Is it possible to shuffle USB tracks?

TheObviousChild · 01-18-2013, 12:10 PM

I have a 32GB mini USB stick in the armrest with a ton of tracks and would really like to just say "shuffle all". Doesn't seem possible though. Only shuffle option seems to be for the CD player.

Anyone find anything different?

elistan · 01-18-2013, 01:05 PM

Have you gone into Options and turned on the Random checkbox?
That's what I do with my iPod.

TheObviousChild · 01-18-2013, 01:37 PM

yep...seemingly no effect with the USB stick. I wonder if I dump them all into a play list the random check box will work...

Frogman · 01-18-2013, 02:16 PM

I use random mode on a 32GB memory stick all the time; works great. The car also remembers random mode for USB sticks (on so for the HDD based Music

).

I have all of the music in one directory in the root of the USB stick.

I have not tried playing random mode on a stick with a bunch of folders on it.

TheObviousChild · 01-18-2013, 02:25 PM

Interesting. Maybe the Folders throws it off. I was expecting, at the very least, to be able to shuffle within a folder.

As I have it now, it's set up like:

/Music/Band/Album/Song

Are you just selecting the "Random" checkbox in the options?

Frogman · 01-18-2013, 03:37 PM

Yes. Options -> Random.

Note that if you change the song being played via the iDrive knob or the steering wheel track wheel, you will turn off random mode.

The ONLY way to play the next random track is to push the right arrow button on the right side of 1-8 buttons.

TheObviousChild · 01-18-2013, 09:07 PM

It's working. Had to view all tracks, hit play, turn on random.

It looks like you can skip tracks with iDrive. When you hover over next track, instead of displaying next song, it displays "random".

Love it

Geekenstein · 04-20-2013, 12:43 PM

I'm having problems with this. I have a large music collection on a usb drive. It's all in various folders organized by album. I had iDrive all set so that it would randomize the whole shebang, and it has worked great for a couple months now. But driving home today, it got stuck playing songs only from one folder. This had a checkbox on it. I'm now able to get it to start random play from another folder, but I can't figure out how get it to randomize the entire drive.

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TheObviousChild Captain 323 Rep 647 Posts Drives: '23 M3 Comp xDrive - '21 X3M40 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: CO iTrader: (0)	Is it possible to shuffle USB tracks? I have a 32GB mini USB stick in the armrest with a ton of tracks and would really like to just say "shuffle all". Doesn't seem possible though. Only shuffle option seems to be for the CD player. Anyone find anything different? __________________ Current: 2023 G80 ///M3 Competition xDrive in Atlantis / 2021 X3 M40 Previous: 2020 M340 / 2017 X3 / 2016 340xi / 2013 335xi / 2011 X3 / 2010 328i / 2007 328i / 2004 325i
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elistan First Lieutenant 38 Rep 387 Posts Drives: F30 328i, AP1 S2000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Longmont, CO iTrader: (0)	Have you gone into Options and turned on the Random checkbox? That's what I do with my iPod.
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TheObviousChild Captain 323 Rep 647 Posts Drives: '23 M3 Comp xDrive - '21 X3M40 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: CO iTrader: (0)	yep...seemingly no effect with the USB stick. I wonder if I dump them all into a play list the random check box will work... __________________ Current: 2023 G80 ///M3 Competition xDrive in Atlantis / 2021 X3 M40 Previous: 2020 M340 / 2017 X3 / 2016 340xi / 2013 335xi / 2011 X3 / 2010 328i / 2007 328i / 2004 325i
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Frogman Lieutenant Colonel 288 Rep 1,892 Posts Drives: 2012 F30 328i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	I use random mode on a 32GB memory stick all the time; works great. The car also remembers random mode for USB sticks (on so for the HDD based Music ). I have all of the music in one directory in the root of the USB stick. I have not tried playing random mode on a stick with a bunch of folders on it.
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TheObviousChild Captain 323 Rep 647 Posts Drives: '23 M3 Comp xDrive - '21 X3M40 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: CO iTrader: (0)	Interesting. Maybe the Folders throws it off. I was expecting, at the very least, to be able to shuffle within a folder. As I have it now, it's set up like: /Music/Band/Album/Song Are you just selecting the "Random" checkbox in the options? __________________ Current: 2023 G80 ///M3 Competition xDrive in Atlantis / 2021 X3 M40 Previous: 2020 M340 / 2017 X3 / 2016 340xi / 2013 335xi / 2011 X3 / 2010 328i / 2007 328i / 2004 325i
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Frogman Lieutenant Colonel 288 Rep 1,892 Posts Drives: 2012 F30 328i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Yes. Options -> Random. Note that if you change the song being played via the iDrive knob or the steering wheel track wheel, you will turn off random mode. The ONLY way to play the next random track is to push the right arrow button on the right side of 1-8 buttons.
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TheObviousChild Captain 323 Rep 647 Posts Drives: '23 M3 Comp xDrive - '21 X3M40 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: CO iTrader: (0)	It's working. Had to view all tracks, hit play, turn on random. It looks like you can skip tracks with iDrive. When you hover over next track, instead of displaying next song, it displays "random". Love it __________________ Current: 2023 G80 ///M3 Competition xDrive in Atlantis / 2021 X3 M40 Previous: 2020 M340 / 2017 X3 / 2016 340xi / 2013 335xi / 2011 X3 / 2010 328i / 2007 328i / 2004 325i
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Geekenstein Enlisted Member 0 Rep 36 Posts Drives: 328i 6mt with tech package Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: US iTrader: (0)	I'm having problems with this. I have a large music collection on a usb drive. It's all in various folders organized by album. I had iDrive all set so that it would randomize the whole shebang, and it has worked great for a couple months now. But driving home today, it got stuck playing songs only from one folder. This had a checkbox on it. I'm now able to get it to start random play from another folder, but I can't figure out how get it to randomize the entire drive.
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