Blogging Ottinger (tim)gp2x Audio Problems
I found myself with a few minutes (hours) on my hand. Typically everything plays slow.
I loaded up with podcasts, and found most of them running 22, 32, or 56 kbps at 44 KHz. I loaded up some music mp3s that I made from CDs and they were running 160/224/320KBPS at 44KHZ and played at full speed. I switch to mp3 files from my service (emusic) and find that they’re playing 128KBPS (mostly) at 44KHz. Hmmm. Of course my ogg files play just fine. They always have.
I don’t see any other differences, so I guess I have to transcode up to 128 kbps or so to play my other music. Or look for something more interesting to blame it on.
In the “more interesting” category: rumor has it that the difference is mono/stereo, that mono plays half-speed. Another rumor says that an upgrade will fix it. I will have to try to upgrade this thing and hope I don’t brick it. I’ll pick up another sd card and try it out this week. It’s finally become worth fixing, or at least worth trying to fix. 2.1.1. firmware is supposed to have corrected mp3 player and a much improved movie player. Official release 3.0.0 is supposed to be a dog, though. 2.1.1. is the preferred non-cutting-edge version according to the wiki.
Ah, very well. Stay tuned, and see if I mess up my toy or fix it. It could be interesting!
