mp3 player trouble

[adi]

every time i try to put a song on my mp3 player i get an error message 'the directory or file cannot be created' i also get this message when i try to create a new file on the mp3 player. all the songs have been deleted for some reason. please can someone help

[Mercifull]

What mp3 player? what software? what operating system? Jeez how vague is this thread..?!?!? :-/

[adi]

sorry lol, its just called mp3 player, got it off a bidding channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

windows xp home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh, this may help. when i first got the player i put some songs on it, but they only played the song for 10 seconds but the player said the song was 3 minuits long. i went on my pc, played the song and it lasted 3 minuits. so then i deleted the songs i put on and ever since i did that i keep getting these messages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks

[Mercifull]

Who makes the mp3 player? :-/ And i mean what software do you use to transfer the songs to your player not what operating system you use.

 

 

 

Not really helping here.

[battletrax]

Search the thing for a brand anme or model number or something... mp3 player can't be the only text on the thing.

 

 

 

Also, how are you putting files on it. What software are you using?

[kingjoe2002]

Try to format the mp3 player like a flash drive?

[adi]

like i said its just called mp3 player, theres a site on the box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.cnmemory.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i got no software with the mp3 player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks for all your help

[Mercifull]

i got no software with the mp3 player

How are you trying to transfer your music accross then :-/

 

 

 

Im really confused you arnt giving us any information to help you at all.

[magekillr]

 

i got no software with the mp3 player

How are you trying to transfer your music accross then :-/

 

 

 

Im really confused you arnt giving us any information to help you at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you just copy and paste from file to file lol...smaller mp3 players don't need software bc there's not alot of songs i suppose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i have 1 HDD and 1 DVD player on my machine...and my jump drives appear as "F"...so i just copy and paste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

its just like putting data on a jump drive by using USB...least that's been my experience with them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and to help the author...is there a little "lock" sign on with a flippy switch thing? if there is...flip it to the unlocked stage...

[kingjoe2002]

try reformating it again. Heat sometimes can effect flash memory when u leave it in ur pocket for too long. Reformat it like any other drive and see if it works out. If not i think ur mp3 player is dead lol. Unless u got a write protect switch.

[adi]

ok thanks guys, how to i reformat it? and mercifull to transfer the mp3's i just copy and paste but it wont even let me do that.....lol im starting to think its dead to :( ive only had it 2 weeks lol

[Mercifull]

Tip: Dont buy cheap junk from bidding channels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are reason why the stuff sells for so cheaply.

 

 

 

As the great Si Cardnell once said "Buy cheap, buy twice"

[paul_wilson]

cheap isnt always bad. my one is a no-name brand mp3 and was like 50$A and it works fine. but it is only a 128mb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yea look for a write protection switch but im not sure if formating is a good idea, wouldnt a mp3 have certain files to read the music and they dont come with boot disc's

[kingjoe2002]

Those cheap ones from bidding channels really suck. They either comes with little memory or very bad sound quality. Just throw it away and buy either a Sony, iRiver or Cowon iAudio flash player. They cost like 100-200 bucks, but has much larger storage and sound quality. In the long run you save a bundle by not having to buy one every 2 days.

[adi]

hehe, where abouts is the write-protection switch?

[Mercifull]

hehe, where abouts is the write-protection switch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol how are we supposed to know? you havn't told us what mp3 player you have :P

 

 

 

look in your manual and/or take a close look at the player for any switches and buttons

[Kwisatz]

 

hehe, where abouts is the write-protection switch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol how are we supposed to know? you havn't told us what mp3 player you have :P

 

 

