So you bought a G35 and you're still stunned at how incredibly shortsighted the engineers were who came up with the "number of files" limitation. 512 songs? Dude, that's like one six-hundredth of a collection!
So I came up with an idea to fill up an 8 GB card with songs. What I did was take each album, and glue the mp3's together into a single mp3. So instead of 10 albums with 10 songs each equaling 100 files, I have 10 files for 10 albums.
Neat, huh? So you don't cut into your 512 limit too far and you can have enough files left over to have a "loose songs" directory with some individual songs.
So how do you glue the songs together? You use http://mp3merge.netfirms.com/. It glues mp3's together into a single mp3 without reencoding them or reducing quality (engineers call this "non-lossy"). It's a freeware program and I've emailed with the author about how it works and he said the whole point of making it was that it was non-lossy.
It works really well - even files with different bitrates glue together and run great in the G35.
So this is not a perfect solution for those of you who wish the file capacity was bigger, but it is a creative solution that will get more of your tunes into your car on one CompactFlash card.
So I came up with an idea to fill up an 8 GB card with songs. What I did was take each album, and glue the mp3's together into a single mp3. So instead of 10 albums with 10 songs each equaling 100 files, I have 10 files for 10 albums.
Neat, huh? So you don't cut into your 512 limit too far and you can have enough files left over to have a "loose songs" directory with some individual songs.
So how do you glue the songs together? You use http://mp3merge.netfirms.com/. It glues mp3's together into a single mp3 without reencoding them or reducing quality (engineers call this "non-lossy"). It's a freeware program and I've emailed with the author about how it works and he said the whole point of making it was that it was non-lossy.
It works really well - even files with different bitrates glue together and run great in the G35.
So this is not a perfect solution for those of you who wish the file capacity was bigger, but it is a creative solution that will get more of your tunes into your car on one CompactFlash card.
Cool, good idea. The only problem I would have with that is if I wanted to listen to a specific track on an album, say track 6, I would have to listen to the previous 5 tracks first since they are virtually one big MP3.
For me, my 2 2GB cards hold more than enough music. I've got approximately 30 hours of MP3s on my CF cards, I can't really imagine needing more than that.
But, great idea for those with larger capacity CF cards!
For me, my 2 2GB cards hold more than enough music. I've got approximately 30 hours of MP3s on my CF cards, I can't really imagine needing more than that.
But, great idea for those with larger capacity CF cards!
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Use the Seek button to fast forward.... NEWB! Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Cool, good idea. The only problem I would have with that is if I wanted to listen to a specific track on an album, say track 6, I would have to listen to the previous 5 tracks first since they are virtually one big MP3.
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Yeah; kinda like the digital version of 8-track.Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Cool, good idea. The only problem I would have with that is if I wanted to listen to a specific track on an album, say track 6, I would have to listen to the previous 5 tracks first since they are virtually one big MP3.
For those unfamiliar with 8-track: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_8
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Nah, fast forward is too 80s for me. Originally Posted by SPEEED
Use the Seek button to fast forward.... NEWB!
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I thought you were in your thirties. Man, you're an old fart. Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Nah, fast forward is too 80s for me.
I should be talking... just a year or two behind you.
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not a bad idea at all...but the rewind and fast foward feature on the cf sucks...its very slow at first then after holding it for about 2 seconds becomes extremly jumpy.
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I should be talking... just a year or two behind you.
I'll be 35 years old in 3.5 weeks! Originally Posted by SPEEED
I thought you were in your thirties. Man, you're an old fart. I should be talking... just a year or two behind you.
Time to trade in my G for a Buick!
NOT!!!
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Time to trade in my G for a Buick!
NOT!!!
This one almost looks like the '08 G coupe. Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
I'll be 35 years old in 3.5 weeks! Time to trade in my G for a Buick!
NOT!!!
More pics: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/buick-riviera-concept/
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I like this idea.Originally Posted by Gorn
So I came up with an idea to fill up an 8 GB card with songs. What I did was take each album, and glue the mp3's together into a single mp3. So instead of 10 albums with 10 songs each equaling 100 files, I have 10 files for 10 albums.Neat, huh? So you don't cut into your 512 limit too far and you can have enough files left over to have a "loose songs" directory with some individual songs. So how do you glue the songs together? You use http://mp3merge.netfirms.com/. It glues mp3's together into a single mp3 without reencoding them or reducing quality (engineers call this "non-lossy").
I actually prefer the CFs over the music box as one can EASILY show/select music by artist (assuming its stored that way)…and its available for display/use even while driving.( I am less concerned about not seeing the specific songs). The CF card is better than the Music Box in this regard, as its very hard to quickly see a list of artists on the Music Box…it’s a few steps until you get there…and worse, its greyed out once you drive.
What I have done to date is put all my music on the Music Box (for which I have original audio CDs), with the intent of putting the rest on CF cards. I have one 2GB card now, and was going to buy a few more. But one (or two) 8 GB cards is even better.
Doing the math , assuming at 3 MB per song, an 8 GB card hold about 2600 songs. As this exceeds 512, one needs to create the suggested mega mp3 files. Assuming say 10-20 songs per artist, that’s one 30-60MB file per atrist, or 133-266 files (well within limits). I have not used this software so I am not sure how much work this really entails.
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I have another idea....instead of the entire album as one MP3, is it possible that you can break down the CD into three- or four-song MP3s? That way you needn't have to scroll through the entire album to find the song you like.....
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Yep! That works great. I've done that too. You can also take "mini-mixes" that you like - progressions of songs that you like to listen to in a certain order, and join them too.Originally Posted by Mr_Ryte
I have another idea....instead of the entire album as one MP3, is it possible that you can break down the CD into three- or four-song MP3s? That way you needn't have to scroll through the entire album to find the song you like.....
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you could make some nice techno/house tracks like that, but again, for individual songs it's eh.