Hi,

I've got all my files in the root folder, (couple of hundred) but my MINI only plays about a dozen tracks.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

Regards,

Paul

 

Hi Schatzy,

I have about 500 tracks in the root directory of my USB memory stick, but my MINI will only play about a dozen tracks (maybe it doesn't like the rest).

Any ideas why this would happen?

Regards,

Paul

 

What does it do exactly? Begin playing and stops? Doesn't even begin playing?

To try to isolate the issue, I would copy a nonplaying track to another, empty memory stick and see what happens when you play it. Are all your tracks in the same format (e.g. mp3)?

 

Hi RKW,

Thanks for the response,

It plays the dozen or so tracks, perfectly, then goes back to the start and plays the same ones again, ignoring all the others.

All tracks are MP3.

I tried it without a playlist and It played tracks from A to G. I thought a playlist might solve the problem, so added all tracks to a list and it decided to play tracks from S to Z.

I'll try your suggestion tomorrow, but my suspicion is that it doesn't like lots of tracks, I think it will play the single track.

Thanks again for your advice.

Regards,

Paul

 

I had that problem, was related to the number of files in the root directory. FAT32 has some kind of limit. I created a folder called 'Music' and put all my files in it. Problem solved. One thing I learned is that it will just about any kind of audio file (ie mp3, wav, etc)

 

It seems like it has a problem with finding files, not with ability to play them. There might something about the folder structure on your memory stick that it can't deal with. Try reformatting the memory stick (FAT32 format) to put it in a clean state and copy the mp3 files back to it again (save everything first to your computer if necessary). Or else rearrange your tracks a folder as AZdsrt suggests.

 

Hi thanks for the suggestion, I started with the files in a separate directory (which plays fine in my camper) but it didn't work in the MINI, so I put everything in root, which also doesn't work.

I'm wondering if I might be due to the capacity of the stick, I'm using a 16GB stick.

Regards,

Paul

 

Thanks for the advice, I'll reformat the memory stick, put a separate directory on it and copy my files back on.

I'll also try another stick, and see if that makes a difference.

Regards,

Paul

 

Did you load the USB Drive with a Mac? Even though it may be formatted FAT32, the Mac puts some invisible files on the stick that may be your problem. (These invisible files were why my '13 MCS wouldn't play any of my songs...)

If YES to the Mac part, you can toggle the invisibility bit and trash all the invisble files you find on the stick. OR....you can do a Goggle search for an app called "Clean Eject". It is a donationware app written by some Swedish (I Think) guy that does the clean up for you. If you do use "Clean Eject", be a decent fellow and sent the author a few bucks.

 

Thanks for your suggestion (I need all the help I can get). Unfortunately my PC is Windows 10, so invisible files are not issue in my case.

Regards,

Paul

 

Hi Guys,

I've done a "full" format on the stick (not a quick format).

I created a few directories, copied my MP3's around the directories and took it back to the car.

It's still the same

It's picking different songs to play, but still only a small selection

Regards,

Paul

 

Check if any of your files have a file name with special or nonstandard characters. My thought is that while the stereo is building its catalog of the thumbdrive, it hits a name it can't handle and the processing stops, ending up with a partial catalog.

My intuition is that this is a firmware bug in the stereo, and you're just trying to find a workaround. I would try adding files incrementally (say 20 at a time), retest each time and you might narrow it down to particular files that trigger the problem.

 

I've had a look on the PC (Where the files live) and there are no non-standard characters that I can see.

I did notice yesterday that the MINI display had a tick next to "List" as if it trying to play a list (there are no play-lists on the stick).

When you select "List" is says "empty list", so I wondered what that meant.

After a bit of playing around I managed to select one of my directories to play and the tick next to list has gone.

It's played quite a few songs since, so I'll keep my eye on it and report back.

It's all a bit tricky when you are working without any instructions.

Regards,

Paul