Sync 4/USB Question - Some FLAC Files aren't being indexed

[ArthurDOB]

I added about 50-80 FLAC files to the USB drive I use in my car, re-indexed, but some of them don't seem to be indexing. I checked the metadata with mp3.tag and that seems OK. They also play on my computer.

The files are ones I downloaded because they came as an add-on to some of the physical media I've purchased over the last 6-8 years, but had forgotten about them. I might add that I have about 30,000 mp3/wav files on the USB drive that are working just fine. Any thoughts?

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[azerik]

The sync media player can handle Flac? I'll have to take a poke but if I had to venture a guess, the name length limit. Probably 24, 31 or 64 characters? Or is it possibly the folders? also Fat file system has a size limit on files that should have kept the file from actually being copied to the drive but might have copied a 0 byte file instead.

 

[ArthurDOB]

The sync media player can handle Flac? I'll have to take a poke but if I had to venture a guess, the name length limit. Probably 24, 31 or 64 characters? Or is it possibly the folders? also Fat file system has a size limit on files that should have kept the file from actually being copied to the drive but might have copied a 0 byte file instead.

Thanks. I'll take a look. It's handling FLAC, just not certain files.

 

[azerik]

If you can take a look at the encoding codec. You might have to open with something like VLC or VoX to see, sometimes you can get it off the file properties.

 

[Shayne]

I load my flac onto my iphone (95 gigs of it) and play them with the Foobar2000 app through carplay no problems and a great UI with album art etc. Not a solution for your thumb drive but an alternate to the thumb drive.

 

[ArthurDOB]

I load my flac onto my iphone (95 gigs of it) and play them with the Foobar2000 app through carplay no problems and a great UI with album art etc. Not a solution for your thumb drive but an alternate to the thumb drive.

Thanks. I appreciate the advice.

 

[Shayne]

Thanks. I appreciate the advice.

No problems. The app comes with an FTP, you turn it on, access it through explorer and drag and drop your flac to the Foobar folder on your phone just like you would with your thumb drive. Simple and works great in the MME. Foobar2000 is also the swiss army knife for windows audio. The player, tagger, file renamer, converter extraordinaire.

 

[2021-MMEx-RT1]

The sync media player can handle Flac? .

It can handle a lot of different types, including .MP4, MKV .WAV hmmm I experimented with a handful. FLAC works just fine. I use XLD for the album art and some conversion (WAV to FLAC etc...)

 

[carbonizedbrett]

It can handle a lot of different types, including .MP4, MKV .WAV hmmm I experimented with a handful. FLAC works just fine. I use XLD for the album art and some conversion (WAV to FLAC etc...)

Oooh! I'm going to have to try mkv!

I discovered it will play stereo DSD files. But not multichannel DSD files.

It will also "play" multichannel FLAC files but only reproduces the front left and right channels; it just drops the right and left surrounds and probably the LFE channel. This based on rip of Britney Spears "In the Zone" DVD-Audio disc converted to multichannel FLAC (and wav I think?).

For reference, a Tesla Model 3 downmixed the file to two channels. And the B&O in my new GV60 plays it in discrete 5.1.

 

[2021-MMEx-RT1]

Oooh! I'm going to have to try mkv!

I discovered it will play stereo DSD files. But not multichannel DSD files.

It will also "play" multichannel FLAC files but only reproduces the front left and right channels; it just drops the right and left surrounds and probably the LFE channel. This based on rip of Britney Spears "In the Zone" DVD-Audio disc converted to multichannel FLAC (and wav I think?).

For reference, a Tesla Model 3 downmixed the file to two channels. And the B&O in my new GV60 plays it in discrete 5.1.

Couldn't find the thread where I mentioned the many different formats, but it was funny to run a .MKV/M4V movie. I think I listened to the 2000 King Kong movie. (obviously no video, just the sound)

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