Re: mini-freeze during song transfer

I have SB Audigyb (OEM) and I get xfer speeds of 7+ MB/s and no issues. I'm 
running win2k SP3 though so it might be an XP thang


At 10:03 PM 3/29/2003 -0600, you wrote:

>Sure enough I added the Firewire card and songs move via ephpod with
>lightening speed. For those of you using SB Audigy definitely switch to a
>separate Firewire card!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ephpod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ephpod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of David Ginsburg
>Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:53 PM
>To: ephpodsf@xxxxxxxxx; ephpod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ephpod] Re: mini-freeze during song transfer
>
>
>
>I am now experiencing the same problem with the SB Audigy firewire
>connection. The other thing it does besides the mini freeze and drive
>clicking is cut off the beginning of songs that stall during that "freeze" I
>have a Dazzle DV kit With the IEEE1394 card included Which I am about to
>install and I can almost guess that will do the trick for me too.
>
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ephpod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ephpod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Darren Kahan
>Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:43 PM
>To: ephpod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ephpod] Re: mini-freeze during song transfer
>
>
>
>Problem solved!  The Audigy FireWire was the culprit.
>
>Anybody out there with an SB Audigy listen up: SB-1394
>is *not* IEEE-1394.  I bought the Adaptec FireConnect
>4300 yesterday.  This resolved my disk clicking
>problem AND increased my transfer rate from ~4.0/MBs
>to ~7.0/MBs.  Besides that, it was a pleasure to
>install and did not require any files outside of XP's
>included (standard) 1394 drivers.
>
>I am finally one happy iPod user.
>
>Thanks to everybody who replied!  I am overwhelmed by
>the amazing community that surrounds ephPod and the
>iPod.
>
>- Darren
>
>P.S. - As a last-ditch effort, I tried the iPod
>restore program while I was still using the Audigy
>firewire.  My stomach dropped when the updater showed
>"Format failure: Disk write error".  I thought for
>sure my iPod was destroyed.  Luckily, this problem was
>also resolved with the new card.  Just another reason
>to kick the Audigy's firewire to the curb.
>
>
>--- Darren Kahan <ephpodsf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I am using EphPod 2.60d with my brand-new,
> > 1-week-old
> > 20GB iPod for Windows.  I love this iPod but
> > transferring songs is giving me grief.
> >
> > I notice a periodic pause during song transfers and
> > a
> > corresponding audible 'click' from the iPod.  If I
> > hold the iPod to my ear I can hear this click sound
> > is
> > actually the hard disk working.  As soon as the
> > sounds
> > stop, the transfer continues.
> >
> > Every click/pause like I described above means I
> > have
> > just created a messed up file on the iPod.  It
> > doesn't
> > happen for every song, but it happens often.  Last
> > night I had 11 such failues while transferring about
> > 120 new songs.  If I play one of these songs on the
> > iPod the result is missing music in the middle of
> > the
> > MP3, like the needle on a record jumping forward.
> > The
> > MP3 on my computer is fine.
> >
> > EphPod is smart enough to erase the bad files when I
> > use the "Verify iPod Database" option.  I can try
> > the
> > transfer again once the files are deleted.  It often
> > takes 3 attempts to get all the songs on the device.
> >
> > I've tried switching to Windows-native copy mode and
> > that does not solve the problem.
> >
> > Has anybody seen this before?  Any help would be
> > appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Darren
> >
> >
> > My basic setup is:
> > - 1.4GHz Athlon-based PC
> > - Windows XP Professional (SP1)
> > - SB Audigy EX (the one with the external interface)
> > - EphPod 2.60d (just noticed the new version is
> > available, and I will install it tonight)
> >
> >
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