XMMS & MP3

[Anonymous]

Dear experts,
I installed XMMS from http://xmms-embedded.sourceforge.net/feed/oz32/   on OZ335 / OPIE102 without problems - but MP3s seem to be unrecognized!
What might be missing??
Thank you,
Michael

[lardman]

Run it from the command line, post the output.

Si

[davisfactor]

I have the same problem ... I installed the same version, from the 3.2 feed, but I\'m running 3.3.4.

Here\'s the output from mine ... hope it helps resovle this problem ... I\'m going to try the nightly CVS build next:

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# ls -l /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libfixpvorbisplugin.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libfixpvorbisplugin.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libmikmod.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libmikmod.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libmikmod.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libmikmod.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmplayer.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmplayer.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmplayer.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmplayer.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libshorten.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libshorten.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libshorten.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libshorten.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libwav.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libwav.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libwav.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libwav.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libxmms-flac.la -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.la

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libxmms-flac.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libxmms-mad.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-mad.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libxmms-mad.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-mad.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libxmms-mad.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-mad.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libxmms-mad.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-mad.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-sid.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so.1 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-sid.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so.1.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-sid.so.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-sid.so.1.0.0

#

#

# ls -l /mnt/card/opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           28 Dec 17 19:33 libfixpvorbisplugin.so -> libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           28 Dec 17 19:33 libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1 -> libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           28 Dec 17 19:33 libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0 -> libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        30552 Dec 17 19:33 libfixpvorbisplugin.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so -> libmikmod.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so.1 -> libmikmod.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so.1.0 -> libmikmod.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        59900 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so -> libmplayer.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so.1 -> libmplayer.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so.1.0 -> libmplayer.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        11784 Dec 17 19:39 libmplayer.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so -> libshorten.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so.1 -> libshorten.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so.1.0 -> libshorten.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        55400 Dec 17 19:37 libshorten.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 17 19:33 libwav.so -> libwav.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 17 19:33 libwav.so.1 -> libwav.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 17 19:33 libwav.so.1.0 -> libwav.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        11600 Dec 17 19:33 libwav.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1547 Dec 17 19:36 libxmms-flac.la

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        76232 Dec 17 19:36 libxmms-flac.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 17 19:33 libxmms-mad.so -> libxmms-mad.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 17 19:33 libxmms-mad.so.1 -> libxmms-mad.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 17 19:33 libxmms-mad.so.1.0 -> libxmms-mad.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        23500 Dec 17 19:33 libxmms-mad.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so -> libxmms-sid.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so.1 -> libxmms-sid.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so.1.0 -> libxmms-sid.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        42040 Dec 17 19:37 libxmms-sid.so.1.0.0

#





# xmms

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Output/liboss.so

Found oplugin

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmplayer.so

Found iplugin

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libwav.so

Found iplugin

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libmikmod.so

libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libshorten.so

Found iplugin

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-mad.so

libid3tag.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-sid.so

libsidplay.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so

libFLAC.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/Input/libfixpvorbisplugin.so

Found iplugin

Processing plugin: /opt/QtPalmtop/lib/xmms/General/libQPEgui.so

Found generalplugin

Processing OSS Driver 1.2.7

Will crash?

not here

-----------------------OSS INIT

Internal bps 176400

STEP 4096

bs: 3,176400

Allocating memory soon! 529200 bytes

Allocating memory! 529200 bytes

OK! prebuf: 40859008 5292

SONGSPLAYED in open = 0

Processing Qtopia gui for XMMS 3.1.2

QPE init started

Opened !

Read

Read

Read

Read

Read

Read

Read

Read

Read

Read

Misc init started

Creating FileBrowser object

QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image

QPixmap::convertFromImage: Cannot convert a null image

QImage::smoothScale: Image is a null image

QPixmap::convertFromImage: Cannot convert a null image

QPixmap::convertFromImage: Cannot convert a null image

Processing MPlayer plugin1.2.7

Proceddes

Processing Ogg Vorbis Player 1.2.7

Proceddes

Processing SHN Player 2.2.5

Proceddes

Processing Wave Player 1.2.7

Proceddes

Plugins ok

Playlist loaded soon

Playlist loaded

Creating timer object

Making connections

Starting timer

Initializing done

QPixmap::convertFromImage: Cannot convert a null image

 inserting /mnt/card/mp3/Pharrell - Frontin.mp3

Nobody recognized /mnt/card/mp3/Pharrell - Frontin.mp3

Nobody recognized /mnt/card/mp3/Pharrell - Frontin.mp3


I can click on Add from the Playlist to add a song, but I get the error at the bottom of the above paste.

