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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
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elevick
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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.
elevick
2,636 posts
 
Windows media lossless comes in at about 1/2 the original size on my pc and outputs through the USB. I have used it on 3 pc's with Vista, 7 and XP pro.
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