2019 Insight: How to play music off a USB thumb drive

In this video I'll take you start to finish on how to format and play music off your USB thumb drive in a 2019 Honda Insight.

[@boonip]

My GOD i have just been educated! THANKS I NEEDED THIS! I bought a car with no CD player and was lost on how to play my favorite songs now. Hehe now i know. I was living in the 2000's for a bit too long.

[@verdier4006]

I'm glad to be of service. It took me a while to get off CDs. Then I started burning MP3s to CDs and it took me a while to get off that. Finally I went to thumb drives and was very happy with the amount of songs I could play off them. I guess the next step is to just put all the music on my phone and run it off that.

[@gayatribahenpatel9128]

@@verdier4006 Thanks You So Much

[@cubehire3653]

I miss my CD player in my car. I just bought a CD Drive and will be copying music soon to play in my F150.

[@carlosochoa1831]

boonip lol same here just bought a new car with no disc lol

[@007jechu]

You made it so easy to learn thank you

[@verdier4006]

I'm glad it helped you out.

[@josephcontreras8930]

Good viddie. Thanks for posting its nice to upgrade to a new stereo for only $16 for a monster bt FM transmitter. My CD player stopped playing now I play from flashdrives and micro SD cards and play my extensive CD and tape collection from port cd players and tape decks. Keep posting.

[@verdier4006]

I'm glad you liked the video and found it helpful and interesting. I've considered making an overall general video on how to deal with issues playing music on modern vehicles. This particular video has brought in several people asking about solutions to playing their music on onoxious modern systems. I thank you for your viewership and kind regards. 👍

[@seaningram3285]

Good Video.😀 I have formatted USB flashdrives, before. 😀 The USB port with 1.0 A is for USB flash drives. The USB port with 1.5 A is for Connecting the phone to launch the Android Connect. / charging your phone. I just got a 2021 CR-V AWD, Yesterday and the USB Flashdrive for music that I used in my now ex-2014 Jeep Latitude worked fine at 64GB, but not in the CR-V, since it was using exFAT and not FAT32. So, I will go and get a Sandisk that will play music using the FAT32 to cooperate with the CR-V. 😀

[@verdier4006]

thanks for the info. In the Insight the design is similar though you can use both ports for data if you wish, but only one port will fast charge.

[@The1brummie]

Thank you for the video , didn’t work when I bought the usb and put music on , but after watching your video it works great now . Thank you again . 😊

[@verdier4006]

Glad it worked out for you. Honda software is a major pain to deal with .

[@beaconhill-harbin]

Now in 2024, didn't know I need to format usb for autoplay on my car. Thanks for the great tips!

[@verdier4006]

No problem. Not sure you do need to format it but I do it just to make sure the drive is ready and properly formatted .

[@ladyhecate9450]

Well thank you. I have not even attempted to put music on my thumb drive and I was wigging out. Not any longer. You explained what I pictured in my head. Thank you.

[@verdier4006]

I'm glad the video helped and I hope it works out for you. 👍

[@stephenpavia620]

Just explain how to do it

[@stephenpavia620]

The inability of people to edit themselves never ceases to amaze me.

[@stephenpavia620]

You list me.

[@MsRican143]

I’ve tried every Bluetooth connection for my iPod Classic!! It’s a Late 2009 160gb, still works, but trying to connect it to my ford Expedition!!🤦🏻‍♂️omg! What a headache. Picked up a USB thumb drive, formatted it to ExFat, moved my music files by dragging it over, and connected it to my truck, and bam 💥!! I can use and play all my music, still get calls, and I have the Apple car play!! It really was very simple to move the music to the usb. No cables or anything, it just made it really simple👍🏼👍🏼

[@verdier4006]

Its tough to move from something you've used for a long time to something new. I'm glad it worked out well for you. 😃

[@gangdown1025]

Very good man.

[@verdier4006]

Thank you my friend.

[@zag001a]

I dood it (Red Skelton)! You are a scholar and a gentlemen. My mother thanks you, my faddah thanks you (Jimmy Cagney). Seriously, Thank you, Carole

[@verdier4006]

No problemo! (Schwarzenneger T800 terminator)

[@cheesetoast8312]

Very good job, thanks a bunch bro

[@verdier4006]

Hope it helps.😁

[@minisurfbanana]

Thanks dude👍👍👍👍

[@verdier4006]

Hope it helps you out

[@Gaberax123]

2019 Insight. I bought some USB drives when I first bought the car, moved a lot of MP3s to the drives from my old computer and they played without a hitch. Recently purchased 5 brand new TDs (same make, model, size and formatting) to move some more music from CDs (all the music from the CDs is in MP3 format.) But the new TDs are not compatible and are not recognized on the car stereo. The original TDs that worked are formatted at EXFat32, USB 3.1, 64gb. AS are the new TD. However, the new TD won't work in the cars' stereo. Music burned to the new TDs will play on the on the computer and on my laptop. But for some arcane reason, the new TDs are not recognized on the car stereo. Tried reformatting the new TDs, in both NTFS and EXFat32 (only options available. FAT32 is not available in Win10) and it still doesn't work. Very frustrated.

