Sony DSX-MS60 - USB capacity?
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Sony DSX-MS60 - USB capacity?
Folks, I just had my bike out today for the first time since I upgraded.
I put a bunch of music on 64GB USB sticks, but I was not able to navigate among all the folders. Each artist is a folder, and each sub-folder is an album.
But at the top level I was only able to scroll through 10 or so artists, there are a few dozen on each stick.
I think some devices may only support a maximum of 32GB - is this the case with the DSX-MS60, does anyone know? Anyone use this unit with 64GB USB sticks? I've done some searching with no luck.
Any help appreciated.
[edit: looks like a maximum of 128 folders, I'm pretty sure I'm well above that limit. DAMN. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/437...s.html?page=15)
I put a bunch of music on 64GB USB sticks, but I was not able to navigate among all the folders. Each artist is a folder, and each sub-folder is an album.
But at the top level I was only able to scroll through 10 or so artists, there are a few dozen on each stick.
I think some devices may only support a maximum of 32GB - is this the case with the DSX-MS60, does anyone know? Anyone use this unit with 64GB USB sticks? I've done some searching with no luck.
Any help appreciated.
[edit: looks like a maximum of 128 folders, I'm pretty sure I'm well above that limit. DAMN. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/437...s.html?page=15)
I also have the DSX-MS60. The file limitations are a nuisance, but don't expect anyone to feel sorry for us. When I had the Harmon-Kardon radio, I spent countless hours making 700MB mp3 CDs. Now having the Sony, we have (almost) unlimited capacity. You just can't have so many folders.
The easiest way to start is by having NO sub-folders. You can re-name the album folders to include the artist's name, thereby reducing your folder count considerably. Remember, you listen to files, not folders!
And I love these tiny new thumb-drives that barely stick out of the socket...
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Keith,
I also have the DSX-MS60. The file limitations are a nuisance, but don't expect anyone to feel sorry for us. When I had the Harmon-Kardon radio, I spent countless hours making 700MB mp3 CDs. Now having the Sony, we have (almost) unlimited capacity. You just can't have so many folders.
The easiest way to start is by having NO sub-folders. You can re-name the album folders to include the artist's name, thereby reducing your folder count considerably. Remember, you listen to files, not folders!
And I love these tiny new thumb-drives that barely stick out of the socket...
I also have the DSX-MS60. The file limitations are a nuisance, but don't expect anyone to feel sorry for us. When I had the Harmon-Kardon radio, I spent countless hours making 700MB mp3 CDs. Now having the Sony, we have (almost) unlimited capacity. You just can't have so many folders.
The easiest way to start is by having NO sub-folders. You can re-name the album folders to include the artist's name, thereby reducing your folder count considerably. Remember, you listen to files, not folders!
And I love these tiny new thumb-drives that barely stick out of the socket...
Yeah, a good suggestion to reorganize, I suppose. I just wanted to avoid having a big blob of music.
You can have up to 128 "blobs" (folders) of music. But you'll never be able to use all of your 64GB unless you consolidate your albums in some way.
I agree that it would be easier to manage the files if the structure would allow you to have 500 folders with up to 128 files in each. But unfortunately the limits are 128 folders with up to 500 files in each. It would be the exact same capacity, but easier to work with. But now we're forced to be creative.
If you still only want 1 album per folder, you'll never need more than 16GB of space to hold 128 albums. You can have 1 drive for artists "A thru E", another drive for artists "F thru J", etc. But if you want to use all of your 64GB drive, you'll need to have 50-60 files in each folder. There's many ways to do it, but just for an example: You have a Van Halen folder. Inside, you have folders for Van Halen I, Van Halen II, and Van Halen III. That's 4 folders for only 3 albums! So if you ditch the Artist folder, and just have the album folders, you'll only reduce your folders by 1. But if you keep the Artist folder, and just dump the files from all three albums together in 1 folder, you're gonna get somewhere. Depending how the files are named, they might still be in the proper order.
