Loading Your Music Player

[V.T. Eric Layton]

My Master Playlist is nearly 2Gig in size (nearly 300 songs). I just revamped/updated it this afternoon. It's going to take hours to upload it back to my little music player via usb.

 

It's very COOL, but very slow. One day, I guess this process will get faster. For now, I'll just leave the system running for the next four or so hours till this thing finishes.

 

*sigh* Gotta' do it, though. Must have music for those long bike rides/walks.

[securitybreach]

Ha, that's nothing.... I have 191gb of music = 13,332 mp3s

[Corrine]

It will be worth it when its finished. I love using mine when I'm working in the yard.

[securitybreach]

It will be worth it when its finished. I love using mine when I'm working in the yard.

 

Indeed!!

 

Its funny, I end up using Pandora when I am on the go even though I have a ton of music. I am to the point now where it is hard to find anything I want to listen to. It is easier to listen to a streaming radio service like Pandora or iHeartRadio.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Ha, that's nothing.... I have 191gb of music = 13,332 mp3s

 

It would take a lot of bike riding and walking to listen to that set all the way through.

 

It will be worth it when its finished. I love using mine when I'm working in the yard.

 

Yuppers. I love my little players (I have two). Every once in a while I update the mix, though. I haven't done it in a while (6 months or more). I had forgotten how slow usb 2.0 is.

[ross549]

If it's a 2GB music player, even on USB 2, it should finish loading the music within a few minutes. I wonder why it is taking sooo long. USB 1.1 is super slow, but USB should zip along pretty quickly. Most flash chips write data 5MB/sec or so, and it should be done pretty quickly.

 

Adam

[V.T. Eric Layton]

It's almost finished! Oh, boy!!!

 

Well, the first one, anyway. Gotta' load the second one now.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

WOW! My second little player loaded that entire Master Playlist in less than 1 hour, and I just realized why...

 

The first one I loaded last night and this morning (nearly 7 hours total) is USB 1.0. The faster one I loaded just a few minutes ago is USB 2.0.

 

Don't let anyone tell you there isn't a massive transfer rate improvement between 1.0 and 2.0.

 

http://en.wikipedia....28Full_Speed.29

[zlim]

I can tell you first hand there is a massive difference in the USB speeds.

I'm imaging 5 of the computers in the house. My hubby's old 2K is off the grid. I removed the security software, then I cleaned it, and defragged it. The hd is 40GB total and less than 1/2 of that is used. Unfortunately the USB port must be 1.1 because the image (the last I will do for that computer - hallelujiah) took close to 2 hours!!! I know the 500GB portable hd is USB 2 because there is a tag on the USB cord.

I had my netbook with me and was working on other things while I kept one eye on his computer. It scared me because when it started it said 5 hours! Thank goodness it lied.

[V.T. Eric Layton]

One of these days I'm going to build a new system with that superfast USB 3.0.

 

Sadly, I got all my music loaded and updated, but didn't get a chance to go for a bike ride today. Rain in the forecast for the next few days. I hope I can sneak in a ride tomorrow.