boojew Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Hey guys - does the MFT in an MKX/Edge allow us to play music from a USB key? I tried with one and it told me it was an unsupported device - but it was also 32GB so I'm not sure if perhaps size was part of the problem Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Hey guys - does the MFT in an MKX/Edge allow us to play music from a USB key? I tried with one and it told me it was an unsupported device - but it was also 32GB so I'm not sure if perhaps size was part of the problem Thanks Yes - provided the music isn't DRM protected. And it has to be formatted as FAT32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatG Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Hey guys - does the MFT in an MKX/Edge allow us to play music from a USB key? I tried with one and it told me it was an unsupported device - but it was also 32GB so I'm not sure if perhaps size was part of the problem Thanks Use a drive smaller than 32GB (not a requirement, just a recommendation). I have a 16GB, and it works fine for the most part. If you add music, it has to completely re-index the music, and that takes more time based on the size of the jump drive. As Akirby said, FAT32 partition, and non-DRM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsons66604 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 My old iPod is formatted as MAC and works just fine. I would hope that the Touch software update handles the various issue with USB drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongers Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 My old iPod is formatted as MAC and works just fine. I would hope that the Touch software update handles the various issue with USB drives. There is no such thing as "formatted as MAC". (MAC OS is a Unix/FreeBSD based operating system and the accepted formats there are usually ext, HFS or journalling; much different than the Windows based/created FAT/FAT32/NTFS we are talking about) The reason the MFT detects iPods is because it is programmed to understand how the iPod will be giving it its information, regardless for format type. USB keys on the other hand are flat-file storage, and beyond a certain GB limit need to be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS for devices to detect them properly (and all of their associated storage). MFT is programmed to understand FAT32. That isn't to say it can't or won't understand NTFS, but it will struggle with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 There is no such thing as "formatted as MAC". (MAC OS is a Unix/FreeBSD based operating system and the accepted formats there are usually ext, HFS or journalling; much different than the Windows based/created FAT/FAT32/NTFS we are talking about) The reason the MFT detects iPods is because it is programmed to understand how the iPod will be giving it its information, regardless for format type. USB keys on the other hand are flat-file storage, and beyond a certain GB limit need to be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS for devices to detect them properly (and all of their associated storage). MFT is programmed to understand FAT32. That isn't to say it can't or won't understand NTFS, but it will struggle with it. In other words, MFT sees the usb drive as a disk and it must interpret what's on it. It sees the ipod as a device with an operating system and interacts with it via an API. Totally different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsons66604 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) There is no such thing as "formatted as MAC". (MAC OS is a Unix/FreeBSD based operating system and the accepted formats there are usually ext, HFS or journalling; much different than the Windows based/created FAT/FAT32/NTFS we are talking about) The reason the MFT detects iPods is because it is programmed to understand how the iPod will be giving it its information, regardless for format type. USB keys on the other hand are flat-file storage, and beyond a certain GB limit need to be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS for devices to detect them properly (and all of their associated storage). MFT is programmed to understand FAT32. That isn't to say it can't or won't understand NTFS, but it will struggle with it. Whatever I'm just saying what iTunes is telling me. It gives me an option to format my iPod Mac or PC. In a Mac's disk utility, "Mac OS" is a format option as well. Edited December 2, 2011 by wilsons66604 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPR Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I often use my 16 GB USB stick to play music. The computer periodically says "incompatible USB device", but it plays anyway. Sometimes, it would even show the album art, but not since my last software upgrade. Last week, it got stuck on "building media commands" for about a week, even though the music seemed to play ok. A couple of days ago, that message went away, and now it shows the song info again. But still no album art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsons66604 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I often use my 16 GB USB stick to play music. The computer periodically says "incompatible USB device", but it plays anyway. Sometimes, it would even show the album art, but not since my last software upgrade. Last week, it got stuck on "building media commands" for about a week, even though the music seemed to play ok. A couple of days ago, that message went away, and now it shows the song info again. But still no album art. My system has been building media commands for my iPod for 14months. I hope it will be done soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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