphabetically! Why would anyone want this - how do I get the receiver to list mp3 tracks in the right order?<BR /><BR />So all that kit and impressive hardware seems useless to me because of a poor interface - unless I'm missing something.<BR /><BR />Where can I find out how to make it work properly? I am assuming there is no alternative but to use the built-in media receiver software with Sonicstage?<BR /><BR />Many thanks.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2004 21:02:03 GMT beaumoj 2004-05-05T21:02:03Z Music via network media receiver: unusable user interface? https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/music-via-network-media-receiver-unusable-user-interface/m-p/44683#M37430 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Having linked up my media receiver via WLAN to the vaio and stored 100s of CDs on the Vaio, the music interface seems to render the whole set-up unusable:<BR /><BR />1. It would quicker to get the actual CD and insert it into a CD player than to navigate the playlists: The albums are listed alphabetically and there's no quick way to get to the one I want to play. It takes forever to scroll past the first page or two one album at a time - and worse if I 'show playlist' rather than playing I go right back to the start even if I then want to play it.<BR /><BR />2. There seems to be no way to set up favourites - either from the TV or the PC itself - that are accessible via the TV.<BR /><BR />3. The tracks in the albums (even though I encoded with m3u playlist) are sorted alphabetically! Why would anyone want this - how do I get the receiver to list mp3 tracks in the right order?<BR /><BR />So all that kit and impressive hardware seems useless to me because of a poor interface - unless I'm missing something.<BR /><BR />Where can I find out how to make it work properly? I am assuming there is no alternative but to use the built-in media receiver software with Sonicstage?<BR /><BR />Many thanks.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 May 2004 21:02:03 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/music-via-network-media-receiver-unusable-user-interface/m-p/44683#M37430 beaumoj 2004-05-05T21:02:03Z