jfalk;694844 Wrote: > I just bought a 2010 Mercedes Benz. The multimedia system in the car > has a PCMCIA slot which will take a 32GB card with an adapter. The > system works OK, I guess, complete with display,but I don't see any > obvious reason that Mercedes couldn't install some version of > squeezecenter in the car. > > The Mercedes system: (a) takes only MP3s (b) has a 4,000 track limit > (c) has a 255 file folder limit, including subfolders (this is a > ridiculous limitation and causes almost all the relevant problems) and > (d) doesn't read tags: it just displays the folder and filename on the > screen. > > So I've made this work by using artist folders (with a misc folder for > artists without many tracks) and then using mp3tag to make the filename > [first letter of album name]-[track no]-[song name]-[album name]. This > at least puts the files in the right order, and although the album name > (and sometimes the song title) is almost invariably cut off I can sort > of make it work. But it makes me realize how spoiled Slim Devices have > made me. > > And when you think how close this is to being useful -- it reads a 32GB > card; it plays music; it allows you to select music by twirling a dial > and move between folders by punching the dial, and it has a display -- > just a little more software and --- oh, well.
Sounds like you'd be better off with a Pioneer head unit attached to a USB HD. (Mine's an 80GB.) P -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94033 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
