Problem with default media player on 5600

[sloan_mclaughlin]

It plays the mp3s, but they\'re gibberish (a few seconds of random noises), then the player automatically closes after the file \'ends\'.  Any help would be appreciated.

[lardman]

Try running it from the command line to see what it complains about (look in /opt/QtPalmtop/bin for something that sounds like a media player binary).

Si

[freizugheit]

Recommend to use vlc and mplayer.

[lardman]

I use mplayer (with xmms frontend) or opie-mediaplayer2, both of which handle more encodings than the standard Sharp player.


Si

[sloan_mclaughlin]

I\'ve installed 3 different versions of mplayer and none worked.  I want to use mplayer shell to control it if I can find a mplayer ipk that will actually work.  But for now, I\'d be happy w/default player and vorbis.

[sloan_mclaughlin]

Try running it from the command line to see what it complains about (look in /opt/QtPalmtop/bin for something that sounds like a media player binary).

Si

I suck at linux.   Unless someone writes it out like I need to enter it, I won\'t be able to.

[lardman]

I can\'t really help as I\'m running a different ROM.

But try pasting the results of the following:

cd /opt/QtPalmtop/bin
ls -rtl

Then I\'ll take a look and see which is the binary. I have a feeling it\'s probably that your mp3 is encoded in a way which the standard media player can\'t handle.


Si

[freizugheit]

sloan_mclaughlin,

Do not give up.
First, how old is your Zaurus with you?
Which modle and ROM Version in use?
Are you familiar with Unix? If yes, what level are you, ie normal, advanced and have system adminstration experience.

The mplayer comes with this version of Kino2,   http://zaurus.spy.org/feeds/cacko/qt/24-FE...o2_0.22_arm.ipk, works perfectly with my SL-5600 with Sharp original Rom Version 1.32.  Recommend to uninstall all other versions of mplayer and try installing Kino2 and use command line to activate mplayer.

[sloan_mclaughlin]

I\'m at work so I can\'t sync, but for the player I get...

lrwxrwxrwx     1 root     root          33     Feb     14     2003     mpegplayer - ] /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/bin/mpegplayer

I can\'t really help as I\'m running a different ROM.

But try pasting the results of the following:

cd /opt/QtPalmtop/bin
ls -rtl

Then I\'ll take a look and see which is the binary. I have a feeling it\'s probably that your mp3 is encoded in a way which the standard media player can\'t handle.


Si

[lardman]

In that case you could try starting it by typing the following on the command line:

/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/mpegplayer

then try running one of your files and see whether it has written any warnings to the console afterwards.

What are the mp3s? Do you have an example? Did you make them yourself? Encoding, etc?

The standard Sharp player doesn\'t support some of the non-standard (?) types of mp3 iirc.


Si

[sloan_mclaughlin]

In that case you could try starting it by typing the following on the command line:

/opt/QtPalmtop/bin/mpegplayer

then try running one of your files and see whether it has written any warnings to the console afterwards.

What are the mp3s? Do you have an example? Did you make them yourself? Encoding, etc?

The standard Sharp player doesn\'t support some of the non-standard (?) types of mp3 iirc.


Si

Okay, got the following before I tried any files...

4 decoders found

Then got this with each file I tried...

Using the Ippmp3Plugin decoder

It will play .wav Bitspersample: 8 Sampling rate: 8000 Hz, will not play .mp3 Bit rate: 56 kbps Sampling rate:16000Hz and up.

Files that would not play at all gave me...

Floating point exception

They were all different bit rates, sampling rates, and file types (all were mp3, but some were 1, some 2), but they were all converted in 1 session from the same CD.  They play fine in Windows Media Player, though.

Go to...

http://www.bullship.com/lyric

and click on any song title for an example.

[lardman]

I don\'t know, but looks like the codec may be unhappy? What did you use to rip the songs?

I\'ll try testing with what I use - mplayer and/or opie-mediaplayer2.


Si

[sloan_mclaughlin]

I used Adaptec\'s Easy CD Creator.  It is crappy software - I wouldn\'t be surprised if it was part of the problem - but I converted 3 of these files previously and they played on my Z w/o a problem.

I don\'t know, but looks like the codec may be unhappy? What did you use to rip the songs?

I\'ll try testing with what I use - mplayer and/or opie-mediaplayer2.


Si

[wizzard]

I had the same problem as sloan_mclaughlin. I then installed OTR MP3 Audio Player and that in turn wanted  madplay installed!
After installing both I can play mp3s now, but the sound quality can at best be described as \"squeaky\".