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lgrahame

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I just purchased a 2009 with the GPS/NAV and single disk player. When I used one of my previously recorded mp3 disks the player doesn't recognize some of the files and often will play the same file over and over. The disk has worked fine in my Lincoln and the Mustang GT I traded in on the Vette but doesn't seem to work in the new Corvette. I even tried re-burning the disks using ITunes as recommended by the dealer, but to no avail. The service department at the dealership has not experienced this problem before. Has anyone else experienced this? If so was it the radio/CD player or the way the files are burned to the disk? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Watch your file names - length is critical. The nav manual for my '07 indicated maximum permissible file names of 32 characters. If you are one character longer, the structure is totally messed up and selecting from the index will play a different song, etc.

I've made a scriptfil that changes the file names to numbers - you keep the ID3 tags (you can still see the name of the artist etc). The script also create a logfil named log.txt.
Run the script and then burn the CD at low speed.

Start notepad, copy this and save/name it as corvette.vbs (Good luck):

Dim FSO, Files, FolderChooser, LogFile
Dim Counter : Counter = 0

Set FolderChooser = CreateObject("Shell.Application")


Set Folder = FolderChooser.BrowseForFolder(0,"Välj Mapp",0)
If Not Folder Is Nothing Then
EnumerateFiles(Folder.Items.Item.Path)
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
LF = Folder.Items.Item.Path & "\Log.txt"
WshShell.Run "notepad.exe """ & LF & """ "
End If


Sub EnumerateFiles(Folder)
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set LogFile = FSO.CreateTextFile( Folder & "\Log.txt", True)
Set Files = CreateObject("ADOR.RecordSet")
Files.Fields.Append "FileName", 200, 255
Files.Open
Set FSOFolder = FSO.GetFolder(Folder)
For Each File In FSOFolder.Files
If LCase(FSO.GetExtensionName(File.Name)) = "mp3" Then
Files.AddNew
Files("FileName") = File.Name
Files.Update
End If
Next
RenameFiles(Folder)
LogFile.Close
End Sub


Sub RenameFiles(Folder)
If Files.RecordCount > 0 Then
Files.MoveFirst
Randomize
CurrentRecord = Int(Files.RecordCount*Rnd())
Files.Move CurrentRecord
Name = Files.Fields.Item("FileName")
Counter = Counter + 1
FSO.MoveFile Folder & "\" & Name, Folder & "\" & Counter & ".mp3"
LogFile.Write Folder & "\" & Name & " Moved to: " & Folder & "\" & Counter & ".mp3" & vbCrLf & "_____________" & vbCrLf
Files.Delete 1
RenameFiles(Folder)
End If
End Sub
 
Thanks I will give it a try. Can you tell me the step by step process once I have saved the file on the word pad. How do I run the file? Do I have to have the ITunes burn list ready to go. I tried running the file and got an error message, I must not have done it properly.

I appreciate it

LGRAHAME
 
Thanks I will give it a try. Can you tell me the step by step process once I have saved the file on the word pad. How do I run the file? Do I have to have the ITunes burn list ready to go. I tried running the file and got an error message, I must not have done it properly.

I appreciate it

LGRAHAME
Hi,
what kind of message did you get? - the antivirus program may stop you running the script.
Save the file using notepad
run (double-click) the script - chose the map with the mp3-files and confirm with <OK>
voilá - the log file, showing this
"C:\Media\Music\(04) The River - Bruce Springsteen.mp3 Moved to:
C:\Media\Music\1.mp3
_____________
C:\Media\Music\(01) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen.mp3 Moved to:
C:\Media\Music\2.mp3" etc......

Good luck!
 
here is the Windows Script Host error message I get when I double click on the "corvette.vbs" file
_________________________________________________________________
Script: C:\Documents and Settings\LG\My Documents\My Music\corvette.vbs
Line: 7
Char: 61
Error: Expected end of statement
Code: 800A0401
Source: Microsoft VBScript compilation error

OK
_________________________________________________________________
I must be missing something in the process. Do I have to change any of the text within the "corvette.vbs" file?

Does it matter what subdirectory I save the file in?

I am not all that computer literate with regards to using VBScripting.

Thanks for your patience.

LGrahame
 
Got your program working, but problem not solved

I got the scripting program to work and followed your instructions to re-burn the mp3 files to a disk. When I tried the disk in the car I had the same problem as before.

