Just a note here: iTunes and/or an iPod will store music in any format you choose. That Apple compressed format that everyone feels so stuck with is just the default format. I had all my music in iTunes and on my nano stored in Apple Lossless format until I ran out of room on the 16gig nano, and then switched it all over to high-res MP3. After that, it only took about 20% of the room that the uncompressed "Lossless" format did...I bought an 8gb SDHC which is working fine and plenty large enough to accomdate a large mix of music. The wife soon found out that the majority of her music is in the format required for iPod which will not play as a stand alone file. All my music (100gb or so) is MP3. So she had to grab some of mine to have something for now for the SD.
Her iPod Touch is not recognized by the stereo when connecting it to the adapter. So resolving that got added to my lengthy "honey do" list. Any know of a decent app to convert MP4 to MP3?
While our main computer in the house is a late-model iMac, I do maintain a Vista/PC laptop for running VCDS, Bentely CD manuals, etc. and, for some reason I can't remember, when I was given my 4G nano I chose to load iTunes on the laptop and keep my music there instead of the good computer. I'm still trying to figure out a way to repopulate the iMac's iTunes from my nano, so I can quit using the laptop for my music. Both versions of iTunes are the latest available and seem to act similarly, but I'm kind of stuck myself. As you may have guessed, I'm no whiz at this stuff, by any means. I'm only familiar with things that I've done successfully myself. Here's something that may have bearing on your problem: once while exploring the laptop, I saw "Windows Media Player" (which I had never used), so out of curiosity, I fired it up for the first time. It was empty of course, but while I was fiddling around in its menus...all of a sudden music files began magically appearing! And wouldn't you know, they were all the same songs that I have stored in iTunes. After a while, every song from iTunes was also listed in Windows Media Player. Apparently, every time you open Media Player, it automatically searches all the likely locations on the computer for any new music files and then imports them. And, unlike iTunes, it will sync directly to an SD card or thumb drive. This relates to you because, if I'm reading it right, Media Player organizes its music files much like a CD or SD card. Now...is there a Mac version of Windows Media Player? If not, there must be some third-party solution to what you want to do. Sorry to run on so...I didn't know how else to explain...Since I store all my music in iTunes, is there an easy way to setup a folder/list arrangement using that or would you recommend a second program? With nearly 50g of music it makes making my own lists (as in without the use of a program) really difficult to the point of, its not worth trying.
btw, I am on a Mac
So does this apply to ths RCD 510 as well?Here are some direct quotes from the RNS-310/315 manual (print date: April 7th, 2010) that was issued to me at the November, 2010 delivery of my '11 Golf TDI. It's on on the bottom of page 21, under "Media source" and "Requirements for playback":
There is a small piece of free software out there called Copytrans (www.copytrans.net) that allows a person to be free of itunes entirely. It also allows a person plug in any number of ipods/iphones (iphones are a bit more work to get them functioning, but still work fine) and dump them to a PC. I use this (and the portable version I keep on my ipod at all times...to run on any PC i might run into) all the time....and am now happily itunes and Quicktime free....Here are some direct quotes from the RNS-310/315 manual (print date: April 7th, 2010) that was issued to me at the November, 2010 delivery of my '11 Golf TDI. It's on on the bottom of page 21, under "Media source" and "Requirements for playback":
"SD and MMC memory cards up to maximum 2 GB and SDHC memory cards up to maximum 32 GB." Somewhere else it said that SD cards should be formatted in FAT16, while SDHC cards should be formatted in FAT32. Additionally, under "Requirements for playback" it says "MP3 files (.mp3) with bit rates from 48 to 320 kbit/s or variable bit rate." and "WMA files (.wma) up to 9.2 mono/stereo without copy protection." Also, "Play lists in PLS, M3U, and WPL formats", "File name and file path not longer than 256 characters", "Directory structures with maximum eight levels", and finally, "On memory cards maximum 5000 folders and maximum 15000 files, per folder maximum 6000 files".
Additionally, the manual states that the MDI input will also handle Apple's AAC format, though I haven't tried it yet...
Again, these specs/limits apply to the '11 RNS-310/315. With other units, YMMV...
While our main computer in the house is a late-model iMac, I do maintain a Vista/PC laptop for running VCDS, Bentely CD manuals, etc. and, for some reason I can't remember, when I was given my 4G nano I chose to load iTunes on the laptop and keep my music there instead of the good computer. I'm still trying to figure out a way to repopulate the iMac's iTunes from my nano, so I can quit using the laptop for my music. Both versions of iTunes are the latest available and seem to act similarly, but I'm kind of stuck myself. As you may have guessed, I'm no whiz at this stuff, by any means. I'm only familiar with things that I've done successfully myself. Here's something that may have bearing on your problem: once while exploring the laptop, I saw "Windows Media Player" (which I had never used), so out of curiosity, I fired it up for the first time. It was empty of course, but while I was fiddling around in its menus...all of a sudden music files began magically appearing! And wouldn't you know, they were all the same songs that I have stored in iTunes. After a while, every song from iTunes was also listed in Windows Media Player. Apparently, every time you open Media Player, it automatically searches all the likely locations on the computer for any new music files and then imports them. And, unlike iTunes, it will sync directly to an SD card or thumb drive. This relates to you because, if I'm reading it right, Media Player organizes its music files much like a CD or SD card. Now...is there a Mac version of Windows Media Player? If not, there must be some third-party solution to what you want to do. Sorry to run on so...I didn't know how else to explain...
Having no direct knowledge of the RCD-510, I really can't say with any confidence, but from what I've read about it on similar threads, I suspect that it may be a bit more limited in its acceptance of the larger cards. I might be wrong about that, so...So does this apply to ths RCD 510 as well?
My wife got tired of me whining about this, so she found me the following article on copying iPod content to back into your computer:There is a small piece of free software out there called Copytrans (www.copytrans.net) that allows a person to be free of itunes entirely. It also allows a person plug in any number of ipods/iphones (iphones are a bit more work to get them functioning, but still work fine) and dump them to a PC. I use this (and the portable version I keep on my ipod at all times...to run on any PC i might run into) all the time....and am now happily itunes and Quicktime free....