Music on flash drive Question

[64auto]

Can I take music from my Itunes and put it on a small flash drive so It can be plugged in to USB port?

 

[Tituslloydpullo]

Yep. Go the the folder that Itunes keeps the music in, and drag and drop.

 

[64auto]

Got like 500 songs how many gig driver would I need?

 

[JuggNuttz]

Got like 500 songs how many gig driver would I need?

get as much space as you can, is a good rule for computer stuff. this one is cheap and works well, very low profile so its damn near impossible to see, so leaving it plugged in all times is ok. Amazon.com: SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 32GB USB Flash Drive (SDCZ33-032G-B35): Computers & Accessories

 

[Harblar]

Got like 500 songs how many gig driver would I need?

Depends on the size and quality of the files.

As for what size you need, go to the folder with your music, select all the files, right click and select properties (assuming you have a PC... Mac your're on your own ). It'll pop up a dialog box that will show you the total size of the selected files.

As for quality of the files. If they are mp3's or iTunes AAC files, they'll play fine. If you ripped your music direct from cd's as Apple Lossless (m4a files) they won't play off from a flash drive.

JuggNuttz is right. Bigger is better and (assuming your music is mp3 like) that drive should have enough room for 3-4 times the amount of music you currently have. Plenty of space to fill with more tunes!

 

[Ruger]

I've got music on a thumb drive, plugged it into the USB port in the Raptor and got nothing. The truck wouldn't even recognize the thumb drive. Same thumb drive plays fine on my computer. I'd love to know why if anybody would like to try to educate a dinosaur.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

I've got music on a thumb drive, plugged it into the USB port in the Raptor and got nothing. The truck wouldn't even recognize the thumb drive. Same thumb drive plays fine on my computer. I'd love to know why if anybody would like to try to educate a dinosaur.

whats the format on the drive?

 

[64auto]

Not that good with the flash drives, so have a few questions. Can i make different folders on the drive and drag songs over accordingly. Then just add more songs as i download them.

 

[Harblar]

I've got music on a thumb drive, plugged it into the USB port in the Raptor and got nothing. The truck wouldn't even recognize the thumb drive. Same thumb drive plays fine on my computer. I'd love to know why if anybody would like to try to educate a dinosaur.

Definitely check the formatting of the filesystem on the drive. The sync system will only recognize a drive formatted in FAT32, so you might have to reformat and reload music onto it to get it to work.

Not that good with the flash drives, so have a few questions. Can i make different folders on the drive and drag songs over accordingly. Then just add more songs as i download them.

Yep. Once plugged into the computer you can use a flash drive just like a regular harddrive. While I'm not 100% positive on folders, I'm pretty sure they will work just fine. Give it a try. If it doesn't, just transfer the files straight to the drive with no folders. (that's what I did.)

Everytime you download new music you'll have to plug the drive into the computer and copy the new files over and then Sync will take a few minutes to rescan your drive. No worse than using an ipod. ;-)

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

you should be able to. then its a matter of folder search on the radio