Playing Recorded Music From A USB Flash Stick

[kevinssaco]

Hey, has anyone tried to play pre-recorded music from a USB flash stick? Mine doesn't work and it used to in my Silverado. I'm wondering if there might be some difference in acceptable music formats. Mine are recorded in Apple Music then transfered to stick. Any advice?

 

[Boozygoose]

Search USB. There are a couple of threads on this and yes, multiple people have had problems with this, including myself.

 

[Gondul]

Yep... several threads. I've had no issues playing from the thumb drive.

 

[MValdez]

Hey, has anyone tried to play pre-recorded music from a USB flash stick? Mine doesn't work and it used to in my Silverado. I'm wondering if there might be some difference in acceptable music formats. Mine are recorded in Apple Music then transfered to stick. Any advice?

Your files are most likely in MPEG4 format and need to be converted to mp3 or WAV files before you transfer to usb drive. I put 25 tracks in Mp3 format on usb 3 days ago and my Ram played them right away. Here's a link to explain.. https://www.android-iphone-recovery.com/record-apple-music-streams-as-mp3.html

 

[slimchance]

i have over 200 songs on my stick and those MP3s work fine

 

[Tom Gross]

I ripped music using Windows Media Player to a Flash Drive in MP3 format, doesn't work? Any advice?

 

[Turin]

I ripped music using Windows Media Player to a Flash Drive in MP3 format, doesn't work? Any advice?

The most likely problem is that the flash drive is formatted in a way the UConnect system doesn't understand. (Maybe exFAT if it's a brand new drive.) Try reformatting as FAT32. NTFS should work as well. Another possibility is that you didn't rip to a supported file format. Are you sure you ripped to MP3 and not WMA? If so, what bitrate? Variable bitrate (VBR) or constant? You could have issues due to your folder structure as well.

Unfortunately there's no good documentation about what these systems support and there seem to be differences between the 8.4, 8.4NAV, and 12. We're figuring all of this out via trial and error.

 

[Tom Gross]

The most likely problem is that the flash drive is formatted in a way the UConnect system doesn't understand. (Maybe exFAT if it's a brand new drive.) Try reformatting as FAT32. NTFS should work as well. Another possibility is that you didn't rip to a supported file format. Are you sure you ripped to MP3 and not WMA? If so, what bitrate? Variable bitrate (VBR) or constant? You could have issues due to your folder structure as well.

Unfortunately there's no good documentation about what these systems support and there seem to be differences between the 8.4, 8.4NAV, and 12. We're figuring all of this out via trial and error.

I ripped to MP3 but I'll double check. Also, I'll format the flash drive to FAT32 and start over. What a pain

 

[kevinssaco]

I ripped to MP3 but I'll double check. Also, I'll format the flash drive to FAT32 and start over. What a pain

I gave up trying and just use Apple Car Play for long trips. I went through the same thing with a USB that worked fine in my Silverado and Rav 4. I tried formating in different modes several ways and the drive would never be recognized by UConnect. Its flakey software in my opinion if it works for one person but not another. Good luck!

 

[Ronkartz72]

I have about 4,300 songs on my jump drive with no playback issues.

 

[Bubba77]

I have over 14,000 songs on a micro usb formatted fat32 and no problems at all. I believe there seems to be a cap at about 20,000 songs. As initially I connected a external hard drive and it would only read 20,000 of the songs. Even the external hard drive never had an issue other than not reading past 20,000. Hope that info helps

 

[Tomek77]

I just bought 2022 ram 1500 limited and tried to play MP3s and WAV files from USB. It plays mp3s but not wav tracks. Not sure why.

 

[Ronkartz72]

I don't think it will play those. Just MP3. Maybe you can save it as an MP3 instead of WAV?

 

[bigdodge]

I just bought 2022 ram 1500 limited and tried to play MP3s and WAV files from USB. It plays mp3s but not wav tracks. Not sure why.

do an internet search for a program that will convert the wav to mp3 and you will be good to go.

 

[JimC]

Hey, has anyone tried to play pre-recorded music from a USB flash stick? Mine doesn't work and it used to in my Silverado. I'm wondering if there might be some difference in acceptable music formats. Mine are recorded in Apple Music then transfered to stick. Any advice?

Have over 780 Country Music on my Thumb Drive and it plays daily without problems. I'm sure this is old data but....

 

[bigdodge]

Have over 780 Country Music on my Thumb Drive and it plays daily without problems. I'm sure this is old data but....

mine also plays just fine from a thumb drive