I got 3 USB drives, all 128 GB:
1) Corsair
2) PNY
3) random Chinese corp
Recently, I've noticed all 3 skipping while playing in my car. #3 used to play smoothly there until I had to reformat it (fucking FAT32 style). I could swear that #1 used to as well, but it doesn't presently.
Even more annoying, I played all 3 through a PC. There are files where the copy went shitty or the source was corrupted, obviously. There are also files which have inconsistent playback and the skips happen at arbitrary places each time. Shockingly, #3 has been playing flawlessly through the PC after reformat.
I guess the question is wtf happened to the interplay of my car's USB reader and the drives I've got?
usb drives and mp3
Was Billy Idol ripped at, say, 128kbps and the others were higher?
Was Billy Idol ripped as an mp3 and the others are ogg, or vice versa?
I was thinking yesterday that if that started happening to me, I would scratch/update/reload the firmware of my car. Either have the dealer do it at my next oil change or do it myself. If that didn't work it either means all of your USB sticks got infected with some malware that affects your car system, or the car hardware is breaking.
Edited By GORDON on 1429790094
Was Billy Idol ripped as an mp3 and the others are ogg, or vice versa?
I was thinking yesterday that if that started happening to me, I would scratch/update/reload the firmware of my car. Either have the dealer do it at my next oil change or do it myself. If that didn't work it either means all of your USB sticks got infected with some malware that affects your car system, or the car hardware is breaking.
Edited By GORDON on 1429790094
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Checking the bit rates was next on the list. As for the firmware, I actually have a recall notice to get taken care of soon, so I may ask them what's going on with the playback. As for malware, I scanned the drives. They all appear green. They haven't been connected to a compromised machine since they've been in my possession. Still weird. I remember the albums getting skippage now playing with no trouble on drive #3. I know I haven't reripped them since then.
Edited By Malcolm on 1429798367
Edited By Malcolm on 1429798367
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Plot thickens. A previously skippy folder is fine on the corsair after a recopy from the HDD. Other folders from the original copy session are still skipping. Going to blank a few more albums for confirmation.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Car's got a USB port. I plug the drive straight in. I have a suspicion on the root cause of the file corruption during copy and my money's on shitty I/O and/or USB drivers.
When I used to copy files to drive #3, I'd generally run one copy process at a time from HDD to USB, let it finish, then do another. Last time, I slammed it with up to 10 at once and had another USB drive plugged in with the same type of load. My dumb-ass self figured that complex writing of fucking 0s and 1s from one storage medium to another was something we'd finally mastered, even with multiple writes having to queue up, so I didn't think much of it. Done the same with SSDs and HDDs. When I recopied the previously bad folder, it was a single command with no I/O competition.
There's still the matter of old folders skipping on my work PC from the PNY/Corsair, yet streaming music and CDs are ok. Malware scans come back clean for all 3 drives. Since both PCs are windows 7, I'm betting both are using the same craptacular USB I/O drivers.
Edited By Malcolm on 1429979056
When I used to copy files to drive #3, I'd generally run one copy process at a time from HDD to USB, let it finish, then do another. Last time, I slammed it with up to 10 at once and had another USB drive plugged in with the same type of load. My dumb-ass self figured that complex writing of fucking 0s and 1s from one storage medium to another was something we'd finally mastered, even with multiple writes having to queue up, so I didn't think much of it. Done the same with SSDs and HDDs. When I recopied the previously bad folder, it was a single command with no I/O competition.
If it still skips that would tell you its a car hardware problem
There's still the matter of old folders skipping on my work PC from the PNY/Corsair, yet streaming music and CDs are ok. Malware scans come back clean for all 3 drives. Since both PCs are windows 7, I'm betting both are using the same craptacular USB I/O drivers.
Edited By Malcolm on 1429979056
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
New copy, so far, random Chinese drive works fine. The 128 GB version of this.
The only thing I need is the ace of spaces. The PNY drive is no longer recognized by my home or work PC, won't ever register. What a fucking piece of shit. There are no issues of any kind reported, driver is up to date. Reads 0 bytes. Took that drive all of a month to fail.
Edited By Malcolm on 1430147022
The only thing I need is the ace of spaces. The PNY drive is no longer recognized by my home or work PC, won't ever register. What a fucking piece of shit. There are no issues of any kind reported, driver is up to date. Reads 0 bytes. Took that drive all of a month to fail.
Edited By Malcolm on 1430147022
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."