USB port in Mini SE for music?

Ok, so clearly not an OS thing. You got it to work with a standard Android OS on a Samsung device. So my Sony Xperia shouldn't be an issue. Gonna check the formatting on the microSD card I use right now. Thank you!

UPDATE: Ok, so my card WAS formatted to exfat. Did you have any particular folder setup? I mean, was all your music in individual folders in the root? Or did you have it in "Music" or something?

UPDATE 2: To be safe, I copied out the music folders into the root directory. So ROOT -- ARTIST FOLDER, instead of ROOT -- MUSIC -- ARTIST FOLDER. It was formatted exfat, still didn't work. Now the manual does say it won't read FLAC but not all my files were FLAC so it should have read something. I will try with a USB stick, although having to convert a LOT of my music to mp3 will be a bigger nuisance than it's worth probably.

 

At home we only listen to our huge digital database in programs and applications that let us navigate folder structures. Like a giant record shelf. In order, sorted by sections. PowerAmp has always permitted this flawlessly. Plus, you can really customise its UI not for aesthetics but for your preferred use while listening. It really can't be beat in my eyes. If I could navigate our music via Poweramp but playing out through the USB port of the car it would be great.

 

No question Windows in the 90s was a mess and I don't wanna start an argument on my own topic but I would still rather have an OS I can toy with to make it work than one that only lets me learn what it wants me to learn about dinosaurs and only through the software and accessories they make available to me. Conveniently organised and bug free needn't mean best equipped to handle tasks.

 

Android Auto and Apple's solution are just mirrored UI from your phone in a basic app launcher that are actually quite laggy and limit you from using the most useful features of your phone for navigation and entertainment which is probably why Android is phasing it out and why it's not longer being put in cars. The majority of car owners with some kind of smart feature in their entertainment unit end up buying a mount and using their phone anyway. The "auto software" experience is an extra unnecessary step. Like running a software loader inside Windows, or using an app to run games from on your phone. You just wanna get to the app you already use for navigation. It woul dbe more useful to let people log into their Google account in their car and have basic search and Maps built in and nothing else. I'm sure that's where it will end up.

It really is amazing and worth buying.

 

That's exactly what I'm thinking of doing. Because, actually, the UI in the car for music and the awesome joystick/turn controller are really well designed for navigating music on folders.

 

I hear ya. It's just not how we listen to music. Plus it involves having streaming services which I refuse to sign up for.

 

I have no idea but I believe it has something to do with which version of Bluetooth they have installed in the car. All other metadata goes through but artwork doesn't work.
I'm about to try a USB flash drive with two mp3 albums and two flac albums to see if flac works. If it doesn't, I'll have to just resort to bluetooth without artwork. I'm not going to set about converting 80% of my music.

 

Thanks for that. I did the same. FLAC and mp3 were no problem and all my album artwork showed up.
However, I did notice something that was a bit annoying... is there no pause button for the music when listening on a USB device? I couldn't find anything, bit weird. Also it seems it just starts playing when you select USB. It doesn't just let you go to a folder before music starts.