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John Jensen
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My 2020 Laramie plays USB music ONLY from the rear compartment (back side of the console), driver side USB.
my issue is that it picks up only a portion of my downloaded music rams response to the issue is that the system will only play mp3 format my 2021 1500 that i had previous to this truck played the whole library on the usb...... does that sound right....
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Maybe they are right. I just checked my USB of music, There are nearly 1800 songs, all mp3. It's been awhile, can't remember, but I may have had to convert them to mp3.
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Strange. My 2020 Laramie will play from USB storage on the front USB 2.
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I errored. Brain fart or old age memory loss. Mine will on front #2 also,
Thanks for waking me up
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Does it show all the music but just wont play it all?
does not show it only mp3 files which is 63 out of over 800 songs
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My '21 Laramie plays okay from both front USB media ports - my wife uses USB 1, while I use USB 2. Between our flash drives, there are 1000s of songs - around 1,500 on hers, not quite 3,000 on mine. They are a combination of mostly MP3, but there are some M4A purchased thru iTunes. They all must be unencrypted - in other words ripped from CD or purchase downloaded thru a store like Amazon music (or the many other services that sell MP3 formatted files). If it's subscription music, or something copied over from streaming, they are likely to be encrypted.
My issue with playing large catalogs centers around the shuffle algorithms, which don't handle large catalogs well. I find they select a pool of 200-300 songs, and then shuffle between that. To fix that, I've turned off Shuffle, and then turned it back on so it selects a new pool. It's the same thing on my car (Honda), only Uconnect takes longer... But without shuffle on, I can navigate thru the entire catalog, which would almost be worse than texting if I did it while I was moving.
Another thing to consider, is Uconnect makes extensive use of the metadata within the MP3 files. If your files are ripped from CD, and haven't been "massaged" by a media application like iTunes or Windows Media Player, then that metadata is likely missing. I don't know how Uconnect reacts to that.
Main thing I wish they'd change is allow the restart of the last song playing to be optional...
My issue with playing large catalogs centers around the shuffle algorithms, which don't handle large catalogs well. I find they select a pool of 200-300 songs, and then shuffle between that. To fix that, I've turned off Shuffle, and then turned it back on so it selects a new pool. It's the same thing on my car (Honda), only Uconnect takes longer... But without shuffle on, I can navigate thru the entire catalog, which would almost be worse than texting if I did it while I was moving.
Another thing to consider, is Uconnect makes extensive use of the metadata within the MP3 files. If your files are ripped from CD, and haven't been "massaged" by a media application like iTunes or Windows Media Player, then that metadata is likely missing. I don't know how Uconnect reacts to that.
Main thing I wish they'd change is allow the restart of the last song playing to be optional...
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I have a 2020 3500. I have an IPod that the truck use to recognize all of the music on it, now it says file reading error. It only sees 1 file, no album art or anything. I can use the up and down button on the steering wheel and it will switch to another track and play the song. I have reset the IPod but it still does the same thing.
I don't have experience with Apple devices, so I'm guessing here. If it used to work, and doesn't now, it can only be a couple of things:
If the content isn't subscription (FairPlay), and is unencrypted, I would sync the library over to a flash drive and just use that. With phones having tons of storage available, you might try syncing the library to a phone, and use bluetooth, or USB into the phone file system. Again, I'm shooting into the dark, but hope this helps.
- It has become defective (or the cable...)
- An iPod update, or truck update has introduced issues
If the content isn't subscription (FairPlay), and is unencrypted, I would sync the library over to a flash drive and just use that. With phones having tons of storage available, you might try syncing the library to a phone, and use bluetooth, or USB into the phone file system. Again, I'm shooting into the dark, but hope this helps.