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[ScottA]

How do you set up playlists on a usb stick ? Folders i suppose ? seems like a lot of hassle compared to an ipod 

I don't use playlists so I couldn't tell you but I'd say dragging and dropping folders of music over is a lot less hassle than using iTunes, but I've never been a fan of that anyway. A 16gb USB stick costs ~£20, how much does a 16gb Nano cost? or Touch? 

[andyr]

I've set up several playlists on a USB stick and (If I'm doing it correctly!) they're a PITA actually, if I switch my car off whilst listening, next time I switch on, the head unit will play the first song (alphabetically) in the first folder in the 'music' folder.... There's only a certain amount of times I can listen to Adele  ... Then I have to browse to the bl00dy playlists again and find the one I was previously listening to....

I've since just made new folders and named them something like 'Various rock'... 'Various smooth'....'Various etc etc....and just dragged the songs/tunes into the folders, they probably appear in their respective 'album' folder as well, but with a 32G USB stick there's plenty of room there!
Every now n then I'll plug the stick into my PC and update/renew the 'Various.....' folders much the same as I'd update the playlists....

Simples

[Kerrse]

How do you set up playlists on a usb stick ? Folders i suppose ? seems like a lot of hassle compared to an ipod 

I don't use playlists so I couldn't tell you but I'd say dragging and dropping folders of music over is a lot less hassle than using iTunes, but I've never been a fan of that anyway. A 16gb USB stick costs ~£20, how much does a 16gb Nano cost? or Touch? 

I have 120gb ipod lol got it long time ago so not sure what it cost, no hassle in using itunes really plug it in tick the playlist you want, sync & done.


I guess what ever works for you is good

Mine  has my entire digital music collection on there, i have designed my play list with the car in mind or it would take you for ever even with normal playlists.

[Mr_F]

I just copy the My Music folder on my windows PC, that uses Media Player Playlists stashed in a folder called (steady yourself now) "Playlists".  Works fine, doesn't revert to the top of the list when I start the car either.

These are my notes on all things USB HD:

RCD510 External USB HDD Information

Max Drive Capacity / Size: 500gb
Drive Format: FAT32 Only! (need special software to format this size as FAT32)
Max Bit Rate: 320kbps
Variable bit Rate: Supported but no remaining track time displayed

Music Directory:
Music\Oasis\Dig Out Your Soul\(.mp3 music files)
Music\Guns N' Roses\Greatest Hits\(.ogg music files)
Music\UB40\The Very Best of UB40 1980-2000\(.mp3 music files)


Playlists.
Create .pls files and store them in the usb drives root directory.
Use Browse-Top from the players menu whenever you need them.
Note: Windows Media Playlists also work.

[playlist]
File1=\Music\Guns N' Roses\Greatest Hits\01-Welcome To The Jungle.ogg
Title1=Greatest Hits - 1/14 - Welcome To The Jungle
Length1=271
File2=\Music\Guns N' Roses\Greatest Hits\02-Sweet Child O' Mine.ogg
Title2=Greatest Hits - 2/14 - Sweet Child O' Mine
Length2=355
NumberOfEntries=2
Version=2

Note: that song filenames start with \
Note: Having .exe files on the root can cause issues with the drive being recognised!

[Cliff_944]

The quality of the sound over bluetooth sounds the same to me as the MDI interface.  With the iphone I make up a playlist without plugging in my iphone to a computer = you can make up a playlist on the iphone without syncing it with itunes.  Bluetooth for short journeys and MIDI for long journeys.  Works very well...