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Demo of playing FLAC and WAV from a USB hardrive
I know some people think a USB HD won't work in the car and that it can't play WAV files. This is demo of my second USB 1tb HD, a Western Digital 1tb USB HD. The original Oyen 1tb drive that I have been using in the car(s) since 2011 has died after 5+ years. I have used USB HD's in 3 BMW's from a 2008 E90 non-iDrive thru 2017 F87.
While I don't have screen shots showing the files are FLAC or WAV, you can take my word on it until the next time I get the HD out of the car and plug it into the computer for some reason. The youtube video shows a FLAC playing and all of the searching and grouping capabilities that come along with formats that carry a digital ID like FLAC or AAC and then finding and playing a WAV title. This video is safe for work but may put you to sleep
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The F87 and F80 will start playing music from the drive within seconds of starting the car. When you plug in a new USB drive that has not been read by the car before it plays the first song just as fast, in seconds, but you cannot browse the drive for about a minute. In the E90 it took 2 minutes to start playing every time the car was started.
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How big of a difference can you hear from this VS bluetooth or usb connected?
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A2DP apparently requires your bluetooth device (a phone) first decode then re-encode the audio using another codec (transcode) while streaming. But, if the iDrive supports MP3 playback, I don't understand why they don't simply packetize the MP3 data. Won't be a big perceived difference between iDrive USB and A2DP, but USB should always sound better. However, the analog jack may provide the best possible quality if you have a good D/A on your source. |
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