AMI to USB Drive Problem

Jeffc · 04-26-2012, 07:28 PM

I bought an AMI-USB interface cable for my B8 S4. It cost $14 on Amazon. Not bad considering ECS wants $75 and Audi gets even more. I plug in a 32gig USB2 thumb drive and the music plays and sounds great. Plug in a 500gig USB3 drive with 80gig of music on it (maybe 10,000 songs) and the MMI says it does not recognize the device. My guess is that either the drive is too large, there too many files, or the MMI is not compatible with USB3. Any help would be appreciated.

Mickelin · 06-17-2012, 12:59 AM

I had the same problem with my 1TB Samsung USB drive. A reformat from NTFS to FAT32 fixed it. Now works flawlessly with Chinese no-name cable.

Jeffc · 06-18-2012, 07:15 AM

I tried that. It appeared to work but I eventually discovered that only half of the music folders were playable. Same with a 32gig sd card, a 32gig thumb drive, a 64gig thumb drive, and the same 64g thumb drive with a 32gig partition. Can't get playlists to work either.

dscline · 06-27-2012, 04:19 AM

I thought there was a limit of something around 4100 files per source. If that's correct, and you're filling up over 32GB of compressed music, I would presume you are exceeding that limit.

06-17-2012, 12:59 AM	#2
Mickelin AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 209	I had the same problem with my 1TB Samsung USB drive. A reformat from NTFS to FAT32 fixed it. Now works flawlessly with Chinese no-name cable. __________________ 2012 A6 2.0 TDI Multitronic Aviator Blue w extended Black Leather, extended Walnut Trim, Adaptive Air Suspension, Bose, factory tint, sport+tech packages, Calix engine heater etc, etc 2012 Q3 2.0 TFSI Cobalt Blue, sport+tech packages, factory tint

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06-18-2012, 07:15 AM	#3
Jeffc Audiworld Junior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 45	I tried that. It appeared to work but I eventually discovered that only half of the music folders were playable. Same with a 32gig sd card, a 32gig thumb drive, a 64gig thumb drive, and the same 64g thumb drive with a 32gig partition. Can't get playlists to work either.

06-27-2012, 04:19 AM	#4
dscline Audiworld Junior Member 2011 Audi A4 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 89	I thought there was a limit of something around 4100 files per source. If that's correct, and you're filling up over 32GB of compressed music, I would presume you are exceeding that limit.