old ipod not compatible with car media player says no playable files but they play in windows media player i suspect its the itunes file naming. example of the file name is FVDN.mp3 i suspect the problem is the file naming with those capital letter.
If the car player supports proper iPod integration then the file names are irrelevant. It will use the standard Apple browser with Artist/Album/Genre etc.
If it does not have support with Made for iPod there is little you can do. It normally doesn't work like a hard drive when connected to car players.
The only way around it would be like in the old days: connect the ipod headphone socket to the Aux port of the car stereo and use the ipod display and navigation.
Thanks for the quick replies,
So i a complete newbie so excuse my ignorance.
The car player is usb and mp3 compatible so these files were originally raw mp3 then i synced them to my ipod which my last car could play.
What i was hoping as these mp3 are payable i was to load them into mp3tag and remove or replace the itunes file name with a tagged filename then load them on to a usb flash drive and try and play them that way.
In windows explorer properties the file format is MP3 so i'm thinking the car media player cant access the files because of the itunes file naming because the player is not compatible with this.
What happens if you try the old filenames?
And just a general hint: the filename is a property that is needed by the underlying OS and is stored in the managing areas of the storage medium.
MP3tag deals with the metadata embedded in the files.
So if you can save the files on your storage medium and the OS does not complain, then there is nothing wrong with the filename.
It could still be that the format of the storage medium is not compatible with the car stereo - so check the requirements. Something to look for in the car stereo specification is NTFS or FAT.
If you have doubts that the files are actually MP3 files, see
the car is NTFS,FAT32 and exFAT compatible also mp3 and usb. windows explorer properties says file foremat mp3. and while the car is Apple OS compatible it is not compatible with ipods. there is a file called spotlight v at the top which is an indexing file itunes uses to search folders and since the car is not ipod compatible it cant search for the mp3 files but there was also an mp4 file on my usb outside the itunes files and the car could play it so the car can read the usb but it cant access the mp3 files. looks like apple has taken control of my music maybe to encourage updating?????. is there a way to extract the mp3 files maybe some other software?.
The mp3 format is pretty much the universal standard. Even itunes still plays that format on Windows and Mac.
There is no requirement for filename. So this will not be the limiting factor in your case. Perhaps you may find that the OS of this car unit is not capable of drilling into subfolders. I would try moving a few of the files from the iTunes folder up to the root level of the drive, and try this again.
When the mp4 file was read, to the radio display only the filename, or was there more details that would be found in the metadata like Artist, Album, Title, etc.?
the mp4 file was actually a movie and the car player was able to play it in full as i fast forward a few times to check. i tried loading the files to the root of the usb but still no playable files.
you see every single file has these random set of four capital letters in the file name and i guess that what the SPOTLIGHT V file looks for when searchingfor a requested file and those are ipod idexes and as i said the car audio player is not ipod compatible but hey! not to worry i found the original files so i'm good to go.
anyone who might have same problem you will most likely find your original mp3 files with explorer. now to work with mp3tag to organise this music.
thanks everyone for responding.
Sorry but this does not make any sense. I have been an iPod user since the first mini came out along with support for iTunes on Windows. Even if you are accessing the files "protected" in the back end of your iPod, the metadata can still be used and the file names are simply masked to make it difficult for the average user to identify them. These are separated into about 50 folders. But the file format does not change.
Ultimately the better solution is to use the original files. Sounds like that's what you have now done. I'd still be interested in what you find now for playing these mp3 files on this car player. What make and model is this car that is using an Apple interface they does not support iPod?
