Having a lot of problems playing my iPod library of 7,000+ songs on CUE. I am sure many of you have been following my struggles in this forum.
Had a thought....and maybe this would work....and maybe it wouldn't....
I don't keep my music on my computer. I copied all my iTunes music (and folders) to an external portable hard drive. I can plug it into my desktop iMac or Macbook laptop, launch iTunes, and the software will find the appropriate iTunes file to properly index my music in the iTunes software no matter what computer I use.
Sooooo.....
Could I simply plug my portable hard drive into my vehicle's USB port and hope that it recognizes all my playlists and songs without the need of an iPod? Or, is the iPod and its internal software the thing I need for CUE to properly place my playlists?
After all, I am copying my iTunes folders and file structures onto an external hard drive.
Yeah, I could simply go out to my vehicle now and test it out, but I thought I would simply ask first.
If this could essentially work, I could ditch my iPod and put all my music on a SOLID STATE 250GB hard drive. Access time would be phenomenal, I would have more HD storage space, and I could still transfer music using iTunes and have CUE recognize the hard drive in the same way it would an iPod.
It might also solve the problem of CUE not being able to play that amount of music.
Is this possible, or is the key to CUE playing music as it would appear in iTunes essential to having it played through an iPod?
----------EDIT:
You know, I could have saved myself and all of you a lot of time by just testing it myself....
Plugged my portable drive into the CUE USB port. This drive contains the iTunes file structure. If it were plugged into a computer iTunes would properly index all the music on it.
...but that seems to be the magic mojo missing here. Apparently, you can't just plug a hard drive into the USB port with iTunes files and expect it to work. You would need an iPod, which contains the necessary software to translate everything to CUE.
Had a thought....and maybe this would work....and maybe it wouldn't....
I don't keep my music on my computer. I copied all my iTunes music (and folders) to an external portable hard drive. I can plug it into my desktop iMac or Macbook laptop, launch iTunes, and the software will find the appropriate iTunes file to properly index my music in the iTunes software no matter what computer I use.
Sooooo.....
Could I simply plug my portable hard drive into my vehicle's USB port and hope that it recognizes all my playlists and songs without the need of an iPod? Or, is the iPod and its internal software the thing I need for CUE to properly place my playlists?
After all, I am copying my iTunes folders and file structures onto an external hard drive.
Yeah, I could simply go out to my vehicle now and test it out, but I thought I would simply ask first.
If this could essentially work, I could ditch my iPod and put all my music on a SOLID STATE 250GB hard drive. Access time would be phenomenal, I would have more HD storage space, and I could still transfer music using iTunes and have CUE recognize the hard drive in the same way it would an iPod.
It might also solve the problem of CUE not being able to play that amount of music.
Is this possible, or is the key to CUE playing music as it would appear in iTunes essential to having it played through an iPod?
----------EDIT:
You know, I could have saved myself and all of you a lot of time by just testing it myself....
Plugged my portable drive into the CUE USB port. This drive contains the iTunes file structure. If it were plugged into a computer iTunes would properly index all the music on it.
...but that seems to be the magic mojo missing here. Apparently, you can't just plug a hard drive into the USB port with iTunes files and expect it to work. You would need an iPod, which contains the necessary software to translate everything to CUE.