Audio sounds screwed up when a video is played (Solved)
 

Hi

I have a mp4 player, which looks like much like this : http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoser...39270_full.jpg

Its firmware version says:

S1 Mp3 Player
Wilson Co. Ltd
Version : 3.2.08

I tried searching the forums but have found no answer for my problem. What happens is i can put and listen to audio files on the player fine. But when i put a .MTV video on it the video looks fine, but the audio u can barely hear and over the top of the sound is a wierd disorted kind of sound, hard to explain but its a bit like a jibberish sound lol. Its very annoying and i cant watch/listen to any videos.

I tried a MP4 off this site the: Santana_-_Im_Feeling_You_MTV_format, This did the same thing, video looked fine but audio terrible, it has happned for all videos i have tried to play. I have used the 3.06 Mtv conversion program. I used the 3.00 version that came on the cd and some mpeg files when converted were ok on the player. But nothing else and since thing i have lost the cd and reformated so i had to use 3.06 to try to convert.

Anyway i really hope someone has an answer for me, Thanks so much for your time,

Craig

NZNillskill,
I am not familiar with the MTV format as all my players are AMV. You mentioned that some of your conversions were fine, while others had bad sound, was there any difference in the original file types or were they the same.
Has this only happened since you formatted your player?
Was there any difference between the files you converted with 3.00 and 3.06.

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Hello,

Thanks for ur fast reply :D. Umm i havnt tried the same file with 3.06 conversion should i try? Also since the i downloaded a .mtv from here wudnt that just explain its my firmware corrupt or something? Very confusing.

Thanks again , Craig

NZNillskill, Lets rule out the conversion process before getting into the firmware. Try installing the Mega Codec pack HERE then try using 3.06 to convert a couple of files. If you can convert a couple of different formats like AVI, WMV, or MPEG and see if there are any difference.

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Ok will try that now and get back to you asap thanks :)

Craig

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OK done some searching, this is a common problem with MTV conversion.
MP3 Utilities 3.11 has seemed to fix the problem for some, you can download it HERE

Craig, MTV format uses no compression so file sizes are generally very large. I found this which may help in reducing the size of your files to save disk space on your player. Where the screen size 96x96 is substitute your players screen size instead.
1)Get virtual dub, make sure you have all the latest codecs.
The first thing to do to reduce a big amount of MB by resizing your complete movie to the players out put size, in my case my player has a 96x96 video output size.
So open your movie in virtual dub and add a resize filter , type your size,(96x96).
Set the compression, use divx 6 and set the template profile to “portable”, set the bitrate to 256 (you can play with this setting see best results v/s size).
Now set the audio compression to mpeg 3 layer and select 56kb/s , 22500 hz, stereo(this doesn’t reduce much size, keep best audio compression).
Ok now save your new file (save as) and let it work a while.
You’ll get a file 3 times smaller than the original,i reduced 356 mb to 96 mb. This way.
Now when all is done convert to mpx or mtv depending on your player.
I get exactly the same quality in my player.
From the old big file v/s the new size reduced one.

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Hello,

Wow virtual dub, is very helpful! thats amazing how much mb u can reduce it by. I tried converting all 3 formats : avi,wmv and mpeg. Tried them on player and still same problems :( Video is fine but audio is all screechy and jibberish. Not sure what to try now.

Thanks, Craig

NZNillskill, You could try extracting your firmware from your player using s1fwx then run the repair.bat then load it back to your player. s1fwx can be downloaded from Download>Tools section.
Have a look in the Knowledge Base and you will find some guides on how to do this.
Did you install the codec pack?
Did you use 3.06 or 3.11?
I have also uploaded 3.13 to the download section but it will not be available till admin authorises it.

5:20am going to bed.

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Hey

Ok thanks alot, i used 3.11 and i installed the codec pack but still no luck :S.. im not sure about updating the firmware, last time i did it on the same player i cud not revive it and had to get it replaced but i could be keen if there is little risk.

Thank, Craig

tadad1,I am not suggesting you try a different firmware which would be risky but extracting the one off your player then after repairing it load it back. Others have posted that this has fixed video problems for them. Failing that not a lot more I can suggest. There is a post about the problem HERE

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Ah ok, so there is minimal risk with this repairing the firmware?

NZNillskill,
There should be no risk unless you have a power faliure or unplug the cord half way through the upgrade.

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Ok thanks so so so much :)

Right now i have just used the s1fwx.exe to extract the firmware and have ran repair.bat to fix it. Now i just need to put it back on my player?

Craig

NZNillskill, Just use the MP3 Upgrade tool to load it back to your player.

Hey again,

Im pretty sure i did it all, changed the picture on my loading screen just to test also, converted a video and tried it and audio just the same =( guess my video player no longer a video player nemore.


thanks so much for your help neway, Craig

hey Craig,

Can you try the following and let me know please?

1. Changing your earphones to another set of earphones.

2. Try downloading the sample video files we have on our site.

4. Reformat your player and do a "disk check" from Windows.


Let me know if they help.

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Hello!

Ive tried all of what u ask they made no difference sadly :(. I tried the santana mtv movie clip and still the same problems with the audio.

Thanks, Craig

NZNillskill, Unfortunatly not having a player that uses MTV I can not experiment to try and help you find a solution. I am curious though that in your first post you mentioned that some of the mpeg's you converted with version 3.0 were fine. This makes me think that you need to convert from a specific file type maybe an old mpeg format or something. Do you recall what files you converted that worked ok?
Have you found another copy of version 3.o and tried using it?

Hi, just tried to convert a video that used to work with 3.11 and still the same :( I notice its kinda like the audio is in fast motion and there is distortion of some kind, maybe not distortion but yeah its just wierd. But yeah still same problems and i cant get hold of mp3 tools 3.11 anywhere :(.

Craig

NZNillskill, Dude :D I have 3.11 I downloaded from a chinese site but it is in English, I have uploaded it HERE

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Hey hey

Oh thanks very much, dammit!! i made a typo i mean 3.00, l already have 3.11 =( thanks neway tho lol woopsie my bad.

Craig

Sorry to double post but WoW look what i found :D:D

http://www.acho.com.cn/service/down.asp?cat_id=6

Yay lets hope this works, Craig

Woooooooooooooooo!!
 

Omg Yay it WORKED!!! :D just converted a WMV and it worked perfectly :D:D:D:D so happy.

For reference the file was

http://www.acho.com.cn/download/soft...ies%203.00.rar

and solution fixed for old Mp4 players without amv support like mine :D the program is quite old and a very simple interface unlike the new builds but yeah at least it does the .mtv converting job for old mp4's.

Thanks guys so much for your help you have a great site here, i will stay around and visit from now on ;)

Craig

NZNillskill, Good news Craig, we should have at least one victory a day. I will Upload it to the Tools Section. If you get a chance can you edit the title of your original post and add (Solved) to help others browsing the forum.

Thanks Mate.