256 kpbs AAC works. I haven't tried 320 kbps.
Dexter_Morgan
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[quoteWow, that site is confusing! Could do with a "user friendly Gok Wan" make-over!!!! So I looked at the newbies section, and read through the software it recommends. Am I correct in that it determines a drive as fake by effectively checking the size of the drive against the advertised size? The point being, a fake drive would have a lower capacity than it was sold as? i.e. my 32GB drive may only be 4GB? Do I need that program, or will a windows format of the drive tell me the same?[/quote]
The software should confirm the size of the drive and report any bad sectors. It could well be a smaller drive made to appear as a larger one. Windows quick format wouldn't pick that up. I doubt a full format would either but it may fail to complete.
The software should confirm the size of the drive and report any bad sectors. It could well be a smaller drive made to appear as a larger one. Windows quick format wouldn't pick that up. I doubt a full format would either but it may fail to complete.
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sdc-911 said:
ok, so I've just tried this using 2 portable usb hdd. One is a usb2 160GB drive made by Freecom and the other is a usb3 1TB drive made by iomega.
The 160gb drive seems to work! The car saw it, and I was able to search the folders on the drive to find music. It didn't give me the option to search by album or artist etc, but I wonder if it was cataloging it and had I left it longer it might have done so.
The 1TB drive didn't work! The drive access light came on and I feel feel the drive spinning, but the car didn't recognise it. The drive works as usb2 also, cos my computers dont have usb3 and they see it fine. It might have needed to be left in the car longer perhaps?
So, it seems using a portable hdd is possible, but dependant upon which one and I cant confirm about the search options.
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Dexter_Morgan said:
I tried it on 2 of my other sticks and quite like it! I guess what it is doing is writing and confirming the data by validating it, so you know the stick is actually holding what it says it can. Will defo use it on my fleebay items! Incidentally, went to the guys web site last night and he doesn't list this usb stick on that....um....
I located a PDF of the 2009 Owners manual for the Z4 with iDrive yesterday evening online
In the entertainment section it lists the following on connecting USB devices
I think I'll use either a large flash drive or look at connecting up an iPod to store our music collection.
Does anyone know if it is possible to use play lists when using a USB flash drive or is this only supported with music players such as iPods?
Steve.
In the entertainment section it lists the following on connecting USB devices
I think I'll use either a large flash drive or look at connecting up an iPod to store our music collection.
Does anyone know if it is possible to use play lists when using a USB flash drive or is this only supported with music players such as iPods?
Steve.
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fecking brilliant....I tried it out as a favour now you tell me not to do it!!!!
Oh well, if it had burnt out I could lower the roof to let the smoke out!
Oh well, if it had burnt out I could lower the roof to let the smoke out!
Agreed, 500mA is the max. current draw for USB2.0 devices, so a USB2.0 drive should be okay, but I wouldn't want to burn out anything by overloading the circuit.
I have an old 2.5" SSD drive which draws a max of 400mA, so this may be worth a try when we pick up our Z4 later this week.
The ability to use our existing play lists in iTunes is still our main priority though.
I have an old 2.5" SSD drive which draws a max of 400mA, so this may be worth a try when we pick up our Z4 later this week.
The ability to use our existing play lists in iTunes is still our main priority though.
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sdc-911 - is this what you might need:
srhutch said:
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My memory sticks arrived today. Packaging looks genuine etc, if that means anything....
Running the 1st one through the H2testw software.....it is slow mind, averaged 3.94 MB/s write...took 2:09 hours to write the test files and just started verifying...seems to be reading at 16.2 MB/s.
Can't see anything on the Sandisk site to state what performance should be.
Will see if it passes!
edit : It finished with no errors, here's the report:
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 3.94 MByte/s
Reading speed: 16.3 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Does this seem genuine?
Running the 1st one through the H2testw software.....it is slow mind, averaged 3.94 MB/s write...took 2:09 hours to write the test files and just started verifying...seems to be reading at 16.2 MB/s.
Can't see anything on the Sandisk site to state what performance should be.
Will see if it passes!
edit : It finished with no errors, here's the report:
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 3.94 MByte/s
Reading speed: 16.3 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
Does this seem genuine?
Dexter_Morgan
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Looks good to me. When I tried it on a dodgy card it came up loads of errors so you would definitely know if there was a problem.
I have previously transferred most of my music from iTunes to the car's HD using an iPOD with the files in AAC Audio format which all works fine although the tracks are played in alphabetical order. Recently bought an iPhone 4s and with that connected to the armrest using the BMW supplied lead all works fine and the tracks are played in the correct order!
Have now got a new 16GB USB stick to play with and am wondering if you are all using these in the usb in the armrest or the one in the glove box?
Have now got a new 16GB USB stick to play with and am wondering if you are all using these in the usb in the armrest or the one in the glove box?
