Need help

[danoid]

I'm trying to get a Sansa E280 up and running and have the following setup

E280 V1
rockbox version r19091-081111

With the following issues
I keep getting a loud high pitched tone when ending music playback.  It wont go away until I start another song.

Random folder advance doesn't work (repeat is off) (all I want is 'Album Shuffle like my old Ipod)

Occasional 'data abort' screen of death.

Any help is appreciated.

[saratoga]

I'd guess your player is broken if its randomly crashing and making funny sounds, but checking the disk for errors couldn't hurt just to be sure its not a file system issue.

[dreamlayers]

Random folder advance requires a list of folders which is created by Plugins -> Applications -> random_folder_advance_config.

After checking the disk, if you still have the other problems, try Rockbox 3.0 and the original firmware.

[danoid]

Random folder advance requires a list of folders which is created by Plugins -> Applications -> random_folder_advance_config.

After checking the disk, if you still have the other problems, try Rockbox 3.0 and the original firmware.

I did the folder list, and removed the artist folders, leaving just the album (sub to the artist) folders.  I've looked at the txt file in Word and it looked fine (no I didn't save it as a Word doc either - text - UTF8 or something like that).

I thought I did install Rockbox 3.0.  I pulled it from the releases download.

I'll try a file check when I get home, but the comment that 'I guess the player is broke' is pretty scary.

Thanks.

[painkiller]

I thought I did install Rockbox 3.0.  I pulled it from the releases download.

You didn't. You pulled it from "current build" page.

[danoid]

I thought I did install Rockbox 3.0.  I pulled it from the releases download.

You didn't. You pulled it from "current build" page.

My bad.  I'll try again and repost.  THANKS!

[piscator]

Danoid,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble.  I can't help much with the technicalities but just thought I'd mention that we have two Sansa 280's running RB 3.0 with no problems -- to date.

Hope you get it worked out!

piscator

[danoid]

Well, now the version says r18607-3.0-080923

but it still doesn't advance at the end of the album.

My directory structure

Music
    Artist
         Album

I've created the random_folder_advance_config list with the plugin, but haven't exported the text list.

Playback settings
Shuffle no
Repeat off
Play selected first yes
Auto-Change Directory random

I did not wipe all the files when reloading the 3.0 release build, just loaded on top.

I don't have playlists of the individual albums set up, never dealt with the little buggers don't want to learn, that's what a directory is for.

[Chronon]

You didn't mention the result of the filesystem check.

[danoid]

You didn't mention the result of the filesystem check.

No issues found.  But now the darn thing doesn't show up as a drive any more.  On connection, it reverts back to the OEM screen but never shows 'connected.'

I'm considering percussive maintenance.

**EDIT**
OK I figured it out.  If I navigate to a file and play it, the random auto advance appears to work.  However, if I use the dabase, and play an album playback stops at the end of the album.

Everything appears to function as advertised, just not as I expected.  What then is the function of the database?

[Llorean]

Since it's "Random Folder Advance" and the database is a database of tags (and so isn't "folder aware" in the same way songs played from the file tree are) the feature won't work when songs are played from the database.

Most specifically, the database doesn't require albums to be in the same folder (or even on the same disk for units with internal storage and a storage card).