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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system |
| Date | 2015-03-24 14:44 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <cndbhrF8e8sU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <merlmf$ntf$1@dont-email.me> <merpbv$7m0$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2015-03-24, David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> wrote: > On 2015-03-24 12:36:18 +0000, David Fritzinger said: > >> I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup, but I'll try this anyway. >> I recently bought a 2015 VW GTI. Part of the infotainment system is the >> ability to store music on SD cards, to be played through the car's >> infotainment system. I made copies the songs in my iTunes Music folder, >> organized by album, but have been having trouble playing the songs in >> the car. What I've recently noticed is that when the card is read in >> the car, there appear to be two or more copies of the songs in the >> album folder. One of them gives the song's name, but with an underline >> preceding the song's name, and with a music symbol with a line through >> it before the song's name. The second copy just has the name of the >> song. I am unable to play the former (though I sometimes can, with a >> bit of fooling aroung-starting and stopping the playback a few times), >> but the latter plays with no problem. These extra files don't show up >> in the finder on my Mac (Mid 2010 iMac, 27", 3.6 GHz i5, OSX.10.2, >> iTunes 12.1.0.50). Are these files needed for the VW to play back the >> songs? If not, is there an easy to get rid of them? >> >> Note: When selecting "Show hidden files" in Onyx, the unplayable files >> do not show up in the finder. >> >> Thank you in advance. > > I just used Onyx, which mentioned the existence of "AppleDouble" files, > which contain metadata or resource data to files whose format doesn't > suport resources or metadata. The filenames of these files starts with > ._, which is the same as the files I was seeing. Question is, will > removing the AppleDouble files cause me to lose song information, such > as the album and the artist? No, because ID3 information is stored within the data fork of the song file. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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"extra" files seen in VW infotainment system David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-24 08:36 -0400
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-24 09:38 -0400
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 14:44 +0000
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 14:34 +0000
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 14:54 +0000
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 15:19 +0000
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-24 21:24 +0000
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-24 21:59 +0000
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-24 13:11 -0600
Re: "extra" files seen in VW infotainment system David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-24 15:41 -0400
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