Any ideas?  Should I just upgrade to the nightly CVS?

Thanks for any help.

[davisfactor]

w00t ... I just resolved my issue ... hopefully this helps someone out:

I did a search to see if the libraries above were somewhere on my Z that xmms wasn\'t looking .... sure enough they were hiding in /usr/lib ... all of my software is supposed to get installed to /mnt/card/usr/lib

so I started symlinking like crazy



Here is the final directory listing of my /usr/lib and /mnt/card/usr/lib --

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# ls -l /mnt/card/usr/lib

drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         1024 Dec 17 19:39 ipkg

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Dec 17 19:35 libFLAC.so -> libFLAC.so.4.1.2

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Dec 17 19:35 libFLAC.so.4 -> libFLAC.so.4.1.2

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       252344 Dec 17 19:35 libFLAC.so.4.1.2

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:30 libid3tag.so -> libid3tag.so.0.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:30 libid3tag.so.0 -> libid3tag.so.0.1.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        59504 Dec 17 19:30 libid3tag.so.0.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 17 19:30 libmad.so -> libmad.so.0.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Dec 17 19:30 libmad.so.0 -> libmad.so.0.1.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        95604 Dec 17 19:30 libmad.so.0.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so -> libmikmod.so.2.0.4

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           18 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so.2 -> libmikmod.so.2.0.4

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       261824 Dec 17 19:36 libmikmod.so.2.0.4

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:37 libsidplay.so -> libsidplay.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Dec 17 19:37 libsidplay.so.1 -> libsidplay.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       346904 Dec 17 19:37 libsidplay.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Dec 17 19:31 libvorbisidec.so -> libvorbisidec.so.1.0.2

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Dec 17 19:31 libvorbisidec.so.1 -> libvorbisidec.so.1.0.2

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       108364 Dec 17 19:31 libvorbisidec.so.1.0.2

#



# ls -l /usr/lib

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        10148 Jan  1  1970 emacs.hlp

drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root            0 Jan  1  1970 ipkg

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:53 libFLAC.so -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libFLAC.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:53 libFLAC.so.4 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libFLAC.so.4

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:53 libFLAC.so.4.1.2 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libFLAC.so.4.1.2

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan  1  1970 libapm.so.1 -> ./libapm.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan  1  1970 libapm.so.1.0 -> ./libapm.so.1.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         9868 Jan  1  1970 libapm.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Jan  1  1970 libcrypto.so.0 -> ./libcrypto.so.0.9.7

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1015328 Jan  1  1970 libcrypto.so.0.9.7

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Jan  1  1970 libform.so.5 -> libform.so.5.3

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        46024 Jan  1  1970 libform.so.5.3

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Jan  1  1970 libglib-1.2.so.0 -> libglib-1.2.so.0.0.10

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       171324 Jan  1  1970 libglib-1.2.so.0.0.10

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           24 Jan  1  1970 libgmodule-1.2.so.0 -> libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         9616 Jan  1  1970 libgmodule-1.2.so.0.0.10

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           24 Jan  1  1970 libgthread-1.2.so.0 -> libgthread-1.2.so.0.0.10

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         8208 Jan  1  1970 libgthread-1.2.so.0.0.10

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:54 libid3tag.so -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libid3tag.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:54 libid3tag.so.0 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libid3tag.so.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:54 libid3tag.so.0.1.0 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libid3tag.so.0.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Jan  1  1970 libiw.so -> ./libiw.so.24

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        16304 Jan  1  1970 libiw.so.24

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Jan  1  1970 libjpeg.so -> ./libjpeg.so.62.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Jan  1  1970 libjpeg.so.62 -> ./libjpeg.so.62.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       122968 Jan  1  1970 libjpeg.so.62.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:55 libmad.so -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libmad.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:55 libmad.so.0 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libmad.so.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:55 libmad.so.0.1.0 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libmad.so.0.1.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Jan  1  1970 libmenu.so.5 -> libmenu.so.5.3

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        24260 Jan  1  1970 libmenu.so.5.3

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:49 libmikmod.so -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libmikmod.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:49 libmikmod.so.2 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libmikmod.so.2

