Thread: Recording music to USB

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Hi
I will be recording my music onto a 16GB flash drive to play in my D4.I have several already in use however Ive had mixed results with some albums not being visible to the player.The same flash drive works on other players like in my boat(Jensen unit),but not in my grader(Alpine unit).
Is there a correct way of formatting the USB drive????
Can I record a CD direct to the USB without first copying it to my laptop.
ROUGHLY,how many CDs will fill 16GB as I will copy the more favorite ones first.
Thanks
Andrew

I wonder if your Grader Alpine can read MP 3 and not MP4 or a similar mismatch.

Originally Posted by AndyG

I wonder if your Grader Alpine can read MP 3 and not MP4 or a similar mismatch.

Unsure,it never came with a book of words for the duke box.
Will make sure the new grader comes with one
Andrew

I had a problem when I burned a DVD of Les Mis onto a USB.
It came in M4a which I changed to MP3 by using "Free M4a converter to MP3"
I then saved the new files in correct order by renaming 1,2 etc.
Then saved them into Itunes.

Then burned to USB.
BUT the damn things changed order and I couldn't fix it. I ended up reloading into Itunes and saving onto a ipod, and then it worked.
The net says the tracks should play in order downloaded onto the USB, but for me they didn't.
Personally I think using an Ipod is far superior if you have a USB connector on the stereo.
Regards Philip A

Rip to lossless for near perfect reproduction, uses lots of space though.

Originally Posted by AndyG

I wonder if your Grader Alpine can read MP 3 and not MP4 or a similar mismatch.

Played the USB in the grader today,all the new CD copies work,the albums that have been "invisable" to the Alpine unit in the past still are,its obviously the format isnt recoknised by the alpine unit.
At least all the albums are reckongnised by the D4 player 8gb recorded,need to go thru the rest of my CDs now to fill it up.Windows media finds the latest metadata and records it whilst riping the CDs,impressed with that as I copied some olde favorite CDs and they have all the data on screen
Once again,thanks for the help from a computer trodgolite
Andrew

Andy,

Did you know, you can copy a CD onto the hard drive in the car?

So, if you do happen to fill your USB, you can still fit another 8 - 10 CD's onto the drive...