Ah, wait a minute. You didn’t mention FLAC before. Bingo.
Although the Fuze is supposed to play FLAC, it likes some FLAC encoders better than others, and FLAC tagging apparently comes in various flavors too. There’s also some FLAC bitrate–was it 24-bit?–that the Fuze just doesn’t play, unless that was recently fixed. Search around these forums (or http://www.anythingbutipod.com ) for FLAC info. I haven’t had any problems with the occasional FLAC file, but I really don’t use it much. FLAC was a very late addition to the Fuze software, and the Fuze has never been able to handle all the variations. It’s a shame, but that’s the reality.
Try removing the FLAC files and see if your problem goes away. Then maybe someone here can help you with how to encode or tag them in a Fuze-friendly way.Or, if it were me, I’d just convert them to 256 or 320 kbps mp3, unless you are one of the very rare people who hears a difference between lossless (FLAC) and high-quality lossy (mp3) files during real-world use of the Fuze.
You can search the forum for FLAC glitches, like FLACs tagged with Easytag:
Or FLACs ripped with FreeRIP
Typing FLAC into the search box will pop up a lot more.
For what it’s worth, my microSD is a 16GB SanDIsk card, class 2, nothing fancy. It’s usually got more than 15GB of music on it, no photos or videos. But now I doubt it’s your card. It’s the FLACs.