[@verdier4006]

That is odd if not unexpected. Cars, especially Hondas (IMHO), seem to be VERY touchy about formatting and song types. I wonder if the new drives might be usb 3.0 and for some reason might be acting weird because of it. I know, it shouldn't, but you do own a Honda!

[@joe96787]

Same here, I just had to use a different card, lucky I had one

[@powerband5235]

Awesome 👌

[@verdier4006]

Thanks 🤗

[@gayatribahenpatel9128]

Yes i got two sandisk usbs a red one And a Blue one I used The Red One For My Music The Blue One For left Overs thanks

[@verdier4006]

Glad the video helped you out. 😉

[@JULIANO310]

Hey Verdie for your sub install, did they remove some microphones from the cabin?

[@verdier4006]

No. Just unplug the ANC unit and you won't have a problem.

[@dinkyluvsmusic]

thank you

[@verdier4006]

You're certainly welcome Walder.

[@ZadenZane]

Can I fast forward/rewind flash drive music? Ie if the track is 25 minutes long can I rewind halfway through? I'm thinking of buying a cassette deck with a converter but don't know if it's worth it.

[@verdier4006]

That depends on the head unit. You need to change the radio itself so you have a screen so you can choose where on the timeline of the song you want to skip to. Android head units can be found relatively cheap online. You can research them on you tube if you like. I don't know of any way to scan or choose a position in a song on a thumb drive without a graphical interface.

[@wsmith6570]

Can you put music on the flashdrive using Windows Media Player and "sync" the music (you want) to the flashdrive or does it only work by "click and drag" a copy of the file method? Also, during play back in the car, can you play the songs randomly in a set or does it just play a folder in the order it's listed?

[@verdier4006]

I honestly don't know. If it writes the music on the drive as standard files I can't see why it wouldn't work. As long as there aren't any crazy file path names or strange codecs being used I figure it should work.

[@verdier4006]

Missed the second part of your question. I believe if you hit the random button it switches between random in the file path your current song playing is in and random based on all the folders you have. Either way it's purely random and doesn't remove files from the random list as played so you will get songs repeating at times. This is one feature the Ford random play had that the Honda doesn't that I miss. The Ford would remove songs from the random list as they played so all the songs would eventually play if you played the list long enough.

[@CollosalTrollge]

Hi, does your bottom port work for the USB MP3 playback? Or is it a charging port only?

[@verdier4006]

Both work.

[@knitnpaint]

Thank you.

[@verdier4006]

Glad it helped you out.

[@michaelgould1706]

Been using a 64GB in NTFS format for 2020 Kona which works fine but now using on a 2023 Tucson it plays fine but the artwork of say offspring has Adele artwork in and blink 182 but weirdly others are fine? Is it because it’s not scanned correctly as VLC media player used to do this before it got update patches all over.

[@verdier4006]

Not really sure about this. I personally don't use VLC but it could be some sort of corruption in the headers of some of the files or an overly sensitive or buggy software in the new car's software. You could just wipe the drive and reinstall the music before putting it back in and see if the last car left a cataloging file which the new car is trying to read but doesn't fully understand. Manufacturer's car stereo software are notorious for being buggy and non standards compliant.

[@franyab2000able]

Hello, my car stereo have a video screen. which format do play videos music well in the car stereo

[@verdier4006]

The system doesn't play videos unfortunately. You can try downloading an App called 'Carstream' (not on any app store, you'll have to search the internet for it) This makes it possible to play some videos (KZbin etc) on your car without jailbreaking your phone.

[@Reap45]

If you have 100 songs on your FD and I start at song 1 will it shuffle in order till all songs are played like on a cd or do you gotta press start for every song every time thanks in advanced

[@verdier4006]

If you turn on shuffle it will randomly play a song but it will not take that song off the list. It's purely random so you may get the same song playing later down the road. Each time you press the shuffle button it switches from play random songs in main root of thumb drive, to play random songs in current folder on thumb drive, to shuffle turned off.

[@maddieholland6392]

I have a USB drive w my music on it in one folder . The music is sorted by artist, album, name of tune. On my car head unit, it has a shuffle icon, and I can play one item at a time, I can see my music album names by choosing USB device, but it will not shuffle the music to play everything. any suggestion? It is a pain to select one at a time.

[@verdier4006]

If the mp3's have meta data in their id tags then you need only put all the songs into a single folder, plug the drive into the car, and give the Honda about 30 minutes to an hour and it will automatically make it possible to choose songs via all these parameters. You have to make sure the mp3 tags have all the data needed though. Once in the single folder and after the first time the car reads all the data and saves it into it's memory then you'll be able to choose any of your songs based on any of those categories by hand or even by voice control. Also, the songs will all shuffle together.