 

look in your manual and/or take a close look at the player for any switches and buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He gave the site. http://cnmemory.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They apparently have downloadable PDFs to look at. Additionally, it appears that it just acts like a removable drive, where you copy and paste MP3s from Explorer, like a Creative MuVo. (Except it uses more generic drivers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It also may just be that your MP3 files are damaged, if you got them off of KaZaa or a similar P2P service. I have a damaged MP3 of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and it works fine in Winamp, since Winamp pwns, and the fact that the computer has processing power to spare to try and repair and subsequently play the MP3 file on the fly. But with an MP3 player, damaged files just don't play (in my experience, anyway.) Or, it could be that the bitrate is so low that it doesn't play at the correct speed. My MP3 player only does 32 Kbps 22Khz MP3s and up, so when I tried to play a 24Kbps, 11Khz mp3, it played slowly, and detected the length incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It could also be that your mp3s are all incorrectly encoded using VBR (Variable Bit Rate). And just so you know, VBR sucks. I have another MP3 ("White Wedding") that is VBR, and Winamp incorrectly detects the length and my MP3 player doesn't play it correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it sounds like MP3 corruption may be your problem. Get DBPowerAMP and rip a CD, then try putting those on your MP3 player. If those work, then your MP3s are mildly corrupted, and you should get them from somewhere that is reputable, like MP3Search, a russian music site. And before anybody screams "OMFGWTF!!11111 russhien muzak is teh ill3gal!" read this, and you'll see that it is.

[battletrax]

 

 

hehe, where abouts is the write-protection switch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol how are we supposed to know? you havn't told us what mp3 player you have :P

 

 

 

look in your manual and/or take a close look at the player for any switches and buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He gave the site. http://cnmemory.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They apparently have downloadable PDFs to look at. Additionally, it appears that it just acts like a removable drive, where you copy and paste MP3s from Explorer, like a Creative MuVo. (Except it uses more generic drivers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It also may just be that your MP3 files are damaged, if you got them off of KaZaa or a similar P2P service. I have a damaged MP3 of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and it works fine in Winamp, since Winamp pwns, and the fact that the computer has processing power to spare to try and repair and subsequently play the MP3 file on the fly. But with an MP3 player, damaged files just don't play (in my experience, anyway.) Or, it could be that the bitrate is so low that it doesn't play at the correct speed. My MP3 player only does 32 Kbps 22Khz MP3s and up, so when I tried to play a 24Kbps, 11Khz mp3, it played slowly, and detected the length incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It could also be that your mp3s are all incorrectly encoded using VBR (Variable Bit Rate). And just so you know, VBR sucks. I have another MP3 ("White Wedding") that is VBR, and Winamp incorrectly detects the length and my MP3 player doesn't play it correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it sounds like MP3 corruption may be your problem. Get DBPowerAMP and rip a CD, then try putting those on your MP3 player. If those work, then your MP3s are mildly corrupted, and you should get them from somewhere that is reputable, like MP3Search, a russian music site. And before anybody screams "OMFGWTF!!11111 russhien muzak is teh ill3gal!" read this, and you'll see that it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, VBR is superior to flat rate encoding and it makes much more sense. When you need higher bitrate, it's supplied and when you don't the bitrate drops. If you encode an mp3 with a bad encoder, you can have problems with any type of encoding including VBR, but with a decent encoder, VBR is the best possible encoding (for size and quality). I find that a lot of p2p networks (especially bittorrent) are flooded with very LOW quality VBR files. VBR can be encoded at different qualities like any other mp3, and if done at a reasonable quality, it's great. Most of my mp3s are VBR (many encoded by myself with LAME) and I've neevr had a problem with any of my 4 (all different brands) mp3 players (plus the mp3 deck in my car and winamp) ever having issues with playing them or displaying their correct length.

[razzzzzza]

you usually get a disk to install a programme managing your songs and a usb to plug into your mp3 to add the songs if you didnt there should be instructions int he box or on it

[kingjoe2002]

 

 

 

hehe, where abouts is the write-protection switch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol how are we supposed to know? you havn't told us what mp3 player you have :P

 

 

