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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2014 5:37:48 GMT
I often rip my CDs to mp3 for the car (it has a USB socket) and for my Sansa Clip+ mp3 player using Exact Audio Converter (EAC). However, more and more frequently I have been using the brilliant Amazon Music service to download mp3s of music I have bought from them. This is especially useful for vinyl purchases as I simply cannot be bothered with the process of ripping vinyl. So my 64GB USB drive is full of albums and I can play lots of music in the car. That's the problem, a lot of the recent albums I've downloaded won't play. I select an album and the car's display freezes while it tries to play a track, jumps to the next one and keeps trying until it reaches the next album. Not good.
After a lot of experimentation, it seems that what the car's player is objecting to is all the ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags embedded into the files. Something about them causes it to barf. After scouting around for an ID tag remover, I found this handy little utility called ID3Kill. It does exactly what it says on the tin and strips out all ID3 tag data from the files and has the useful side-effect of reducing their size. You can set it to a root directory and it will chug through every subdirectory killing all tags found. The result is that ALL my albums now play successfully in the car 
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 3, 2014 8:44:11 GMT
That sounds a great tip
Are MP3s really ok - even in the car ?
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Post by Tim on Jul 3, 2014 8:58:59 GMT
Are MP3s really ok - even in the car ? Perfect for the car Mike and with a Sansa Clip which I have like Martin. On portable players you really do not need lossless files IMHO, so long as you use a good ripper and use 256 or above (192 at a push). Nowt wrong with .mp3 if used in the right context and ripped at a sufficient bitrate - 128 is pretty pants, but get above 192 and its totally acceptable. I wouldn't use lossy files on my main system though, that really does lay bare its limitations as a playback format. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2014 12:22:25 GMT
Agreed, I rip at 320k and most Amazon Auto-rips are 256k or thereabouts.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 3, 2014 12:54:09 GMT
Oh. I learned something there then.
Using Sally's car on my one trip a week ATM I notice
1. it's better than mine ! (although I really don't like the gearing)
2. The CD player is better than mine, both Pioneer. I have the vanilla model unusually with cloth seats and she has the special Anniversary model - with what I assume was an eye wateringly expensive Radio/CD player
Neither have USB
Now I can see a reason for the MP3 solution I might have to go in that direction
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2014 13:36:09 GMT
You may find that the Pioneer is sufficiently up to date that it can accept CDs with mp3 files. This means that, rather than one album, you could fit something like 15-18 albums on the one disc. Make a test CD-ROM with a few mp3s to find out.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 3, 2014 14:39:00 GMT
Oh !
That would be something
Likely to be 1996 or abouts. Too old ?
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Post by MartinT on Jul 3, 2014 14:43:13 GMT
Yes, possibly too old. Worth a try for the cost of a blank CD-R.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 4, 2014 7:53:03 GMT
Sure is. I have a load we printed and the customer/s messed up
I'd give them away but the confidentiality won't allow me to
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