Dual Layer DVDs
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Dual Layer DVDs
Does any one know if the single-DVD COMAND player will work with dual-layer DVDs? I have a 2004 E55 (USA) which plays MP3s burned onto 4.7GB discs just fine. But I'd like to double my pleasure with dual layer DVDs of MP3s. TIA.
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I'd like to know this as well. In my experience, I can't even get my COMAND to read a single-layer's worth of mp3's. It seems to only recognize about 1.8 or 1.9 gb of data....
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Yea, I use Nero to burn mine. Have not tried burning less than a full DVD though. Am not sure the program is going to have as much to do with it as the brand of DVD-writer being used.
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I think I was able to find information on this topic off this forum, so a search may be in order. First off, the command has to be updated to a certain software version in order to play DVD's. There are a few TSBs that identify issues you can complain about to get them to update the command software for free. After that, if you have too many folders on your DVDs or too many songs in one folder (i think the limit is 180 or so), it wont read all of them. I was able to get mine to work with limiting the number of folders on the DVD and keeping the number of songs in each folder under that 180 limit.
Don't know about the dual layer DVD though.
Don't know about the dual layer DVD though.
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Allow me to answer my own question. I burned several dual layer DVDs and they all worked perfectly. The car gave me an error message upon inserting the discs for the first time but you could access/play every song regardless. The car never gives another error message after that any time you start it. I now have 1400+ songs on a disc containing over 8GB of information. This is fantastic! It's probably important to have a certain firmware update of COMAND but mine worked with an older update (but newer than what came with the car) that I found on a torrent site over a year ago. For what it's worth, I used Memorex DVDs and Nero 7.x for the burns. 
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Allow me to answer my own question. I burned several dual layer DVDs and they all worked perfectly. The car gave me an error message upon inserting the discs for the first time but you could access/play every song regardless. The car never gives another error message after that any time you start it. I now have 1400+ songs on a disc containing over 8GB of information. This is fantastic! It's probably important to have a certain firmware update of COMAND but mine worked with an older update (but newer than what came with the car) that I found on a torrent site over a year ago. For what it's worth, I used Memorex DVDs and Nero 7.x for the burns.
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You can have folders for groups you like (AC/DC, Beatles, etc.), musical genres (Jazz, Rock, etc.) or even something like "Favorites A-G" and "Favorites H-Z". It makes it a lot easier to find what you're looking for fast while allowing you to fill up the entire single or dual layer disc with accessible music.
By the way, all the folder names you chose show up on the COMAND screen and it's very logical to move through them. COMAND will hop from one folder to another in order or randomly as you like. It can just play 1500 songs back to back, one after the next, so the folders are transparent in function and don't cause a disruption of music whatsoever. Hope that helps.
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Yeah, there seems to be some limit on number of songs that can go in a single folder. That's not a problem, just burn the disc with several folders and even subfolders as you wish. I'm a huge RUSH fan for instance, so I created a Rush folder with many subfolders, one for each of their albums (and they have many). I have over 4 GB of just their albums on MP3s. This way they are better organized as you can just arrow to the album/song you want by using the COMAND control pad. Since each folder has less than about 20 songs per each, I easily get around the size per folder limitation with lots of room to spare.
You can have folders for groups you like (AC/DC, Beatles, etc.), musical genres (Jazz, Rock, etc.) or even something like "Favorites A-G" and "Favorites H-Z". It makes it a lot easier to find what you're looking for fast while allowing you to fill up the entire single or dual layer disc with accessible music.
By the way, all the folder names you chose show up on the COMAND screen and it's very logical to move through them. COMAND will hop from one folder to another in order or randomly as you like. It can just play 1500 songs back to back, one after the next, so the folders are transparent in function and don't cause a disruption of music whatsoever. Hope that helps.
You can have folders for groups you like (AC/DC, Beatles, etc.), musical genres (Jazz, Rock, etc.) or even something like "Favorites A-G" and "Favorites H-Z". It makes it a lot easier to find what you're looking for fast while allowing you to fill up the entire single or dual layer disc with accessible music.
By the way, all the folder names you chose show up on the COMAND screen and it's very logical to move through them. COMAND will hop from one folder to another in order or randomly as you like. It can just play 1500 songs back to back, one after the next, so the folders are transparent in function and don't cause a disruption of music whatsoever. Hope that helps.
I am also a HUGE Rush fan. Been my favorite band for 20+ years now. Is sad to see them getting so old.
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