Flash Drives and MP3's

I've tried about everything and can't get my MP3's to play in order.

Tried adding 01, 02... before the title, and that didn't work.

Tried adding 01-, 02-...before the title and that didn't work.

Whats Up!

 

mine plays in order..is there a shuffle mode that's on?
also need the newer flash drive, meaning very old ones do not work right.

 

I use this one and it plays in order as well. Like said above maybe the shuffle is on.

$32 SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33 64GB USB 2.0 Low-Profile Flash Drive- SDCZ33-064G-B35

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruz...+flash+drive&qid=1550793610&s=gateway&sr=8-10

 

I wouldn't worry about the file names, but make sure the MP3 metadata is all correct. Use a program like Mp3Tag to fill in all of the missing information.
https://www.mp3tag.de/en/

Here I have random file names, but the MP3 metadata is correct, so the system plays them in the correct order. The # is the track number:

 

I downloaded that prog...my MP3's were a shit show. Went thru each one I wanted on the flash drive and I'm guessing I fixed them all.

Put them on a newish 16 gig SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0

Just tried them and it's still fucked, checked and random is not turned on, didn't see a shuffle option.

 

Here are some instructions on how to load your music to the drive
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/observations-on-the-entune-system-with-a-flash-drive.423978/

 

I was thinking about this just a while ago.

Now, for a puzzling one.
The Toyota Entune system seems to have a memory. It seems to remember the last file played, as well as the contents of (at least some of) the flash drive(s) that were inserted. The last one is a nice feature, since it reduces the time required to read the contents of the flash drive, if you removed/reinserted it.

The problem: If you changed the ID3 tags in the removed/reinserted drive, the Entune system may NOT recognize all the changes, and may classify some of the files under the previous Title / Album name.

My bikes stereo also will play off a flash drive. I had around 400 songs on one I've kept in it since I bought it. A few months ago I formatted it, and only had about 60 songs on it. It was weird because when I started it up the songs I'd deleted would still play. These systems have a memory and will even play songs that's not on the drive.

It didn't last long at all thou before the bike figured it out.

I'm gonna try it a couple days, if it's still messed up I'll change all the damn album names and try that.

Thanks!

 

For me, I took all my CDs and ripped them to my computer hard drive Music folder using windows media player. I also did a lookup for the ID3 tag info using same.
Then I just copied all the folders in My Music to the flash drive.
It took a while to rip everything but now I have about 250 CDs always ready to go in the truck.

Now, whenever I add new music to the flash drive, next time I select it as input, I just browse the drive. It will re-index.

 

Do you put them in seperate folders for each album? This is the easiest that I’ve found.

Also, I think Entune has a 9999 file limit so at 320k bit rate (which is higher than most 120-160) per mp3 I’ve figured a 128GB usb drive will fit up to 9999 songs. But, I’m guessing, only have a 64GB in now.

 

I just put 34 of my all time favorite songs on a tiny 16 gig drive...no folders at all.

When I had around 400 songs on my bike, I found I'd always fast forward thru most of them to get to my favorites.

They change about every month thou.

 

I tried everything, and finally got them to play in order by removing everything about the MP3.

Now instead of showing the artist and a pic of the album cover it just shows the track number.

 

This infotainment system is so lame. I hate that it can't play MP3 via folders. My wife's 10' lexus does it. I just use my iphone to stream music now

 

Well that sucks... so much editing, eh? I have a folder for each artist, and then subfolders for each of their album names. Maybe the system was getting confused because you group everything together?