Fat32
Jun 17, 2022 12:34:46 #
They don't put CD players in new cars anymore but you can load tunes on a thumb drive and they'll play just fine.
So I filled up a 64 gb drive with no issues in the car. But I have a large collection so I got a 128gb drive & added to it but the car won't recognize the drive. The only difference I can see is that the 64gb drive's file system is fat32 while the 128gb drive is exfat. What might be my options? Could I reformat the 128 drive to fat32. Are there already 128 gb drives available that are fat32 (assuming that's issue).?
So I filled up a 64 gb drive with no issues in the car. But I have a large collection so I got a 128gb drive & added to it but the car won't recognize the drive. The only difference I can see is that the 64gb drive's file system is fat32 while the 128gb drive is exfat. What might be my options? Could I reformat the 128 drive to fat32. Are there already 128 gb drives available that are fat32 (assuming that's issue).?
Jun 17, 2022 12:37:53 #
Even in the uncompressed 16bit 44Khz mode 64GB would hold a lot of music. That would be like 60 or 70 CD's.
Jun 17, 2022 12:38:49 #
Jun 17, 2022 12:48:31 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Even in the uncompressed 16bit 44Khz mode 64GB would hold a lot of music. That would be like 60 or 70 CD's.
I have almost 4,000 songs (mostly from 250+CDs), that take up less than 18Gb, and will last me over 10 days playing 24Hrs a day. All fit on a 20Gb fob.
Jun 17, 2022 12:51:53 #
I just checked, and one of the flash drives I use in my car is FAT 32.
Jun 17, 2022 12:54:33 #
Longshadow wrote:
I have almost 4,000 songs (mostly from 250+CDs), that take up less than 18Gb, and will last me over 10 days playing 24Hrs a day. All fit on a 20Gb fob.
If you save them as compress MP3 then you can have a lot. I assume the worse case scenario with the files exactly the same size as they are on the CD.
But anyway I think we can still install a CD player in the car. I don't listen to music in the car anymore but if I do I would put a CD player in it or perhaps a cassette player. The cassette player would be a difficult one as they don't make new one and even the best one may not work any more because the cassette mechanism is quite complex. I like to swap the CD or Tapes. I don't really like too many songs on 1 single USB stick.
Jun 17, 2022 12:58:06 #
BebuLamar wrote:
If you save them as compress MP3 then you can have a lot. I assume the worse case scenario with the files exactly the same size as they are on the CD.
Yea, they were extracted from the CDs as MP3s.
Jun 17, 2022 13:03:01 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Even in the uncompressed 16bit 44Khz mode 64GB would hold a lot of music. That would be like 60 or 70 CD's.
All of that & then some!
Jun 17, 2022 13:05:38 #
Longshadow wrote:
Is it too much trouble to swap two 64s?
Had I known that it could be a problem, I definitely would have gone that way ( & still might ).
Jun 17, 2022 13:11:02 #
Longshadow wrote:
I have almost 4,000 songs (mostly from 250+CDs), that take up less than 18Gb, and will last me over 10 days playing 24Hrs a day. All fit on a 20Gb fob.
Well, I wasn’t thinking when I started ripping the songs to my computer for transfer. I had the rip mode in wav instead of mp3.
Jun 17, 2022 13:17:01 #
raymondh wrote:
Had I known that it could be a problem, I definitely would have gone that way ( & still might ).
My one camera cannot utilize any memory over 32Gb;
the older bridge camera, nothing over 4Gb.
Jun 17, 2022 13:18:54 #
raymondh wrote:
Well, I wasn’t thinking when I started ripping the songs to my computer for transfer. I had the rip mode in wav instead of mp3.
I used iTunes to rip them, it might have defaulted to MP3.
Jun 17, 2022 13:26:02 #
raymondh wrote:
Well, I wasn’t thinking when I started ripping the songs to my computer for transfer. I had the rip mode in wav instead of mp3.
I prefer to keep them in wav and as I said even in wav the 64GB still hold a whole lot of songs.
Jun 17, 2022 14:03:22 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
raymondh wrote:
They don't put CD players in new cars anymore but ... (show quote)
You can format as FAT32 and try. FAT32 can be used on drives up to 2 TB from memory.
But note as some others pointed out sometimes the machine will only see up to a certain size so many be your car is limited to 64GB. Good luck.
Jun 17, 2022 14:50:46 #
Schoee wrote:
You can format as FAT32 and try. FAT32 can be used on drives up to 2 TB from memory.
But note as some others pointed out sometimes the machine will only see up to a certain size so many be your car is limited to 64GB. Good luck.
But note as some others pointed out sometimes the machine will only see up to a certain size so many be your car is limited to 64GB. Good luck.
You can get a 5-pack of 64GB thumb drives on Amazon for $27.
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