Playing SD Card Music in Media Mode
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2019 E450 4Matic
Playing SD Card Music in Media Mode
I have been driving my 2019 E450 for to weeks now and really love it. I am still learning all there is to know about the various functions and options. One issue I am having is using the media module of the sound system. I have an SD card with music I ripped from CDs and placed it into the slot in the console. The first album plays, but I cant seem to get it to show me a "playlist" where I can choose what I want to play and not just go in sequential order on the card. How can I do better in setting up the card to present a play list of music options? Thanks for any suggestions.
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2018 E400 Coupe C238
Out of curiosity which file format are you using?
All my media is organized in folders by Artist>Album and I use.m3u formatted playlists when I sync my library to card or usb ssd drive. These play in sequence, random or can be browsed with no issue on the Search menus by artist, genres or playlists.
To play random of all songs on the sd card you need to select Playback Mode>Random Mode - Current Medium
All my media is organized in folders by Artist>Album and I use.m3u formatted playlists when I sync my library to card or usb ssd drive. These play in sequence, random or can be browsed with no issue on the Search menus by artist, genres or playlists.
To play random of all songs on the sd card you need to select Playback Mode>Random Mode - Current Medium
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My music is in iTunes on my computer. I used this app to convert the music for my comand system https://dougscripts.com/apps/m3unifyfaq.php
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When I use my iPod Touch, and ask for a specific artist or album , I get a response that comand is searching the data base. Nothing happens, no list or response. This is a change, since they updated my comand program.
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2019 E450 Sport Wagon
Play next album
So - once the last track of an album plays, the media player restarts that same album instead of going to the next one. How do I get it to continue to the next one? The SD card is set up in alpha order by artist with separate folders for each artist. Could it be that each album is a separate folder, too, so it stays within the folder? Love my '19 E450 Wagon!
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Not able to play music
Hi all i am not able to play music on my command system through usb or sd card i formatted both to FAT32 and the format of media is mp3 or mp4 but the screen keeps appearing as no playable files. How can i fix thiz?
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Did you select the right media from the command console?
Media>Devices and then select the medium you want to play music from.
If the media is correctly selected.... What is on the Media>Search>Files and see if there is anything there.
Last edited by MikeO3; Mar 18, 2021 at 10:55 AM.
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I wanted random play of about 700 songs from various artists on multiple albums that I had on a memory stick. I was unable to get random play to work properly in my 21 E450 until I used my computer to put all the songs in single folder with no sorting by artist or album on the memory stick. The random play now works great.
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I have my music in folders by artist, album and tracks using flac format. I've always used random play without any issues. I do not have any play lists. I have several movies and short videos that I can watch while waiting for someone.
Here is the structure:
NTFS volume label E300Media
MusicFLAC
. Artist
. . Album
. . . Tracks
. . Album
. . . Tracks
. Artist
. . Album
. . . Tracks
Videos
. Title
. Title
Here is the structure:
NTFS volume label E300Media
MusicFLAC
. Artist
. . Album
. . . Tracks
. . Album
. . . Tracks
. Artist
. . Album
. . . Tracks
Videos
. Title
. Title
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Anyone know how to get the Comand system to recognize music playlists from USB?
I have a 128 gb USB plugged into the port in the console. Individual mp3 music files play just fine, but the system refuses to recognize any playlist files, m3u, etc.
File and folder structure doesn't seem to make a difference. I've tried different variations of that.
This is in my 2015 ML350. Thanks.
I have a 128 gb USB plugged into the port in the console. Individual mp3 music files play just fine, but the system refuses to recognize any playlist files, m3u, etc.
File and folder structure doesn't seem to make a difference. I've tried different variations of that.
This is in my 2015 ML350. Thanks.
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E Class w213 (2017)
Hi! I just get an E Class W213 from 2017. I have most of the files as .flac but also some .mp3 in the following structure:
. Artist
. . Album
. . . Tracks
or
. . Album
. . . Tracks.
All tags needed are written correctly in windows, but my comand (NTG5.5) choose other Artists' name maybe choosen by Gracenote system or idk. Someone to help me with this?
. Artist
. . Album
. . . Tracks
or
. . Album
. . . Tracks.
