Ideally you have genre based, and artist specific lists.Īnd, you can always just use the standard features of iDrive and search by artist, album, genre. For instance if the car is share by Henry and Olivia, they would make playlist as follows:Įach driver would use their own lists. The best way to address your need is to name the playlist differently. Because of this clever playlist export software music files are not copied over and over again, and just like in iTunes playlists one song can appear in multiple playlists. Your USB can have as many playlist is you want. My next post will NOT Have any description, but you will see where I plugged in, and how it connects and how the files and playlists are displayed. I will post in-car photos later, using the bimmeropst iPhone app, where I can take pictures on the spot. Subsequent engine restart don't matter and music become available instantaneously. It will take it a good 5 minutes from the first time you plug in, until it is fully functional. Your car WILL NOT read the files and playlists at first. I ignored this, as has everyone who uses it in lieu of the BMW cradle. Note my F15 manual says do not use the USB port for charging phones. It allows your phone to be charged, and connected, and the USB drive to supply music at the same time. Optional: add a USB hub so that you can have more than one port in your arm rest. The artist>album>song directories are read from the MU3 files. And, it places MU3 playlist files in the root directory of the thumb drive. The app stops when all the music is loaded. Click "Export", and depending on the number of music files in the playlist, you may want grab a coffee, a beer, or go for 3-5 mile run. Select Export Directory (your USB thumb drive) In my example, I could not select playlist "A - Artist Playlists", but instead I chose "11 - Moby", and "15 - Police", etc. It has a limitation, in that if you subdirectory playlists. You have a choice, I went with Artist>Album>song (playlists still work)Ĭhoose the playlists you have maintained in iTunes. You can see I have already named this template Bimmerpost Demo.Ĭhange Copy Settings. You can use your template in place to reexport songs in the future, in case you change songs in your playlist.Īfter "New" this screen pops up, with your playlists already there.Ĭhange Export Format to "M3U Extended". It will scan your iTunes and recognize all your playlists. Step 1: Go to the App Store and buy this $5 app ( ) Needed: Playlist Export App ($5) from the App Store USB thumb drive USB hub (so you can still plug your phone into the USB port in the center arm rest) I struggled for a few hours to get my music to show up correctly, and then I discovered a nifty app in the Mac App Store (also available for Windows and downloadable from the developer's site, mentioned below) that helped me get my music into the car, with playlist and playlist song order in tact, and without duplicating files. Fairly straight forward for a non-techie like me, but pursue at your own risk.
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