The problem:

I have loads of music saved on SD card which I usually play on shuffle mode.

I'd like to have audio books on the same SD card but they should be excluded from shuffle.

 

I tried to figure out if I can make two partitions on the SD card, one for music and the other for audio books. I managed to make the partitions in FAT32 format and save the music and books respectively, but the infotainment system didn't accept the SD card at all.

 

Yes I know I can save audio books on a separate SD or on an USB stick, but is it possible to use a partitioned SD? Anyone managed to do that?

Or is there a way to exclude the audio book files from shuffle mode if they all are on the same partition? Haven't figured out how.

Not sure if partitioning is possible but i doubt it.

 

What you could do i think is have two folders

 

One for music and one for audio books

 

Then shuffle the folder instead of the whole card?

 

Edited 27 January, 20242 yr by Stonekeeper

1 hour ago, Stonekeeper said:

What you could do i think is have two folders

 

One for music and one for audio books

 

Then shuffle the folder instead of the whole card?

 

 

Thanks, that's a possibility I haven't considered.

At the moment I have a dedicated folder for each album. Something like 50 to 70 folders already, 1000+ pieces of music altogether. For clarity I'd like to keep the directory structure like that.

 

Another chance is to select a genre for shuffle, but there's only one genre per session I can chose from. Then I loose the versatility of the playlist.

The easiest thing to try, that you can undo if it doesn't work.

 

Create two folders.

 

 put all audio folders in one.

 

All existing folders in the other (allow time for each folder to move or you can end up with folders showing with tracks missing)

 

If you then put one single track in the music folder outside of your album folders you can press "shuffle folder" whilst playing that track, it should then shuffle all your music.

 

If you press shuffle within an album folder it will only shuffle the album?

 

My music is sorted this way and has worked in different makes and models the way  intended.

 

But i have never tried the second folder for audio books.

 

If it doesn't work though it would then be simple to move the audio folder to another card.

 

 

2 hours ago, Stonekeeper said:

Create two folders.

 

 put all audio folders in one.

 

All existing folders in the other (allow time for each folder to move or you can end up with folders showing with tracks missing)

 

Thanks a lot! That sounds logical!  I'll try that one.

3 hours ago, Stonekeeper said:

The easiest thing to try, that you can undo if it doesn't work.

 

Create two folders.

 

 put all audio folders in one.

 

Yes it seems to work just like you described.

 

When Music folder is selected, I can't find any audio book tracks in suffle mode. Time will tell, but it looks you saved my day. 

 

Thanks!