I'm not the brightest star in the sky when it comes to computers so hopefully someone out there can help. I want to transfer music that has been downloaded to my computer on to a USB stick. No Problem. I go to windows media center, sync the USB stick, move music to the "add to " area then start the sync to the USB stick. Problem is when done and I play the USB stick in any device it sounds like a record skipping.....sounds like crap.

When I play the music on the computer everything is fine.

Problem seems to start somewhere during the downloading process. I have formatted the USB stick and tried again ...but same thing music sounds like its skipping. .....Oh ...don't know if it makes a difference but I have windows 8

the steps:

1 .find the music in the download folder, or whereever you downloaded it to your computer ( hint:it isnt in Windows Media Player)

2. plug in the USB stick and wait for it to be recognised

3. right click to the song you want to transfer, choose 'Send to' on the roll down list and then choose your destination (USB stick)

done!

Sounds like a problem with the flash drive. Try another one. Either that or the devices you're trying to play the music on can't read the flash drive fast enough (seems unlikely).

the steps:

1 .find the music in the download folder, or whereever you downloaded it to your computer ( hint:it isnt in Windows Media Player)

2. plug in the USB stick and wait for it to be recognised

3. right click to the song you want to transfer, choose 'Send to' on the roll down list and then choose your destination (USB stick)

done!

Appreciate the quick response....should have mentioned that I also tried that in transferring the music from the computer to the USB flash drive. Same result ....sounds like a record skipping

Sounds like a problem with the flash drive. Try another one. Either that or the devices you're trying to play the music on can't read the flash drive fast enough (seems unlikely).

Again....appreciate the quick response. Tried that too...actually 4 or them ....all of different makes ....formatted them and tried again....same problem.

Weird. What kind of devices are you trying to play the music on? Do you have a phone or an ipod or something you can try to use to eliminate the possibility of the player(s) being at fault? Also, compare the files sizes on the USB to the originals on the computer and make sure they're exactly the same.

Weird. What kind of devices are you trying to play the music on? Do you have a phone or an ipod or something you can try to use to eliminate the possibility of the player(s) being at fault? Also, compare the files sizes on the USB to the originals on the computer and make sure they're exactly the same.

I agree its weird ....I'm tried playing them on my car stereo and stereo system in the house ....same result...skipping.

Will try to compare the file sizes to make sure their the same...

Thanks

You might transfer a skipping file back to the computer and see if the transferred file skips there.

For verifying the files are the same, you really need to compare checksums; here's a calculator: http://www.freewarefiles.com/Checksum-Calculator_program_77909.html

Use a different USB port for the transfer. Download the file to a different computer and transfer it from there.

Or don't use media player for transferring. Just use Windows Explorer or other file manager.

I really wonder about the quality of your flashdrives. They might all be slow low-end fakes? Get a really fast drive like a SanDisk Extreme from a reputable dealer PowerBuy. I have a 32 GB and I love it.

Well now I feel really dumb....Thanks JSixpack....used a different USB port and that solved the problem....

Yes he concisely covered all the bases, a study in troubleshooting.

BTW Tom's Hardware has nice reviews on USB flash drives (and other hardware).

Flash drives reads data much more slowly than a hard drive (they are working on this). Believe me, a flash memory computer would be a lot cheaper. Use a mp player drive.

Sounds like a problem with the flash drive. Try another one. Either that or the devices you're trying to play the music on can't read the flash drive fast enough (seems unlikely).

or just simply the flash drive is too big to play on anything else than a pc

usually not bigger than 8 GB will do fine

A quick Google with "usb file transfer problems" will quickly assure you that you are not alone.

New computers may have USB 3 installed, It´s much faster than USB 1.1 or USB 2.

I have a Sony Vaio with a mix of USB 2 & 3 ports.

If I use the USB 3 port (the blue coloured one, on it´s inside) to connect to a USB 2 (the black inside) to an external 1 TB (self powered) hard drive, transfers may sometimes fail.

In fact, huge transfers, 50 GB or more major back up´s will fail.

Maybe because the HDD can´t accept the faster delivery?

With USB 2 to USB 2 there is never a problem.

It drove me crazy for a while, until I learned how to recognise the USB version by the colour of the tab inside the plug/socket.

Have a look at this article which gives full detail and shows you what I am trying to say in a clear way - with pictures

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/usb-3-0-what-is-it-and-do-you-want-it

On the other hand I have an Acer 500 Gb USB 3 external HDD and it works perfectly when connected to either USB 2 or 3.

I would be interested to know if the port that works is USB 2 or 3, also what the make and model of the PC is.

USB 3 ports are backwards compatible with USB 2 so if you plug a USB 2 hard drive into a USB 3 port you would get USB 2 transfer rates so there would be no "faster delivery" for the drive to cope with ( which it probably could in any case).

A quick Google with "usb file transfer problems" will quickly assure you that you are not alone.

New computers may have USB 3 installed, It´s much faster than USB 1.1 or USB 2.

I have a Sony Vaio with a mix of USB 2 & 3 ports.

If I use the USB 3 port (the blue coloured one, on it´s inside) to connect to a USB 2 (the black inside) to an external 1 TB (self powered) hard drive, transfers may sometimes fail.

In fact, huge transfers, 50 GB or more major back up´s will fail.

Maybe because the HDD can´t accept the faster delivery?

With USB 2 to USB 2 there is never a problem.

It drove me crazy for a while, until I learned how to recognise the USB version by the colour of the tab inside the plug/socket.

Have a look at this article which gives full detail and shows you what I am trying to say in a clear way - with pictures

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/usb-3-0-what-is-it-and-do-you-want-it

On the other hand I have an Acer 500 Gb USB 3 external HDD and it works perfectly when connected to either USB 2 or 3.

I would be interested to know if the port that works is USB 2 or 3, also what the make and model of the PC is.

The port that worked WAS a USB 3 (I'm guessing, as it has the blue tab...have two blue tab ones. and 1 black tab one ,USB 2?).....My laptop is a low end ASUS K55N series, AMD A8 processor

As I said I'm kinda of a novice at this computer stuff so am a bit surprised that a USB 2 stick works in a USB 3 port (just never thought about it when I put the stick in the other port....and it WORKED fine)