[@johnisaach.sapalo5975]

Mine plays all the old music I put inside my flash drive, but when I try to put some new music on it, it does not recognize them. I tried formatting it from NTFS to exFAT and FAT32 but it still does not recognize them. What should I do?

[@verdier4006]

When you say it doesn't recognize them do you mean they show up on the list but don't play at all or they never show on the list? Either way always stick with fat32 for formatting. Also keep in mind the songs won't fully show up in all the listings until the tags are read by the system. Try reformatting the stick and only putting on a few of the new songs and see if they play. You also might want to re-encode them with another encoder just in case your computer is using a codec the system doesn't recognize.

[@Jtlaptops]

Thanks ! who needs Carplay/Android play ! keep it simple..

[@verdier4006]

I like playing my own music anyway.

[@soulie1206]

I have a Remote with my Sony in car, music plays fine from the stick, however when you turn the car off then restart it always returns to the first tune, also it does not recg numbered tunes from the remote. However from the music index you can tap and play on any tune. Many Thanks.

[@verdier4006]

Soulie, I'm having trouble understanding your comment. What is a Sony in car? This might help me better understand exactly what issue you were commenting on.

[@luweasel]

Mine doesn't let me choose the artists, songs, albums....just folders. Not a huge deal but I would like to choose those options. I wonder if its the specific usb drive I'm using. Any advice?

[@verdier4006]

2 things here. 1) it can take the car an insane amount of time to catalog all the information on the thumb drive to get that kind of info available for use in the menu system. It once took over an hour for it to catalog 500 songs on a new thumb drive before I could choose by anything other than file name. 2) just in case, check your files on a computer program and make sure they have ID3 tags with info in them. Depending on where you get your music the ID3 tags can be stripped of information.

[@jimmyjames8611]

i've used lexar sticks, sandisk drives etc. it's a pos hands down. the biggest beef I have is that the files are all on the computer but half are on the head unit being read on the drive. the car is balls.

[@dullaprathush6588]

I have Honda Accord 2017, but when I connected with my pendrive even after formatting to FAT32 to my car, its not detecting & displaying on the screen as No Data. The same pendrive I connected to my friends car (Prado & Kia Sportage) its working perfectly fine. Happy if anyone can help me in this regard.

[@verdier4006]

I believe the 2017 used the older system rather than the newer system I have in my 2019 Honda Insight. You might try reformatting it a few times and only putting a couple of songs on it just for testing. I would also consider buying a different thumb drive just in case of incompatibilities. Also try different speed thumb drives such as USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 specific drives to see if that helps. Also try smaller drives (16gb or smaller) just in case your system has trouble with large pen drives. Last thing try plugging in something different into the socket just in case the USB port is the problem.

[@JohnDoesItAll]

Does this work with HD audio files? Like 32 bit music files? Forgive me if I seem naive, learning here. 😁

[@verdier4006]

Not sure. If the codec is recognized by the system then it might work but I'm not sure if you'll hear the benefit from the system.

[@sampsmusik]

999th thumb up lol. Does the deck let you shuffle music? If so can you include it exclude certain folders as you see fit?

[@verdier4006]

You certainly can shuffle and it only shuffles in the folder you're in. If you press the shuffle button multiple times it will sequence between folders to shuffle in or shuffle all files. I don't think there is any way to exclude particular folders from others to not shuffle.

[@djbromann88]

I have that same thumb drive and mines is 120GB but it's not letting me download alot of my music on to it I wanna put over 5000 songs do I keep it format fat 32 or do I change it

[@verdier4006]

The size is way too big. People have tried hard drives on this system and they don't seems to work either. I'm pretty sure you need to stick with fat32 for formatting. Honda's system is a bit on the antiquated side. You may need to stick with a much smaller thumb drive and split off your music. Sorry.

[@pedrodejesus9134]

@@verdier4006 so if the flash drive is to big the system won't work. The max size is 32 or can I try 64gb

[@peterchristensen9585]

If I only want to temporarily use my thumb drive for music and format it to FAT32, what do I format it back to in order to again use it for file storage? Thanks!

[@verdier4006]

Fat32 works for both. You need to use Fat32 mostly since a lot of these devices use older storage formats and work better with fat32 rather than NTSF. Both formats work with Windows for storage.

[@peterchristensen9585]

@@verdier4006 I checked and I have an older one that's NTSF, and a newer one that's Fat32. Thanks again!

[@verdier4006]

Fat32 on a thumb drive will work with both systems.

[@Blackdog4818]

Assuming that will work in a 2020 Honda accord as well? Was there a "player" already installed?

[@verdier4006]

Yes it should be exactly the same. I'm having trouble understanding the question? The unit automatically will play off of thumb drives if they are properly configured and the songs are the correct format. The Honda head unit already has the player installed. Hopefully I got the gist of the question right.

