![]() For me it is:įind what: C:\_from_lamexp\Users\Sean\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music Need to edit the playlist to match the USB drives file structure. I changed the file path by only copying the \artist\album\song to the USB. Observe that all your song files have the full file path. I thought the “00” would be an issue with voice commands. I copy that to the USB drive and rename it to “Playlist.m3u”. Lame should have created a “00 Playlist.m3u” file. I then open “C:\_from_lamexp\Users\Sean\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\Compilations” and copy all of those folders to the USB drive. So the USB drive now has “AC_DC\Who Made Who” (and all the other folders). It works if you do not do that, you just have an extra folder to look in to see the list of artists\albums. I open the “C:\_from_lamexp\Users\Sean\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music” folder and copy everything EXCEPT the “Compilations” folder. When LameXP is done there are two ‘manual’ things I need to do to organize things like I want them.Įxample source path: C:\Users\Sean\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\AC_DC\Who Made WhoĮxample output path: C:\_from_lamexp\Users\Sean\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\AC_DC\Who Made Who I have about 1200 songs and they take about 9GB of space. It is going to take some time regardless of my choice (time based on your PC’s system specs) so I just max the quality setting and go do something else. That works, but it makes browsing the folder directly in your car more difficult because you have to scroll thru the list file by file to get to the end.Īutomatically generate playlist file (.m3u) Otherwise you get all MP3 files in the same folder. On the output tab make sure to select the “Prepend relative source path to output file” option. Have it search for only *.m4a files (iTune 12 lossless CD ripper format, I think it is AAC) so it doesn’t try to load any ‘bonus’ video or PDF. For me that was:Ĭ:\Users\Sean\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music ![]() ![]() Use the FILE menu and choose “Open Folder Reclusively” to open your music folder. These are the features that helped make it a simple process: Was supposed to make song selection by voice command work. Simple find and replace to modify the paths. I gave up trying to undo iTunes tagging albums as “compilation” so moving files out of that folder and keeping a simple and easy to use “\artist\album\song” structure is one of two manual steps. I allow iTunes to ‘organize’ my library because I’m lazy. It probably doesn’t really matter as the car’s processor is not that fast, and USB drive storage space is plenty. If you care why then google “allocation unit size” and make an informed decision. FAT32 with 64kb allocation unit size (largest). I recommend (re)formatting the flash drive. I don’t like another blinking light nor a flash drive sticking out of the USB slot under the dash. Took a few online orders to get an extremely low profile USB flash drive that did not have an activity LED. I only used LameXP (it is freeware) to make the MP3s and playlist. Song info and CD cover art display on the dashboard LCD. Direct access to the folder structure also works. Sorting by album, artist, or genre works. This is a summary of what I did to convert my iTunes music library to MP3, generate a playlist, and put it all on a USB flash drive.
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