Lacene
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Hatebrigade, does your sansa have the latest firmware (## - 12A)? Have you checked to make sure that the mp3's have the track # in the file name, as well as in the ID3 tag?? I determined that a number of albums I downloaded to my e260 did not have the # incorporated, and were not playing in proper order. After updating the tracks & re-downloading, they work fine now...
as far as the ghosting, that's a new one on me. I found that the best way to update the tracks is to just delete the incorrect ones off the sansa, & edit the tracks properly using your ID3 tagging app. (I use Media Monkey), THEN installing the tracks onto the sansa. Unfortunately, there's not a good way to edit the tracks while on the player. But I 've had to delete entire albums of tracks before this way, I've experienced no 'ghost' tracks or duplications.
I'd personaaly use MTP mode while loading my music onto the sansa. If you're using windows XP, you can still drag & drop your files onto the sansa.
the limits for the audio & video fast-forward scanning is an issue, to be sure. Especially for some videos, the sansa has been known to lock up while excessively FF-scanning. I guess I don't listen to a lot of extended live recordings on my DAP's: for music, I usually listen all the way thru. But for long audiobooks, I can see how improved scanning would be welcome.
finally, for the video playback issues, I haven't had any skipping or audio "hiccups": the sansa's video processor seems to have some limitations - with the earlier firmware that was initially released with the sansa, there was some buffering issues, etc. A later firmware upgrade fixed it by segmenting videos into "chapters" of 10 minutes, meaning if you download a 60-minute movie, you'll get 6 smaller files, loaded in sequential order - you cant watch a video for any longer length, without having breaks between the chapters, kind of like commercial breaks, without the commercials. The breaks last only a second, similar to the gaps between separate audio tracks.
You said you didn't have this issue with other videos you converted?? Sounds like that's not the old firmware, could be as you say: a poor bitrate, or perhaps a poor conversion process. You might wish to try to convert the files again - try not to use your PC during this time, or use any media player or other A/V software during the conversion, just walk away from the PC while it's converting. You're probably already doing this, but I thought to mention it just in case. Good luck!
as far as the ghosting, that's a new one on me. I found that the best way to update the tracks is to just delete the incorrect ones off the sansa, & edit the tracks properly using your ID3 tagging app. (I use Media Monkey), THEN installing the tracks onto the sansa. Unfortunately, there's not a good way to edit the tracks while on the player. But I 've had to delete entire albums of tracks before this way, I've experienced no 'ghost' tracks or duplications.
I'd personaaly use MTP mode while loading my music onto the sansa. If you're using windows XP, you can still drag & drop your files onto the sansa.
the limits for the audio & video fast-forward scanning is an issue, to be sure. Especially for some videos, the sansa has been known to lock up while excessively FF-scanning. I guess I don't listen to a lot of extended live recordings on my DAP's: for music, I usually listen all the way thru. But for long audiobooks, I can see how improved scanning would be welcome.
finally, for the video playback issues, I haven't had any skipping or audio "hiccups": the sansa's video processor seems to have some limitations - with the earlier firmware that was initially released with the sansa, there was some buffering issues, etc. A later firmware upgrade fixed it by segmenting videos into "chapters" of 10 minutes, meaning if you download a 60-minute movie, you'll get 6 smaller files, loaded in sequential order - you cant watch a video for any longer length, without having breaks between the chapters, kind of like commercial breaks, without the commercials. The breaks last only a second, similar to the gaps between separate audio tracks.
You said you didn't have this issue with other videos you converted?? Sounds like that's not the old firmware, could be as you say: a poor bitrate, or perhaps a poor conversion process. You might wish to try to convert the files again - try not to use your PC during this time, or use any media player or other A/V software during the conversion, just walk away from the PC while it's converting. You're probably already doing this, but I thought to mention it just in case. Good luck!