[@Blackdog4818]

@@verdier4006 Hey big thanks. It worked exactly on the video, just got a 2020 Honda Accord 2.0 Sport today so pretty excited. I put a Western Digital external hard drive in there hoping it would work but no luck. The thumb drive worked right away though.

[@verdier4006]

Cool beans.

[@maxrockatanski9422]

Save yourself some aggravation .. only 32G and smaller are Fat32 .. anything bigger won’t work.

[@PlayingInVestapol]

I done this several time using different formats and keep getting "Unsupported" . How do I correct that? I notice you used a 16 gb. I'm trying to used a 128. do I need to go smaller too?

[@verdier4006]

Please watch the video I made below for some tips to help you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ3IpqSFiJyUi6M

[@jamesbates7468]

Your video is very good BUT I'm still having problems playing my flash drive in a car. I have tried on several different cars. My music was loaded from Media Player and contains approximately 23 hours of music. Too much? My USB is 128 GB. Too much? Do I have to load a little music at at atime? I have attempted to load the entire Media Player which will play on my laptop. In the car the screen message recognizes my USB but says no music found. HELP! and Thanks.

[@verdier4006]

For some reason I only got your comment 3 weeks later. It was also flagged for review so I apologize for the late response. I would recommend you watch my troubleshooting video linked below. hopefully this will help you out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ3IpqSFiJyUi6M

[@bettytart434]

Hi Verdier 400!! I have a problem with my 2021 Honda Odyssey USB player. I ripped my Hamilton CDs to my Windows 10 PC. Then copied it to a thumb drive. So far so good. But, when I put the USB in the port and pulled it up, it started playing the songs, but arranged them in alphabetical order instead of the order of the songs on the CD. When I look at the data on the thumb drive, the songs are in the proper order, but the USB player rearranges them alphabetically. Very frustrating! Have you run into this problem or have a solution? I have tried looking at settings, but haven't been able to see anything related to song order, etc. Please, anyone have this problem or a solution? Thanks! ^_^

[@verdier4006]

Sorry for taking so long to respond. I haven't been online for a while. The easiest way to fix this problem for me is to actually number the file such as 01, 02, 03 etc. The system will put them in numerical order after that. Usually!

[@canyoubelievethis220]

Be a lamb and tell me something. As you probably know, WAV and WMA files play so much better than MP3 and others. I have played them both in my Acura with the ELS Surround Sound. But some of them won't play. Do you have any reason (as to) why? It's bugging me because the WAV files that do play sound a million times better than the other files. They are more surround sound, to say the least. Thank you for your videos! All of them are so helpful!

[@verdier4006]

Unfortunately I don't have an answer to this. I have had issues with songs encoded or ripped in various formats which play perfectly fine on some cars and not on others. In fact I have a Flac file right now which plays in my Ford and Honda but won't play in a Hyundai. The only fix for these things that I have been able to figure out is the obvious, re-rip or re-encode it again. I know it's not the answer you were hoping for, but, it's been the only sure fire way to get stubborn songs to play in different vehicles. I find the Honda system to be a bit troublesome sometimes on file formats and proper playback.

[@YHSGRM]

in my experience the wav and wma files sound better because the files cover a higher bandwidth (not sure of the correct wording here). you will see that most wav files are larger than the mp3 files. usually 30mb vs 3mb

[@davidh3626]

Wav files are not compressed, which is why they sound better. MP3 files are compressed, so can't carry all of the same frequencies of a Wav file.

[@loricereeseesawtelle9083]

i can play my usb with no problem but what i want to know is how do i put songs into diff catagories like clasical, rock, etc so i can go to a specific catagory. it takes a long time to find the one i want going through 1000 songs by clicking past each one. it gets tireing & i seem to do this alot. if i want to go to rock then i should be able to go to a specific catagory. i have the honda crv touring 2019

[@verdier4006]

I remember trying this a while ago without luck. The unit has a listing for folders and I was hoping by putting songs into different folder with names I could split up the songs into categories named in different folders. It didn't work back then, but I think I'll give it a try again and see if I get better results.

[@loricereeseesawtelle9083]

@@verdier4006 perhaps there is a song list i can access on my touch screen where i can thumb through songs i can see. I had a cadillac that did that had touch screen and showed all songs in order. i have tried a number on first 10 songs, but that did not work in car. maybe i need to go into audio settings & see if i can change the random songs that play. its odd to add songs to itunes then to usb & all are in alpha order, then i go to plug into car & none are in order & its the luck of the draw what plays. still have not figured out why. I talked to the dealership & they dont know what im talking about with the usb showing alpha order on computer but not in on the car. im gonna look more into the folders and audio areas to see if i find a solution. im not giving up yet. anything you can help with would be great.

[@verdier4006]

Well I don't know if the system in your vehicle is the new one or the older one. Mine shows stuff in mostly alphabetic order and I can choose categories such as song, album, artist... all of which is dependent on the mp3 tag information. Playback is usually alphabetic unless you choose shuffle.

