RE: Problems Playing WMA's on PPC

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From: P-Chip (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:27:43 -0800

Hi!

Thanks for you response. I did the copy using the Sync
feature on WMP 10, so that all the conversions were
happening correctly, and also so that the DRM license
files would get copied over for purchased music.

I did now drag and drop music using explorer. For some
reason, the problem is more frequent with the purchased
music and not so much with music ripped from CD's.

Thanks!
Pat

>-----Original Message-----
>If you used WMP 10 to rip the music it may not work on
the axim since it has
>WMP9...it could work if you used WMP10 to convert and
move the files to you
>axim...all you have to do is put the axim in the cradle,
open WMP10, go to
>devices, choose the axim, and then on the left side
choose the music to send
>to it...by default WMP10 will convert the music so that
it works on the
>pda...if you don't like the way it sounds, you can
manually change the
>settings....i suspect this is your problem...how did you
move the files to
>the axim?
>
>"P-Chip" wrote:
>
>> Hi All!
>>
>> I have a Dell Axim (emabarassing, but I forgot the
model
>> number. It's the older, shapely one -- X something,
not
>> the newer, squarer one) with 32MB RAM and PPC 2003.
This
>> problem concerns WMA's (192k stream) ripped on my PC
>> running WMP 10. The songs are stored on my CF card.
>>
>> I have been having a really weird problem -- I can't
seem
>> to play my music files on my PPC. What happens is that
>> every time I tap on WMP (version 9) to play the files,
it
>> plays a song for a while and then stops. Just stops. I
>> can't hear a thing at this point. However, some of the
>> times, the song counter keeps moving up, but there's
no
>> sound. Also, some of the other times, the song length
>> shows up totally wrong (like 34 minutes, instead of
the 4
>> minutes or so that the song is) and the progress
>> indicator skips to the end of the song pretending that
>> the song is over (which it's not!).
>>
>> One note is that the song plays for about 30 seconds
or
>> so before the aforesaid weirdness takes over.
>>
>> After this silence (or "non-playing") goes on for a
while
>> (probably another 30-40 seconds), it skips to the next
>> song and starts playing that. The next song that plays
>> after this usually plays completely (or almost
>> completely).
>>
>> Of course, there's no way I can skip around in the
>> playlist, since the song I skip to will simply not
play,
>> or exhibit the above behavior. In general, no song
will
>> play completely. If I just surrender to the whims of
the
>> player, it will clam up and/or skip songs merrily
until
>> it comes to a song that it plays completely. I have
not
>> been able to pinpoint a pattern in this bizarre
>> behavior.
>>
>> At one point, I thought that my license file was
corrupt.
>> So I deleted it from my PPC and re-synced all the
songs.
>> That worked for a song or two before the problem
started
>> all over again.
>>
>> Is this a memory issue which can be solved by
upgrading
>> to a slightly beefier PPC? Or is this something that
>> PPC's are cursed with.
>>
>> On a related note, my old HP Jornada 548 *never* had
this
>> problem. In fact, I am thinking of dumping the Dell
and
>> going back to my old PPC. However, since I have
invested
>> in moving forward with PPC 2003 and all, any help in
>> resolving this would be much appreciated.
>>
>> I could try to play songs from the main memory, but I
>> barely have enough for 4-5 songs.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> P-Chip
>>
>.
>

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