FWIW:

I loaded up 200+ MP3 songs on my USB flash drive and then tried to play them in my GT with Shaker500 and it didn't work. I had formated the USB drive using NTFS. Apparently the Saker500 doesn't like the NTFS files. I reformated the drive for FAT32 and everything started working again.

Joe

 

I think the Sync site mentions that in the FAQ. Theres some good info on the site.

http://www.syncmyride.com

 

This is a Microsoft controlled car
SO it must use some weird old technology

 

No comment.

 

Actually, you know you're not just limited to MP3s, right? WMAs and the like will play, too.

 

Not sure if you're being funny or sarcastic so I'll post my thoughts.

NTFS isn't necessary to play tracks from a flash drive. In fact, every USB flash drive I've ever purchased has come from the factory FAT32 formatted. The benefits of NTFS include, but are not limited to, compression, encryption, quotas, VSS, and large file support. Is any of this needed when dealing with MP3s and WMAs in a vehicle? Nope. As long as you don't have any MP3s over 4GB, FAT32 is more than suitable.

 

I loaded up a USB drive with my non-procted AAC format files as well

 

Yes regarding FAT32. But my drive is kind of old, it is only 1 gig, and I had to reformat it recently as some files were corrupted and my PC would only see about 200 meg of the 1000 meg. So I formated with NTFS from a force of habbit having used XP and W7 for a long time. It fixed the files and gave me 1 gig again but didn't realized I needed FAT32 for the GT. No big deal. I am thinking about getting a bigger 8 or 16 gig flash drive anyway.

I guess it handles WMA, AAC, etc but all my files are in MP3. Now if they could get it to play the sound tracks from vidoes.......

Joe

 

Yep, get an 8 or 16GB and don't look back

A couple weeks ago I bought my 8GB drive off NewEgg for $15. The prices have really been dropping.

 

I got a 16GB for $20.95 from Sam's Club