USB Music

[Davn]

Anyone know how to set the usb to play an album at a time?

 

[Purclewan]

Did you ever get an answer to this question? I can't imagine I need a separate USB stick for every album I have. At present, I have about 40 albums on one stick but the MG4 just seems to pick songs to play at random.

 

[Ian Key]

Did you ever get an answer to this question? I can't imagine I need a separate USB stick for every album I have. At present, I have about 40 albums on one stick but the MG4 just seems to pick songs to play at random.

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[Purclewan]

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Thanks, I tried all those things and still couldn't identify what I am trying to achieve.

The issue I have is that my USB Drive has all my Albums listed in separate folders, each folder has the name of the relevant Album and contains the various Album Tracks.

When I plug in the USB drive, rather than showing the folders (representing each CD) and allowing me to choose which Album I want to play the system just shows every single track from every folder, seemingly to play at random.

I'm sure there must be a simple solution but I just can't find it.

 

[AndyL61]

Thanks, I tried all those things and still couldn't identify what I am trying to achieve.

The issue I have is that my USB Drive has all my Albums listed in separate folders, each folder has the name of the relevant Album and contains the various Album Tracks.

When I plug in the USB drive, rather than showing the folders (representing each CD) and allowing me to choose which Album I want to play the system just shows every single track from every folder, seemingly to play at random.

I'm sure there must be a simple solution but I just can't find it.

Mine is the same , I would like to know if there's a solution to this too.

 

[pharrison84]

Sounds like a frustratingly limited media player. These days I just use Spotify so won't be an issue for me.

I appreciate this doesn't solve the issue , and it's something you've probably already considered, but do you have the option of loading your music library on to your phone? You could then use an Android Auto / Carplay app that can play locally stored files.

 

[Davn]

I think the point is why put half a feature in, I've had many digital music player's over the years but none this bad! I could transfer all my music to my phone but why should I, I've just purchased a usbc drive because I don't always want to plug my phone in but who wants to listen to 1200 tracks randomly ?

Did you ever get an answer to this question? I can't imagine I need a separate USB stick for every album I have. At present, I have about 40 albums on one stick but the MG4 just seems to pick songs to play at random.

No I think it's a lost cause ?

 

[siteguru]

I think the point is why put half a feature in, I've had many digital music player's over the years but none this bad! I could transfer all my music to my phone but why should I, I've just purchased a usbc drive because I don't always want to plug my phone in but who wants to listen to 1200 tracks randomly ?


No I think it's a lost cause ?

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[waltgEV]

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Noticed this a while ago. It seems to ignore folders and just play all tracks in alphabetical order - pretty useless/annoying in the modern world!
Only alternative I've found is to play music from my phone via Bluetooth. Haven't tried using usb cable yet.

 

[M101]

The USB music is one of the worst features on this car and i cant believe that anyone at MG signed off on it as being acceptable.

I have 4000 tracks on a USB and had to remove all the folders so that all the tracks were in the same place and the best i can do is put it on random play , and now it just plays the same 20-30 all the f-ing time.
I honestly think they got a bunch of monkeys to write most of the code for MG.

So now i only have the option to use Spotify and kill all my data but at least i dont hear the same songs over and over again!

 

[Diggsy]

Is there not an option for sequential play as well as random? Should be from what I’ve read

 

[M101]

Is there not an option for sequential play as well as random? Should be from what I’ve read

Yes but that would mean it just plays the same songs in the same order every time.

The best thing to do is forget it exists because its terrible and useless
Use your phone, they work ?

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

For music, I've found a DAB station I like (Planet Rock).
For other playback from my phone (I'm a fan of Big Finish "Audio Adventures"), I've told Android Auto to use "Smart Audiobook Player".

 

[M101]

I despise radio. I hate DJs talking and I hate adverts.
I have all the tracks I love saved on a USB, it's just a shame the monkey written MG audio code doesn't allow me to enjoy it

 

[Veryfatbloke]

I thought that I'd see whether I could get my iPod Classic to work. I now listen to the radio, Boom Radio if anybody's interested. My iPod has 14,832 songs on it but when I connected it to the car it selected a random sample of 738 songs. Who knows what's going on??