 

look in your manual and/or take a close look at the player for any switches and buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He gave the site. http://cnmemory.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They apparently have downloadable PDFs to look at. Additionally, it appears that it just acts like a removable drive, where you copy and paste MP3s from Explorer, like a Creative MuVo. (Except it uses more generic drivers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It also may just be that your MP3 files are damaged, if you got them off of KaZaa or a similar P2P service. I have a damaged MP3 of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and it works fine in Winamp, since Winamp pwns, and the fact that the computer has processing power to spare to try and repair and subsequently play the MP3 file on the fly. But with an MP3 player, damaged files just don't play (in my experience, anyway.) Or, it could be that the bitrate is so low that it doesn't play at the correct speed. My MP3 player only does 32 Kbps 22Khz MP3s and up, so when I tried to play a 24Kbps, 11Khz mp3, it played slowly, and detected the length incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It could also be that your mp3s are all incorrectly encoded using VBR (Variable Bit Rate). And just so you know, VBR sucks. I have another MP3 ("White Wedding") that is VBR, and Winamp incorrectly detects the length and my MP3 player doesn't play it correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it sounds like MP3 corruption may be your problem. Get DBPowerAMP and rip a CD, then try putting those on your MP3 player. If those work, then your MP3s are mildly corrupted, and you should get them from somewhere that is reputable, like MP3Search, a russian music site. And before anybody screams "OMFGWTF!!11111 russhien muzak is teh ill3gal!" read this, and you'll see that it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, VBR is superior to flat rate encoding and it makes much more sense. When you need higher bitrate, it's supplied and when you don't the bitrate drops. If you encode an mp3 with a bad encoder, you can have problems with any type of encoding including VBR, but with a decent encoder, VBR is the best possible encoding (for size and quality). I find that a lot of p2p networks (especially bittorrent) are flooded with very LOW quality VBR files. VBR can be encoded at different qualities like any other mp3, and if done at a reasonable quality, it's great. Most of my mp3s are VBR (many encoded by myself with LAME) and I've neevr had a problem with any of my 4 (all different brands) mp3 players (plus the mp3 deck in my car and winamp) ever having issues with playing them or displaying their correct length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

agreed lol, VBR is great if you use a good encode and decoder. When i rip music i always use VBR.

[adi]

wow, thanks for all the help guys ! oh and BTTF_Man how could i fix my mp3 player is its corrupted?

[Kwisatz]

 

 

 

 

hehe, where abouts is the write-protection switch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol how are we supposed to know? you havn't told us what mp3 player you have :P

 

 

 

look in your manual and/or take a close look at the player for any switches and buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He gave the site. http://cnmemory.de

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They apparently have downloadable PDFs to look at. Additionally, it appears that it just acts like a removable drive, where you copy and paste MP3s from Explorer, like a Creative MuVo. (Except it uses more generic drivers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It also may just be that your MP3 files are damaged, if you got them off of KaZaa or a similar P2P service. I have a damaged MP3 of Bachman Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and it works fine in Winamp, since Winamp pwns, and the fact that the computer has processing power to spare to try and repair and subsequently play the MP3 file on the fly. But with an MP3 player, damaged files just don't play (in my experience, anyway.) Or, it could be that the bitrate is so low that it doesn't play at the correct speed. My MP3 player only does 32 Kbps 22Khz MP3s and up, so when I tried to play a 24Kbps, 11Khz mp3, it played slowly, and detected the length incorrectly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It could also be that your mp3s are all incorrectly encoded using VBR (Variable Bit Rate). And just so you know, VBR sucks. I have another MP3 ("White Wedding") that is VBR, and Winamp incorrectly detects the length and my MP3 player doesn't play it correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So it sounds like MP3 corruption may be your problem. Get DBPowerAMP and rip a CD, then try putting those on your MP3 player. If those work, then your MP3s are mildly corrupted, and you should get them from somewhere that is reputable, like MP3Search, a russian music site. And before anybody screams "OMFGWTF!!11111 russhien muzak is teh ill3gal!" read this, and you'll see that it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, VBR is superior to flat rate encoding and it makes much more sense. When you need higher bitrate, it's supplied and when you don't the bitrate drops. If you encode an mp3 with a bad encoder, you can have problems with any type of encoding including VBR, but with a decent encoder, VBR is the best possible encoding (for size and quality). I find that a lot of p2p networks (especially bittorrent) are flooded with very LOW quality VBR files. VBR can be encoded at different qualities like any other mp3, and if done at a reasonable quality, it's great. Most of my mp3s are VBR (many encoded by myself with LAME) and I've neevr had a problem with any of my 4 (all different brands) mp3 players (plus the mp3 deck in my car and winamp) ever having issues with playing them or displaying their correct length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

