complicated Problem with iAUdio X5 + rockbox,

[Gaiosan]

hey, I'm using rockbox for a long time now,
lately my screen on the iaudio was broken, so i installed voicebox, all i see is black.
so i cant really use options and configs cause i cant see anything

all i can do with the player is go to MUSIC.... no options no movies no icons no backs etc...

the problem started a few months ago, that some songs (99% of them actually) freeze during the song, and i have to reset the player...

it always happens at the same songs, the same second on the song and always i can feel the device vibrates a little before it freezes.

any idea what the hell can i go? it freezes about every 4-6 minutes...


just updating to rockbox 3.0 to see if anything is better...

[AlexP]

How did you break the screen?  It could well be that you broke something else as well, such as the hard drive.  First thing I'd do is run a disk check on it.

[Gaiosan]

no idea how the screen broke, but it worked perfectly for months until it starts freezing....

how do i run a disc check on it?

[AlexP]

Assuming that you are running Windows, open a command prompt and run

chkdsk /f x:

where x: is the driver letter of the X5

[Gaiosan]

The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume IAUDIO created 14/12/2006 10:40
Volume Serial Number is 4581-2A13
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? y (*I TYPED Y)
64 KB in 1 recovered files.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
   58,590,752 KB total disk space.
       30,016 KB in 910 hidden files.
       35,008 KB in 1,093 folders.
   57,300,960 KB in 12,117 files.
    1,224,736 KB are available.

       32,768 bytes in each allocation unit.
    1,830,961 total allocation units on disk.
       38,273 allocation units available on disk.



What does that mean? was it ok? did anything changed?

[AlexP]

What happens if you try to play the problematic files on your PC from the X5?

[Gaiosan]

should i try to run them straight from the G: drive or should i copy them to my PCs drive first?

ok just heard a song straight from G drive, and it worked perfectly, even though when i hear it on my iaudio it freezes at 6:40 Always.


any other ideas \=?

[AlexP]

What format are the songs - format, bitrate, tags, sample rate etc.

Also, you say this still happens with 3.0?

[Gaiosan]

i cant get voicebox to work on 3.0, so i cant use it... cant get to the songs and check... (remember no screen)

so im with an older version... not too old... like 6 month old...


ill check the songs and edit

[AlexP]

6 months is incredibly old.  Voice works just fine on 3.0 as far as I am aware (disclaimer - I haven't tried).  Perhaps you should start a new thread on getting that to work?

[Gaiosan]

if someone would be kind enough to take a picture of the 3 menues at 3.0 that get me to "my music" that would help alot.

MAIN MENU>FILES>MUSIC>music.........

those 3.

so i could know how many clicks to get to the music.

[Llorean]

Everything after FILES are folders on your device, and will vary depending on how you've placed information on your player. Nobody can create pictures of that for you unless they have your player in their hands. They're not menus, but an actual file and folder listing.

Have you tried downloading the newest voicebox? Older voice clips may not work with newer versions of Rockbox, and if you're trying to re-use an old copy of the generation tool, you'll just get "new" old-style clips.

[Gaiosan]

ill try it, but still it doesnt really matter, because i dont know how to get to my music folder, and voicebox isnt reading the main menu...

[Llorean]

Voicebox doesn't read the main menu. Voicebox is a script for creating talk files for use on the player. The main menu is spoken by the voice file using Rockbox's voice UI.

Please, try explaining again using the terms we use for things, so that I can know exactly what problem you're having, since apparently it's not with voicebox.