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      03-29-2013, 02:39 PM   #45
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I have Lossless WMA files that BMW sees, but does not play. It skips them. Media rights are not set for them. They do have a bit rate of >1 Mbps. Other lossless WMA files play fine. All were ripped from CD in WMP.

In the printed F30 Navigation/Entertainment manual (p. 51, top/right), BMW states that playback cannot be guaranteed for bit rates >256 kbit/s. This sux BIG TIME if I have to batch transcode my files to 256 kbit/s!!!
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      03-29-2013, 09:24 PM   #46
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Does anyone that has ripped and tagged their mp3 collection and plays from USB in their F30 have issues with the Artist vs. Album Artist fields being recognized and displayed correctly? For me, itt seems as the F30 doesn't read the Album Artist field at all.

Also, has anyone succesfully been able to tag a single song with two different artists (like a duet), so that the song would be listed during a search for either of the two artists? If so, how did you tag this?

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      03-29-2013, 11:02 PM   #47
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Does anyone that has ripped and tagged their mp3 collection and plays from USB in their F30 have issues with the Artist vs. Album Artist fields being recognized and displayed correctly? For me, itt seems as the F30 doesn't read the Album Artist field at all.

Also, has anyone succesfully been able to tag a single song with two different artists (like a duet), so that the song would be listed during a search for either of the two artists? If so, how did you tag this?
F30 is hella dumb, does not read lossless;(
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      03-31-2013, 08:31 PM   #48
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F30 is hella dumb, does not read lossless;(
It will play Lossless WMA, but only directly from USB.
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http://www.f30post.com/forums/showpo...25&postcount=7
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Has anyone playing their mp3 collection from a USB stick been able to tag a single mp3 song with mulitiple artists and get their F30 to show that song under both artists?

I am having trouble doing this. It also seems the F30 does not read the Album Artist field at all, rather the Artist field only.
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Track resetting to the begining

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My F30 is driving me nuts. I listen to two hour podcasts and it resets to the beginning of the track intermittently after I cycle the ignition. I can't find any pattern to it. Sometimes I can go days and it doesn't happen. Other times I can just come back 5 minutes after switching the car off and when I start it again it is back to the beginning. It never forgets the track, just where it is within the track.Has anyone else seen this problem? Does anyone else listen to long tracks off the USB stick?

Thanks
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      04-16-2013, 12:11 AM   #51
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Hi Guys

My F30 is driving me nuts. I listen to two hour podcasts and it resets to the beginning of the track intermittently after I cycle the ignition. I can't find any pattern to it. Sometimes I can go days and it doesn't happen. Other times I can just come back 5 minutes after switching the car off and when I start it again it is back to the beginning. It never forgets the track, just where it is within the track.Has anyone else seen this problem? Does anyone else listen to long tracks off the USB stick?

Thanks
Been listening to a 60 min track. It has been playing fine from USB. I do notice a delay in continuing to play after restarting the BMW. Not sure if that is the track or just the USB.
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Have any of you guys any problems with the playlists on the USB stick?

I got a USB3 Kingston Hyper-X, yeah I know, total overkill, but I wanted it to be fast when transferring from a PC.

The first batch of music files and playlist files worked fine although sorted from Z to A.

Then I added some more music and playlists only to see most of them not appear on the display! And the ones that showed up were put on top of the last one, listed before Z, Y, X... but in random order.

It's all crazy. By the way, I have an F31 with the new prof nav system and HK audio.

I've attempted to put my entire library on a single 500Gb stick (over 40,000 songs - approximately 320Gb) and the system won't register/read all tracks. It's FAT32, but I'm going to try EXFat and NTFS (even though I've heard that isn't supported) to see if it makes a difference.

If anyone has had success with the system reading a library with over 40,000 tracks, please let me know how you did it. Thanks!
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