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Tests with slight differences between album directory names and metadata album names tagged to each song track indicate to me that the album name data used in the index also comes from metadata tags in the track files, not from the album directory names. That's the only source it has for Artist Name information (which is not contained in the album directory name nor in the track file name).
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Silly stuff all of this but I'm of the 'album listening generation' so it is important for me, the artists' album song-sequences are the 'playlists' of my era.Ĭlick to expand.Methinks SYNC does read, index and store at least some of the metadata for each of my WMA files during the lengthy index and then 'building voice commands' procedure when I first install or re-index my USB drive. I've become very fast at inserting the necessary 01, 02, 03 etc prefix number to track names during the rip (type>tab>home>type.). Therefore the playback order for an album with more than 9 tracks is 1, 10, 11, 12. The problem is that track numbers 1 through 9 don't have a 'leading zero'.
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That could surely be patched with a SYNC update but I'm not holding my breath (nor am I letting it detract from my enjoyment of the system).įrom my tests (also quite a while ago) the feature that builds file names by appending the track number to the front of the track name doesn't preserve 'as recorded playback order' either. Seems that no matter how complete the file tag metadata the SYNC system isn't utilizing all of it, at least for WMA format files.
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If you format it with exFAT on MFT it will see it as a USB DSK.Ĭlick to expand.OK, thanks, that fits what I found using a similar feature in EAC. The reason for the difference is that MFT supports USB hard drives and standard Sync does not. On MFT you can use either FAT32 or exFAT. This also provides a way to easily add and update content and playlists to your USB drive.Īlso, one other thing to note is that for standard Sync you have to format the drive with FAT32. There are other ways to do this but this seems the least painful way from my perspective. Playlists are essential for me so I am sure there are others who will find this useful. I have tested this on MFT in my '13 Focus and also on standard Sync in a '12 Fiesta. Otherwise you will get an error that the playlist is corrupt or unusable. It is essential for the playlists to sync to the exact same root directory that your music is syncing too. See "Correct settings for proper playlist functionality.jpg" The next step is to correct two settings that are needed in order for the playlists to be recognized properly by Ford Sync. The first thing you need to do is select the drive on your PC.
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The next step, once MM is installed and has scanned your library is to setup the proper settings for the USB thumb drive you wish to use in your vehicle.
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The first step (easiest method IMO) is to download and install Media Monkey. Here is a how-to I posted on another site a couple years ago: For some unknown silly reason even though SYNC is a Microsoft product it does not use the track sequence metadata from the Microsoft WMA format :-0 ) if you want them to play in 'album order'. Note that if using WMA the track names must have a leading track sequence number (01, 02. So, I have it on an 8" USB extension cable with a low-profile 90deg plug on the male-end that plugs into the media center jack and lets me jam the drive in a corner out of the way of other things I frequently grab in the console well.įile types supported by SYNC from USB include MP3, MP4, WAV and WMA but not FLAC nor apparently Apple Lossless (ALAC).ĩ9%+ of my files are Lossless WMA ripped directly from CDs using EAC ( Exact Audio Copy ). This particular drive is a bit long, it touched the bottom of my non-OEM deep console tray when plugged in the media center jack. The 256GB USB drive I'm using with no problem happens to be this one which comes formatted ExFAT: : PNY Turbo 256GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD256TBOP-GE: Computers & Accessories Everything indexes and works with voice commands just fine. At last count 200+ artist folders, 350+ albums, 4500+ tracks. I'm currently using a 256GB USB stick in my FE with over 90GB of music loaded (and growing). Click to expand.FYI SYNC also supports ExFAT format.ĮxFAT is useful if using a large USB stick.