Get this archive
http://trance.nney.com/sansa_content.zip
Unpack it.
Remove all files from the Clip’s MUSIC folder.
3.
Put content of the ‘working’ folder in the Clip’s MUSIC folder.
It works.
‘The Ministry of S…’ Album shows up in the Albums section.
As expected.
(you won’t be able to hear the music though as, to make the zip small, i replaced all the tracks with a 440hz tone)
Remove all files from the Clip’s MUSIC folder.
The put content of the ‘broken’ folder in the Clip’s MUSIC folder.
It does not work.
I expect the same behaviour as above but instead
the Album appears in the Unknown section!!
Both versions share the same exact metadata namely:
TRACKNUMBER=01
ARTIST=Jakatta
TITLE=American Dream (A…
ALBUM=The Ministry of S…
DATE=2001
TRACKNUMBER=02
ARTIST=Bent
TITLE=Private Road
ALBUM=The Ministry of S…
DATE=2001
TRACKNUMBER=03
ARTIST=Schiller
TITLE=Das Glockenspiel …
ALBUM=The Ministry of S…
DATE=2001
TRACKNUMBER=04
ARTIST=System F
TITLE=Insolation
ALBUM=The Ministry of S…
DATE=2001
TRACKNUMBER=05
ARTIST=G Club presents B…
TITLE=Guitarra G (Origi…
ALBUM=The Ministry of S…
DATE=2001
TRACKNUMBER=06
ARTIST=Breezin
TITLE=Clouds
ALBUM=The Ministry of S…
DATE=2001
The ‘broken’ one is identitical to the ‘working’ one except it has the padding blocks stripped out.
I did this using the Linux command:
metaflac --remove --block-type=PADDING --dont-use-padding *.flac
Padding is only padding - why does it make such a big difference??
Adding even one byte of padding
[metaflac --add-padding 1 *.flac]
works around this issue.
But why should I need to?
David
p.s. I also notice the 440hz tone isn’t audioable on the Sansa either though I hear it fine when I play these tracks on my PC.