Why does ROCKbox take so long to resume playback after turning on?

[cocopugg]

After booting up, and choosing "resume playback" my Sansa takes about 2 minutes before the song loads. Is this normal? Also a minute or so into the song, it will pause a few seconds and then continue to play. Is this normal, and is there a way to bootup directly into "resume playback" mode that will bypass the 2 minute delay? Thanks for the info!

[AlexP]

No, it isn't normal.  Turning the player on to playback should be a few seconds (depends on player).

What build are you using?  Could you try resetting all your settings.  What file type?

[cocopugg]

No, it isn't normal.  Turning the player on to playback should be a few seconds (depends on player).

What build are you using?  Could you try resetting all your settings.  What file type?

I'm using Build 32.10. I've been experiencing alot of lockups with this build.

[delorean90]

update to the most recent build then see if you have the same problems

[cocopugg]

Thanks I'll try it!

[saratoga]

No, it isn't normal.  Turning the player on to playback should be a few seconds (depends on player).

What build are you using?  Could you try resetting all your settings.  What file type?

I'm using Build 32.10. I've been experiencing alot of lockups with this build.

32.10 of what?  Rockbox builds for the sansa go by SVN revision number, and those are 5 digits, no decimal.

[cocopugg]

Oooops...Is this the correct build? r15351-071028

[saratoga]

That should be current.

[cocopugg]

Thanks Saratoga. Can you explain to me a little about the auto update, initialize now and update options? When should we run these options in the background? And will running them in the background cause a higher probability of a lockup or track skip/delay? Thanks for the info.

[Lear]

After booting up, and choosing "resume playback" my Sansa takes about 2 minutes before the song loads. Is this normal?

How did you start the playback, originally? If it was from a database view, and the selection included many files, resume can take a while, though I don't know if two minutes is "normal". One way to test this is to save the selection as a playlist, play it, and then resume after a reboot.

[amm888]

Thanks Saratoga. Can you explain to me a little about the auto update, initialize now and update options? When should we run these options in the background? And will running them in the background cause a higher probability of a lockup or track skip/delay? Thanks for the info.

my e280 just takes a few seconds after hitting resume, but i do sometimes get that minor pause in the beginning of a song.

from what i've been able to gleen reading the manual for my sansa e280 (i'm no pro though) you should really only have to 'initialize now' one time (the first time - unless you want to clear you runtime data). after that you can select 'auto update' (to update every time you boot up) or just select 'update' on your own every now and then. however i don't think the 'auto update' function will update deleted files (if i'm remembering/understanding the manual correctly).

i have noticed that there seems to be a bit more chance of a delay when running update in the background (but that could just be my imagination).