POIloader and Media Player
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Recently I had to reinstall Windows on the computer that I use to load my Garmin GPSr. I went to get the latest copy of POI loader from the Garmin website, but when I tried to install it, it informed me that I needed Media Player 11 or newer on the computer to install it. When I tried to get Media Player 11 from Microsoft, it gave me a tool to check and prove that my copy of Windows is legitimate. It is, the computer is an HP notebook that included XP (which I just reinstalled) and I paid the Microsoft tax. But the Microsoft tool claimed that it couldn't determine that the software was legitimate.
Not really a problem, I managed to find the copy of POIloader 253 that I installed four years ago. Installed that and it is working fine. But I can't help wonder, what in the world is POIloader doing now that it needs Media Player???
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Newer Nuvis (e.g. 2595) are recognized on the computer as Portable Devices. Older Nuvis (e.g. 250) appear as removable disk drives.
Media Player 11 provides the Portable Device software support that POI Loader requires to write custom POIs to the newer Nuvis.
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Newer Nuvis (e.g. 2595) are recognized on the computer as Portable Devices. Older Nuvis (e.g. 250) appear as removable disk drives.
Media Player 11 provides the Portable Device software support that POI Loader requires to write custom POIs to the newer Nuvis.
Very nice. I was trying to figure that out.
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Just a reminder that if you
Just a reminder that if you want the new devices to simply appear in Windows Explorer as a drive like the old ones, you need to access the diagnostics menu and switch the setting from MTP to UMS.
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Thanks
Thanks WAASup. I had thought that I was just asking out of curiosity. but it turns out from your explanation that this might have greater implications for me. My GPSr was already an old model over four years ago when I got it, and, although I downloaded the new maps when I bought it, they are showing some age as well. I'm certainly not going to buy new maps for this old receiver nor will I buy a "lifetime subscription" when Garmin has indicated that they can tell me that the "lifetime" is over whenever they wish. Besides, I could get a replacement receiver with lifetime maps for what a lifetime subscription costs!
I was considering that maybe I should buy a new receiver with the lifetime maps option. But from what you are telling me, if I can't convince Microsoft's annoying software that the HP notebook that came with XP is actually running a legitimate copy of XP, then it seems like I might have an issue with a new receiver if it needs Media Player code to access the GPSr memory. Maybe it is time to consider an Android tablet as a GPS rather than a Garmin (although I am having a very hard time finding one that has all of the features that I would want, at any price!)
Thanks also to Strephon_Alkhalikoi, although I'm going to have to do some extra research on the TLAs MTP and UMS. I don't think I've heard of either of them (and I'm supposedly a techie).
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You're welcome, Frovingslosh. You may not have a problem with your XP system if/when you buy a new Garmin. I sometimes load POIs on my new 2595 using an old XP system with POI Loader 2.5.4 (from circa 2009). A bit of a nostalgic escape from Windows 8...
My 2595 has been reconfigured to Mass Storage mode (from MTP), so it works just like your nuvi 250. Making the switch is easy. For details, see my post in the Extra POI Editor thread - Change From MTP To Mass Storage Mode
Mass Storage mode is also sometimes called UMS - (USB Mass Storage mode), as Strephon_Alkhalikoi referred to it earlier.
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