All tags needed are written correctly in windows, but my comand (NTG5.5) choose other Artists' name maybe choosen by Gracenote system or idk. Someone to help me with this?
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2020 E450 4Matic Sedan
Just got a 2020 e450 and want to load my SD card with music before I pick it up.
I've had issues in the past (2014 e350) with the type of file I used.
I will want to be able to scan through playlists.
256GB SD card.
All my music is currently stored (on my Mac) as AIFF or MPEG-4.
I don't want to waste my time loading the card with playlists just to see the dreaded message "no playable files could be located".
I have yet to see what type of files will work and I've searched the MB site.
Is there a list of usable file formats to be found anywhere???
Thanks - Martin
I've had issues in the past (2014 e350) with the type of file I used.
I will want to be able to scan through playlists.
256GB SD card.
All my music is currently stored (on my Mac) as AIFF or MPEG-4.
I don't want to waste my time loading the card with playlists just to see the dreaded message "no playable files could be located".
I have yet to see what type of files will work and I've searched the MB site.
Is there a list of usable file formats to be found anywhere???
Thanks - Martin
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System plays MP3 files without fail. I've not read anywhere that the system likes 4-character file extensions.
On my W212, the maximum SD Card capacity is 64GB. I can't imagine that W213 offers more capacity.
On my W212, the maximum SD Card capacity is 64GB. I can't imagine that W213 offers more capacity.
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If all else fails read the directions!
I just downloaded the owner's manual.
Supported formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC, ALAC.
Data storage media up to 2 TB are supported (32-bit address space).
Guess I'll have to convert files before loading the SD card (damn!).
Not sure what the 32-bit address space refers to, but apparently up to 2 TB storage is ok.
This is from the 2020 E450 4Matic Sedan owner's manual.
I just downloaded the owner's manual.
Supported formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC, ALAC.
Data storage media up to 2 TB are supported (32-bit address space).
Guess I'll have to convert files before loading the SD card (damn!).
Not sure what the 32-bit address space refers to, but apparently up to 2 TB storage is ok.
This is from the 2020 E450 4Matic Sedan owner's manual.
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2018 E400 Coupe C238
If all else fails read the directions!
I just downloaded the owner's manual.
Supported formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC, ALAC.
Data storage media up to 2 TB are supported (32-bit address space).
Guess I'll have to convert files before loading the SD card (damn!).
.
I just downloaded the owner's manual.
Supported formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC, ALAC.
Data storage media up to 2 TB are supported (32-bit address space).
Guess I'll have to convert files before loading the SD card (damn!).
.
A 32-bit register can store 2(power of 32) -1 (4,294,967,295 -1) different values which you can think of your files & folders in an index. That index cannot grow any larger then this hard limit. Think of this as the library building which is a fixed size and can only hold 4.2 giga books.
When you format media it divides the disk into, usually by default for SD cards, smaller sectors of a fixed 512bytes (think of them as bookshelves of 512 books each). Some shelves are full and some partially empty. Completely random way of storing data but the shelves are fixed size and can only hold 512.
So, we have the possibility of holding 4,294,967,295 books in our library BUT the shelves are fixed size at 512 entries thus halving the overall capacity of the media unfortunately. Why? So it is widely compatible across the board of devices, old and new.
Math:
2Tb of data translates to 3,906,250,000 512-byte sectors which if recorded by a computer in binary you would need 33-bits of addressable storage space. We only have 32. In book terms: We have too many books to fit in the library on our 512 limited shelves.
We have to discard a bit so back to 2power 32 back to 32-bit.
4,294,967,295 divided using 512 sector size = 2,147,483,647 rounded to 2.2Tb maximum entries for maximum storage.
This is the hard limit in your manual and all other devices with which can only support 32-bit. More modern computers and devices are slowly refreshing to 64-bit but it has been decades.
If this were a 64-bit register and formatted with a more modern GPT format, then the limit is in the bazillions of space.
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Yes, I only mentioned it because it was omitted from the paste of the manual entries. I just checked in the manual... 50K ceiling applies along with 2TB constraint. Probably same version of comand and presuming they don't want the database to blow out of control and fixed it to a maximum array size.
