Android Newbie question regarding media transfer (kies or not)

[gessi2000]

Hello,

I got my first Android Device Samsung Galaxy S2 today after 3.5yrs. iOS.

Now as I want to get away from iTunes I see that I need (???) to install Kies from Samsung.
Is that right?

How do you transfer your media (music,video and photo) from your local HDD's to the Device?
Are you using kies or not and why/when to use Kies and what is the difference if I use Kies or not?

I copied a bunch of .mp3 music via Windows Explorer to my SD card and would like to create a playlist directly from kies on the Device but the option "create playlist on GT-9100" is greyed out!?

Sorry for asking stupid questions but I really would not like to use additional software so plz make me clear why I should use Kies and for which situations!?

Do pictures have to go into the DCIM folder or does the S2 automatically scan the whole CD card?

 

[JJEgan]

Music copy and paste to songs / Videos/ folder on external sd card .
all music is AAC+
Never used Kies for transfer and i dont use playlists .
jje

 

[mejones1982]

Just copy all of your music from your iTunes folder on your hd and paste it straight to your usb storage on your phone. No need for Kies. It's a terrible program anyway. All your music will automatically added to the phone's music library.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App

 

[gessi2000]

Yes! I hate it already :-(

How do you sort (folder or directory structure) your media files?

How about photo's and albums?

When I copy my picture/photo folder I get the error message in Win Explorer that the Device I copy it onto doesnt support the files (.png) or the Device doesnt support the photo format!?

 

[mljjlm]

Yes! I hate it already :-(

How do you sort (folder or directory structure) your media files?

How about photo's and albums?

When I copy my picture/photo folder I get the error message in Win Explorer that the Device I copy it onto doesnt support the files (.png) or the Device doesnt support the photo format!?

It does the same for some Video-formats, but I could play them alright

 

[RogerPodacter]

you just copy and paste from your HD to your phone, plug in the USB cable and mass storage device pops up.

make folder called MP3s and put in your music, make one called videos and put in your movies. done. the phone takes care of the rest.