[jvoaden]

I've copy/pasted about 30GB of songs from iTunes onto a 64GB SDXC card. My new Boxster will identify only about 5GB of music (the first 5GB in artist alphabetical order as listed in my iTunes library.) Any idea why the car won't see the rest of my music? I've tried this on two different SD cards, and two different sets of music.

Additional, the files in iTunes include MPEG audio files, AAC audio files, and "purchased AAC audio files."

 

[JazzCatGab]

Any idea how many actual files are involved. The jukebox is supposed to hold up to 10GB or up to 3,000 files, according to the manual. What format are the files? Also, have you checked the Jukebox stats? Media button, OPT button, Jukebox Settings, Source Details.

 

[jvoaden]

Any idea how many actual files are involved. The jukebox is supposed to hold up to 10GB or up to 3,000 files, according to the manual. What format are the files? Also, have you checked the Jukebox stats? Media button, OPT button, Jukebox Settings, Source Details.

I have roughly 6500 files in MPEG and AAC formats. I'm not trying to load them into Jukebox, just play from the SD card. My Jukebox settings are as you say - 3000 files and 10GB.

 

[JazzCatGab]

Is there a difference between the files you copied from iTunes other than some are purchased? I guess I'm asking if the files that aren't showing up happen to be the purchased files. I'm not sure Apple lets you freely distribute copyrighted files you have purchased. They may only be available via iTunes in Apple CarPlay. Do you have Apple CarPlay installed installed on the car?

 

[Nosmo]

I've copy/pasted about 30GB of songs from iTunes onto a 64GB SDXC card. My new Boxster will identify only about 5GB of music (the first 5GB in artist alphabetical order as listed in my iTunes library.) Any idea why the car won't see the rest of my music? I've tried this on two different SD cards, and two different sets of music.

Additional, the files in iTunes include MPEG audio files, AAC audio files, and "purchased AAC audio files."

I've had the same issue since 2015 with the previous gen PCM before this current generation PCM. I have put it down to a Porsche quirk. You're absolutely correct. It will read some but not all files. Files you mark as favourite (stars) only partially come through. Life is too short to bother and the forward button too convenient not to use to skip the song.

 

[hkginlax]

I've copy/pasted about 30GB of songs from iTunes onto a 64GB SDXC card. My new Boxster will identify only about 5GB of music (the first 5GB in artist alphabetical order as listed in my iTunes library.) Any idea why the car won't see the rest of my music? I've tried this on two different SD cards, and two different sets of music.

Additional, the files in iTunes include MPEG audio files, AAC audio files, and "purchased AAC audio files."

Were you checking your music from a playlist or from the file folder? If you were checking from a playlist, that could be the issue because the PCM can only handle 1000 songs per playlist. Since you have 6500 songs in 30GB, if all of them are in one playlist, only 1000 songs will be shown; which is around 5GB as you mentioned.

 

[jvoaden]

Were you checking your music from a playlist or from the file folder? If you were checking from a playlist, that could be the issue because the PCM can only handle 1000 songs per playlist. Since you have 6500 songs in 30GB, if all of them are in one playlist, only 1000 songs will be shown; which is around 5GB as you mentioned.

I'm copying from iTunes Library "Songs" - no playlist. Most were not purchased from Apple. I do not have Carplay installed.

 

[Viffermike]

I've copy/pasted about 30GB of songs from iTunes onto a 64GB SDXC card. My new Boxster will identify only about 5GB of music (the first 5GB in artist alphabetical order as listed in my iTunes library.) Any idea why the car won't see the rest of my music? I've tried this on two different SD cards, and two different sets of music.

Additional, the files in iTunes include MPEG audio files, AAC audio files, and "purchased AAC audio files."

I think I know your issue: formatting.

I'm willing to bet that you have the SD Card formatted in FAT32, which has a file limit size of 4GB, give or take. While none of your individual 'files' are more than 4GB, FAT32 can have issues with large amounts of data in a single folder -- even if there are folders inside folders -- which is how iTunes does it.

The 1,000-file limit of PCM4 that @hkginlax notes may have something to do with it, too. The solution is to delete the iTunes 'root' folder -- the one that holds the individual folders for each artist. (These days, it's usually called 'iTunes Music', I believe). Copy ONLY those individual folders, one by one (or, better yet: use 'Select All') to your card.

My SD card is formatted in exFAT. I've got about 110GB on it. The car reads it perfectly. Right now all of my music is in FLAC format, but I initially loaded AAC files to it when I first got my car; worked great then, too.

The one thing you can't do is use AIFF files -- Apple's proprietary lossless codec. It's one of the few that PCM4's DAC won't read.

Hope this helps!

 

[jvoaden]

That sounds like it could be the problem. It is formatted in exFAT. I'm not a techie, so how do I find/delete the iTunes root folder? All I've done so far is select all my music ("songs") and copy/paste onto the SD card.

 

[jvoaden]

Thanks very much! Copying without the iTunes folder worked great. I had copied out of iTunes, which caused the problem. Copying the files out of "Music" did it!

 

[Viffermike]

Thanks very much! Copying without the iTunes folder worked great. I had copied out of iTunes, which caused the problem. Copying the files out of "Music" did it!

Woot woot! Glad to hear that worked, OP!