[@loricereeseesawtelle9083]

@@verdier4006 ok ill look at mine. the year is 2019 touring series. ill look into it & see if i can choose categories first. Ill ck and see if i pushed shuffle at one point. so maybe i can get them back in alpha order. ttul

[@MlandHtr]

Whats the app the blue lgo one that u copied to you usb called ?

[@verdier4006]

I'm not sure what you're referring to. All I did was copy MP3 files to the drive.

[@petertrout7866]

Are you sure you can play flac files? I have a 2013 Canadian Honda Accord sport and never can play flac files, only mp3

[@verdier4006]

Many of my files are FLAC so I know the American version can play flac.

[@petertrout7866]

@@verdier4006 thanks

[@hamnaishfaq]

how do i reoder my songs in my playllist via usb? its not in order like 1,2,3 its 1,5,6? Last time i pressed route somewhere it worked, but now i dont remember how to find it lol. hope u help me out, thanks.

[@verdier4006]

I have found the best way is to order them on the computer first. Using spaces or putting numbers in front of the files can force the order the way you want. The system on the car can display songs based on different criteria based on meta data in your mp3. Artist, music type, etc. Keep in mind it takes the car a little while to load all this data and write the appropriate file on the USB stick. I have about 200 mp3s on my USB stick and it took the car a good 30 minutes before I could show or search songs by artist, genre, etc. You can use programs like mp3tag to edit information into your mp3s if they are lacking certain meta data. I hope this helps a little.

[@hamnaishfaq]

@verdier4006 Thanks, but it was organized when I wrote the number before the file name, and now, when I added more songs and did the same, it stopped playing in order. I will figure it out. There's a button called route for music. I just have to find it.

[@alfredoramirez5587]

Are you able to find a way to play youtube/Netflix in any which way? Asking for a friend

[@verdier4006]

Haven't found a hack for this system yet.

[@TigredelMar77]

Mine play fine, except for the first second of each track skips, any ideas

[@verdier4006]

So you're saying all the songs play after the first few seconds where they skip? That sounds like an encoding issue or an incompatibility with the codec you're using. Try re-encoding with different software and make sure you're not multitasking on the computer while it's encoding. See if that helps.

[@TigredelMar77]

@@verdier4006 the intro of every song is missing like half a second, i believe its the music app on my android radio, i'll download a different app to see if thats the issue

[@verdier4006]

So you're playing off of an app on your phone? If that's what you're saying then yes a different app might help you out.

[@staysimplelucid3688]

MY problem is that when I paly songs some don't they just skip to random number like for an example if i was on song number two and switched to 3 it would switch to like 7 why does that happen

[@verdier4006]

See my new video for an explanation. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzbiIt7mKaYi5I&ab_channel=Verdier400

[@brycemelton1]

How do you create playlists?

[@verdier4006]

Bam Bam I haven't figured that out. What I do is make folders that have the kinds of music I like and choose by folders. I never did understand playlists. I'm sorry for being so dumb about this. 😕

[@Oliias]

Followed this exactly but no luck. USB formatted and plays music on my desktop but when I put it into car "NO MUSIC FILE DETECTED". Any ideas?

[@verdier4006]

* If you're playing from a thumb drive make sure to read up in the manual about size limitation the system will recognize (16gb, 8gb etc..) * Try a different manufacturer of thumb drive just in case there is a strange incompatibility with your brand of thumb drive * Reformat the thumb drive on a windows machine to fat 32. It might be a bad format * Check to make sure the system can read the format of music you ripped (mp3, Flac etc...) * Re-encode a few songs into a different compatible format just in case your ripping software encodes in a way your stereo can't read * Try a different encoding program just in case the program you use encodes in an odd and incompatible way * Stick with only a few songs at a time on the thumb drive to make it faster and easier for the stereo to recognize and catalog in it's memory while testing to find out what formatting works on the stereo. Mainly do this to speed things up and not waste time making a huge catalog of music only to find out your stereo hates the particular formatting of the songs. * Keep the structure of the thumb drive simple. Just put the songs on the main directory rather than making folders with different songs. First you need to find out what your stereo likes before you try getting fancy Try these ideas and see if they work for you.

[@Oliias]

@@verdier4006 Thanks for the response, I'll work my way through your suggestions and hopefully find the solution. Cheers.

[@mikeweiser2210]

Anyone experiencing issues with thier 2022 civic LX USB port not displaying song files correctly? MAJOR ISSUE with me where my old car would list the band name folders, then album sub folders, then the songs within that… the LX is now showing every single band, album and song within ONE GIANT LIST. Is there ANY WAY around this? So annoying!!!

[@verdier4006]

Haven't seen this issue. Anyone else?

[@skybox-101]

Is there a usb portable player like old ipods?

