How to use a usb hard drive for music

Bmnorm2 said:
This was on page 2, did you try Drivesort?
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Thanks, I missed that. That's pretty lame that I'd need to use that utility to get it to work properly. Will investigate further. In the meantime playing things off my phone seems to work ok. Thanks!
 
Bmnorm2 said:
This was on page 2, did you try Drivesort?
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Ok, gave this a shot - while it seems to be working as far as my computer is concerned, it's not making any difference as far as the car sees the drive. I sorted all the directories, and saved them, but things are just as messed up as before. Further investigation is called for...(again)
 
I also have a 2021 TRD ORP with Nav. are you able to play FLAC files? My system won't. I use a Samsung 512GB thumb drive formatted to FAT32 (with a utility) and my system will only read MP3's.
 
josephp732 said:
I also have a 2021 TRD ORP with Nav. are you able to play FLAC files? My system won't. I use a Samsung 512GB thumb drive formatted to FAT32 (with a utility) and my system will only read MP3's.
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Same car here - mine will play flacs, although I stopped using the usb drive because of the weird sorting issues mentioned above. Using Neutron player via carplay sounds just as good, and has tons more usability.
 
Why not copy the music to your phone then stream it over Bluetooth using the music playing app on your phone? That app will have shuffle mode, playlists, play a single album, many many possibilities.

As long as you have enough space on your phone...

Plus you have your music with you wherever you go. Pair your phone with your rental car and you've got it there too!
 
I feel like such a dummy, but I need some help. I guess I am not as tech savvy as I thought. do I need to format a USB drive in order for it to hold music for my 5th gen 4Runner? I will Google about the fit 16/32 thing but I don't have any idea what that is and I'm not exactly sure where to start..Any ideas? You make it sound so simple, but I'm just not following completely so I thought I would ask.

poolzer said:
With Vista and 7 not allowing FAT 16/32 to be an option for drives larger than 32gb, this will allow you to use your USB powered hard drive for music. Apple computers should be able to format their drives w/o the below program.

This SHOULD work on any usb powered mini drive of any size.

Mine is a Seagate 250gb

Download Download Fat32Formatter 1.0 - A software utility that helps you format drive larger than 32 GB to FAT32 - Softpedia
Unzip the program, open it and select the drive you want (ensuring there is nothing on the drive, it will be erased).
Click on the start button in the lower right corner.
Wait 2-5 hours depending on the size.

Add all the music you want in MP3 and WMA format. I made folders for specific artists, but if you just want random music or folders for different types of music you can do that as well.

No more than 255 songs in a folder.

When I had my thumb drive plugged in, when I would turn the engine on, it would go directly to the drive. With the USB powered hard drive, since it takes a second or 2 to turn on, the 4runner will go to the default audio you had it on last, so you have to select the USB option to go to it.

Once playing, hold down the random button for a second or 2, and it will cycle through ALL folders of music.
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downshift said:
Why not copy the music to your phone then stream it over Bluetooth using the music playing app on your phone? That app will have shuffle mode, playlists, play a single album, many many possibilities.

As long as you have enough space on your phone...

Plus you have your music with you wherever you go. Pair your phone with your rental car and you've got it there too!
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That’s what I do. I am not about to pay a second subscription for Sirius (have a dock in the house and in my other vehicle), so I play music from my phone’s music player via Bluetooth. I’ve got a couple hundred hours of several genres. Since I burned the music from an extensive CD collection years ago via an old Windows Vista laptop, the album art is displayed on screen, along with the song title.
 
Thanks for the reply. It wound up being that I was using a 3.1 USB flash drive that had my FLAC files on it. I purchased a 512GB 2.0 USB flash drive and the system can read the files just fine.
 
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