Problems with Sumvision Cyclone Micro HD Multi Media Player

rocksolid

i bought 1 of these from mymemory a couple of months ago, but from day 1 i had some playback issues with it....I use it to watch films but it wont play some .avi files and will others.

The files it wont play - it plays maybe the first 5 seconds and then skips to the next film on the memory card or back to the main menu if there is only one 1 film on the memory card...

Anyone any ideas on what is the problem is or has anyone encountered this and found a solution?

chin_grin

Corrupt .avi files?

Can you play them ok on a PC?

I'd use DivXRepair, worked in the past for me.

http://divxrepair.sourceforge.net/

rocksolid

no the files that wont play, play perfectly on the computer and play perfectly on my t.v. which has a built in usb socket....

chin_grin

I know that some .avi's would have a sh*t fit when I put them on my creative zen. It would play some but with others it just gave up and froze after a few seconds.

Could be the encoding?

Would it help to try and "redo" the files with VirtualDub?

http://www.virtualdub.org/download.html

Open the files and then save as?

Also Oxelon is handy.

http://www.oxelon.com/media_converter.html

You'll also need a bitrate calculator.

http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm

Voodu Child

Try to update the firmware to whatever is the most recent.

chin_grin

Voodu Child wrote: »

Try to update the firmware to whatever is the most recent.

Linky: http://www.sumvisioncyclone.com/firmware/

rocksolid

cheer for all the help lads, will try the firmware update when i get home and let yee know how i get on........

ShatterProof

chin_grin wrote: »

Linky: http://www.sumvisioncyclone.com/firmware/

is there a download button on that site ???? or am i loosing it ...

rocksolid

http://www.sum-vision.co.uk/firmware.aspx

chin_grin

ShatterProof wrote: »

is there a download button on that site ???? or am i loosing it ...

Oops, yeah you (well, I) needed to click on the "Sumvision Cyclone Firmware" link in that article that brought you to the page.

My bad.

rocksolid

tried to upgrade the firmware but it wouldnt even let me run the file.....

Id downloaded the firmware from the Cyclone Media Enclosure folder just in case anyone is wondering.....

Anyone any ideas whats happening or has anyone had the same problems with the cyclone?

Voodu Child

NoelDoran wrote: »

tried to upgrade the firmware but it wouldnt even let me run the file.....

Id downloaded the firmware from the Cyclone Media Enclosure folder just in case anyone is wondering.....

Anyone any ideas whats happening or has anyone had the same problems with the cyclone?

Is your product the enlosure? An enclosure is a big device that you put a HDD into. I assumed you had the Micro Media Player. And its MK1 unless it has a '2' on the device.

You want to be careful with firmware updates - find a Sumvision support forum if needs be. Make sure you have the right firmware and know the update process. I presume there is a menu somewhere in your player that will tell you the current version you are running.

mossy464

Just reviving this thread.

I have the cyclone micro and am having the same problem as Noel.

Some avi files play the first few seconds then skip to the next file or to a random spot on the file its playing.

On the firmware site it doesnt seem to have new firmware for the Cyclone Micro mk1.

Any ideas?

mossy464

mossy464 wrote: »

Just reviving this thread.

I have the cyclone micro and am having the same problem as Noel.

Some avi files play the first few seconds then skip to the next file or to a random spot on the file its playing.

On the firmware site it doesnt seem to have new firmware for the Cyclone Micro mk1.

Any ideas?

Anyone shed any light on this lads?

ziggy

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