Music

djc1610 · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: Music

I would like to transfer many mp3 files to my GO 730.

I know that they must be mp3 and that they must go into a file called mp3 but what I do not know is whether they can be in subfolders inside the mp3 folder.

Perhaps this info is in the user guide but at present I do not have a copy to hand and will not get one until i return home in a couple of days.

I did a search in this subforum for music and i got 480 posts, none of which seemed to have anything whatsover to do with music.

Am I the only one that gets huge numbers of posts like this?

dhn · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:40 pm Post subject:

Here's a link to the 730 manual.
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djc1610 · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject: Music

Thanks for that

alan_sh · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject:

Just so you don't have to wade through the manual....

Yes, you can organise the music into folders under \mp3. I have it so I have the group as a folder and then each album as a folder under that.

Works a treat

Alan

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:21 am Post subject:

Just be aware that the TomTom won't use the folder structure to decide what to call songs/albums/artistes etc. All of that is done from the ID tags in the mp3 files themselves. If they are wrong or incomplete, the TT will make a pigs ear of it.
If it bothers you, you can use a tag editor (there's one built in to iTunes) to sort them out.

djc1610 · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info on mp3 tags.

I have a mp3 tag editor so I can view all the tags for the mp3 files.

What do I need to look for int he tag to ensure that it has the necessary information for my TomTom 730.

Can you offer any help with the format of the tag ans what it all means?
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Andy_P · Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:41 am Post subject:

Sorry for the delay replying, been off-line for a couple of days.

Nothing complicated in the tags as far as I know.... Using iTunes, I just make sure the Artist, Title, Album and Track number fields look right.

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