Open each of your playlists in Note Pad, Simple Text or even Word probably will work. Mine read Music/iTune/iTunes Music/Def Leppard/Hysteria/Rocket.m4a was (as it was on my computer. My files had Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Artist/Album/Song.m4a where You will need to edit and save each one (just once) and you're set! The playlist files (.m3u) are going to point to the files on your computer. This last step is the hardest but I think anyone that's used a word processor will get it. In your music app, export your playlists - I had 30 - to the same root folder as your music (should be the same as you artists folders). Most music apps (iTunes, WinAmp or other jukeboxes usually fill these spots in automatically if one is connected to the Internet).Īs it shows in the manual, MyLink supports many playlist format.m3u is a standard and what I used. This, assuming your music files are as neatly handled/imported as mine. If you choose to stop here, MyLink will be able to play and sort your music by artist, genre, etc. When done, when you double click on your flash drive it should have Artist folders (including inside Albums>Songs listed in alphabetical order. Select All on the source and drag and drop onto your flash drive. Yes! Copy those to the root directory (that just means no other folders on the glad drive. The most simple way is to copy your music over starting in the folder with Artists. What folders or how deep they go doesn't matter. MyLink in at least my Gen 8 built in 2/2012 uses ID tags to determine everything. Here is where it gets easy or confusing depending on how ya think. I have over 10k - but I recommend keeping at or below that number for stability. You need a library of music which you already have probably. I recommend checking and using FAT32 even though I've read others have had results with other standard Windows format.ģ. I'm using a 128GB with factory formatting. So, first you need a flash drive of your choosing. I've read around the Internet that when in park video files can work but that's untested.Ģ. Interestingly I was able to look at some jpg files in the picture app but despite them all being taken by the same device - only 25% I tried were recognized. 90% of my library is iTunes purchased or AAC (.m4a or. MyLink handles every format of music I've thrown at it. If you already know this skip paragraphs until there's something new.ġ. Playlists were the hardest to figure out. Ok so I figured out MyLink and strict Flash USB music storage including playlists.

Itunes music stored twice