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Playback pausing
dtwilder:
I recently put RockBox on my Sansa e260 but when I play m4a files, it plays back for a few minutes and then there's a pause of about a second. Then it starts again but after a couple minutes, it again pauses for a second. It does this a few times before stopping completely.
I made sure the battery is fully charged. I'm a newbie to Rockbox and just a user of mp3 players.
Thanks for any help.
dtwilder:
I have also noticed that when it pauses, the player controls seem to freeze up. The controls may respond but very slowly. E.g, I hit a button and then upto a minute later (if at all) the screen responds to the button press. Same for scrolling. And the battery indicator suddenly drops to zero charge.
Please help.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: dtwilder on January 16, 2013, 10:35:40 AM ---I recently put RockBox on my Sansa e260 but when I play m4a files, it plays back for a few minutes and then there's a pause of about a second. Then it starts again but after a couple minutes, it again pauses for a second. It does this a few times before stopping completely.
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Are they AAC-He files? And do you have an e260v1? If so, the V1's CPU isn't fast enough to decode most AAC-HE files in real time without skipping.
dtwilder:
Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking it might be a processor issue. It is a v1 e260 but I'm not sure about the AAC-HE (I don't know what that is). The files are m4a from The Economist magazine. I used to use a convert to convert the files to mp3 format but since learning that RockBox plays m4a, I installed that on my player. Do you think I need to go back to the original Sansa system? Or just keep RockBox but convert the files to mp3?
Thanks again.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: dtwilder on January 16, 2013, 11:46:39 AM ---Do you think I need to go back to the original Sansa system?
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The one that doesn't play AAC files?
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