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:49 libmikmod.so.2.0.4 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libmikmod.so.2.0.4

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan  1  1970 libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.3

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       278984 Jan  1  1970 libncurses.so.5.3

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Jan  1  1970 libopenobex-1.0.so.0 -> ./libopenobex-1.0.so.0.0.0

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        26160 Jan  1  1970 libopenobex-1.0.so.0.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Jan  1  1970 libopenobex.so -> ./libopenobex-1.0.so.0.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           15 Jan  1  1970 libpanel.so.5 -> libpanel.so.5.3

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        11860 Jan  1  1970 libpanel.so.5.3

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           13 Jan  1  1970 libpng.so.3 -> ./libpng12.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Jan  1  1970 libpng12.so -> ./libpng12.so.0.1.2.5

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Jan  1  1970 libpng12.so.0 -> ./libpng12.so.0.1.2.5

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       135232 Jan  1  1970 libpng12.so.0.1.2.5

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:56 libsidplay.so -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libsidplay.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:58 libsidplay.so.1 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libsidplay.so.1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 18 18:56 libsidplay.so.1.0.0 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libsidplay.so.1.0.0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan  1  1970 libssl.so.0 -> ./libssl.so.0.9.7

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       190076 Jan  1  1970 libssl.so.0.9.7

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libvorbisidec.so -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libvorbisidec.so

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Dec 17 19:29 libvorbisidec.so.1 -> /mnt/card/usr/lib/libvorbisidec.so.1

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Now xmms plays music just fine and I don\'t get any library errors when I open it.

Good luck with your issue, Michael, I hope this helps you.

[davisfactor]

Oh, one more thing .... by default your SD/CF card will be formatted with FAT partitions.

According to this page: http://docs.zaurus.com/index.php?id=managi...ing_sd_cf_howto , you can\'t do symlinks on FAT paritions ... you\'ll need to format your memory card to either ext2 (which is what I formatted my SD card with), or MSDOS (for CF card, so you can flash with it).

[Anonymous]

XMMS loads without problems, all libs are found ... nevertheless some MP3s play normally, some other don\'t ...
Never stop searching!

[davisfactor]

Make sure you don\'t copy mp3s over your wifi link.  I did that and a lot of my songs are corrupted too.   You\'ll either have to do it over the USB cable by syncing them or SCP/FTP.

[zbones]

Make sure you don\'t copy mp3s over your wifi link. I did that and a lot of my songs are corrupted too. You\'ll either have to do it over the USB cable by syncing them or SCP/FTP.

I\'ve never had a problem copying mp3 files over wifi :shock:

in fact I quite often play them over wifi, the files being on a PC samba share.

Peter

[ScottYelich]

Make sure you don\'t copy mp3s over your wifi link.  I did that and a lot of my songs are corrupted too.   You\'ll either have to do it over the USB cable by syncing them or SCP/FTP.

bah! you don\'t need WIFI for that... I\'m getting about 40% failure on my MP3s from CDR!

To top that off, all my original CDs were stolen.  I feel like HAL in 2001.

Scott

[zaphod]

What do you mean by \"failure\"? Is the whole file unreadable? Does the audio skip? Just curious. I have burned and mp3 encoded much of my collection and most of my problems (mainly skipping) were due to a jittery CDROM drive. Particularly old cds from the \'80s were troublesome. And they did show some scary signs of wear: it looked like the shiny stuff inside was beginning to flake away at the edges.   I have much better CD ripping results with my DVD-/+RW drive, when the original CD is salvagable.

I\'ve never had problems copying things over wifi, other than transfer rates being slow as all hell.  I used to have wierd file-corruption problems with USBDNET but i quit using USB with the Z because it\'s just too cumbersome.

As for problem with CDRs, are you burning on el-cheapo brand media at high speed? This can be a problem, esp. with old CD players/CDROM drives.  Does your burning software cope well with long filenames? I have had problems on win XP and linux, even with Joliet, RR, and whatnot turned on,  where \"CLASSICAL MUSIC MP3 AUTOMATICALLY NAMED BY SOME GUI RIPPER PROGRAM WITH RIDICULOUSLY LONG NAME FULL OF EXOTIC PUNCTUATION & OTHER THINGS CONFUSING TO SHELLS .mp3\" gets turned into \"CLASS.ICA\" or worse.  Renaming the file to .mp3 fixes it but is a hassle.