FIXED - Conductor MP3 board

[rrowan]

I guess I spoke too soon 

more gremlins, back to not being able to find the conductor

oh well it was cool for a moment

Rick R.

[tbone321]

Make sure that the chip is properly inserted in the socket and then press down on the socket pins where they solder to the board with a plastic credit card edge and see if it wakes back up.  From what I read so far, this is the same issue that you see when the card has no data so it looks like it is unable to read the card at all or the card is not being powered.

[dcwehw99]

Rick,
As Tbone said make sure all the pins are soldered to the PCB and aligned on the pads.  I had problems when I moved the Conductor around and before I got it mounted in the case.  One of the pins was still loose but sometimes it would work and then it would stop working.  I finally found it and soldered it and all has been good since.

Denny

[rrowan]

Thanks guys

I will check that later. Taking a break from the conductor

Rick R.

[JonB256]

Since this is about the MP3 board, I just want to add that the sound quality (judging by a set of studio headphones) is GREAT.

The Bass is clean and strong and I hear no odd noises.

[deplanche]

Rick,

You might want to check out You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.  Based on your problems I decided to check mine and looks like I will be having problems too.

[rrowan]

Well it seems one of my problems was user error LOL

I didn't have a schedule on the CF.

So now I am back to being able to see and control my conductor

Now the problem comes when I try to run a show. In this case MusicBox Player, vixen sequence converted by xLights to a seq file and the mp3 file. The show is just under 2 mins in length but on the conductor it "plays" for about 5 seconds (guessing I didn't time it) also the audio is only white noise that keeping going even after the conductor reboots itself while it should be playing the show. My guess is I still have a problem with the pins on the CF and I am hoping its Not the MP3 board. I don't know if any of the beta testers had this problem

ideas?

Thanks

Rick R.

[rdebolt]

Well it seems one of my problems was user error LOL

I didn't have a schedule on the CF.

So now I am back to being able to see and control my conductor

Now the problem comes when I try to run a show. In this case MusicBox Player, vixen sequence converted by xLights to a seq file and the mp3 file. The show is just under 2 mins in length but on the conductor it "plays" for about 5 seconds (guessing I didn't time it) also the audio is only white noise that keeping going even after the conductor reboots itself while it should be playing the show. My guess is I still have a problem with the pins on the CF and I am hoping its Not the MP3 board. I don't know if any of the beta testers had this problem

ideas?

Thanks

Rick R.

Dumb Question Rick.... All files including audio 8 characters or less? Mine had similar issues yesterday when my audio file name was too long.

[rrowan]

Yeah I renamed both files to.
MusicBox.seq
Musicbox.mp3

and MusicBox.sho

later I created a new sequence for 1 min where every channels was at 128 (50%) and called it half.seq with no audio
that also drops out in a few seconds

Rick R.

[dcwehw99]

Your did the rename before putting the  on the CF card didn't you?  If not, then you have to copy off, reformat and reload.  Renaming and deleting files on the CF card is a no no.

I never saw any issues with audio problems or experienced any timing issues.   

Denny

[ChrisDev]

I haven't be able to get any hardware yet...  But I've been trying to stay up to date on things. Not sure but thought I read you couldn't just rename the files you had to reformat the CF drive and start over. Or the CF socket would not read anything right on the CF drive.  Just I thought.

[tbone321]

Renaming shouldn't be an issue.  Deleating and adding individule files could be as that can cause fragmentation on the drive and that is an issue with the Conductor.

[rrowan]

yeah, renaming on my computer Before adding them to the CF
reformatted the CF a few times also

Rick R.

[tbone321]

Your issues appears to be in the socket connections. 

[dcwehw99]

Renaming shouldn't be an issue.  Deleating and adding individule files could be as that can cause fragmentation on the drive and that is an issue with the Conductor.

I thought renaming shouldn't be a problem either but during testing it did cause problems.

Denny