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I have a 1GB 'Creative Nano' MP3 player - Is there any way that I can use a USB memory stick to carry additional MP3 files and load these directly onto the player from the stick without going through a computer? Naturally I would have to delete the files on the MP3 player first, but it would double the potential capacity of the player when on holiday (I tend to listen to a lot of radio podcasts which, once heard, are deleted anyway).
Can't imagine I am the first person to ask this but other internet searches for an answer have been totally fruitless.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions

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Short answer: no — not without something that can act as a USB host. Most small MP3 players behave as USB "devices" (they expect a PC to be the host). A USB stick is also a device, so two devices plugged together won't negotiate a file copy. was right to be skeptical.

Practical checks and workarounds:

  • Plug the player into a PC first. If it mounts as a removable drive (a drive letter in Windows or a device in Finder), it's in USB Mass Storage mode — that means it looks like a regular disk. In that case a standalone "USB-to-USB duplicator" or thumb-drive copier may be able to copy files from a stick to the player, though compatibility (FAT32 vs exFAT) and the player's transfer mode matter.
  • If the player uses MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) or does not show as a drive, direct hardware copying won't work. Options then are: use an Android device that supports USB OTG (On-The-Go) plus a powered OTG hub and file-manager app to host the flash drive and move files; use a small portable "file hub" / travel router that provides USB-host copying; or use a player that accepts microSD cards so you can carry preloaded cards and swap them.

Cautions and practical tips: make a backup before trying anything, test with a single file first, always safely eject to avoid corrupting the player, and remember many players need a restart or library rescan before they show newly copied files. For travel situations the lowest-friction fixes are extra microSD cards or a second inexpensive stick-style player — which is what was pointing toward.

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I have a 1GB 'Creative Nano' MP3 player - Is there any way that I can use a USB memory stick to carry additional MP3 files and load these directly onto the player from the stick without going through a computer? Naturally I would have to delete the files on the MP3 player first, but it would double the potential capacity of the player when on holiday (I tend to listen to a lot of radio podcasts which, once heard, are deleted anyway).
Can't imagine I am the first person to ask this but other internet searches for an answer have been totally fruitless.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Nope, that sounds pretty impossible, espeically the fact that the player would have no way of knowing that you wanted to delete the songs that were on its hard drive to make room for the songs on your USB stick.

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I recently purchased the small coby stick player from kaleeko it works great too

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