How to download or synchronize music to USB Flash Drive devices as MP3s

[pixelthis]

Hey ALG,

I'm going to put my vote in. I think you're doing everything correctly and that the CC guy is shooting blanks. He doesn't have a clue. Now, I see what you mean by flash devise, that's cool. I need a new car stereo!

The problem, if I understand is the pause between tracks when you play songs that are stored on the USB flash drive. I'm going to guess that some of that pause is due to the player accessing each file. It's not like a CD where the tracks flow into each other. It's more like a computer where the player has to access a hard drive, locate the file, transfer it to a buffer and decode. Each file song is a unique file and the player doesn't seamlessly switch. The only way I can thing that *might* minimize the delay is to buy fast, high-quality flash drives. But, I also think that anything that is USB 2.0 is fine and it's nearly impossible to figure out what high-quality would be. The 'not being compatible' issue is obviously not the answer because it plays.

The 4Gb issue, I don't think would create delays. More likely you would only be able to play some of the files and the player just wouldn't be able to see the rest, ie it would only see the first 512MB worth of files.

If you are album oriented and want to listen to a whole album without breaks, it may be possible to rip the whole album as a single track/file. You'd have to look into the software you are using.

good luck!

Hes working at CC so of course he doesnt know anything.
These idiots, right before Christmas, fired all of their sales staff, guys making 14, 15 bucks an hour, in a "money saving" action.
the young idiots they hired for minimum wage didnt know squat, and teh company almost went under.
And good for em

[noddin0ff]

Hes working at CC so of course he doesnt know anything.
These idiots, right before Christmas, fired all of their sales staff, guys making 14, 15 bucks an hour, in a "money saving" action.
the young idiots they hired for minimum wage didnt know squat, and teh company almost went under.
And good for em

I've met several fairly well informed CC employees but even the best would be hard pressed to understand every conceivable function on every player they have, down to the resolution of how a player may interact with 3rd party flash drives...