jchandra Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hi all, I've been looking at picking up an older x unit (910bt or 930bt), but someone got it in my head that these units do not shuffle the entire card. Is this true? I wouldn't have more than a couple hundred tracks, and the folder structure would not be complex. From the root, I'd separate files into Artist subfolders and that would be it. Thanks for any thoughts on this... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Indian Jack Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 I have a 930. There is definitely a limit on the number of songs or the total size that the system loads into memory. I haven't checked, but I believe I can only see about 1200 songs. If the system does not load the songs into memory, then the songs are not available to be played at all. They will not be included in shuffle, and you can't browse to them. Because of the way it loads the contents of the card first, you will find that the more music you have on the card, the longer it takes before the music actually kicks on. On my 2 GB card it came on within a few seconds. When I switched to a 16 GB card with much more music, it took a few minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jchandra Posted September 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Jack, thanks for the info. Definitely good to know. Out of curiosity, are there any other quirks you're experiencing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lyverbe Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 I have a 930. There is definitely a limit on the number of songs or the total size that the system loads into memory. I haven't checked, but I believe I can only see about 1200 songs. If the system does not load the songs into memory, then the songs are not available to be played at all. They will not be included in shuffle, and you can't browse to them. Because of the way it loads the contents of the card first, you will find that the more music you have on the card, the longer it takes before the music actually kicks on. On my 2 GB card it came on within a few seconds. When I switched to a 16 GB card with much more music, it took a few minutes. I have 1650 songs on my USB key and I've never experienced any "File not available" issue. At least, not yet! But anyway, I've found this thread while looking for a way for my x930bt to play random songs on the entire USB instead of just a folder. I thought of symbolic links, but that's a feature only available on NTFS. I think direct links (.lnk files) wouldn't be seen at all by the unit. Bummer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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