Songs Freeze during Playback

[bloodbath]

Just today my Sansa e260R has been acting weird.  During playback, the song will freeze/stop for no reason.  Pressing play does nothing.  I must forward or reverse to another song (which will start playing) and then return to the song I was listening to.  I thought it might be the song file at first, but when I replay the song, it does not freeze again.  Rockbox itself doesn't appear to be frozen since I can get to the menus, etc.  This problem has occured intermittently so far.

 I am currently using Rockbox version r15381-071030 with the Sector theme.  I mention the theme only because I tweaked the .wps file to show some information I wanted to see (e.g. - the day of the week is now displayed).  I don't think this would have any affect, but I'd rather mention it to be safe.

I also have a micro SD card installed.  I mention this because yesterday I received an error (I forgot what it said - something about an unspecified parameter or something close to that) while playing a song off the SD card (it wasn't the first time listening to something on the card).  Nothing appeared on the Playback screen except for the error message, but I could return to the menus.  However, even shutting off the Sansa didn't remove the error (every time I tried to resume playback, I received the error).  I finally just tried picking another album and everything worked fine.  I then returned to the same album and song I was listening to, and there was no issue.  I am not sure if this is related to the new freezing issue or not.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

[pondlife]

Which codec(s) are you using?  There are currently problems with FLAC playback, and also reported issues when switching codecs (i.e. using a mixture)...

I'd doubt it's related to the SD card.

Does this still happen if you reset settings back to default?  If not, see if you can work out which setting triggers it.  It's unlikely to be WPS related, more something like repeat mode.

The best place to report bugs (assuming the latest build still shows them) is on Flyspray.

pondlife

[interframe]

Hi, I am seeing the same problem right after I downloaded the latest build  song freeze, jump around I can also move around the menus and move within them. I am using a sansa e200 series. I reloaded an older version (r15005-071006) and the problem went away.

[Chronon]

Can you find the most recent build that still works?  This will help to narrow down which changes to the source might lead to this behavior.  Also answer pondlife's questions regarding codec(s) used.

[bloodbath]

Which codec(s) are you using?  There are currently problems with FLAC playback, and also reported issues when switching codecs (i.e. using a mixture)...

I am only using the mp3 codec.  I will try reverting to an earlier version of Rockbox to see if this solves my problem for the time being.  I will also try to add the bug to Flyspray.  

Do you think the error I received when I was using the SD card is related to the freezing issue?

[cocopugg]

Just today my Sansa e260R has been acting weird.  During playback, the song will freeze/stop for no reason.  Pressing play does nothing.  I must forward or reverse to another song (which will start playing) and then return to the song I was listening to.

I too am having these issues with my e280. It may be a bug with the most recent build. Compared to the problem I had with the last build I can live with the occassional song freezes until the next build I suppose.

[pondlife]

Maybe Brandon's mod will have resolved this - try a new build...?

pondlife

[crescentfresh]

I've been experiencing the same issue on the 10-31 build, and either the 10-29 or 10-30 build (I can't remember which) for ipod color/photos.  The song just freezes, but I can still go in and out of menus.  Resuming play did not help, but forcing a reboot of the player, then starting the playlist up again will start the track at the exact point it froze.

[AlexP]

What about the current build?  Daily builds are just a current build done at the same time each day, and can be several versions old.  The important number isn't the date it is the r......

[interframe]

Pondlife,

I am only using the mp3 codec.

[vexecuter]

I had this as well with the FLAC and MP3 codecs on my Gigabeat F40.

I briefly saw on the screen (but havent seen since) CODEC ERROR: then loads of squares.... it was all rubbish anyway.

[saratoga]

I too am seeing this behaviour on my Sansa e280.
First noticed on build r15385-071931, just updated to r15392-071101 and I am still seeing this.

It hasn't been mentioned before in this thread but it seems to lock up on the track after the unit has been powered up about 20 minutes. Having just seen it stop I noticed that the Next track info was missing in the 1-2 minutes before freeze but reappeared as the track froze. Pressing >> to move to next track in the playlist resumes playback (of the new track).

All files are vorbis Q6 - ripped with EAC and encoded with oggenc2.

I'm going to see if it freezes again after 20 mins or so now I have moved on.

Edit:
The unit froze again after moving one from the previous frozen track.
The last stable build I can find is r15370-071030, I tried r15381-071031 too and that had the same problem. Hope this helps.

I have the same problem using the e280 + MP3 files.

[Red_5]

I have a slightly similar problem with my iPod 5g video, but not quite as severe. While I'm listening to music, playback will randomly freeze up for a few seconds, with no particular pattern in the timing. This has gone on through several builds.

[vexecuter]

The latest build seems to have fixed this for me!

[amm888]

one more having the same problem (using a current build from a few days ago 15385). all mp3s on my sansa e280 (not R).

after listening for a while a random song will simply stop playing around midway through or so. i can skip to the next song or i can hold down the rewind (skipping back wont work) till i get to the previous song and then skip forward from there and the 'problem' song will play through without an issue.

i'll try today's current build and see if it's all better...