Flash Drive

[thirdleft152]

Originally Posted by yzark99

Rip your music to 320k mp3. The best sounding encoder for mp3 is LAME (which isn't): http://lame.sourceforge.net/

Even golden-eared audiophiles can't tell the difference between 320k LAME and 1440k cd audio rips in double-blind testing. It also appears that GM has made it impossible to play aiff or wav files from any usb drive (at least in 2010-12 models).

There is a post on C5 which explains how to get playlists working on windoze. Here's the Mac version that I figured out:

_ Open iTunes
- Export Playlist As ... choose M3U
- Open the file with textedit and remove the address of mp3 all that is before the folder / volumes / nome_usb /

EXAMPLE: to:
/ Users / Tim / Music / iTunes / iTunes Media / Music / Nightwish / Century Child/01 Bless The Child.mp3
to:
Nightwish / Century Child/01 Bless The Child.mp3
(you can change them all via the "Find and Replace" in TextEdit,
looking for: / Users / Tim / Music / iTunes / iTunes Media / Music /
and replacing with "nothing")

EXAMPLE:
#EXTINF:304,TI03 Wine Of Aluqah - Therion
Therion\4 Vovin\TI03 Wine Of Aluqah.mp3

- Replace / with \
(you can change them all via the "Find and Replace" in TextEdit,
looking for:
and replacing with \)

- Save
_ Put the. M3u file on the USB drive (not inside any folders)

test it

Thanks! I'll give it a shot.

Originally Posted by jeffa

On my 2014 My Link will play wave files with no problems.

I read somewhere you could play WAV on the new MyLink but I also read that you can't mix audio types like MP3 and WAV on the same drive. Have you tested that?

[jeffa]

Originally Posted by thirdleft152

Thanks! I'll give it a shot.



I read somewhere you could play WAV on the new MyLink but I also read that you can't mix audio types like MP3 and WAV on the same drive. Have you tested that?

That is correct. Can't mix MP3 ans WAV files on the same drive....already tried and didn't work.

[thirdleft152]

Originally Posted by jeffa

That is correct. Can't mix MP3 ans WAV files on the same drive....already tried and didn't work.

Guess i'll be converting the rest of my music library

[jshaf]

I have the standard radio from the 2011 model year, usb flash drive just plays everything in alphabetical order. I really like the my link, tried a flash drive in my brothers Cruze and it played it just like it was an MP3 player, displaying all the album art and all. maybe a few years down the road when I get my next SS I can enjoy the nicer touch screen Can't afford the amount of crap it takes to convert it!

[436SS]

What flash drive is everyone using? No matter which one I've tried I can't get any to work.

[Dega Man]

I have used several USB Flash drives, verbatim, Lexar and SanDisk. They all work well. I set my music up in different folders like Rock, Classical, R&B, Country & Jazz then select the folder from the mylink menu and it works so much better than having a bunch of CD's also I put everything on at 320kbps very good sound quality not audiophile like a CD, but pretty close to my ear.

[436SS]

I don't have MyLink so I'm trying to figure what I may be doing wrong.

[Dega Man]

I have moved my flash drives to several different vehicles, BMW's, Toyota Camry, Benz and also a 2012 ZL1 that is none mylink and they have worked. How are you copying or transferring your music to your flash drive? Are you able to play your flash drive on any other device (computer, another vehicle)?

[yzark99]

You must format the flash drive to FAT, NTSF and HFS+ won't work.

[436SS]

I have a 64 gig SanDisk and it doesn't give me tho option to format it to FAT.

[Red2014SS]

Originally Posted by 436SS

I have a 64 gig SanDisk and it doesn't give me tho option to format it to FAT.

FAT can't handle a drive that big.

[yzark99]

If you rip at 320k, 16 GB can hold 900 songs.

[436SS]

What about 32?

[thirdleft152]

Originally Posted by 436SS

I have a 64 gig SanDisk and it doesn't give me tho option to format it to FAT.

It will, you just need to use a different tool other than Windows Format. Anything on Linux will, and there are several windows applications out there that will. Off the top of my head there is one called swiss army knife. But just google it, there are plenty.

Originally Posted by Red2014SS

FAT can't handle a drive that big.

Actually FAT can, it just depends on the version of FAT you are formatting it too. FAT32 and exFAT (FAT64) can support well over 64 GB, they can support 2TB and 128PB respectively.

Originally Posted by 436SS

What about 32?

A 16GB should be able to hold signifcantly more than 900 songs, unless they are extremely long songs. I would say an average MP3 320k song (3:30 to 4:00 minutes) is about 10MB which would put a 32GB drive at around 3200 songs.