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linuxpimp20 · Sep 15th, 2005, 4:34 PM

hi me and my friend were wondering if it would be possible to mod a car stereo to play music off of a usb stick. We are not too sure what exactly that would entail. Most modern car cd players can play mp3's from a cdrom so would little have to be done to the usb stick to get it to play - i.e. just making sure they can connect so the cd player reads from the usb stick? Would the stick need an OS on it like one of the mini linux distros with mplayer on it to play the mp3s? As you can see we aren't even certain what kind of programming this would take so even if someone can point us in a direction to start researching that would be great. Thanks for any replies in advance.

Sep 15th, 2005, 4:34 PM	#1
linuxpimp20 Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: May 2005 Location: ma Posts: 140 Rep Power: 4	Programming a usb flash stick to play music possible? hi me and my friend were wondering if it would be possible to mod a car stereo to play music off of a usb stick. We are not too sure what exactly that would entail. Most modern car cd players can play mp3's from a cdrom so would little have to be done to the usb stick to get it to play - i.e. just making sure they can connect so the cd player reads from the usb stick? Would the stick need an OS on it like one of the mini linux distros with mplayer on it to play the mp3s? As you can see we aren't even certain what kind of programming this would take so even if someone can point us in a direction to start researching that would be great. Thanks for any replies in advance.