Issue With Some songs not being played when I plugmy usb drive into my car radio.

[DEZn00ts]

I have reformatted the drive, I have checked if the songs are protected, the radio recognizes the songs because I can search through song titles and see all songs are there, but it skips most of the songs.... I have tried EVERYTHING you can think of! Could it be the USB? It's an 8 Gb usb 3.0 The songs that do work work totally fine and like I said, radio READS the songs names when I look in the folder, but it won't play them... The manual says protected files will be skipped, But I looked to see if any of the files have DRM using windows and it says no.

 

[Vudue Priest]

Your radio is playing the mp3 from the usb device. Mabe some of your songs are like m4a or mp4 or another unsupported format?

 

[DEZn00ts]

Nope, all are Mp3....

 

[Vudue Priest]

If any of it was ripped from cd or converted from other formats, I'm wondering if the encoding got garbled. I know what your experiencing, I have a few tracks that make strange garble sounds, but I can rewind it and it will play normal.

 

[DEZn00ts]

No, the tracks are getting TOTALLY skipped, and I have no need to rip from a CD..... These are all free Mixtapes.... I think it's just the usb. I'm gonna buy one tomorrow and check.

 

[Vudue Priest]

good luck to ya brother sorry I couldn't help

 

[DEZn00ts]

I figured out the problem if anyone wants to know. All you have to do (which I was putting off doing) is convert the songs, doesn't even matter if you convert them to the same format (MP3 or WMA whatever you car stereo receiver takes) you just need to use a tool like Free Audio Converter and you will be set.

 

[HANT__]

thanks for the solution , Im having the same issue with some of the converted songs , well a lot .

it was converted through an online web service .

 

[mdbassman]

I figured out the problem if anyone wants to know. All you have to do (which I was putting off doing) is convert the songs, doesn't even matter if you convert them to the same format (MP3 or WMA whatever you car stereo receiver takes) you just need to use a tool like Free Audio Converter and you will be set.

Still doesNOT work! Have converted from MP3 to WMA back to MP3 still doesNOT work! 50% of songs will 50% won't. No difference in the "Properties" file of any song. Have used every Converter software out. And bought 3 of them.. It is pointing to the vehicle device. Toyota sez not their problem! Which is what they all say anyway. Plays fine on a media player installed in computer.

 

[doogiescott]

I have reformatted the drive, I have checked if the songs are protected, the radio recognizes the songs because I can search through song titles and see all songs are there, but it skips most of the songs.... I have tried EVERYTHING you can think of! Could it be the USB? It's an 8 Gb usb 3.0 The songs that do work work totally fine and like I said, radio READS the songs names when I look in the folder, but it won't play them... The manual says protected files will be skipped, But I looked to see if any of the files have DRM using windows and it says no.

You will not get it to play tracks that are copyrighted. You will probably find it is skipping whole albums. Even if you have purchased original discs and ripped them using your PC, copyrighted signatures cannot be bypassed. I wrote to Sony (the makers of my car stereo) asking them what was the point of adding a USB port to the unit if in essence it was worthless? No answer from them. I have purchased all my music, I have the discs and I can rip and copy them playing them via the CD player. I wanted to have less discs in my motor but Sony just haven't got that point.