Max USB drive size
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Drifting
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Max USB drive size
Anyone know what the maximum size for a music USB drive that works reliably for the 2023 C8?
I have a 256 GB and it plays the music but it seems to never get done indexing.
Any help appreciated.
I have a 256 GB and it plays the music but it seems to never get done indexing.
Any help appreciated.
Safety Car
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I use a 256G without any issues..... used it in our previous 2020 Z51 as well as this '26 Eray.
DISREGARD...... my error, I was focused on the PDR , not music capability size. sorry.....
DISREGARD...... my error, I was focused on the PDR , not music capability size. sorry.....
Melting Slicks
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From Google:
SanDisk USB 3.0/3.1 flash drives, such as the Ultra Flair and Ultra, offer high-speed file transfers up to 150MB/s, making them 10-15 times faster than USB 2.0. Available in capacities from 32GB to 512GB, they feature durable, compact designs, password protection via SecureAccess software, and USB 3.0/2.0 compatibility.
How many folders on your drive? About how many songs?
More folders really slow down processing and sorting.
You could experiment by getting another USB drive and put all songs in main directory. No folders!
SanDisk USB 3.0/3.1 flash drives, such as the Ultra Flair and Ultra, offer high-speed file transfers up to 150MB/s, making them 10-15 times faster than USB 2.0. Available in capacities from 32GB to 512GB, they feature durable, compact designs, password protection via SecureAccess software, and USB 3.0/2.0 compatibility.
How many folders on your drive? About how many songs?
More folders really slow down processing and sorting.
You could experiment by getting another USB drive and put all songs in main directory. No folders!
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Drifting
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From: Cincinnati, OH
From Google:
SanDisk USB 3.0/3.1 flash drives, such as the Ultra Flair and Ultra, offer high-speed file transfers up to 150MB/s, making them 10-15 times faster than USB 2.0. Available in capacities from 32GB to 512GB, they feature durable, compact designs, password protection via SecureAccess software, and USB 3.0/2.0 compatibility.
How many folders on your drive? About how many songs?
More folders really slow down processing and sorting.
You could experiment by getting another USB drive and put all songs in main directory. No folders!
SanDisk USB 3.0/3.1 flash drives, such as the Ultra Flair and Ultra, offer high-speed file transfers up to 150MB/s, making them 10-15 times faster than USB 2.0. Available in capacities from 32GB to 512GB, they feature durable, compact designs, password protection via SecureAccess software, and USB 3.0/2.0 compatibility.
How many folders on your drive? About how many songs?
More folders really slow down processing and sorting.
You could experiment by getting another USB drive and put all songs in main directory. No folders!
Racer
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The high definition music file format I was using before I bought a C8 would index forever. I changed to a different high definition format and the problem went away.
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I have a main top folder called Music, subfolders by artist, and then subfolders by album. The only problem I have is Random Play doesn't play all songs before repeating and every once in a while Random Play forgets where it was and starts over from the beginning. But my songs are in MP3 format and I only have a 32GB flash drive.
Pro
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Arranged the same without the top level directory of Music, but foldered by artist, then albums, then songs. I want to say maybe 20 - 30 seconds at most for mine when it does a re-index.
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'26 Eray due to arrive next month. Was intending to use a 1TB SSD formatted in Fat32 with approx 5000 WAV tracks, all on one folder, alphabetized by artist's first name. I like to set it to random/shuffle play. Does anyone anticipate I will have any problems using this drive and accessing this many tracks? Thanks!
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'26 Eray due to arrive next month. Was intending to use a 1TB SSD formatted in Fat32 with approx 5000 WAV tracks, all on one folder, alphabetized by artist's first name. I like to set it to random/shuffle play. Does anyone anticipate I will have any problems using this drive and accessing this many tracks? Thanks!
As far as shuffle, I wouldn't think you'd have an issue.
Racer
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While WAV is lossless, it's uncompressed so you will not be able to fit as many songs as opposed to MP3 format. Rough math is that a 32GB flash drive should hold about 70-80 WAV files while MP3 will hold thousands with nearly the same audio quality if you convert to MP3 320 kbps.
As far as shuffle, I wouldn't think you'd have an issue.
As far as shuffle, I wouldn't think you'd have an issue.