In addition to this method, I use a series of "mix-tape" folders like "Rock Mix", "Country Mix", etc that have about 100 songs in each folder. Helps fill up the space... -Steevo-
I agree that it would be easier to manage the files if the structure would allow you to have 500 folders with up to 128 files in each. But unfortunately the limits are 128 folders with up to 500 files in each. It would be the exact same capacity, but easier to work with. But now we're forced to be creative.
If you still only want 1 album per folder, you'll never need more than 16GB of space to hold 128 albums. You can have 1 drive for artists "A thru E", another drive for artists "F thru J", etc. But if you want to use all of your 64GB drive, you'll need to have 50-60 files in each folder. There's many ways to do it, but just for an example: You have a Van Halen folder. Inside, you have folders for Van Halen I, Van Halen II, and Van Halen III. That's 4 folders for only 3 albums! So if you ditch the Artist folder, and just have the album folders, you'll only reduce your folders by 1. But if you keep the Artist folder, and just dump the files from all three albums together in 1 folder, you're gonna get somewhere. Depending how the files are named, they might still be in the proper order.
In addition to this method, I use a series of "mix-tape" folders like "Rock Mix", "Country Mix", etc that have about 100 songs in each folder. Helps fill up the space... -Steevo-
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You can have up to 128 "blobs" (folders) of music. But you'll never be able to use all of your 64GB unless you consolidate your albums in some way.
I agree that it would be easier to manage the files if the structure would allow you to have 500 folders with up to 128 files in each. But unfortunately the limits are 128 folders with up to 500 files in each. It would be the exact same capacity, but easier to work with. But now we're forced to be creative.
If you still only want 1 album per folder, you'll never need more than 16GB of space to hold 128 albums. You can have 1 drive for artists "A thru E", another drive for artists "F thru J", etc. But if you want to use all of your 64GB drive, you'll need to have 50-60 files in each folder. There's many ways to do it, but just for an example: You have a Van Halen folder. Inside, you have folders for Van Halen I, Van Halen II, and Van Halen III. That's 4 folders for only 3 albums! So if you ditch the Artist folder, and just have the album folders, you'll only reduce your folders by 1. But if you keep the Artist folder, and just dump the files from all three albums together in 1 folder, you're gonna get somewhere. Depending how the files are named, they might still be in the proper order.
In addition to this method, I use a series of "mix-tape" folders like "Rock Mix", "Country Mix", etc that have about 100 songs in each folder. Helps fill up the space... -Steevo-
I agree that it would be easier to manage the files if the structure would allow you to have 500 folders with up to 128 files in each. But unfortunately the limits are 128 folders with up to 500 files in each. It would be the exact same capacity, but easier to work with. But now we're forced to be creative.
If you still only want 1 album per folder, you'll never need more than 16GB of space to hold 128 albums. You can have 1 drive for artists "A thru E", another drive for artists "F thru J", etc. But if you want to use all of your 64GB drive, you'll need to have 50-60 files in each folder. There's many ways to do it, but just for an example: You have a Van Halen folder. Inside, you have folders for Van Halen I, Van Halen II, and Van Halen III. That's 4 folders for only 3 albums! So if you ditch the Artist folder, and just have the album folders, you'll only reduce your folders by 1. But if you keep the Artist folder, and just dump the files from all three albums together in 1 folder, you're gonna get somewhere. Depending how the files are named, they might still be in the proper order.
In addition to this method, I use a series of "mix-tape" folders like "Rock Mix", "Country Mix", etc that have about 100 songs in each folder. Helps fill up the space... -Steevo-
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[edit: looks like a maximum of 128 folders, I'm pretty sure I'm well above that limit. DAMN. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/437...s.html?page=15)
you are correct. this is also the limitation of the Windows OS which is how your thumbdrives are formatted. no more than 128 folders at the "root" of the thumbdrive.
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