Dominatron2212 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) I have scoured the web and can't find any type of listing for card format, music format, etc. so I wanted to make a post for what I have tested to work in my 2011 Ford Edge. If there are comments with other tested formats, then I will add them to the list. SD Cards: 64GB exFAT (Note: I have read that exFAT is required for anything over 32GB) Music: MP3 Formats Supported: MPEG-1 Audio Layer III - 320Kbps MPEG-1 Audio Layer III - 256Kbps MPEG-1 Audio Layer III - 224Kbps MPEG-1 Audio Layer III - 192Kbps .WMA Formats Supported: Ford Rep has said .WMA is supported .WAV Formats Supported: Ford Rep has said .WAV is supported .AAC Formats Supported: (Apple's default format) MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding File Lossless Formats Supported: WMA 9.2 Bit rate mode: variable average bit rate: 754Kbps maximum bit reate: 835Kbps sampling rate: 44.1Khz sampling rate: 16 bit Music not showing? Try moving your music off the card/USB and do a full (do not check "Quick") format. Check my steps in this post: http://www.fordedgeforum.com/topic/15659-not-all-mp3s-play-nothing-seems-to-be-in-common/ Edited December 22, 2014 by Dominatron2212 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cv27 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 It's good to know a 64GB stick is supported; I thought I read that 32GB was the max. I play exclusively WMA (9.2) lossless at these settings: Bit rate mode: variable average bit rate: 754Kbps maximum bit reate: 835Kbps sampling rate: 44.1Khz sampling rate: 16 bit I just wish I could post FLAC settings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominatron2212 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 It's good to know a 64GB stick is supported; I thought I read that 32GB was the max. I will say that I don't have my 64GB card full, I only have about 600 songs on it currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrdublu Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Will it play AAC? Edited December 19, 2014 by vrdublu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominatron2212 Posted December 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) I do not use Apple for any music so I cannot say for sure.. but if someone would load up an AAC file on their Edge/Sync system and test it out.. I'll gladly add it to the list! EDIT: It appears so. Edited December 22, 2014 by Dominatron2212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordIVTteam Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hey everyone, The supported music file types are .mp3, .wma, .wav, and .aac. Rebecca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominatron2212 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thanks Rebecca! Does bitrate not matter? I have updated the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordIVTteam Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 You're very welcome! No, the bitrate does not matter. For the best performance when using a USB or SD card for media, they should be formatted as FAT32 and non-password protected. Rebecca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominatron2212 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 You're very welcome! No, the bitrate does not matter. For the best performance when using a USB or SD card for media, they should be formatted as FAT32 and non-password protected. Rebecca Hey Rebecca.. According to my research FAT32 is capped at 32GB.. so if you want to have a larger memory card it wouldn't register. I have no performance issues (about 5 minutes to index and build voice commands for 1000 songs) at ex-FAT with my 64GB SD card. Does Ford advise against this, or do they just not have this tested out enough to officially recommend it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordIVTteam Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) FAT32 is officially the recommended format for flash drives and SD cards, but that doesn't mean you can't use others. My personal thoughts: If the drive is 32GB or less, format it to FAT32; anything above 32GB, use what works for you. Rebecca Edited December 24, 2014 by FordIVTteam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icee Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Just wanted to add my (limited) experience with using thumb drives for music files... I picked up a Lexar 64 GB drive to try in my Edge. Just checked it - it's FAT32 formatted from the factory. Initially, I had loaded both mp3 and m4a (Apple lossless) files onto the drive. In my case, I had loaded duplicate songs using both formats. From there, created some m3u (playlist) files. What was a bit strange is that the system wouldn't directly play the m4a files via the playlists - would get 'unsupported' errors, but it did appear to play some of them when I was browsing the complete list of songs. Example: going through the list, play song 1 (mp3) - plays okay. Next song (same song, m4a version) - won't play. Next song (mp3) - plays okay. Next song (same title as previous song) plays, but is louder and has more detail and punch. Was able to recreate this without issue. Haven't had time to try to see why some m4a songs play but other don't. May be a bitrate issue, but have no idea at this time. Using an application called 'Tag & Rename' for working on music files and it shows that m4a file bitrates will vary quite a bit between songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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