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05-09-2020, 09:07 PM | #1 |
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Updating Gracenote to show more cover art?
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Infrequent poster here, I'm sure this question has been asked a million times before. I've got a 2017 86 packaged with Toyota's shitty head unit. Content with it for the most part, but my only gripe is the default "Dance", "World", "R&B" covers that they use for probably 95% of my music when connected through Bluetooth. I understand that plugging it in through USB seems to solve this problem, but I find it more convenient to use Bluetooth and charge through the 12V. Anywho, is there anything I can do to make Gracenote more compatible with my music? Can I flash different software to the head unit altogether? Anything helps, thanks! |
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They likely prioritize audio quality rather than wasting bandwidth searching your ID3 tags for useless album art
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I'm gonna be watching this thread closely... I absolutely hate the GraceNote database thingy in my MY16. Sometimes it'll show my custom album art (from the USB stick), but most of the time it won't. I personally converted ~95% of the tags/folder.jpg's myself to fit on an MP3 player ages ago, and so it's always mystified me when once in a blue moon it'll show my "custom" art. And the builtin ones for Dance etc seem like they're about 20x20 pixels and fugly as ****.
A small complaint overall, especially since I'm usually too busy driving to look at the thing, but it's still annoying when I do. P.S. Always thought it was funny that for the band Death (youtube.com/watch?v=zQMMQXlEd3E) it shows a picture of three white guys :P . Evidently there were two bands called Death. P.P.S. Can I not even post a link to a Youtube vid without taking over a whole page for something most people here don't care one tiny bit about? What the heck... Last edited by sunami88; 05-10-2020 at 02:06 AM. |
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I've used this to update my friend's Tundra. I'm not sure if it will work for your 86 but it might help. |
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Toyota probably has an update for it...Subaru does.
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I asked Toyota about updating the Gracenote database in my 2016 FRS, which I believe is the same head unit you have. They told me they weren't able to update it unless the unit came with navigation, which it didn't. I tried using other Gracenote databases, but the system would not accept them. Gracenote annoyed me so much that I ended up replacing the head unit with a Pioneer AVH-ZL5150. Problem solved.
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