agreed lol, VBR is great if you use a good encode and decoder. When i rip music i always use VBR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've always had problems with VBR when downloading, from allofmp3, from mp3search, and from kazaa, and the ones from the russian sites are like 320 sometimes. It seems that even one slipped byte screws it all up. May be fine for you, but in my experience (and many of my friends) VBR just blows. It's always easier to rip at 192 and then up the bitrate accordingly for deeper-instrumentation songs.

[Pyro]

 

 

 

I've always had problems with VBR when downloading, from allofmp3, from mp3search, and from kazaa, and the ones from the russian sites are like 320 sometimes. It seems that even one slipped byte screws it all up. May be fine for you, but in my experience (and many of my friends) VBR just blows. It's always easier to rip at 192 and then up the bitrate accordingly for deeper-instrumentation songs.

In my opinion Porsches suck, because I crashed one into a tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a difference between saying you have had problems with VBR and saying it sucks. The main difference being that the first is true and the second is bullshit. VBR is severely more space-efficient than CBR (Constant), and what do you think is the *only* reason people use MP3, as opposed to say, WAW, is? Space-efficiency. If you and your friends cannot get VBR to work well, then you and your friends are doing something wrong. There really isn't more to it than that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for the record, semi-corrupt VBR's are just as playable as their CBR counterparts.

[Kwisatz]

 

 

 

 

I've always had problems with VBR when downloading, from allofmp3, from mp3search, and from kazaa, and the ones from the russian sites are like 320 sometimes. It seems that even one slipped byte screws it all up. May be fine for you, but in my experience (and many of my friends) VBR just blows. It's always easier to rip at 192 and then up the bitrate accordingly for deeper-instrumentation songs.

In my opinion Porsches suck, because I crashed one into a tree.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a difference between saying you have had problems with VBR and saying it sucks. The main difference being that the first is true and the second is bullshit. VBR is severely more space-efficient than CBR (Constant), and what do you think is the *only* reason people use MP3, as opposed to say, WAW, is? Space-efficiency. If you and your friends cannot get VBR to work well, then you and your friends are doing something wrong. There really isn't more to it than that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for the record, semi-corrupt VBR's are just as playable as their CBR counterparts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. ... There is a chat filter in operation, which will disguise certain inappropriate words. Do not use unusual spellings or other means to bypass the filter!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It just seems that every online community I am part of is getting more and more corrupt, and full of hypocritical power figures. I realize that I am not in a position to criticize anyone, but I feel that the rules should be upheld by those who made and enforce them. [/offtopic]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, notice how I said "in my experience." This means, ladies and gents, that my knowlege comes from WHAT I HAVE DONE, not WHAT I HEAR. In fact, let's do a real-world test. I have Van Halen's classic 1984 album here, with Panama, a song that I know down to every single bass note and riff. We'll encode at various VBR and CBR bitrates using LAME MP3 and CDex, a ripping program. Google to find it, I'm too much of a lazy bum to post the link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Van Halen - Panama, converted from Remastered Audio CD w/ no visible scratches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192Kbps CBR, Stereo, MPEG I: 4.87 MB

 

 

 

192Kbps - 224Kbps VBR, Stereo, MPEG I, using VBR Default method: 5.53 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, gee pa, the VBR one is BIGGER! And to me, there is very little audible difference between the two tracks. The digitally-mastered CD still sounds better and has a more deep sound than either MP3, and the guitar and bass is still less prominent on the VBR copy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I think it's easier to save myself ~ 150 MB and just encode at 192 and up accordingly.

[Mercifull]

Corrupt mods.... wtf are you talking about dude? How is pyro a "hypocritical power figure". So he said a little naughty word... Who gives a crap? Grow up.