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getting file onto usb flash drive

stupid newbie question, I'm sure, but . . .

I bought a few items from HDtracks because I was curious about trying high-quality digital downloads. My Marantz SACD player (8004) has a slot for a USB key. I converted the files to apple lossless encoding (one of the formats supported by the Marantz, according to its manual) and copied the files to a USB key by just dragging and dropping them. The player won't recognize the files, giving a message about incorrectly formatted media.

Then I tried using iTunes to copy the files. No more bad formatting messages, but the files still won't play. Any help will be appreciated.

David
magister
magister OP
22 posts
 
Thanks Al. I'll reread the manual for the supported types. As far as I can tell, the files I bought are not copy-protected. The USB key is several gigabytes, and I normally use it on my Windows machine so I assume it is FAT32.

David
xti16
1,525 posts
 
The USB key is several gigabytes, and I normally use it on my Windows machine so I assume it is FAT32.
Use the disk management function in administrative tools to verify the formatting. It could be NTFS for fat32 has a 4gb limit in file size.
djohnson54
396 posts
 
I doubt that it's formatted as NTFS. NTFS is not really designed for removable drives and Windows warns you about that if you try to force an NTFS format on a removable device.

The most likely issue is the file format. The players I've used won't even list files in an unknown format. Also, you're right, HDTracks does not sell copyright-protected files although you might still run into some purchased from iTunes.
elevick
2,636 posts
 
If you have a pc (not mac) try to sync the files using media player. This is a very clean way to get files on usb-you can set the quality level.

I have a ton of problems with mp4/m4p files not reading. I use real player and a few others to convert the m4p files to something readable. MP3 is not the greatest but try it and see if it plays at all. If it does, then start trying better formats.
jdub39
486 posts
 
I second the PC option, go back to HD Tracks and download the Media Monkey software(free) to convert the files using the sync option, then you can drag the the HD track files to your flash drive!
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