NO MUSIC COLLECTION Hard Drive?? WTF

MBM340 · 11-28-2020, 10:36 PM

I am awaiting my 2021 M340 and watching lots of videos on the car and the IDrive 7. Tonight I find out that it has NO hard drive to store a music collection.
Look, I KNOW I am am old school but W T F!?!?! I saved my collection from my last car on a stick so I could transfer it over and now I hear the 21 MY cars have no hard drive to store my music.
That blows.
MB

momall · 11-29-2020, 02:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBM340

I am awaiting my 2021 M340 and watching lots of videos on the car and the IDrive 7. Tonight I find out that it has NO hard drive to store a music collection.
Look, I KNOW I am am old school but W T F!?!?! I saved my collection from my last car on a stick so I could transfer it over and now I hear the 21 MY cars have no hard drive to store my music.
That blows.
MB

Yep, Same here... Spent a few days trying to figure out what i was doing wrong. the dealer confirmed...

Socosurf · 11-29-2020, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBM340

I am awaiting my 2021 M340 and watching lots of videos on the car and the IDrive 7. Tonight I find out that it has NO hard drive to store a music collection.
Look, I KNOW I am am old school but W T F!?!?! I saved my collection from my last car on a stick so I could transfer it over and now I hear the 21 MY cars have no hard drive to store my music.
That blows.
MB

This is super old school but I suppose they're just adapting to the marker. Realistically no one uses hard media anymore for music... sure there are one offs but majority speaking? We're in a streaming world and have all the content and more that we could possibly need on our mobile devices.

MBM340 · 11-29-2020, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Socosurf

This is super old school but I suppose they're just adapting to the marker. Realistically no one uses hard media anymore for music... sure there are one offs but majority speaking? We're in a streaming world and have all the content and more that we could possibly need on our mobile devices.

I am sure they are adapting to the market, but there are a few of us over 50 who buy BMW's and likely still have digital music. This topic is hilarious as I am not happy we no longer get a CD player, but I can live with that...it just seams like this -- how hard is it to put a stupid 1 inch by 1 inch chip in a car to allow me to save my own songs into my car? It just isn't that difficult or expensive...

Yossi123 · 11-29-2020, 11:27 AM

32 GB of space for music is/was a joke anyway, so you are not losing much.
A decent usb-c stick in the armrest is the way to go.

MBM340 · 11-29-2020, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yossi123

32 GB of space for music is/was a joke anyway, so you are not losing much.
A decent usb-c stick in the armrest is the way to go.

Yossi can I do that? Just leave the stick plugged in and play music off of that? Please tell me that will work!

Yossi123 · 11-29-2020, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBM340

Yossi can I do that? Just leave the stick plugged in and play music off of that? Please tell me that will work!

Sure! I have an 128GB usb pendrive plugged in and I just select it like any other audio source. Works exactly like playing files from the music collection, which now I don't use at all.

SDKevin · 11-29-2020, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yossi123

Sure! I have an 128GB usb pendrive plugged in and I just select it like any other audio source. Works exactly like playing files from the music collection, which now I don't use at all.

Definitely works, super easy to do, leave it there permanently. The placement of the USB connector does leave the thumbdrive sticking out in a very vulnerable position. I would recommend a short USB extension cable so you can leave the thumbdrive sitting low in the armrest storage area.

Tam the Bam · 11-29-2020, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBM340

Yossi can I do that? Just leave the stick plugged in and play music off of that? Please tell me that will work!

I use one of these. Hardly anything sticks up from the USB port in the cup holder area.

Name: 0F36F34A-4653-4343-9C79-D585946B26C5.jpeg
Views: 3232
Size: 1,016.9 KB

Name: 0F36F34A-4653-4343-9C79-D585946B26C5.jpeg
Views: 3232
Size: 1,016.9 KB

MBM340 · 11-29-2020, 03:03 PM

I love all you guys LMAO. I was pissed about this but now not as much. Will try your recommendations when I get the car shortly and let you know how it works.
THANKS.

