Nintendo DS, CycloDS and Moonshell

BlueSpud

Guys, when I use the CycloDS cart for gaames, it works well, but when I use it for media (mp3s and jpgs), it hangs agter a few minutes. I must then defrag the micro sd card to bring it back to life. Any ideas what is causing the problem. It is a new DS with moonshell 1.71 release 3.

Any ideas?

animaX

Never really use the ds for media, its not great in that area (it wasn't designed for it!). To be honest, if it's gonna be messing up your mini sd cards then its not worth it!

BlueSpud

Think you might be right. I will drop moonshell, mp3s and pictures and see how she goes.

o1s1n

The DS is fine for playing mp3s. They're not exactly system intensive to be honest. If phones and small 20 euro flash players can play them then the DS isn't going to have any trouble

The issue is with your card/firmware. Did you try a different version?

BlueSpud

Yeah, might try another card. I am new to this so I dont believe I am pushing any bounderies, so a dodgy card has to be a contender.

Amalgam

I'm a long time CycloDS user, I have found the card to be reliable with playing media. Can I ask what brand the MicroSD is? ..and did you buy branded from bricks and mortar or DX closing sale special..

Head on over to the CycloDS forum and see if your issue hasn't already been covered. A friendly and sociable forum.

http://www.teamcyclops.com/forum/

Are you having an issue with just one type of media format, or mutiple, audio and video.

In any case, as o1s1n said, it could be a firmware issue, a lot has happened in the last few months with the CycloDS, update and see how you get on. The Beta firmware sub-forum is hidden, you have to become a member to view it.

Amalgam

CycloDS > I forgot to add, I'm running firmware 1.5 Beta 4 with no issues.

If your firmware is much lower than that, I would upgrade.