garym wrote: 
> This might help. In particular the disk partitions issue. Also, there is
> "tiny LMS" that is running on the touch. This is different from full LMS
> running on PC. Tiny LMS is what allows you to play the files on the usb.
> 
> 
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?82070-Touch-with-USB-drive-mastering-TinySB&highlight=Touch+usb

Thanks, I guessed that.

Tried again and got a little further.

This time, after deleting the image folder from the stick, it found the
music files and there were 6,000+. It then started "scanning" them and
failed. The error was that the stick hadn't been properly ejected (it
had but it shouldn't matter!) or it just went back to the menu which
refused proper eject.

At the fail point it was saying c.50 minutes left to scan so I wouldn't
have continued anyway.

Whoever designed the software hadn't a clue: it is wholly unreasonable
to expect users to encounter nearly an hour delay before playing music
on a stick! Or maybe they thought it was reasonable? I can see the flaw:
trying to do too much for the on board hardware so caching to the stick
which has just under 2gb free space: exceed that space and the thing
fails dirtily. Too ambitious, extremely poor software design and not
tested from the end user standpoint - no wonder Logitech dropped it.

Damned shame: if I had the funds I'd lead a team to redesign it. Most of
it has now been done before so it will be easy and (as I used to) I'd
test it to destruction before public release.

As I said, my Roberts Internet radio is ready to play music from the
same stick instantly, just insert stick, select Music Player, select
USB, navigate the folder structure (no stupid album, artist, song
searches or playlists) and hit play - simple!

Oh and many thanks for the replies.


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