Pioneer DEH-2200UB Car Stereo

USB Music Format

  • Files must be written in playlist order (sorts by raw directory order)

Filename format

<abbrev-artist>/<abbrev-album>/<tracknumber>.<abbrev-trackname>.mp3
  • Must be simple to allow easy searching (display only 10 characters wide)
  • No playlists
  • Tracknumber for writing to the USB stick in the correct order

Tag format

  • Simplify tags
    • Split complex title into title and comment
  • Can display the following tags
    • Track title
    • Artist
    • Album
    • Comment

Easytag

  • Fill Tag from Filename
    • MusicBrainz Opera format
      • (Doesn't work for tracks without Libretto names in quotes)
      • %i - %c.%i '%t' %i

Compacting Multi-disc Albums

  • Multi-disc albums compacted into single folder
  • Leave tags intact

Copy in Order

  • Install fatsort

    cp album/*.mp3 /mnt/USB3/album/ umount /dev/sdX sudo fatsort /dev/sdX

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