Using a flash drive as an ipod replacement in my car

[becominglumberg]

I have been trying to figure out a way to use a usb flash drive as a substitute for an ipod in my car... I have a female usb plug for the data, but it will not take a regular flash drive.

So, here is my plan. I want to take a flash drive and use a linux ipod interface program to populate it with both the mp3s but also the other itunes crap. Has anyone done this or something like it before?

-Guy

[wormyblackburny]

What kind of deck do you have in your car? What format are the files? MP3? Are they protected format music files?

[becominglumberg]

Its the basic deck inside a nissan juke. There is an ipod male connector cord in the glove, which i would like to use in conjunction with this:
http://www.cablejive.com/products/Un...Converter.html

The head unit lets you scroll through your ipod's music through the interface, so I think it just reads the files off the files and plays them. If this is the case, all i have to do is emulate the file structure...