#MAC FORMAT USB DRIVE FOR PLAYING MUSIC UPDATE#

FAT or FAT32) required for the USB thumb drive. The problem stems from the small amount of additional data (called meta data) contained in Macintosh files that does not transfer into the Windows type file format (i.e. However, the problem is now S O L V E D thanks to the help from my wife, the computer software expert in the family. Even with just one folder I still had the problem. I'll keep plugging away at the problem if nobody else posts an easy fix. easily identified by period and underscore as the 1st two characters of the filename).

#MAC FORMAT USB DRIVE FOR PLAYING MUSIC UPDATE#

Or perhaps a future software update the LR4's system to simply ignore these meta data files (e.g. The cure looks like some special software to remove these 'meta' data files from the FAT32 formatted thumb drive. And they temporarily confuse the LR4 if selected to be played. So, the extraneous lines I'm seeing on the Land Rover are probably these small 'meta' data files.

And this 'meta' data is written as a separate small file along with the main data file - whenever the file is written to a Windows formatted storage device (hard drive, thumb drive, etc.). such as the x-y pixel dimensions of the file's window size the last time the file was opened in the case of a picture file or word processor document). 'meta' data) not typically used by a Windows oriented machine (e.g. The article says that Macintosh files have a little bit of extra stuff (i.e. The USB thumb drive is formatted MS-DOS (FAT32) which the LR4 manual says it should be (i.e. And it worked fine for them.ДЄfter doing some more research (did a google search for '._file') and came up with an article which describes a potential problem when using a Mac (which I'm using) to transfer files to a Windows formatted drive. I have also read where others have made several folders where each folder is a play list of various songs or all the songs from a particular album. I actually tried just one folder and had the same problem.

Mac format usb drive for playing music