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Otherwise, with large capacity drive, you would not know that some were unseen, opr corrupt, unless you hit upon some like I did, by requesting one album, then pulling drive to put the album on it only to find it there. When I paid Ford $130 to check it out, whatever diagnostic they performed did not also check the attached storage to look at compatibility.
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So yesterday I opened that 64gb drive and manually created album folders and placed the tracks in their respective folder. Took a long while, but the test was a success. From this, I think it would be safe to guess, it is a folder level, number of files issue with this older version of Sync. The only other thing it may have been was some quirky folder, and it didn't come over with the files, which were unaltered. If all tags are done then you don't need artist, album folders, as the unit sees those from tag data, but having them in some form of folder layout makes for easier adding/removing of tunes. Thanks for the help and suggestions, and file this info away for others that come along with this dilemma.
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ben senise reacted to a post in a topic:
USB has album but sync refuses to see it
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If you have been watching the other thread about this same problem I've had, I found out today that if I just dump the mp3 files in, without any file folder structure I can play those albums that were not showing up. I'm in the process of doing that with all 64gb of data. If that still works, then I may reorganize them all into album folders, but with artist name in the album title to aid in removing of adding more later. It would be extremely difficult to remove an album if they were all scattered among the rest of the tracks.
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Experiment was a success. No idea why though. All artists, albums and songs were able to be called up via voice command, even that Jethro Tull album. So, going to assume its having an issue with numbers of files, folders. Will next remove all folders from the 64gb drive and retest. The issue of later wanting to remove some will have to be accomplished by MP3Tag, in order to see artist/album info, where it used to be just delete that folder. Oh well. I wish, before moving all single tracks to the root of the drive that I had first removed the artist level, as a test, leaving tracks in the album folder. Oh well. I guess if this still works then I can start over with just album folders, but adding the artist name to them also for ease of removing.
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Today's experiment is a freshly formatted 4gb drive, FAT32, with only tracks, including the JT album. I assume I'll be able to use voice commands, and/or browse to an album, via tag info, or at lease file names. If the troubled album plays, uncertain how to go forward. Seeing as though you have Sync 3, we're comparing apples to oranges (or Windows). Have not heard back from ben senise on his findings, if any, from the track I sent him.
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Could it be that having the files in a artist, album folder structure cause issues, versus dropping all individual tracks into root? I assume that Sync would use tag info to display, but it would be nearly impossible to remove a single artist or album later. I'm convinced it's just a flaw in this unit, either hardware or firmware.
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So, formatted another stick, NTFS, 4GB, and just put about eight albums on it, no folder structure, just the files. Sync said the device was unsupported. Definition of QUITING: to stop, cease, or discontinue; to give up or resign; let go; relinquish. I think that is what I'm going to do, again, no way to get this working.
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See, THAT is why I went to using my phone. After spending $150 or so to have Ford check out the unit, countless attempts to fix things my self, and no love. You have this same older version of Sync or Sync 3? I wanted Ford to upgrade my radio but they said they could not, under my extended warranty, even though they said the warranty only covers hardware, not the testing (that I paid them for). So, I have a less than fully functional unit, files have no problems, but Ford will not remedy. Thanks for testing. Maybe I'll try again with another USB stick, formatted NTFS and just a few albums. Also, you say that you tried it with no folders, just tracks. I may give that a try too.
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Email sent with one track. Thanks ben senise do you want a copy to inspect too?
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I located the old USB stick, let the truck index it, then tried browsing through the files, and located an entire album that is invisible. I compare it side by side with a couple of MP3 programs (MP3Tag, Foobar and MP3Diags) and see nothing standing out. If your offer still stands, pass along an email address and I'll send you one track. If you do find something in that one, then I can try modifying the rest in that album. Thanks PS Now the Sync is claiming to not be able to perform audio commands. Maybe it just needs more time, as it is a 64GB stick, formatted to FAT32 by the way. My OS is Win7 64bit.
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I have meticulously managed the tag data in the 15,000 mp3 files stored on my pc. I had tried erasing all tags, renaming the files, reripping, downloading other copies. No luck. Part of the problem with the solution you suggest is that, unless it is known what detail of a file is causing this behavior, you don't know which files need fixed. There may have been a dozen albums not showing in sync, but you don't know which ones. Once I knew that a particular folder/album wasn't seen I attacked it to try and find the added or missing feature. Removed album art, scanned with mp3 file checker/fixer. Tried it with only a couple albums on disc. Tried having sync re index. What I'd like is to know that one little offending detail so I can globally check that none of the other files also did fixed. Thanks for the offer, but at this point I'd have to recreate a drive then try and find a non-displaying folder.
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Logging in today to see if anyone else has found the answer. Looks like not. The phone solution works pretty well but I do miss the voice commands. In my defense I don't think that I quit as much as ran out of things to try.
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I basically gave up with usb drive. Wasted time, spent money at Ford, then put 128gb card in my phone and use it via bluetooth. Good luck to you all. I really miss the voice commands, but not worth the hassle. Alsi, I had to keep a print out of my usb drive to know what was available, but can scroll thru phone easily.
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Songs are playing but no sound
CosmikDebris replied to balibalo44's topic in SYNC 1 & 2 Media Players & Technical Assistance
I was going to suggest that maybe the sync and bluetooth modules/connections were not connected, but if you can make calls synced then bluetooth is actually working.