 

[ke201ga]

You can't use USB for album play. The way I got all my owned MP3 songs to work in my MG4 is this (using Google Android):

1. Upload all your music to a YouTube Music account, drag and drop, through a browser on a PC or Mac (I have a Gmail account and uploaded 4000 odd songs). This may take several hours.
2. Now your catalog of songs in online, go get a spare smartphone and set up your Gmail account on it and then log in to your YouTube Music account via the app via the play store.
3. Find your uploaded songs and then download each album onto the smartphone. If you have enough storage space on the phone, you could download everything to it.
4.Then take the phone to the car, plug into the USB1 port. Android auto will then boot up. Follow instructions on phone.
5. Open YouTube music on the phone
6. Open YouTube Music via the car infotainment screen and then press 'downloads'
7. Your songs will appear and you can play them via album or shuffle or repeat. You can play them OFFLINE because you downloaded them first. This will save plenty of mobile data

You can leave the phone plugged into the car permanently and just treat it as a music "iPod".

Also note

Make sure the spare phone is not too old. Have it on maximum performance mode if it is too boost power.

Only install YouTube music. Don't put any unnecessary apps on it.

You can use the Android auto settings in the phone to run YouTube music automatically when turning on the car and whilst the screen is locked.

You can also use Google maps for navigation too but you'll need to set up a hotspot on your main phone and use the spare phone to connect to it.

Only negative is you can't use hands free with your main phone because the Bluetooth is being used by the old phone

 

[Davn]

You can't use USB for album play. The way I got all my owned MP3 songs to work in my MG4 is this (using Google Android):

1. Upload all your music to a YouTube Music account, drag and drop, through a browser on a PC or Mac (I have a Gmail account and uploaded 4000 odd songs). This may take several hours.
2. Now your catalog of songs in online, go get a spare smartphone and set up your Gmail account on it and then log in to your YouTube Music account via the app via the play store.
3. Find your uploaded songs and then download each album onto the smartphone. If you have enough storage space on the phone, you could download everything to it.
4.Then take the phone to the car, plug into the USB1 port. Android auto will then boot up. Follow instructions on phone.
5. Open YouTube music on the phone
6. Open YouTube Music via the car infotainment screen and then press 'downloads'
7. Your songs will appear and you can play them via album or shuffle or repeat. You can play them OFFLINE because you downloaded them first. This will save plenty of mobile data

You can leave the phone plugged into the car permanently and just treat it as a music "iPod".

Also note

Make sure the spare phone is not too old. Have it on maximum performance mode if it is too boost power.

Only install YouTube music. Don't put any unnecessary apps on it.

You can use the Android auto settings in the phone to run YouTube music automatically when turning on the car and whilst the screen is locked.

You can also use Google maps for navigation too but you'll need to set up a hotspot on your main phone and use the spare phone to connect to it.

Only negative is you can't use hands free with your main phone because the Bluetooth is being used by the old phone

Really!!!

I think it would have helped in development if they had had more than 1 album on their memory stick. Would be funny but probably true?

 

[MarkyDMan]

Thanks, I tried all those things and still couldn't identify what I am trying to achieve.

The issue I have is that my USB Drive has all my Albums listed in separate folders, each folder has the name of the relevant Album and contains the various Album Tracks.

When I plug in the USB drive, rather than showing the folders (representing each CD) and allowing me to choose which Album I want to play the system just shows every single track from every folder, seemingly to play at random.

I'm sure there must be a simple solution but I just can't find it.

Hi All (@Purclewan in particular) - I did some testing today in my Trophy as I have a USB stick with music organised into folders either for Albums or Artists (I have some sub folders too with different albums by the same artist as well). When I first opened the USB Music player the infotainment showed me a list of all the songs it had found on the stick and started playing. On closer inspection I noticed that the list on the left where the songs were listed was titled "Play All" so I tried touching the screen where it said that - to my delight I found that it is then possible to get a folder view of the USB stick and you can select the folder you want to play from (even the sub-folders) and that you can then choose from just the music in that folder.

Hope this is helpful!

 

[timeades]

Really!!!

I think it would have helped in development if they had had more than 1 album on their memory stick. Would be funny but probably true?

Quite honestly if I was working on the project I wouldn't have wasted much time on the ability of the media player to play tracks off a USB. With so many users using Car Play, Android Auto, Spotify, bluetooth to use phone as a media storage device etc etc it would be the lowest of the low priority

 

[FiferMG4]

Hi All (@Purclewan in particular) - I did some testing today in my Trophy as I have a USB stick with music organised into folders either for Albums or Artists (I have some sub folders too with different albums by the same artist as well). When I first opened the USB Music player the infotainment showed me a list of all the songs it had found on the stick and started playing. On closer inspection I noticed that the list on the left where the songs were listed was titled "Play All" so I tried touching the screen where it said that - to my delight I found that it is then possible to get a folder view of the USB stick and you can select the folder you want to play from (even the sub-folders) and that you can then choose from just the music in that folder.

Hope this is helpful!

That is very helpful, thank you.