Playing music back from USB drive with large/long audio files

[TheHypnoToad]

Hi,

I sometimes like to listen music / podcasts with files that are over 1hr long from the USB stick.

While it works, I find that leaving the car then coming back to it, the car starts playing the same audio file, but it starts playing back right from the beginning. Rather annoying if you are over an hour into a 2-3 hour podcast.

Is there a setting somewhere that allow the file to be played back from where it left off, similar to a tape player? Many iOs / Android apps have this option, for example

Currently my workaround it to skip the file forward at the start of every journey which is pretty annoying.

 

[Loveclose]

From my experience, using a USB stick means it will remember the last song you played, but start it again from the beginning.....
I see you are an MG4 user??.....my USB music stick defaulted to an all-songs menu and started with the first song in that list every time!! If you have created a menu that starts the same audio file as the previous 'session', then either the system has been updated from mine, or your files are arranged better!!
The S5 does start the song previously being played which is much better, but I fear you may have to somehow scroll or fast forward to the point you were at previously......

 

[Rolfe]

Mine always starts from where I stopped.

 

[ReintjeWA]

Mine starts the last played file from the beginning, unless I get back in the car quickly (say popping into the shop), then the music continues where I left off. The biggest nuisance for me with usb music in this car is how it always reverts back to playing all the songs on the drive

 

[Loveclose]

Mine starts the last played file from the beginning, unless I get back in the car quickly (say popping into the shop), then the music continues where I left off. The biggest nuisance for me with usb music in this car is how it always reverts back to playing all the songs on the drive

Yep, if you're an MG4 owner, that's what they do.....
I had a nostalgia period where I purchased a few songs from the 60's, including -' A Windmill In Old Amsterdam'!!
I should have renamed it....as that was the first song the MG4 would start playing every time.....'I saw a mouse'.......

 

[Cabansail]

I did go through my USB and number all the tracks, so it will play in album order. Sometimes it does not matter, but when the order is important, like a live recording, it does make a difference.

 

[decrep]

There may be a problem with USB sticks over 32Gb.
There's a theory that the player needs the stick to be formatted as FAT32 in order to get it to start where it finished last time.
As FAT32 can't handle anything over 32Gb, a bigger device is probably formatted in EXfat.
If that's the case formatting it in FAT32 should allow last play position to work, but you can only store 32Gb.

 

[TerryN]

There may be a problem with USB sticks over 32Gb.
There's a theory that the player needs the stick to be formatted as FAT32 in order to get it to start where it finished last time.
As FAT32 can't handle anything over 32Gb, a bigger device is probably formatted in EXfat.
If that's the case formatting it in FAT32 should allow last play position to work, but you can only store 32Gb.

You could be right on that. I tried a 128GB stick. It would work once and then after that would claim to be corrupted. I've gone to using a 8GB stick now which works fine for me.

 

[flysalad]

I use a 128Gb USB-C stick to playback audiobooks in my MG4 Excite (51kWh) without problems. I did lots of testing to find out what works:

• Format the USB stick as NTFS (FAT32 doesn't allow recognition of some valid video/audio formats)
• Audio playback includes: MP3 (need to ensure that ID3 data is included in file), AAC (includes renamed M4A and M4B files). I mostly use .m4b files renamed to .aac
• I use MediaInfo to identify, and MP3 DirectCut to add, missing ID3 info to malformed MP3 files. I think ID3 info is used to determine playback order from track number or title.
• When playing long files (like podcasts or audiobooks) always press pause before turning off the car or changing to another audio source (like the radio). This is the only way to ensure that the place is remembered. I also only place a single audiobook file per folder and the MG4 isn't smart enough to move to the next folder/file when it's finished and doesn't sort the folders correctly.
• Videos are best in MKV or MP4 x264 with AAC or MP3 audio (max resolution 1080p)

Having said all that, it's often just as easy to use Bluetooth from your phone to play a long file via your preferred app or use Android Auto.