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In the armrest. I think the glovebox is only to transfer files onto the HDD?
The HDD gives you 8GB of space for music (or is it 12GB??) but by having 32GB USB stick I can put all my music on it. It may prove too much (i.e. difficult to find what I want) so I may end up taking it off, but for £20 I'm happy to try it.
I want to see how well it performs, i.e. will it be slow to search for artists or albums etc?
The HDD gives you 8GB of space for music (or is it 12GB??) but by having 32GB USB stick I can put all my music on it. It may prove too much (i.e. difficult to find what I want) so I may end up taking it off, but for £20 I'm happy to try it.
I want to see how well it performs, i.e. will it be slow to search for artists or albums etc?
OK. So I transferred, using drag and drop, 1 album to the USB stick and put in in the arm rest all worked fine inc the songs playing in the correct order 
Then transferred another album to the stick but when I tried to use it the tracks are just listed in the car by their track number so that I get track 1 album 1 then track 1 album 2 then track 2 album 1 then track 2 album 2 etc. What do i need to do to get the car to 'see' the separate LPs?
Then transferred another album to the stick but when I tried to use it the tracks are just listed in the car by their track number so that I get track 1 album 1 then track 1 album 2 then track 2 album 1 then track 2 album 2 etc. What do i need to do to get the car to 'see' the separate LPs?
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Not sure. I copied some albums to my 4GB stick when testing - some were in a folder for each album and some were just files in the root of the drive.
Sounds like the data isn't containing the song details for those ones. Are those files from iTunes?
Sounds like the data isn't containing the song details for those ones. Are those files from iTunes?
kevinmarkwhite, Yes, when I said 'OK. So I transferred, using drag and drop, 1 album to the USB stick and put in in the arm rest all worked fine inc the songs playing in the correct order
Then transferred another album to the stick but when I tried to use it the tracks are just listed in the car by their track number so that I get track 1 album 1 then track 1 album 2 then track 2 album 1 then track 2 album 2 etc. What do i need to do to get the car to 'see' the separate LPs?' I am using iTunes.
Then transferred another album to the stick but when I tried to use it the tracks are just listed in the car by their track number so that I get track 1 album 1 then track 1 album 2 then track 2 album 1 then track 2 album 2 etc. What do i need to do to get the car to 'see' the separate LPs?' I am using iTunes.
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Not sure. I thought if the showed the track details in iTunes, then that info is embedded in the actual song file, so should be visible.
I copied all my music over last night (had to trim it down, was over 40GB...but I think thats expanded when I joined iTunes match).
Got 30GB on my memory stick. It see's it all, titles, art etc, but wouldn't search by artist etc. I had to search the memory stick, then scroll through each folder etc...
I use a Mac at home. Just plugged it into my work PC and every file is duplicated with one beginning "._" so I deleted all those, and instead of having \Car Music\.... I moved it all to the root. Will try it later.
Are the songs you're having trouble with the same file format as the ones that work? Are they encoded the same (right click the song in iTunes and goto Get Info).
I'm sure someone posted a link to a BMW doc about this but I cant find it.
I copied all my music over last night (had to trim it down, was over 40GB...but I think thats expanded when I joined iTunes match).
Got 30GB on my memory stick. It see's it all, titles, art etc, but wouldn't search by artist etc. I had to search the memory stick, then scroll through each folder etc...
I use a Mac at home. Just plugged it into my work PC and every file is duplicated with one beginning "._" so I deleted all those, and instead of having \Car Music\.... I moved it all to the root. Will try it later.
Are the songs you're having trouble with the same file format as the ones that work? Are they encoded the same (right click the song in iTunes and goto Get Info).
I'm sure someone posted a link to a BMW doc about this but I cant find it.
I just used windows explorer to go into the itunes music folder and copy the artist folders which i want into the root drive of the usb.
The copied folders on the root drive of the USB should retain the same file structure as the music folders on the PC.
When the USB is connected, one should be able to see it should give you sorted by artist, (open artist), then list of albums ( then select an album,) and then it lists tracks (e.g. 01 Rain Child, 02 Black Bag...)etc)
The track names on the USB are the same track names as in the original itunes music folder.
Does this help?
The copied folders on the root drive of the USB should retain the same file structure as the music folders on the PC.
When the USB is connected, one should be able to see it should give you sorted by artist, (open artist), then list of albums ( then select an album,) and then it lists tracks (e.g. 01 Rain Child, 02 Black Bag...)etc)
The track names on the USB are the same track names as in the original itunes music folder.
Does this help?
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Found this on babybmw.net:
http://www.babybmw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7586
Looks like the full searching from USB stick only works after the stick has been in the car for a while, whilst it indexes it. So will leave it in for a while.
http://www.babybmw.net/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7586
Looks like the full searching from USB stick only works after the stick has been in the car for a while, whilst it indexes it. So will leave it in for a while.