mfenske
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I'm curious to know what file formats are supported via the USB connector? Obviously Mp3 would be but it would be cool if other formats like OGG, FLAC, etc. were supported.
Which file formats are supposed via the USB connection?
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Kia Stinger
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Welcome aboard, @mfenske! And thank you for signing up. That's a great question and I'm going to split this post off the discussion and set it as its own topic. I think a lot of people would like to know the answer to this question and with a little luck somebody will chime in shortly...
mfenske
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Lame, well potentially lame. Ford (as I understand it) is cool enough to recognize FLAC. If Kia is at least smart enough to allow usage of decent sized USB files and folders (Honda are you listening?) I'd be happy since I've got nearly 51,000 in my catalog.
I think you're upset at the wrong folks UVO is made by Microsoft, I doubt Kia has much to do with what it does and does not support.
Here is a link that helps explain what it will and won't do. Besides requiring mp3 only certain bit rates are supported. Besides what it says on the web page the other thing you need to look for is the name of the files and the folder structure. No non-fat32 ASCII characters or it won't work. Also the folder structure can't be too deep. If the full file path is over so many characters it won't work. Theoretically it should support at least 65000 songs as long as the file name is not longer than 8+3 if file names are longer it could support a lot less.
https://www.myuvo.com/support/uvo/basics/media-player-compatibility.shtml
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Taimaishoo
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Oh geeze. Microsoft. I despise their limitations. My current system runs off a version of Windows CE and it would only recognize around 7000 songs. After that, It would ignore the rest. I had to break up my music into several 32G thumb drives. Granted, who needs a gazillion songs in the library? I do. I a have very eclectic taste in music and I could swing the mood from swing, to classic to EDM to metal in a blink of an eye and it's good to have everything in your car
And streaming from my phone really isn't an option since its a work phone I should only use the data while *cough* *cough* working.
Fergalis
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I think you'll find Kia ditched the UVO Microsoft Auto underpinnings back in 2013. The 2014 Sorento was the first UVO implementation on an ARM Linux base. Microsoft have continually missed the bus with their too-late to the party efforts in car infotainment and smart phones, and I doubt they will be trusted again by any auto manufacturer.
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Taimaishoo
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So, I just discovered that our head units DO support and play .FLAC files. Time to throw some .flac files on a USB drive. Ooooh! and I've got some blu-ray 5.1 audio files... I wonder how those will sound or if it will play them? One song is right at 1GB in size... Well, I can't blow it up, it just won't play them if it can't.
That feeling when your computer port is USB 3.1 but your thumb drive is only USB 2.0.... (hears Jeopardy theme song playing in the background as the flac files are being copied over to the thumb drive)
That feeling when your computer port is USB 3.1 but your thumb drive is only USB 2.0.... (hears Jeopardy theme song playing in the background as the flac files are being copied over to the thumb drive)
Taimaishoo
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While my blu-ray audio rip of George Gershwin played (albeit at low volume. My guess would be because of 5.1 channels instead of just stereo), none of my other blu-ray audio rips played. Maybe because of the sample rate or something. However, as much as I could sample, all the other flac songs played fine. Whereas I could tell the difference between the flac version and 320Kbps version, I don't think there is much reason to choose flac over MP3 with such a confined space as the cabin. I will leave the flacs at home to play on the living room setup.
Sting
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You'dbe surprised to hear FLAC PLAYED IN THE CAR.
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ScottE
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Yeah, UVO hasn't been the Microsoft outsourced version for several years. I am also under the understanding the current implementation is based in Linux, possibly Android (which is a very, very common base implementation for auto infotainment systems these days, although it's really nothing like the Android in a mobile device).
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Can we return to the original question - which formats can you play in a Kia Soul.