BigWagonFan · 11-30-2020, 03:40 AM

A small USB stick works great for me, I happen to use SAMSUNG Fit Plus 256GB. BMW can play MP3, FLAC and probably some more formats.

You can also check threads:
USB stick size and file format?
USB port for music

MBM340 · 11-30-2020, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigWagonFan

A small USB stick works great for me, I happen to use SAMSUNG Fit Plus 256GB. BMW can play MP3, FLAC and probably some more formats.

You can also check threads:
USB stick size and file format?
USB port for music

Thanks BigWagonFan. Will check them out.

Enigma735 · 12-07-2020, 06:58 AM

You can get a USB-C HDD and format it I think exFAT or FAT32 and store your music on there and plug it into the port in the center storage. Hard storage of music is basically dead. Most use cloud music service now or at least load them on their phone HDD and play over bluetooth.

MBM340 · 12-07-2020, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enigma735

You can get a USB-C HDD and format it I think exFAT or FAT32 and store your music on there and plug it into the port in the center storage. Hard storage of music is basically dead. Most use cloud music service now or at least load them on their phone HDD and play over bluetooth.

Roger that. I am going to do that, but even doing that it is my understanding that in this car the music either plays songs in a row and when you start the car all over again the music starts all over again playing the same songs, or you can random play songs...that you can't choose a song to play.

Why would they put an assistant in the car so I can talk to it -- the reason apparently is so that I DO NOT have to take my hands or eyes off the road, except when I need to pick up my phone to play a song?? That makes sense, errr, oh wait.

Skeewiff03 · 12-07-2020, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enigma735

You can get a USB-C HDD and format it I think exFAT or FAT32 and store your music on there and plug it into the port in the center storage. Hard storage of music is basically dead. Most use cloud music service now or at least load them on their phone HDD and play over bluetooth.

In some EU countries and I would imagine in many other non US countries, the apps section does not even list any streaming section.
And i do not believe BMW reduced the price when omitting the HD

Yossi123 · 12-07-2020, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBM340

Roger that. I am going to do that, but even doing that it is my understanding that in this car the music either plays songs in a row and when you start the car all over again the music starts all over again playing the same songs, or you can random play songs...that you can't choose a song to play.

Normally when you start the car or select the usb stick as a source the music picks up exactly where you left off. And I mean the exact second of the song. You can also navigate, search and play music organized in playlists, folders or by tags like artist, album, genre etc. And of course you can select specific song. The overall functionality is identical to that of the hard drive and in my opinion everything what could you possibly need is there.

MBM340 · 12-07-2020, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yossi123

Normally when you start the car or select the usb stick as a source the music picks up exactly where you left off. And I mean the exact second of the song. You can also navigate, search and play music organized in playlists, folders or by tags like artist, album, genre etc. And of course you can select specific song. The overall functionality is identical to that of the hard drive and in my opinion everything what could you possibly need is there.

Yossi do you mean if I have it on a stick? I will give it a shot tomorrow when I get the chance. Having all my music ripped to digital as we speak...

Yossi123 · 12-08-2020, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBM340

Yossi do you mean if I have it on a stick? I will give it a shot tomorrow when I get the chance. Having all my music ripped to digital as we speak...

Yes I mean for the usb playback. All of the functionality is there, it is exactly the same as for hard drive which is actually useless as it's only 30GB of storage space...

MBM340 · 12-08-2020, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yossi123

Yes I mean for the usb playback. All of the functionality is there, it is exactly the same as for hard drive which is actually useless as it's only 30GB of storage space...

Copy all. Thanks. Will give it a try this evening. Appreciate the info.

Misterted · 12-09-2020, 05:58 AM

The ONLY USB port in my car is in the center console near the car power port.
In the armrest I only have a Type C Port.
How are you guys plugging in a USB drive into the C-Port?