[@verdier4006]

If you're asking if you can hook up units like iPods or older mp3 type players then the answer is I don't know. I believe if you hook up such devices via standard USB to the car it's possible it might see them as mass storage drivers and will read them similar to how it reads thumb drives. I believe it will be dependent on the brand of the unit, wether it uses proprietary software in it's file organization, and exactly how the unit s catalogs the mp3s on the player..

[@FS-zs6so]

How Many Songs / Folders can you have on it?

[@verdier4006]

Not sure. I currently have about 150 songs.

[@stevo608trucker2]

What if it sayys file is to big for fat32.p have a mpc live

[@verdier4006]

Then I suggest splitting the file into smaller pieces. There are several programs out there that will do this for free.

[@tonyk3887]

Wow! I didn't know you can delete the files from your thumb drive! Will it play mp4s? I'm trying to find out how to change mp4s into mp3s.

[@verdier4006]

MP4 is usually used as a container for video files. You won't be able to play them through the thumb drive with the current system software in the car. You can use Android auto and there are programs out there that might play video files. Carstream is an app that might do it but you'll have to search the web for it. It won't be on the app store. If you just want to play the audio from an MP4 video through your thumb drive you can find a converter that will strip the audio from an MP4 and turn it into an MP3. Audacity might have this function. You can just type "MP4 to MP3 converter" in Google and im sure you'll find plenty of free programs that can do it .

[@urielgonzalez34]

Can u play music videos of a usb

[@verdier4006]

Not currently. You'd probably need some kind of crack for the system or running video through a rooted Cell phone.

[@kdeh21803]

IF you have a GM make sure its in MP3 format because the car will not play it if it is formatted to WMA

[@verdier4006]

Good to know

[@cfgoebel49]

My wifes drive has over 200 songs on it and her trx only plays about 20 before repeating ?

[@younggboiiii2275]

Does it work for mp4 too??

[@verdier4006]

It doesn't play video I'm afraid. If you look for an app called carstream (you won't find it on any of the app stores) It makes it possible to play some video through your phone onto the head unit without jailbreaking your phone.

[@powerband5235]

Can this be done using a Mac?

[@verdier4006]

I would assume so as long as you format it in a PC structure such as fat 32 and not in a Macintosh format .

[@ceylasoto-wade5574]

How about in the Toyota 2023 Rav4?

[@verdier4006]

Instructions in this video should probably work with your Toyota though I have found Toyota radios to be more troublesome with playback. Issues mostly involve hard limits on how many individual mp3s you can have in a directory and being able to jump into any part of a song by tapping the timeline rather than having to scan to the part of the song you want to hear. Here is a link to another video I did that might help you troubleshoot any problems you have. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ3IpqSFiJyUi6Msi=HqoIi7zr1tObdbbs

[@DemonsandGhost]

Just got a brand new Chevy Colorado and it only plays music I downloaded not music I ripped from a cd how can I fix that?

[@verdier4006]

Not familiar with the Chevy system but a few things to look into would be the following: * If you're playing from a thumb drive make sure to read up in the manual about size limitation the system will recognize (16gb, 8gb etc..) * Try a different manufacturer of thumb drive just in case there is a strange incompatibility with your brand of thumb drive * Reformat the thumb drive on a windows machine to fat 32. It might be a bad format * Check to make sure the system can read the format of music you ripped (mp3, Flac etc...) * Re-encode a few songs into a different compatible format just in case your ripping software encodes in a way your stereo can't read * Try a different encoding program just in case the program you use encodes in an odd and incompatible way * Stick with only a few songs at a time on the thumb drive to make it faster and easier for the stereo to recognize and catalog in it's memory while testing to find out what formatting works on the stereo. Mainly do this to speed things up and not waste time making a huge catalog of music only to find out your stereo hates the particular formatting of the songs. * Keep the structure of the thumb drive simple. Just put the songs on the main directory rather than making folders with different songs. First you need to find out what your stereo likes before you try getting fancy What kind of music is it? .wav, .mp3, .flac?

[@DemonsandGhost]

@@verdier4006 thanks, they are cd's I just ripped onto my computer-they have worked in the past with the same usb stick but not now on the new 2021 models

[@verdier4006]

If you ripped them as just plain cd copies then you probably need to convert them to standard MP3s or FLACs etc.. The format may not be compatible with the current system. Good luck and I hope some of my points might help you to get them working on your new car.

[@lastcall170]

64 GB wont work on my unit which totally sucks. It only works with FAT32 format which cannot be done with 64GB drive. SO..you are limited with amount of music it can play. This problem never existed with my 2016 silverado info system. The newest gens have downgraded a bit.

[@verdier4006]

Wow! To be honest i have over 500 songs and it barely touches the capacity of the drive. I have no idea how much fun it would be going through 10k plus songs. :)

[@pedrodejesus9134]

What happens if you put it on fat32 and the song still won't play.

