how to create playlists on usb flash drive

[M3NACE90]

ive searched everywhere and cant find a way to do this...
ive decided to switch to flash drive since my ipod wire keeps cutting out and they are 80 bucks to replace. I have a flash drive so why not use that, i plug the drive into my mac create a couple folders titled the same as my playlists then highlight and drag all my songs to the correct folders and when i plug it into the center console usb port the songs wont come up in the playlist folder, i am able to find them in the directory but everything is out of order

[philmeister4]

SUbscribed! Just bought a 32gb flash drive to complete my maps update and can think of no better use.

Are you able to play the music at all? Using MP3 format?

[M3NACE90]

Originally Posted by philmeister4

SUbscribed! Just bought a 32gb flash drive to complete my maps update and can think of no better use.

Are you able to play the music at all? Using MP3 format?

yes im still able to play the music if i click all music file

[are0lies]

What I did is to first convert all the music files into mp3 files. Using iTunes, I added album covers (if you're into that), and made sure that the all of the songs on that disc opened up for that disc. You may have to copy/paste album titles, authors etc so that all the songs appear on the correct album title. When opening up your iTunes media, copy the songs from each file (I did not use the folder, but rather I opened up each folder), and transfer them directly onto your USB media. Your car's computer will sort them out, and open them up. Then if you want to go to a particular album, artist, etc, you just hit PLAY, and all of the songs on that title will play. Do not hesitate to ask for clarification.

[Scrippy]

Format the flash drive in FAT32 format. Then just drag and drop MP3, WAV, AAC and a few more types will work.

[M3NACE90]

Originally Posted by are0lies

What I did is to first convert all the music files into mp3 files. Using iTunes, I added album covers (if you're into that), and made sure that the all of the songs on that disc opened up for that disc. You may have to copy/paste album titles, authors etc so that all the songs appear on the correct album title. When opening up your iTunes media, copy the songs from each file (I did not use the folder, but rather I opened up each folder), and transfer them directly onto your USB media. Your car's computer will sort them out, and open them up. Then if you want to go to a particular album, artist, etc, you just hit PLAY, and all of the songs on that title will play. Do not hesitate to ask for clarification.

so basically transfer the songs over one by one into a folder/playlist on the usb? rather then all at once?

[Scrippy]

Originally Posted by M3NACE90

so basically transfer the songs over one by one into a folder/playlist on the usb? rather then all at once?

Once you've formatted in FAT32 you can literally drop your iTunes library in. Root location should be all Artist folders. Within each artist should be the album folders and the songs within each album folder. You could just drop all files on root of USB but browsing becomes a nightmare that way, so I'd use folders as described.

[ccfj1]

All I did was create a load of dir's (playlist1,,, playlis2 etc) in the root dir and then fill them with the songs required

you can also call the dir's anything you want (rock01, easy, rock02 etc).

then in media, select the correct usb and then select folder (as in playlist), and it will start at the first song in that folder.

[M3NACE90]

Originally Posted by Scrippy

Once you've formatted in FAT32 you can literally drop your iTunes library in. Root location should be all Artist folders. Within each artist should be the album folders and the songs within each album folder. You could just drop all files on root of USB but browsing becomes a nightmare that way, so I'd use folders as described.

there is no option for FAT32 just MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT

[Scrippy]

Originally Posted by M3NACE90

there is no option for FAT32 just MS-DOS (FAT) and ExFAT

In any PC when your right click on a drive in file explorer one of the options is "format" and then "FAT32" is an option in the drop down list. The problem you have is the overall size. FAT32's limitation for a partition is 32gigs. You can buy a 3rd party partitioning tool that uses EXFAT32. It will allow for a bigger partition but the car may not recognize this. Most likely you will have to format to 32gigs and lose the other space (in the case of a 64/128gig flash drive). The flash drive I used in my screenshots was only 4gigs so FAT32 was an available option for me.

[M3NACE90]

Originally Posted by Scrippy

In any PC when your right click on a drive in file explorer one of the options is "format" and then "FAT32" is an option in the drop down list. The problem you have is the overall size. FAT32's limitation for a partition is 32gigs. You can buy a 3rd party partitioning tool that uses EXFAT32. It will allow for a bigger partition but the car may not recognize this. Most likely you will have to format to 32gigs and lose the other space (in the case of a 64/128gig flash drive). The flash drive I used in my screenshots was only 4gigs so FAT32 was an available option for me.

maybe my problem is because i have a mac but i am also using a 4gb flash drive

[are0lies]

Originally Posted by Scrippy

Once you've formatted in FAT32 you can literally drop your iTunes library in. Root location should be all Artist folders. Within each artist should be the album folders and the songs within each album folder. You could just drop all files on root of USB but browsing becomes a nightmare that way, so I'd use folders as described.

Thank you for pointing this out. Now I will just reformat my thumbdrive and use this much more efficient method. Once again thanks.

[Scrippy]

Originally Posted by are0lies

Thank you for pointing this out. Now I will just reformat my thumbdrive and use this much more efficient method. Once again thanks.

Right on, no prob!