Like some updates on playing USB music files

So far the only thing I have tried that works is MP3 on a FAT 32 / 32GB USB stick.
Anyway to play higher quality file types on a Prius via USB sticks?
Also do all the new Prius radios have the CD player removed?
Cell phones are normally limited to 64GB for a micro SD card.

So the reason I ask is I am going to rip my 600 CD collection to a hard drive in a lossless format to play on my XBOX ONE X for the house and do not want to re-rip all 600 in MP3.

Is there a noticeable quality improvement in the highest bit rate for MP3 and can the Prius use it?

Or as Simon and Garfunkel said, " Is analysis worthwhile, is the theater really dead"?

 

Looks like most car makers are deleting CD players. Looks like Toyota base models get it deleted but the Premium JBL still has it for 2019 so far.

Automakers Remove CD Players, Gas Gauges, Speedometers | Money

Ford Removes the CD Player From Upcoming Vehicles

It's Time To Say Goodbye To The CD Player In New American Cars

 

My issue is that Toyota may not support lossless formats and larger USB sticks. I would need at least a 256GB stick for lossless audio of 600 CDs.

I actually do not want a CD player but the MP3 files are lower quality and limited to 32GB.

 

Exactly! Very poor execution by Toyota. You can put lossless audio on a USB stick and play it on most home devices.
With Toyota you are lucky to find the CD title on the stick after renaming it so you can find it. Even the file structure they have is very poor. F for a grade.

I couldn't find Lakme by Leo Delibes for days and suddenly I saw it under artists I think. It was not under albums. Maybe!

First song was truncated in MP3 for Abby Road at joo joo eyeballs.
Come Together
Song by The Beatles
Lyrics
Here come old flat top
He come groovin' up slowly
He got joo joo eyeballs
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please

My wife tolerates my taste in music.

Love Thelonious Monk.

 

Yep, the slot is very hard to find and you have to be careful not to force it in upside down. At one time it was inside the console compartment.
They need a spot that is easily visible and not require you to hang upside down over the dash to see it.

 

Excellent! Did rip a few CDs in Windows Media Audio Lossless and played them off a hard drive on my XBOX One X through my receiver and what a difference in the house. No skipping, cutouts, and sounds as good as the CD but they are very large files. So once I get them all ripped I will look for converter software to MP3. I have noticed cutouts, skips, and some songs truncated in MP3 straight rip.

 

OK, so after 200 RIPs I had two disks that won't hunt after that rabbit. Tried a different ripper and that worked better but still no rabbit.
Error correction is on so I will try those two on WAV and see what happens. Looks are perfect which means nothing in life.

 

Downloaded NCH suite and it ripped the two CDs in question without an issue. Nothing else would work so I guess media player was the culprit.

 

OK, realized my media player had defaulted to WMA on my old burns (two years ago) to a 32GB stick and I have been playing mixed files of MP3 and WMA for a long time. Now to see if it will play WMA files at a higher bitrate. Already tried the lossless and that will not work.

 

What a learning experience.

So I ripped all 800 CDs (yes I had a pile) in WMA lossless format. In the process I may have wore out two drives/maybe.

Anyway do not ever download freeware off the internet to do this stuff as it can and will corrupt your OS (Windows does not like two player software's in the same system). I had to rebuild one computer because the directions on the Microsoft site left out about 20 steps. It said delete Atapi drivers in device manager for a fix. The freeware had corrupted the registry.

DO NOT EVER DELETE YOUR ATAPI DRIVERS Even if your life depends on it.

Went into regedit on the other computer and fixed the issue.

So I bought two el cheapo drives at Amazon and they ripped perfect for awhile and then started to refuse to rip disks. But not every disk.
Finally as I was about to send them back I turned off auto rip and auto eject and now everything is puuurrrr fect!
So I may have thrown away two good very old drives. Maybe!
Evidently Windows media player will not auto rip a CD that it smells traces of that CD on the system in previous rip attempts.
After my horrible experience I decided to just re-rip the ones I wanted for the car.

BTW/ WMA high rate is awesome and plays perfect in the car.
I still get the weird folder structure/where is this stuff and occasional song out in the middle of no-where but the quality over low rate MP3 and WMA is very noticeable.

You can also burn around 30-40 tracks in WMA lossless format on a CD and play it in a CD player.

There is a setting in library in media player that says check this box if you want to rearrange rip music in rip folders using rip music settings. What up with that?????
libraries - How can I configure Windows Media Player to manage my music library? - Super User

 

Wow, I need to try that. Wonder if you can have two USB sticks working at the same time?

 

Ever try an USB hard drive?

Also the Prius system is casting some songs out of folders to unidentified.

Anyway I have completed my second rip in WMA high rate best quality for the car and so far it works fine.

BTW/ My car is older than yours.

First car ever that was ever made when Ford was in diapers.

 

What year was that? I have heard rumors that the electric vehicles were first.
History of the electric vehicle - Wikipedia