Do most flash drives allow playing of MP3 files without a program like iTunes, or is this one unique because of its software?
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All mp3 files require a program to play them. Windows has it's own program so that iTunes is not required. So playing music stored on the flash drive is as easy as plugging it in to any PC and double clicking a file.
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In order to play a MP3 you need some type of program to play them, examples are itunes, windows media player etc
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I made one, just like a subfolder on a PC. It comes up, not by my design, under the Music category. I think Sandisk recommends use of "Podcasts" for audiobooks.
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If you can get the mp3 files you can put them on this player but you can't use iTunes to do so.
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It works like a basic USB thumb drive, just drag and drop files. You could easily just 'add folder' and name it "So-and-so's playlist" and add all of the songs you want on there. No software needed
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Not directly from say a thumb drive, if that's your question. It can, of course play MP3 files it receives from an attached computer (USB) or other player (CD Toslink) which uncompresses the files. CAUTION: I could NOT ever get the USB interface to work on Vista 64, so I returned the unit. Later bought their UDH01 DAC + HPA but the USB drivers crash my system. Now paperweight.
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you can play midi files from a usb flash, but they have to be midi format 0, you can load midi format 1 files and write them to one of the internal songs and then play them
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I'm not an expert at this but I do not have any problem storing my MP3 files so they can be played in my Onkyo Audio & Video Receiver. So far, no songs have been skipped when it was played. When I did copy and paste those files into the flash drive, it's pretty fast. I don't know if this is the answer you are looking for. I like the flash drive - good enough for my use.
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You can play MP3 files that are on your computer, but I haven't found a way to bypass radio-frontier to get to an internet source
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All USB-A thumb drives have worked. Make sure they are formatted as FAT (mine are FAT32). Put one MP3 file on the drive, plug the drive into the box, switch the box input to USB and it should start playing automatically after it reads the contents of the drive. If you have a lot of songs/directories on the thumb drive, it can take a long time to read it.
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No problem. Just install the cloud player app. That's the whole point of the cloud. You can access your MP3's from anywhere and from just about anything that can access the web.
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I don't use proprietary software. Under win7 and win 8.1 it is automatically USB recognised and I simply drag and drop MP3 songs and audiobooks. Best solution I have found for simple audiobooks when walking. Tried phone/ipod/iriver and others.... sansa wins hands down. Cheers. P.S. This is my 3rd in 5 years.
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I don't think so because the device requires a disk. It will play mp3 files but you can't download directly to the player.
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My Sonawave plays music in the root of the drive, and also in a folder. If you still have trouble, just move your mp3 files to the root of the drive. By the way, it only plays MP3 type files. Good luck.
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I plug my external USB drive into the computer. Not sure if it would work like an MP3 player. I think there is a driver on the MP3 player that allows the music to play.
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It sounds to me like you are talking about burning an MP3 disc, a disc with MP3's burned directly as data files instead of converting them to cd audio files. Yes, in that case you can get a couple of hundred songs on a cd compared to about 20 with a normal audio cd.With this receiver, you can save MP3's and other audio file types on a flash drive and plug it in to the USB port and not have to use any discs at all. I read that other people have been also able to use external hard drives!
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Hello Mergo, thank you for your interest in Magnasonic. Yes you can play MP3's from disc, sd card and USB 1. & 2.0 flash drives.
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Yes, you can play music directly from a flash drive. You can plug in an size flash drive into the usb port.