Tracks skipping like a record

[timmyjoe42]

I've been having issues with tracks skipping during play.  It will repeat 2-3 seconds of a track and then keep going.  At first I thought it was a bad mp3, but then I noticed it doing it on mp3's that I know are good.  I"m using Rockbox version 3.3 on a Sansa c240.

Anyone else notice this?

My searches for skipping only found issues related to skipping to the next track, not skipping of the song audio.

[evilnick]

This is usually caused by having too many effects (like EQ, crossfeed) running.

You could try resetting all the settings to the defaults to check that theory - the instructions are in the fine manual

[timmyjoe42]

How does one have too many effects running?

I haven't set any of that stuff up.  I only put music on the microsd card, and made some playlists.

[Chronon]

Do the tracks just pause or is there other glitchiness?  Is it just MP3 or does all audio do this?  Do tracks on the internal storage do the same?

[timmyjoe42]

The tracks skip backwards 1-2 seconds so the song repeats it sell, sort of like a stutter.  But once it skips back, it will play through the whole song.  The playback does not get stuck in a loop.

All tracks are mp3, and only do it on the player.  If I play them on the PC there are no problems.  I also can't get the same tracks to do it on the player, it sort of just happens when it wants to.

[Heratiki]

I've had almost the same issue...  Mine doesn't skip back a couple seconds but they do stutter for a split second...  Running all the defaults...  One thing I thought it could be is the Database Updating while you are playing causing it...  This would seem pretty normal as it's extra disk access...  Just my thoughts...

Heratiki

[timmyjoe42]

I could get the same songs to skip in the same places.  The original mp3 on my computer didn't skip, so I copied it over to the mp3 player again and it plays fine now.

I don't understand how the files could have become corrupted like this during the copying process.

[dreamlayers]

See http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/10441