Why are my music files deleted from my Fenix 7?

Hi,

I try to transfer my own music files to my Fenix 7. Garmin Express reports successful completion of the transfer. However, there are no files on the watch.

Setup:

Windows 10, fully updated,

GE, version 7.19.0.00

music CD without any DRM

songs ripped from this CD using Windows Media Player, stored as *.wav

transferred to the Fenix watch, as per GE successfully

When I try to play the music, I always get a message that I should first transfer content from the PC to the watch.

Any ideas what's going on or wrong here?

Thx in advance.

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seilogramp over 1 year ago +1

Moved to fenix 7 forum.
razmichael over 1 year ago +1

Along with what Sam notes re MP3, here is some speculation;

The following provides details on allowable formats (includes .wav) but note the details in the middle on the need for ID3 tags Audio File Type…

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0 seilogramp over 1 year ago

Moved to fenix 7 forum.

0 Sam201176 over 1 year ago

I use mp3 ,I've not tried the better WAV format, maybe thats why they are not being recognised?... you don't need to use Express either.

I have 400 ish mp3s onbord using the watches inbuilt music system ,I don't use Express to transfer, I just use the watches folder format.

I need to give the song a title,artist,album ,genre, (and wrap them in the right folder format if not using Express In the watches music folder.)

Note ..If I want to download a podcast from say YouTube, I'd use an online converter to mp3 and manually add a genre of "podcast " so the watch sees it in the right place.

0 razmichael over 1 year ago

Along with what Sam notes re MP3, here is some speculation;

The following provides details on allowable formats (includes .wav) but note the details in the middle on the need for ID3 tags Audio File Type Support for Garmin Music Watches | Support Center . It's been a while since I did any ripping with Windows Media Plyer but I do recal some past issues with this app not always handling ID3 tags properly (example metadata - Windows Media Player - Missing ID3 tags on some ripped CD tracks - Super User ). There is an app called MP3TAG that can check tags (included .wav files) that might help you check Mp3tag - the universal Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...) .

Not a solution but might help you check.