music files on SD card, won't play

**jfarr544** · 03-15-2008, 04:41 PM

I can't access my music from the media application and when I explore the media card, i see the the 10 or so music files, but they the device won;t play them. Am I restricted to file types? How to I get files on the media card to show upon the media application?

btw, I did do the recommended noob search thats how I got this far.

need help
thanks

**fonebrkr** · 03-15-2008, 04:51 PM

Did you format the card in your phone first? Try that.
Make sure you have a common format on your tunes and it's best if the songs are DRM free.

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**jfarr544** · 03-15-2008, 05:04 PM

Sound like a good idea. What is the best way to format the media card? Not sure what DRM is?
Jeff

**fonebrkr** · 03-15-2008, 05:12 PM

With the card in your phone options, media card format.
DRM is digital rights management, it,s basically a tag in the song file that tells the player the song hasn't been paid for to play on multiple devices. One license.
Amazon sells drm free songs online, you can rip your music or google p2p sharing since that is a taboo topic of conversation.

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**jfarr544** · 03-15-2008, 05:21 PM

ok ok. that is likely my problem, that four letter iTunes got me agian.

thanks
Jeff

**fonebrkr** · 03-15-2008, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by jfarr544

ok ok. that is likely my problem, that four letter iTunes got me agian.

thanks
Jeff

yeah, apple and BB are probably never going to get together and hug it out..

Go with straight mp3's. and definitely format your card, it makes sure fat32 is on it and puts your basic folders on, it'll save problems down the road as you add stuff.

**jfarr544** · 03-15-2008, 08:11 PM

got to work. and yeah only loaded mp3 pre-iTunes for now I will need to go back and slash and burn what I need on my BB. however the BB will never replace my ipod. the BB just doesn't sound as good.

thanks for your help

Jeff

**fonebrkr** · 03-15-2008, 10:24 PM

Sounds good through my truck & bike stereos, but I've never tried an ipod.
YW

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**mike21b** · 03-16-2008, 07:54 PM

Mine DID play them until last week. I can see all song and video titles on the BB but when I hit "Play" it says "Loading" forever. The songs / videos can also be viewed via the desktop manager. I can load new ones on but they don't play either.

Pictures on the same memory card are there and can be viewed with no problems.

???????

Mike

**scourtney** · 04-06-2012, 09:42 AM

I have a similar problem, but only on recently loaded MP3 files. Others on the SD card can be viewed in Artists, Albums, etc and have played normally for months and continue to. As far as I can see in Windows Explorer and Media Player, all the files are in the same format (MP3), and are tagged in Artist, Album and other fields. I've tried deleting the files from the SD card and then copying them back on again, but it's made no difference. I'm baffled. Can anyone help? Thanks.