Hi !
Just to add a bit hope :
I had exactly the same probs with 8a, but then i tried some "simple" syncs ->
deleting one file -> sync ... Renaming a folder -> sync ... and THEN i started uploading new stuff and it worked and did not fail anymore also for more complex syncs ...

So after several tries it worked ....

Nils

P.S. this instability brings up my old demand again ->
I Invested so much time in TAGGING my mp3's and so on,
COULD'NT you enable us to save all those mp3's on the empeg to HD again, in a folder structure reflecting the playlists ( for linked files only produce the mp3 file for the first link, or the oldest .. )