[@verdier4006]

Few things to check. Reformat the thumb drive. Try a different brand of drive or different speed (usb 2 not usb 3) or size (16gb or less). Think a smaller size if it happens to be a big one. Try just a few files at first to see if you have a file incompatibility issue. Make sure you are using formats that are good for your radio expl..mp3, flac etc. Try re-encoding a file that didn't play again with new software and try playing that one. One other thing. Does it recognize your drive at all?

[@criss6945]

But what if you don't have USB socket?

[@verdier4006]

You can always use an fm modulator which will transmit a signal from your phone or mp3 player to an empty fm station .

[@PoeticComments]

I bought a usb even though I formatted it, it still did not work. That as the issue I ran into. I’m going to try sandisk

[@verdier4006]

Be careful when it comes to size (stick with 64gb or smaller). Also there can be compatability issues so another drive might also be a good idea. Also, try putting one mp3 on a flash drive rather than a large number of them to test. It'll go a lot faster.

[@PoeticComments]

@@verdier4006 oh my goodness! Thank you so much for your speedy reply! I will subscribe because of that!

[@verdier4006]

I just hope it helps you out.😁

[@Donnie4599]

some vehicles require a format to Exfat instead of Fat32

[@verdier4006]

Interesting. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that someone had to make it even harder for the end user.😉

[@nonyabiznes248]

no matter what i use , regular usb, solid state usb, fat32, ntfs, it just says { connect device }. 2024 civic with 302 miles

[@verdier4006]

As it turns out I was unable to attach anything larger than 16gb in size. Other than that or the ideas I give in the following link then the dealership is your only recourse. Welcome to Honda's crap software systems. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ3IpqSFiJyUi6Msi=r9XPuXN1nPZB4K5H

[@raininglollies2816]

I am a little clueless here, can anyone please advise how to get free music downloaded on my computer for me to put onto a flash drive to plug into a sat/nav car radio to play music? Thanks

[@verdier4006]

Okay, you'll probably get more info via a Google search but I'll give you some info here. Let's start with legit music like your cd collection. If you own music on CDs and you'd like to play them on your car stereo via a thumb drive or just change them into digital form you need to "rip" them. First you need a cd reader for your computer. You can get these very cheap on Amazon and they hook to your computer via USB port.. Once you get this you can rip your music by putting the disc into the drive and using ripping software. I believe windows has this capability built in but if you find that difficult you can download many programs that are free on the internet. Just type "freeware cd ripping software" in Google search. Be careful some of these programs are actually trialware and you might have to pay later for it. Just read the description closely. When you run these programs they will read the CDs and transfer the tracks to your computer. Most of the time it will give you the option on what format you want to save it as. Choose mp3. This is the most widely supported format and the compression will shrink your music file 10x smaller. Once you've ripped all the songs or CDs you want then you simply plug the USB drive into your computer and drag/drop all your newly created mp3s into the thumb drive. Plug into your car when done and most modern radios will be able to read the files. The non-legit way is to get a BitTorrent program via Google and download music that way. You will have to find a BitTorrent tracker on the internet via Google and search on that tracker for the music you want. You click on the link and it will download via the torrent program. You should continue to share the file after the download is complete since basically your download is coming from many other people sharing and if you don't your what is known as a leecher. I don't recommend this since you're basically stealing music and could get into trouble for this. The last and best way is to use something like Spotify which makes it possible to listen to a lot of music for free or better stuff for a monthly fee. You can personally buy individual songs you like and save them on your thumb drive for play on your car. You can also connect your phone to your "compatible" car and stream music from these services directly through your stereo in the car. Your car needs to be "Apple car play" for iPhones or "Android auto" for Android phones compatible to do this. Hope all this helps .

[@raininglollies2816]

Thank you so much! I am so grateful that you took the time to answer my questions so thoroughly. Much appreciated. I think that Spotify is the one for me. :)@@verdier4006

[@verdier4006]

You're welcome. There are many other choices out there so if Spotify doesn't work for you then shop around. Happy listening!😁

[@mister_padilla6105]

Why aren’t all my songs showing up? Would be extremely grateful for a response lol. Never had any issues in my life doing anything like this. All my songs are mp3 format.

[@verdier4006]

It can take a while for the car to load all the songs in memory and set them up. They should all show up in alphabetical order at first if they are on the top folder of the thumb drive. The categorization can take a bit of time so being able to view them by author or other criteria can take quite a while.

[@mister_padilla6105]

@@verdier4006 I ended up calling a friend and he said redownload the songs. Maybe it was just a bad site and that’s what it ended up being. Lol thank you for replying though.

[@verdier4006]

Glad you're friend was able to help you out.

[@charleshatfield5640]

Yah it still needs to be format fat32

[@verdier4006]

Doesn't it always. Seems like these systems all stick with the older formatting.

