e280R won't play with normal sound & missing folders

[peedoe]

I have a just installed rockbox and it starts fine, but when the menu comes up, I try to initialize a database and it states 0 files found (press prev to continue).  When I use the files menu option, it shows me my SD drive folder (which is empty), but where is the main memories 'folder'?  It only shows SD drive, photos, video, and tmp folder.  However, when I boot back into Sansa firmware, all of my songs are still there and play just fine?  Am I missing something to get this to work?  I was expecting it to show me lists like the Sansa firmware (artist, album, songs, playlists, etc).

Thanks,
Randy

[rayjgu3]

update database
i believe this is what is needed

Settings>General Settings>Database>Update Now

[peedoe]

I did that, that's where it says 0 files found, even though I have ~40 files on the device that play fine through the Sansa interface.

[pixelma]

Could you give some more information about

- what type of files you have on there (I guess mp3 but it would be better if you confirmed)
- what type of tags these have (ID3 tags - version 1 or 2, APE tags?)
- how did you copy the files over to your Sansa and where did you put them exactly?

[peedoe]

I got the database to create, but when the tracks play, they only play the first few seconds (sounding like Alvin & the chipmunks on speed) and then skips to next track (blew through all 10 tracks of an audiobook in ~30 seconds).

These are all .wma (non-DRM) files that play fine under Sansa OS and WMP.  They have ID3 tags, not sure of version, how do I tell?
I used several methods to copy them to the player with the same results under Rockbox (WMP in Rhapsody mode, WMP in PFS mode, directly copied to device drive, directly copied to SD card).

While I can see the file in the database, I still can't see any 'Music' on the root drive, only the SD card (which is why I did a direct copy to the SD card so I could use files menu option instead of database thinking that might help, it didn't).

When choosing files, I basically see this menu (player in car, so may not be exact, but you'll get the idea):

[SDCard1] (which then has an Album, Music, etc folder within)
Photos
TMP
Video
Version.txt

I don't see an Album or Music folder on the root drive (even though I can see them fine while connected to my PC (as 2 removeable drives).

What do I have to do be able to correctly play my files and see both 'drives'?

TIA,
Randy

[peedoe]

When I play my .wma audio books (non DRM) via Sansa OS & WMP, they play fine, but when trying to play via Rockbox, they sound like Alvin & the chipmunks on speed.  If I start on part 1, it will play a few seconds at warp speed, then jump to next track, etc, etc until it runs through all parts of the book.  I tried copying via WMP in both Rhapsody & Plays for Sure mode as well as directly copying the files via Windows Explorer.  I can't see any 'Music' on the root drive, only the SD card (which is why I did a direct copy to the SD card so I could use files menu option instead of database thinking that might help, it didn't).

When choosing files, I see this menu:

(which then has an Album, Music, Playlists, & system folder within)
Photo
Record
TMP
Video
battery_bench
Version

I don't see an Album or Music folder on the root drive (even though I can see them fine while connected to my PC (as 2 removeable drives).

What do I have to do be able to correctly play my files and see both 'drives'?

TIA,
Randy
 

[zajacattack]

To see all files and folders, go to Settings->General Settings->File View->Show Files and select All. Not sure about the playback problems, perhaps a bug with the WMA decoder?

[peedoe]

I figured out the folder issue, they were marked as hidden.  Was much easier to see once I had it connected to PC.  I installed the most recent (as of now) build just a while ago and the playback issue is still there.

I am desperate to get this working as I am shocked that the Sansa OS doesn't resume playback where it left off when powering off and I am tired of having to fast forward (the standard fast forward is pathetically slow) 30-50 minutes into the parts of my books.  It doesn't even let you go to the next track and rewind back into previous track.  My previous player, an Express, supported both of these features (I would continue to use my Express, but I gave it to my daughter before I realized the e280R was so crippled).

That's when I read about Rockbox and it has all the features I am looking for (resume, faster fastforward, bookmarking), but I just can't get it to play the audio correctly.

Please help, I am getting fast forward thumb;)

TIA,
Randy

[saratoga]

Can you check the sample rate and WMA flavor of the files ?  If you don't know how, I recommend foobar2000, loading the file, and then going to properties.  Wrong play speed generally means some weirdness with the sample rate.

[pixelma]

I've merged your two threads of the same subject, please follow the guidelines and don't start the same topic multiple times even if you don't get a reply for a while. People will read it and if they know answer - by the way, I still had the first one open in my browser and pointed saratoga to it.

[peedoe]

They are all done via WMP using WMA 9.2 at VBR 10% (44KHz).  I don't need high quality since it is audio book files.

Bitrates:
Files 1 &10 are 32kbps
Files 2-9 are 30kbps.

TIA,
Randy

[safetydan]

Not directly solving your problem, but if you're encoding audio books you might want to look at Speex instead of WMA. Speex is designed for voice encoding and should give you smaller files at higher quality. It's also well supported in Rockbox.

[peedoe]

I would give it a shot, but it isn't one of my choices within Tunebite.  
But if the .wma's I have play fine in WMP & Sansa OS, why can't they play fine using Rockbox?

[safetydan]

The Rockbox WMA decoding code is young. It may still have issues playing back certain WMA files.

[peedoe]

Is there a utility that would convert my .wma's to speex?  What extension does speex use?