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USB Music - cover art

Discussion in 'Model 3' started by Smithy02, Nov 4, 2020.

  1. dakotasurfer

    dakotasurfer Member

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    If anyone has developer type knowledge, how can improving Spotify break the functions of USB connectivity? If that's the issue here.

    It's like adding the "choose a priority phone key" function but breaking Bluetooth connectivity? I get they're related, but how can one of them just be broken?
     
  2. karbomusic

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    For cover art... There were also options added for showing/hiding music sources, it's possible there's a regression in the code that makes it think the album art should be hidden as if the USB choice was hidden, even though it isn't. That's a wild guess but possibly in that neighborhood since at least a couple of us noticed it displaying the image for a split second then hiding it.

    For connectivity... Not sure unless it disconnects when it thinks USB is supposed to be hidden or inactive when it shouldn't. Same neighborhood, different street. :) But all of us don't have that issue (I don't think) so possibly unrelated.
     
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  3. Tpstulane

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    They should include the USB in the media search option. After all it’s a big piece of media for many.
     
  4. Mr X

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    Hopefully everyone has done a bug report!


    I feel like my car is missing something without cover art being displayed. And I wish it was larger as well. Not as big as in S or X but a little bit bigger would be nice. Maybe with the new UI update next year it will be...
     
  5. sduck

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    At least one a day here. It drives me nuts.
     
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  6. cnsf

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    You might enjoy your music more if you use the FLACs instead and invest in a bigger drive. I use a 2TB SSD with hi-res FLACs (44.1/16, 88.2/24, 176.4/24 and 192/24).

    I've found the Tesla chokes on m4a files mixed in, so I do a search and delete for those.
     
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  7. powaking

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    No album art for my FLACs either. Also STILL no multichannel FLAC support. As much as Tesla advertises how good the sound system is they really do a disservice by not expanding on the media playback via USB (more lossless formats, playlist support/creation etc) AND limiting the bitrate on the streaming service offerings.
     
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  8. rxlawdude

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    That's a lot of lossless information that you'll never actually hear when driving. ;)
     
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  9. ZapCarM3

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    192k MP3 is enough for me but I'll go for 320 if I can but even there it's really hard to tell the difference. 128 is pretty obvious, to my ears.

    Anyway, Tesla needs to fix this.
     
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  10. ianc

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    I was amazed not to see it. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I'm beginning to think Tesla doesn't want you listening to USB music. Why else would they not fix this irritating 90's player? They'd rather you pay the premium bandwidth fee to stream music. They'll just keep breaking things to make the experience worse and worse until finally people just give up..
     
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  11. ZapCarM3

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    Idk why it got messed up anyway or why it slipped through the cracks because it took me 5 minutes to figure it was messed up.

    How hard is it to accomplish a good usb player when the are tons of free ones on the Google play store, for example?

    It's not and this is totally BS
     
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  12. Smithy02

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    USB cover art still broken in 2020.44.15
     
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  13. Tpstulane

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    Yep. I was about to post that. No fix.
     
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  14. ianc

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    Thanks for giving me something to look forward to guys... ;-)
     
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  15. Fernand

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    I guess FLACs and cover art are nice when stationary, don't get me wrong, I sit in my car too, but start rolling and the quality difference is inaudible, and any little cover art, well, not too important. It would be nice to see the covers really big, to beat playing Assteroids while charging.
     
  16. DadRS99

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    How do you file a bug report?
     
  17. JGard

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    Is anybody else having problems with the audio player since the 44.15 update? In three days, Spotify has logged itself out twice. Additionally, since 2020.44.10, USB music isn't reading/display album artwork. That one has persisted into the 44.15 build, too.
     
  18. Tpstulane

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    In your vehicle press the mic button and say “Bug Report” then describe the issue.
     
  19. ianc

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    Same problems with the cover art on 44.10 and it sux. Swamp 'em with bug reports....
     
  20. sduck

    sduck Mr. Duck

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    #60 sduck, Nov 23, 2020
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    Existing thread on album art missing - USB Music - cover art

    (mod note, moved to quoted thread, thanks)
     

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