Yossi123 · 12-09-2020, 09:32 AM

Type C is also an USB port. Same functionality, different port shape. For compatibility with all computers and devices, the easiest way is to use dual standard usb stick, such as this one:

Aero7000 · 12-12-2020, 07:40 PM

It still sucks, as the files extracted from my F30 hard drive (over 100 CD's) are in not usable format, and cannot run directly from USB, I feel lucky that my 2020 still has HD to transfer music from one car to another.
I do have USB stick with newer music, but restoring old collection would be pain in the A'.
Not cool

11-28-2020, 10:36 PM	#1
MBM340 Second Lieutenant 1026 Rep 285 Posts Drives: 2021 M340 RWD Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2021 BMW M340i [0.00]	NO MUSIC COLLECTION Hard Drive?? WTF I am awaiting my 2021 M340 and watching lots of videos on the car and the IDrive 7. Tonight I find out that it has NO hard drive to store a music collection. Look, I KNOW I am am old school but W T F!?!?! I saved my collection from my last car on a stick so I could transfer it over and now I hear the 21 MY cars have no hard drive to store my music. That blows. MB __________________ "Either get busy living, or get busy dying. That's GD right." - Red (Shawshank)
	Appreciate 0 Tweet Quote

11-29-2020, 11:27 AM	#5
Yossi123 Private First Class 78 Rep 177 Posts Drives: 330xi G21 Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: EU iTrader: (0)	32 GB of space for music is/was a joke anyway, so you are not losing much. A decent usb-c stick in the armrest is the way to go.
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-29-2020, 03:03 PM	#10
MBM340 Second Lieutenant 1026 Rep 285 Posts Drives: 2021 M340 RWD Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2021 BMW M340i [0.00]	I love all you guys LMAO. I was pissed about this but now not as much. Will try your recommendations when I get the car shortly and let you know how it works. THANKS. __________________ "Either get busy living, or get busy dying. That's GD right." - Red (Shawshank)
	Appreciate 0 Quote

11-30-2020, 03:40 AM	#11
BigWagonFan Private 35 Rep 80 Posts Drives: G21 330i xDrive Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Poland iTrader: (0)	A small USB stick works great for me, I happen to use SAMSUNG Fit Plus 256GB. BMW can play MP3, FLAC and probably some more formats. You can also check threads: USB stick size and file format? USB port for music
	Appreciate 0 Quote

12-07-2020, 06:58 AM	#13
Enigma735 Private First Class 47 Rep 111 Posts Drives: 2012 F30 328i Sport Line Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Arlington, VA iTrader: (0)	You can get a USB-C HDD and format it I think exFAT or FAT32 and store your music on there and plug it into the port in the center storage. Hard storage of music is basically dead. Most use cloud music service now or at least load them on their phone HDD and play over bluetooth.
	Appreciate 0 Quote

12-09-2020, 05:58 AM	#20
Misterted Maniac with a BMW 13 Rep 185 Posts Drives: 2020 330 X-Drive Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jersey Shore iTrader: (0)	The ONLY USB port in my car is in the center console near the car power port. In the armrest I only have a Type C Port. How are you guys plugging in a USB drive into the C-Port? __________________ 2021 330i X-Drive MSport 2019 X3 3.0 Phytonic Blue Metallic/Black 2020 228xi GC Black
	Appreciate 0 Quote

12-09-2020, 09:32 AM	#21
Yossi123 Private First Class 78 Rep 177 Posts Drives: 330xi G21 Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: EU iTrader: (0)	Type C is also an USB port. Same functionality, different port shape. For compatibility with all computers and devices, the easiest way is to use dual standard usb stick, such as this one:
	Appreciate 1 MBM3401026.00 Quote

12-12-2020, 07:40 PM	#22
Aero7000 Second Lieutenant 246 Rep 284 Posts Drives: M340i DravitGrau / Cognac Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Driving in the Hills. iTrader: (0)	It still sucks, as the files extracted from my F30 hard drive (over 100 CD's) are in not usable format, and cannot run directly from USB, I feel lucky that my 2020 still has HD to transfer music from one car to another. I do have USB stick with newer music, but restoring old collection would be pain in the A'. Not cool
	Appreciate 1 MBM3401026.00 Quote