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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: jasonod on July 10, 2006, 10:02:20 pm

Title: Sansa e270 and audiobooks
Post by: jasonod on July 10, 2006, 10:02:20 pm

I uploaded a couple of audiobooks onto my sansa e270.  It does not play back the tracks in order, i.e. the chapters aren't in order.  I saw there was a post on this topic for the iPod, but not sure if this issue was resolved with that device.

Thoughts??

Jasonod

Title: Re: Sansa e270 and audiobooks
Post by: JimH on July 11, 2006, 06:44:53 am

What build of MC are you using?  You can copy your system info from MC Help and paste it here.  Audible support continues to improve, but the problem could be how the player handles it.

Title: Re: Sansa e270 and audiobooks
Post by: jasonod on July 11, 2006, 08:14:17 am

Thanks, Jim.  Here's my system info:

Media Center Registered 11.1.183 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1995 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 120 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive E: MAD DOG MD-16X3DVD9-8X    Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive F: JLMS    DVD-ROM LTD-166S  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive E: MAD DOG  MD-16X3DVD9-8X     Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Title: Re: Sansa e270 and audiobooks
Post by: JimH on July 11, 2006, 08:16:36 am

It's worth trying MC11.1.188, available on the MC board, but it may be the player.

Title: Re: Sansa e270 and audiobooks
Post by: SwellGuy on July 13, 2006, 04:49:23 pm

Audible doesn't currently support the e200 line of Sansa players.

Title: Re: Sansa e270 and audiobooks
Post by: edbro on July 16, 2006, 03:55:46 pm

First, I've found that the Sansa prefers ID3v2 over v1.

Secondly, it seems to handle MP3 tags better than WMA tags.

The only time I ran into a problem with list order was with an audiobook in wma format. The fix was to transfer in MTP mode rather than MSC mode. I usually use MSC mode as it is much easier and faster. I find that MTP mode in Media Center is excrutiatingly slow on my system. But, MTP mode did fix my track order problem.

The other problem I have with MTP mode and Media Center is that MC does not honor the folder structure stated in Handheld options. I transferred an audiobook today and it put the first file in the root of the Sansa and put the rest of the files in a hidden folder named ~music (or something like that with the ~ symbol, I deleted it and moved the files into the correct folder).