[@jimmymahone5420]

I'm grateful for the information, but way too many videos on KZbin have us cooling our jets as a wide variety of products are tediously removed from their packaging. We luv ya, but we already know how to open packages ... please consider starting your video with what we DON'T know. ;-)

[@verdier4006]

I haven't even looked at this video in a while so I'm not sure what was up with it. As my videos begin to progress, especially more recently, I have been putting in timestamps so you guys can more easily get to what you want and not listen to my silly spiel. Learning experience for me and i always try learn from my mistakes. I will refrain from too much package opening unless I have a timestamp you can choose to easily skip it. Keep in mind this video was quite a while ago. :)

[@zag001a]

I skipped forward. What a concept. lol

[@verdier4006]

Too tough for me Minky! I like to open the stuff on video. I have gotten into the habit of trying to give visual time stamps for my viewers when I can so they can jump to where they want to be. :)

[@whitecloud_94]

how do i play a cd?

[@verdier4006]

You can buy portable CD players with fm modulators or Bluetooth transmitters which can send the signal to your Honda's head unit for playing. I would recommend that you just rip the files off you CDs and put them on your phone or a thumb drive and play them from there. It would be easier in the long run and you can have your entire CD collection for playing in most cars.

[@paulgreaves3416]

I’ve got a usb stick with music on it an it’s not working it’s only working from utube

[@verdier4006]

Try troubleshooting with this video I made later on. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ3IpqSFiJyUi6M

[@omnisempi81]

I'm justin a mazda 6 2016 sport. I got a SanDisk ultra USB 3.0 64gb it's a exFat can't get the car to play the music and sometimes it doesn't even recognize the USB is in

[@verdier4006]

Tray a smaller USB stick.

[@omnisempi81]

@@verdier4006 I tried that also I'm currently using a 8 gb 1. Same issue my old music plays but anythin I've recently downloaded doesn't. I have been converting KZbin to mp3 for years

[@verdier4006]

So it will work for some music and not all?

[@omnisempi81]

@@verdier4006 yes

[@verdier4006]

I have run into this problem on various cars. My current Hyundai won't play certain songs which play perfectly fine on my Honda. You'll have to re-encode the files again. Sorry, but some car's are particular with certain codec versions. I might suggest you open the files in Audacity and choose to save as a codec type of your choice. Should use newer more compatible codecs.

[@ZXGAMER22]

some music plays and music that are copyrighted wont play

[@verdier4006]

That depends on the source. If you buy the track and the current source won't let you play it then I would get another copy from a different source. As far as I'm concerned if you paid for the music then you should be allowed to play it for your personal use where you like. I refuse to obey copyright that restricts me from playing music I paid for 🤔

[@anime0_0dub]

Nobody Talking about the triple X 😂

[@verdier4006]

I'm sorry. I'm a bit too dense to catch on to the meaning of your comment.🤔

[@darrellwaters6854]

I"m having trouble putting music on my thumbdrive to play.

[@verdier4006]

What's the problem Darrell? Feel free to email me with the details. [e-mail]

[@darrellwaters6854]

@@verdier4006 I figured that out. Thanks though.

[@DCClipzz]

There’s no way nobody else noticed the xxx file😂😂

[@verdier4006]

What can I say. I'm a baaaad panda!😜

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

Somehow it still not work ..what else can I do ?

[@verdier4006]

I would first try a different thumb drive. Also try a smaller one like 16gb or less.

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

My only 32gb… when I first bought it I able to transfer all n it play in my car … somehow I delete all my music in it n transfer new list in n it not playing anymore :( any tips? Also I bought another one 128gb Samsung ..didn’t work either …

[@verdier4006]

I would recommend first reformatting it again as if it were a brand new thumb drive. After that put only one song on it and see if the car reads it. Keep in mind it takes the car some time to catalog the songs on the thumb drive so once you put them on it you will not be able to search or categorize them, only play or list them in the order they are on the drive . I'm not sure the Honda will work with a drive as large as the 128gb. I plan on making a video discussing the use of thumb drives on cars and how to troubleshoot them.

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

Thank u for your reply .. let me try again …

[@mohamedferas2070]

O my god American accent hard to understand. On 4:20 do you mean it can or it can’t !!??

[@verdier4006]

Sorry about that. I said "It can" " However I haven't personally tried this myself. I based this on the fact the list in the system when you go to search on the drive in the car lists "folder" as a choice. I think I might re-visit this and do more testing to make sure.

[@omaraguirre2626]

Mine won’t play and it’s on fat32

[@verdier4006]

Please watch my troubleshooting video. Hopefully it'll help you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ3IpqSFiJyUi6M

[@marcomedina8873]

Bro got XXX folder

[@verdier4006]

I'm a horny panda! 🐼

[@robshiel4868]

Why do people think KZbin is a great place to waffle on with their own crap

[@verdier4006]

Probably because people waffle on with their own crap in the comments in response.😛

[@jenk7252]

thank you

[@verdier4006]

No Problem.