Copying iTunes music to a USB drive for car audio

Hi there I have been trying to copy my iTunes library to a USB Flash Drive which will then be plugged into my cars USB drive.

At the moment some tracks work & some tracks don't? I presume it may be something to do with what format the tracks have been saved in? I currently have iTunes set to import as apple lossless which I want to keep but maybe this is why they won't play on my USB drive?

Is there any way I can make all the tracks work on my car USB drive.

Thanks

Andy

Posted on Oct 30, 2011 10:14 AM

20 replies

ed2345

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Jul 10, 2015 10:09 AM in response to islero47

islero47 wrote:

Great advice! Now maybe you can help with this. I have ACC and MP3 files of some songs,

Why? Since MP3 will play in just about anything, including iTunes and car players, what value are you getting from also having the AAC files?

I'd like to know which is which so that I know what to load onto a USB playlist. Also it would be nice not to look at duplicates of every song.

Use Limnos's method to determine which is the MP3. Keep it and delete the AAC. Going forward, make sure that all music you rip, purchase, or otherwise acquire is in MP3 format.

islero47

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Jul 10, 2015 1:51 PM in response to Limnos

Huge help! Thanks a lot. I was going to dump all of my AAC files after I converted them to mp3's. Now I'll hang onto them and sort by kind to avoid the duplicates.

Tackjim

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Jan 11, 2017 3:45 PM in response to Tuxs1

my files are saying they are protected and will not convert. why? and how do i fix this? i thought maybe i did not by it but the option to pay is not there.

ed2345

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Jan 12, 2017 5:29 PM in response to Tackjim

Delete the Apple Music track and buy the downloadable track.

Oct 22, 2017 1:33 PM in response to Craig Hustadt

I Have done exactly this ...copied and pasted to a USB port. 2000 songs which my auto (2016 Tacoma) recognizes 499 songs. So why not the other 1501? There has to be some other issue

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