B8 SD card prep

[hoju99]

What file folder setup do you have to have when using SD cards in a new A4?
do you need to create playlists or does it pick up the songs from within the folders?

ta

[belly buster]

What file folder setup do you have to have when using SD cards in a new A4?
do you need to create playlists or does it pick up the songs from within the folders?

ta

Create a folder structure but with a max of 4 top level folders, you can't access any folders beyond the 4th folder.

BB

[hoju99]

Create a folder structure but with a max of 4 top level folders, you can't access any folders beyond the 4th folder.

BB

So if i add 4 "artist" folders then put "album" folders within will that work ok?
Any playlists req?

[belly buster]

So if i add 4 "artist" folders then put "album" folders within will that work ok?
Any playlists req?

Yes that will work fine. Not sure about playlists I didn't need one.

[HotChip]

Create a folder structure but with a max of 4 top level folders, you can't access any folders beyond the 4th folder.

BB

I'm pretty sure that all my top level folders are the artists, therefore I have a lot more than 4 folders and mine works fine???

Hoju99, if you want your tracks within an album folder to play in the album order then check out my advice on the previous SD cards thread.

[browellm]

All you need to remember about the SD cards is they support ID3 tags, so if your songs and albums are tagged correctly, you'll get the correct info on screen and the correct play order.

For file management it's easiest to go Artist top level, followed by album as already suggested.

The 4 levels refers to *folder depth*. E.g. the scheme above has 2 levels. If you nest greater than 4 deep it won't see the proper structure.

[hoju99]

My MP3's are stored as follows:
Artist\Album\01 Track title.mp3
Artist\Album\02 Track title.mp3

with the correct info in the ID3 tags,should be ok?

[digigriffin]

Here is the way I prepared my SD card.

I used iTunes to make my mp3, which I happen to do for my iPod anyway.

Mount the SD card on pc.
Copy the folder structure onto the the SD card from the iTunes library

To make the m3u

I created the playlists in iTunes.

I downloaded this software that will export your playlists from itunes to m3u.

http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev/itunesexport/

edit playlist to remove path to itunes library with text editor.

Copy playlist to SD card.

SD card and playlists now ready for use.

[HighwayTG]

Here is the way I prepared my SD card.

I used iTunes to make my mp3, which I happen to do for my iPod anyway.

Mount the SD card on pc.
Copy the folder structure onto the the SD card from the iTunes library

To make the m3u

I created the playlists in iTunes.

I downloaded this software that will export your playlists from itunes to m3u.

http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev/itunesexport/

edit playlist to remove path to itunes library with text editor.

Copy playlist to SD card.

SD card and playlists now ready for use.

life was much easier when you only had to press the record button whilst listening to the top 40 chart show on Radio 1

[digigriffin]

Whilst it may sound long winded to get the mp3's and playlist onto an sd card it really is simple and easy to do once you are setup.

The use of the SD card for capacity and ease of use in new b8 has probably made the 6CD changer I paid to upgrade to, redundant without every having played a CD.