Hey all. I just bought a new 4 GB clip to replace a old 2 gb one that went through the washer (OOPS!).
When I try to load some of my larger mp3 files on there they do not work. The files are around 40-50 mb. These files are the exact same files that I had on my old 2 gb clip and worked perfectly on there, which is why I am so confused. I tried some of my smalled mp3 files and they work just fine. I can see the files in the music folder when connected to my PC, but the player does not regconize them when I try to play them.
I tried updating the firmware and it did not help.
Barring some hardware defect, the normal reasons would be:
The file doesn’t look like a music file to the player. Like an unsupported format (ie .mp4). Is the file type maybe .MP3 as opposed to .mp3? (grasping at straws here!)
Some problem with the tags, so even though it is a valid mp3 file, it doesn’t appear in the database.
If you have a lot of stuff on your player… one of my albums had a space in front of the band name tag so it didn’t appear *where* it was supposed to and it was just lost even though easy to find in it’s folder when connected to the PC.
I repeat myself, the mp3 file is correct because you can play it even on your mobile, but the ID3 tags are missed or scrambled or written in some non-compatible way, as you said the clip doesn’t show it.
try to cancel the tags and rewrite them with mp3tag.