can I use this item to store/play my big music files?
1281331
Yes sir, assuming you have iTunes, Windows Media Player, or some other player installed on the machine to which this drive is cabled.
1281332
I don't see why not. I used it to stream high def video files on my pc. Although, sometimes if I'm watching something and copying large amounts of info it may skip a little.
1281333
I do. I have 260GB of music stored in FLAC format. I backup my music server to this box. USB 3.0 makes it much faster.
1506424
It should be able to. The general purpose of this drive is to store music and video.
1365267
Yes if you store music on mp3 format, in a USB memory stick with no problem, hope answer will help
615162
I would say yes. It's not blazing. However I use it for school and as an entertainment source. I watch netflix and amazon prime videos on it, as well as videos for school. No problems. MP3's and word processing programs are no problem. I have the bulk of my music on an external HD. The HD in this computer is not massive, so I would recommend storing your music elsewhere depending on the amount and amount of software you intend on having on the PC. Hope that helps.
824373
Yes granted you have a larger size mini sd card that can support large amounts of music but there is about 15 gb of hard drive space on device to start.
1326099
anyone have any thoughts? my primary use would be music, both (admittedly out of date) CDs and mp3
1019985
Not really, u can use mp3s and also use a jump drive for extra hard drive space
802221
If you want to carry all of your music plus video, go with an MP3 player (gigabeat has been great for me). Otherwise, consolidation into a cell isn't necessarily bad.
1814699
I have the 2 GB one. It holds about 500 songs. It's very basic and that's what I wanted. At least it doesn't shut off like my Sansa did.
708935
you should be able to as long as it is not flac files that are going through as USB 2.0 are a bit slow for them.
216975
I bought it and yes it will play music. the only problem i saw is if you have them in different folders then it wont jump folder to folder.
911138
Yes, it will play from a Fat32 formatted 8GB(max) usb drive stick, with standard mp3's(it will support at max a 256bitrate mp3)
273233
You can use any kind. The audio files are not huge so you can get a way with a low-cost memory card. Between 4gb and 8gb should be more than sufficient.
2092134
It could but the 2GB may be too small if you have other music on this. I would not risk it on the 2GB
871988
I simply connect it to my PC via the USB cable, and it appears as a drive in Windows Explorer. You can drag and drop .MP3's to the device in this manner. I agree with ChefBum, the interface on this unit is clunky, but I love what it's capable of. I may have to check out the GB-10 myself!
1749456
NO, you can only use an SD card. Make sure that it only has music, because you will have to go thru the card on the device which is really kind of hard.. I really dont recommend this item, it was a waste of time for me, i kept it for maybe a week and ended up in Wal Mart to buy another kind
1810710
I just bought one of these a few days ago. Yes, it does have the mode where you can drag any files onto the device. So far, I have only dragged MP3 files onto it. But the instructions (and many other web forums) say it could actually be used as a simple flash drive - so I am guessing you can *store* any type of file you like. I am not sure what fule types it will recognize and actually play.