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kingsmedley:
A few months back, I upgraded to version 3.7.1. Since then, I have been experiencing random while playing music or podcasts. When the unit locks it usually goes silent, but sometimes there is a peculiar static noise. I am able to reboot the unit and it goes back to normal, though sometimes it takes a few tries to get the reboot to work.

I am using an Apple Ipod mini (1st gen). I replaced the internal HD with an 8MB flash card last year, and ran that config for a long time (a year or more) under 3.5.1 without trouble.

Before any one asks. the reason I changed to the new version is because I was hoping I could play back podcasts in AAC format. I can live without this, just thought I'd try it. Just for the record, the new version couldn't do it either.

Reinstalling 3.7.1 does not eliminate the problem, and I cannot replicate it at will.

Chronon:
I expect there's something about the podcasts that prevents their playback, as AAC-LC should play in real time.

I'm not sure what is causing the behavior that you're seeing.  It would be good to exclude file system errors (though I don't think they would explain such random lock-ups -- I would expect failures to be correlated with playing certain files, etc.).  You can also try installing a current build to see if you see the same behavior. 

Does the original firmware suffer lockups too?

Buschel:
In fact we have several bug reports that describe lock-ups, also describing static noise. There have been bugfixes and rework in the area of buffering. It's not known whether this fixes the issues.
Good to know that this does not happen with v3.5.1

Chronon:

--- Quote from: Buschel on February 17, 2011, 02:01:44 PM ---In fact we have several bug reports that describe lock-ups, also describing static noise.
--- End quote ---
Is FS#11764 one of these?  (Though it seems to be correlated with seeking in that one.)

--- Quote --- There have been bugfixes and rework in the area of buffering. It's not known whether this fixes the issues.
Good to know that this does not happen with v3.5.1

--- End quote ---
So, it should be helpful for kingsmedley to see if the same problems exist with a current build.

Buschel:
Yes, FS#11764 is one of these.

And yes, re-testing is helpful. But right now there are some thoughts that these issues might be connected with ATA-DMA which was enabled with v3.6.

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