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Playing Music in the Car
I'm hoping I'm not the only dinosaur in here when it comes to music. I don't subscribe to any music streaming service (like Spotify) for the purpose of listening to music. I have most of the music I want to listen to as an mp3 file stored on my computer. Currently, I copied the music I want to a thumb drive, and put a bunch of songs (manually) into 6 folders called "Oldies", "Rock", "Pop", "Classical", "Country" and "Christmas". I plugged that thumb drive into the car's USB port and use the car's music function to play the particular folder I want on shuffle mode. As you can imagine though, it is kind of a clunky interface with which to browse folders to play music.
My question is: How do you play music in your car? Does everyone use Spotify these days? If so, how do you play your own mp3 files, presuming you have any. One option I'm going to try is YouTube Music on my phone through Android Auto (if that's even possible). I already subscribe to YouTube Premium (so I don't get ads when watching videos) and that includes YouTube Music which allows you to upload your own music files. I'm not even sure if that will work better (or at all) in the car, but I'll try it first since it won't cost me any extra to try it out. Any suggestions you folks have for me to make my music listening experience in the car better/simpler? I'm not opposed to trying Spotify or something like it, but how could I replicate my own music collection on a streaming service? I'm not always interested in listening to "recommended" or random music. I like what I own and want to just listen to that most of the time. Help an old dinosaur if you can please. :-)
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05-07-2024, 08:32 PM | #2 |
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Why don’t you just use CarPlay to play music files you have or would need to have saved on your phone? Connect your phone and just browse through your phone’s music from the CarPlay display in iDrive.
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I don't have an iPhone, so no CarPlay. I suspect I'll have to find an app that works similarly on Android. A Google search turned up some results, so I'll look into a couple to see how well it works.
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05-08-2024, 12:12 AM | #5 |
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If you have a local music collection, and want a modern platform to organize your collection, as well as access your personal collection both inside out and outside of the house, then Plexamp is awesome. It supports CarPlay/Android Auto as well.
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This is the list I'm currently looking at. I've downloaded AIMP and GoneMAD so far and will try them both over the next week or so.
https://www.androidauthority.com/bes...d-auto-944720/
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For example, I only listen to the radio. Black Forest radio with oldies from the fifties to the nineties. https://www.schwarzwaldradio.com/playlist |
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No you are not a dinosaur
Whilst I have a g30 I miss the cd player in my LCI car Why would bmw remove this , they are not old fashioned and certainly better than any lossful music format I too play music off a usb drive , either wav files or lossless wma. And idrive 7 was also a bit clunky, sad to hear it sounds like they haven’t improved it much if at all in idrive 8.5 I also do not any streaming service for music I prefer to own my music on a physical object. |
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I have my entire music library on a low profile USB drive. Works great, love the full integration of the album art into iDrive (and the HUD) and you can’t see the drive at all as it is so small.
I find the audio quality better than streaming from Apple CarPlay and you have more control in terms of being able to scroll through the library. |
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A long time ago, I stored everything on an old Mac Mini. I hooked it up to the home stereo and selected music. Nowadays, I have an Apple TV for all my TV streaming and music streaming. I was able to move 100% of my music over from the old Mac Mini. I create a lot of playlists, and because it’s all Apple, they appear on all my devices - my MacBook at work, my iPad, my phone.
Sometimes I use that through CarPlay. I also use the free SiriusXM a lot. I’ve tried Spotify and like it, but hate the commercials and I don’t want to subscribe. I do subscribe to Apple Music which has most every song and band that I have heard of. It saves me money because I used to spend a lot of money on music. Sometimes, I will hear a new song on Sirius, type the band into Apple Music and listen to the album. If I like it, then I download it. Since you don’t have Apple, you could try Amazon music. They seem to have a good selection. |
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YouTube music through android auto works just fine. I use it, you can play anything you like and the “hey google” command works so you can request songs or playlists.
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I'll probably end up using AIMP. I also uploaded a bunch of my music to YouTube Music but haven't tried it yet in the car. I'll probably use that when I want to try new stuff, or stream some music instead of play from my collection.
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I used to use Android, but switched to Apple, so I can’t speak to Android Auto.
I do have a paid subscription to SiriusXM and use Amazon Music in the 540. Both meet my music needs. I’m curious on how this turns out for you. |
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If you have the mp3 files on your pbone then this may work. Download Spotify. Spotify menu “Local Files” should show your mp3 collection. Spotify supports .mp3.
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If the car interface for Spotify is any different and lets me browse by folder, and make playlists based on folders then I'll post it here. Otherwise, I will probably continue playing around with AIMP, since so far it's working exactly how I want it to. Whether Spotify works for me or not, I appreciate the tip and help everyone is offering.
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Is there a way to assign one of the gesture shortcuts to open an app on the phone via Android Auto?
My situation is this: I have two apps that I regularly use on my phone when in the car: Pocketcast and AIMP (for podcasts and for music). So far, I have been switching between them by either using the touch screen in the car, or by using the iDrive controller, but all within the Android Auto interface. When I was using the car's built-in music player to play music off a USB drive, I could assign a gesture to that music source and it would always take me to my music. I already have a gesture to take me to Android Auto, which is where I play podcasts. Now that my music is also in Android Auto, I'm not sure if there is an easy way to switch between two apps within Android Auto. Any ideas?
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