[mecheng1]

Since ipod doesn't work in a Palisade ( it did in our 2016 Kia Sorento SX, the mirrors folded too ) I transferred my playlists to a USB stick. Apple transferred all my music playlists as M4A. However for some reason 3 tracks were MP3. These MP3 files are the only ones that play.
FYI

 

[zim2dive]

old post, but I thought m4a were encrypted, so I wouldn't expect them to play from USB.

 

[Eric2203]

old post, but I thought m4a were encrypted, so I wouldn't expect them to play from USB.

They're not encrypted.

Apple did encrypt theirs at some point, but no longer.

 

[zim2dive]

good to know that changed. So I would expect one could easily transcode to mp3 via iTunes? (a PITA perhaps, and creating duplicate tracks in iTunes, but solves the car problem)