I appreciate your help and patience.

I took the car and all the disks to the dealer this morning and they are going to have a radio specialist take a look and perhaps replace the entire radio and GPS NAV. When I got the dealer the service tech took my latest MP3 disk and tried it in a 2007 Corvette on the used car lot and the disk played all the files with no problem.

Will keep you posted on the outcome so that if others have the same problem, they will have as much information as possible to solve it.

Once again thanks for your help.

LGrahame
 
Well back to the drawing board. I took the car into the dealer, they had a "specialist" look at the problem. His disks apparently played in the system, my still wouldn't. The "specialist" was an independant contractor that does all the electronic work for the dealer, and they do not work directly with customers to try and resolve issue. So I don't know their process for burning disks. They replaced the radio and the problem was still there. The dealer suggested I use Windows Media Player or ITunes to burn my MP3 disks. Did that...wouldn't even recognize the Windows Media Player disk was in the player and the ITunes disk showed only about 12 files when in fact there were 150 burned to the disk.

Called GM Customer Service...they have no other reports of this issue and refered me back to the dealer.

So far I am getting some idea why GM is in trouble with their share of the market.

Going to dig deeper online to try and find a fix.

I would welcome any suggestions or advise that others might have for this issue.

Thanks
 
I had a similar problem with another vehicle I owned. The solution was fairly simple. The original CD I brunt the music to had a blue tint to it. Thus it would only play in certain players. However, when I re-burnt the disc to a silvery/chrome type CD, the disc plays in everything.
 
Bjorn

thanks for the link. I found the problem after many hours of experimentation and trial and error. The file names were too long. I shortened them all to under 32 characters (including the .mp3 extension) and then I burned an mp3 disc using AVS MP3 Disc Creator (the free trial edition). I couldn't get the Windows Media Player to burn a workable disc. I am going to go through and rename all of my music files and then try to burn a disc using ITunes to see if that will work for me.
I really appreciate all of the help you sent along and also thank the others who contributed to me keeping my sanity over this issue.

Keep the wave going: :w
 
Similar issue but slightly different

First off, I want to say great forum, have learned a great deal about my 3 week old C6 here. Thanks!

Secondly, I too am having problems with my Single Disc/Nav Stereo playing MP3's. I have burned multiple discs and when I insert into the stereo, it says it is loading the disc and then after a few moments I get a message that says no valid disc is inserted. Ugh! What in the world am I doing wrong? I am burning the files to a CD-R and they play fine on both of my computers. I'm sure it is a technical (read "user") problem but I can't figure it out for the life of me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
What program are you using to burn your discs? I used the Windows Media Player to burn one of my experimental discs and got the same error message in the car. It did not recognize the disc. I ended up using AVS MP3 Disc Creator (the free trial edition). and it seemed to be the easiest to use and gave me a disc that did play in the car. Just be sure you have short filenames for each song or the player won't recognize them.

I am also going to try and make an ITunes disc once I get all my filenames shortened. It may take a week or two but at least I know it's not a problem with the player in the car.

You might also want to take a look at the following link, it gives very detailed info about the same problem.

Good Luck:w

LGrahame
 
What program are you using to burn your discs?
Good Luck:w

LGrahame

Thanks for the reply! I had been using MSFT to no availo but I ended up being successful using Roxio to burn the disc. I selected the jukebox data option and it ended up putting some strange data files along with the music data files on the disc....but it ended up working so I was happy!
 
Burn using nero

Thanks for the reply! I had been using MSFT to no availo but I ended up being successful using Roxio to burn the disc. I selected the jukebox data option and it ended up putting some strange data files along with the music data files on the disc....but it ended up working so I was happy!

I have an 2005 and I use nero to burn and have never once had a problem with filename lengths or anything else, so you might give that a try....NERO works great!
 
Itunes and editing file names

I've also had the same issues others have had on my 2007 Z51 Nav/Audio system. Thanks to this thread I finally succeeded in recording an MP3 disc that has all the songs I burned listed, does not repeat tracks, and I can actually select the songs from the touch screen and it is the correct song! What worked for me was editing the songs to make sure they were within the prescribed length (per manual) and I used ITunes(8.2.0.23). I had tried Nero, Roxio, and Windows Media Player all with no success.
 

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