Not exactly new news but may be helpful to those who need to know. I have not switched to WMP11 as I prefer WMP10.


Organize and transfer music and movies to portable media devices with Windows Media Player 10[size=4]

By Justin Harrison


Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 is an evolutionary leap from previous versions of Windows Media Player. Not only does Windows Media Player 10 feature an all-new interface that makes using your favorite features easier, it also contains a lot of new functionality. Windows Media Player 10 catalogues pictures and keeps track of recorded television shows in the Media Library, alongside your music. Windows Media Player 10 also actively monitors items and entire folders in the Media Library to make sure that the latest information about your media is saved.

Based on your viewing and listening habits, Windows Media Player 10 automatically rates items and determines your media tastes. With portable media devices being more popular than ever, Windows Media Player 10 features enhanced manual and automated synchronization support that copies the media that you value most to your portable media device or music player. When a portable media device is connected to your computer, Windows Media Player 10 automatically detects the device and updates it with the most valued media in the Media Library. Windows Media Player even automatically converts music and movies to fit smaller portable media devices.
Windows Media Player keeps track of folders on your hard drive. It monitors new files, renamed files, deleted files, or moved files. When it detects changes, it automatically updates the Media Library. Windows Media Player watches the My Music, My Videos, and Recorded TV folders by default.

To add or remove watched folders, click Tools, and then select Options. Click the Library tab, and then click Monitor Folders. To add a folder to the Folders list, click Add. Browse to the folder of your choice, and click OK. To remove a folder from the Folders list, select the folder of your choice, and click Remove.
Copy music and movies from your computer to your portable media device
If you have a sizable music or movie collection, you will appreciate the new synchronization features that are available in Windows Media Player 10. Synchronization is a way to make sure that your portable media device has the same Media Library as your Windows Media Player. There are two ways to transfer, or synchronize, Media Library content to a portable media devicemanually or automatically.
Manual Synchronization
With manual synchronization, specific selected songs or playlists that you chose are transferred to a portable media device when it is connected. To select a song for transfer with device synchronization, right-click the song in the library, click Add To, and then click Sync List. You can synchronize entire albums, artists, or playlists the same way.

Full article including screenshots - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=34545

[edit]corrected the link

Thanks Peaches; handy info to have; I prefer WMP 10 also.

Here's another page: Getting Started with Synchronizing
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...sync_HowTo.aspx