CanisLupus
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I now have a 2016 and a 2020 i3 .
For the 2016 , I've determined the following :
1. It will read both FAT32 and exFAT formatted drives .
2. It can't read .m4a files . It can read .wav files . Also it can read .aif files
that are converted from .wav .
3. First make sure that your 'Library' is organized as you would like .
I copied the 'Music' folder that resides in the 'iTunes Media' folder .
4. The bottom folders have a name that represents the album . It contains the song files
which for me are the .aif type . In this folder , also put an image type file (.jpg .jpeg .png seem to work)
of the album cover . Name that file cover.xxx where xxx is jpg etc. . This will show as the
album artwork when any of the songs in the folder play . The name of the song file will show as the song name . Layla for Layla.aif
5. I have yet to get the Artist and Album names to fill . I might try .flac to see if that type file will work .
That would require another app to convert to .flac .
For the 2020 things are a bit easier . A lot of the information is in the 'in car' manual .
1. It will read both FAT32 and exFAT formatted drives .
2. It can read .m4a (Apple Lossless) which I used , as well as others .
3. Everything on the screen populates from the metadata in the file . Also , I'm sure
that one of the album covers was brought in by iDrive somehow . So it might fill info on its' own too .
The one problem I found is that not all of the files are full of data . Album artwork is managed differently
by iTunes for (I believe) music purchased from the iTunes Store .
So , before you copy that 'Music' folder mentioned above you can check for the following
Look at the song files (.aif etc.) at the bottom of the directory . If they have a micro icon of the 'Album cover' then
it will show that for the song . If it doesn't then you can try number of things .
If the album doesn't have 'Album Artwork' you can add an image in option 'Album Info' .
If the album does have 'Album Artwork' already then try this . Copy the Artwork to a folder that you create somewhere .
Delete the artwork from 'album info' , then add it back from the folder that you created . You should then see the micro icon on the songs .
I hope this information can help . I'll keep an eye on this topic and do my best to answer any questions that might arise .
George
For the 2016 , I've determined the following :
1. It will read both FAT32 and exFAT formatted drives .
2. It can't read .m4a files . It can read .wav files . Also it can read .aif files
that are converted from .wav .
3. First make sure that your 'Library' is organized as you would like .
I copied the 'Music' folder that resides in the 'iTunes Media' folder .
4. The bottom folders have a name that represents the album . It contains the song files
which for me are the .aif type . In this folder , also put an image type file (.jpg .jpeg .png seem to work)
of the album cover . Name that file cover.xxx where xxx is jpg etc. . This will show as the
album artwork when any of the songs in the folder play . The name of the song file will show as the song name . Layla for Layla.aif
5. I have yet to get the Artist and Album names to fill . I might try .flac to see if that type file will work .
That would require another app to convert to .flac .
For the 2020 things are a bit easier . A lot of the information is in the 'in car' manual .
1. It will read both FAT32 and exFAT formatted drives .
2. It can read .m4a (Apple Lossless) which I used , as well as others .
3. Everything on the screen populates from the metadata in the file . Also , I'm sure
that one of the album covers was brought in by iDrive somehow . So it might fill info on its' own too .
The one problem I found is that not all of the files are full of data . Album artwork is managed differently
by iTunes for (I believe) music purchased from the iTunes Store .
So , before you copy that 'Music' folder mentioned above you can check for the following
Look at the song files (.aif etc.) at the bottom of the directory . If they have a micro icon of the 'Album cover' then
it will show that for the song . If it doesn't then you can try number of things .
If the album doesn't have 'Album Artwork' you can add an image in option 'Album Info' .
If the album does have 'Album Artwork' already then try this . Copy the Artwork to a folder that you create somewhere .
Delete the artwork from 'album info' , then add it back from the folder that you created . You should then see the micro icon on the songs .
I hope this information can help . I'll keep an eye on this topic and do my best to answer any questions that might arise .
George