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Old May 27th, 2018, 13:07   #1
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Default USB Playback Sequence

I've read an awful lot of posts about the (awful) absence of any official information about the playback sequence of the Sensus software when attaching a USB device. From a little bit of experimentation I think I see some patterns emerging (the below is incomplete):


If selecting "Tracks" display is sequenced alphabetically by %title%
and foldername then filename if %title% is duplicated

playback of %track% is sequenced (advanced) by foldername then filename



If selecting "Albums" display is sequenced alphabetically by %album%
then alphabetically by %track%
and foldername then filename if %album% is duplicated or
alphabetically by %title% if %track" = blank

playback is sequenced (advanced) by %title% then foldername then filename



If selecting "Folders" display is sequenced alphabetically by foldername
then alphabetically by filename (NB: duplicate filenames not allowed, so this is a unique instance within foldername)



If selecting "Artists"
display is sequenced alphabetically by %artist%
then alphabetically by %title%



If selecting "Year" display is sequenced by %year%
then alphabetically by %title%


The %filename% entries are mp3tags, italics are for the directory structure.

Some sort sequences use mp3tags some use foldername or filename. There is probably some logic to it, but at the moment it escapes me.

What it does mean, however, is if I have several versions of an album or a track-name then I can never be certain which version is playing or which will play next, as the display shows only the mp3tags for title or album, even if the sort sequence is using filename.

So. if I have a song called "The Best Song Ever" in three albums "Original Studio Album", "Live Version" and "Covers by Teenage Screamer" the version selected (and the tracks which will be played afterwards) will vary depending on how I select the track (by album, folder, track, artist, whatever). Similar confusion arises if (as I do) I have folders such as artist/original albums/album 1 and artist/remasters/album 1.

Bah!

Of course there are workarounds such as a folder and file naming and MP3tag naming convention, but for that to be truly useful one has to understand how the Volvo Sensus software works - and no-one seems to know! I'll have to keep playing to find what works for me.

HTH

BTW:
%title% means "track name"
%track% means "track number" or "#"
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On my current car (Audi A8) I have a USB stick with about a dozen albums on it. When I first plugged it in the stick contents downloaded onto a hard drive on the cars media system. I could also load cd's directly to the hard drive.

Appreciate there is no CD player on the car I've ordered, but will I be able to plug in the USB stick and have it all downloaded into the xc60 or will I have to plug in the stick every time I want to play anything from it?
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On my current car (Audi A8) I have a USB stick with about a dozen albums on it. When I first plugged it in the stick contents downloaded onto a hard drive on the cars media system. I could also load cd's directly to the hard drive.

Appreciate there is no CD player on the car I've ordered, but will I be able to plug in the USB stick and have it all downloaded into the xc60 or will I have to plug in the stick every time I want to play anything from it?
I have to say that you will be very disappointed on how the Sensus works compare to your Audi

The new Sensus doesn't have a "useable" HDD for media playback and if you have an USB drive plug in, the system doesn't have an option to play by folder!!!

Unless all your songs are tagged appropriately, you will find playing music on your new Volvo will be a tat troublesome.
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I have to say that you will be very disappointed on how the Sensus works compare to your Audi

The new Sensus doesn't have a "useable" HDD for media playback and if you have an USB drive plug in, the system doesn't have an option to play by folder!!!

Unless all your songs are tagged appropriately, you will find playing music on your new Volvo will be a tat troublesome.
Bugger - no shuffle! Does it force you down the Spotify or similar route? If so I'll have to get the kids involved - only just figured out cd's
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Bugger - no shuffle! Does it force you down the Spotify or similar route? If so I'll have to get the kids involved - only just figured out cd's
You can shuffle. Only tried it on an album and songs so far though, not tried it on artists yet.
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I have not really looked to deep into this yet, but annoyingly so far I have not worked out a way to select a play list off my playlists on my iPhone, on the screen, even earn connected to apple car play still no option to select a play list, so far it is pretty poor when it comes to music searching for tracks, playlists etc.

I still think Apple car play has a long way to go to be of a use worth having it, although the good thing is it is always being updated will hope to think over the next few years.
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