Memory stck for music

[PhatLyfe]

What size of memory stick is everyone using or brand, I put in my 128 GB Sandisk from my Prius music system and the BMW media only picked up 4 songs? any recommendations?

[2kaccordocoupe]

Sorry man. I abandoned downloading and storing music after Spotify came out.

My previous usb stick was a 32gb fat32 patriot. Worked great for many years and still going strong. Just not for music.

[Rockshaker]

The music files must be in the root directory. If they are in a folder, the BMW system won't see the files.

[///M4ster Yoda]

Originally Posted by Railgun

I've used the 256GB Cruizer Fit I think it is. Works great. But I've lost it.

Does the BMW system recognize this drive? I just recently returned my 2016 M4 and picked up a new 2020 M4. The old iDrive worked well with my 256gb iPod Classic but the newer iDrive software doesn't. The iPod constantly freezes and it basically sucks.

I have an extensive music library and I like having my own music handy vs streaming on one of the many pay services.

[///M4ster Yoda]

Originally Posted by Railgun

I did say it works great...

I guess I wanted to know if it was a "plug and play" situation or I would have to format the drive to work with the BMW software.

[///M4ster Yoda]

Originally Posted by Railgun

Plug and play. I didn't have to do anything special other than making sure it was organized well. As mentioned above, it should just be folders of artists and the music within. Folders in folders won't cut it. You can just have the music itself in the root with no folders but that would be a mess.

Great. Thanks

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Railgun

Plug and play. I didn't have to do anything special other than making sure it was organized well. As mentioned above, it should just be folders of artists and the music within. Folders in folders won't cut it. You can just have the music itself in the root with no folders but that would be a mess.

That's what I have, all in the root directory and it works fine. iDrive is able to segregate by artist, album and genre. Having everything in the root directory also makes it easier to create and manage playlists.

[///M4ster Yoda]

What do you guys that are using a USB drive for music in the car do about playlists? Just got a 256gb Samsung today and realized we listen to playlists a lot in the car. With the iPod it was easy as we would use iTunes to manage and create playlists.

Edit: Figured it out. Had to purchase export to iTunes app on my Mac.

[PhatLyfe]

Originally Posted by ///M4ster Yoda

Great. Thanks

I created the folders by Genre and for some reason, I cannot chose the folders? it defaults just to the songs..

[///M4ster Yoda]

Originally Posted by PhatLyfe

I created the folders by Genre and for some reason, I cannot chose the folders? it defaults just to the songs..

I have a very large music library that is organized by artists. Last night I dragged all 170gb of music I own onto the drive and then purchased for $5 the export to iTunes app on my MacBook. This enabled me to move playlists from iTunes to the external flash drive. Worked perfectly.

Just to be clear. Every artist/band/playlist has their own folder.

[///M4ster Yoda]

Sorry guys but the USB stick option sucks. So everything is organized correctly in the usb drive but when I plug it into my wife's X3 or my M4 there are 1,000s of missing songs. I've now started to research this issue and have found that people have had a ton of problems with artists not showing up, missing album art etc etc.....I guess it works ok if you have a small music library which I don't.

Not sure if I want to deal with reformatting blah blah blah. I might just upgrade our iPod Classics to a flash drive and see if that works.

[Rantlers]

I love using USB for music as it allows for playback of FLAC files. As for playlists, I use VLC to create them in m3u format which idrive recognizes. Here's an older article, but everything regarding playlists is still relevant:

http://mybearbrick.blogspot.com/2017...drive.html?m=1

One thing I discovered about missing files in playlists, make sure that spaces in paths and file names are actual spaces " ", and not %20. I used the find and replace feature in Microsoft Word to make all the corrections and everything's showing up perfectly.

[gandalftheking]

Hi guys - new user here...

I have put about 20 regular albums (not compilations, mp3 varying bit rates and album jpeg) in folders onto a USB stick but the prof media system in the car won't display a few of them. I have Googled this issue and there seems to be a fair amount of topics on the subject (so it's a known issue) but seemingly no definitive solution. Can anyone help resolve this please?

Anyone?

[///M4ster Yoda]

Originally Posted by gandalftheking

Hi guys - new user here...

I have put about 20 regular albums (not compilations, mp3 varying bit rates and album jpeg) in folders onto a USB stick but the prof media system in the car won't display a few of them. I have Googled this issue and there seems to be a fair amount of topics on the subject (so it's a known issue) but seemingly no definitive solution. Can anyone help resolve this please?

I'm having my iPod Classic upgraded with a SSD and new battery. Don't feel like dealing with this annoying issue. Good luck.