I put all of the MP3 files on the USB stick in the root directory, no sub-directories. It also makes it super simple to know which files need to be moved to the USB stick. This ensures that the MFT directory on my PC is an exact match for what is on the USB stick in my ST. After I COPY/paste all of the MP3 files in the MFTnew directory to the USB stick, I then CUT/paste all of those same files from the MFTnew directory to the MFT directory. I leave the MP3 files in the MFTnew directory until I'm ready to refresh the USB stick I keep in my ST. 02 - Resign To Surrender (A New Age Dawns, Part IV).flac Here is a short example of the directory and file names on disk. Under the artist directory, for each album, I have a sub-directory named the same as the album, prefixed with the album release year.

Under the Music directory, for each artist, I have a sub-directory named the same as the artist. At the root of the hard disk structure, I have a Music directory. I first rip my CDs to 16-bit FLAC format using the folder and file naming conventions shown below. There are an increasing number of sites now providing downloads in FLAC format including HDTracks, 7digital, iTrax, Magnatune, HighResAudio, PonoMusic, and many others. I have heard it said that the quality of 24-bit FLAC files exceeds the playback capability of any known current audio equipment, so this is overkill for most people. 24-bit FLAC is lossless recording studio quality (bit depth of 24, sample rate of 96 kHz).

Typical FLAC files are 16-bit, which is lossless CD quality (bit depth of 16, sample rate of 44.1 kHz). I will not buy digital music unless the files are FLAC encoded (which also means no DRM), so nearly all of my music files are sourced from CDs. Obviously, the information here is not the only correct way, but I put it here for those that are having problems getting MFT to display album artwork and/or meta-data and don't know where to begin.Įveryone has their preferences, and there are a bewildering array of choices that all work fine, but these are the tools I use:

In this guide I will attempt to explain how I manage my music library, with particular emphasis on creating properly tagged MP3 files, including album artwork, for use with MyFord Touch (MFT).

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