A little trouble with a Zen X

I recently attempted to put some files on my Nomad Zen Xtra with the most recent PlaysForSure firmware after a format of my PC and a fresh driver install, but when I attempted to do so, the Creative transfer software was not working properly. As a result, I attempted to use Windows Media Player, which worked, but it screwed up my file structure a bit. I decided to go ahead and format the device and then transfer all of my files back to it via Windows Media Player, but in the process of transfering files the battery died to the unit (charger came unplugged). I proceeded to reboot the device and try to continue the process, but for some reason the computer would not let me connect to the device. When I plugged it in it came up as an MTP device in Device Manager (detected and installed), but none of the connection software actually detected the unit as present. I then decided I would reset the OS on the device so I booted in recovery mode and did so. Upon reconnecting the device, however, I found that even the firmware patch would not validate the presence of the device. I then uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled to try again, but got nowhere. At that point I decided I might try the *old* firmware, but once again I got the same problem- "not detected".
When it's plugged into the computer Device Manager shows the device and XP's "Autoplay" dialog comes up asking me how I'd like to add files, but of course none of the options it shows me are actually operational. I sent a letter to tech support, but I'm not exactly hopeful that they'll be any use whatsoever. If you guys have some advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I've had connection problems before, but re-installing all of the software components of the zen xtra fixed them. Aren't you using the Creative Software to transfer songs onto your player?
I didn't think it worked with anything else.

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I've been checking the topics for a problem similar to mine but haven't found any. I've had my creative zen for about 3 years now and have loved it. However, in the past few months I've been having trouble with it. While playing a song (either while laying stable in my car, or on my arm while working out), the player will just randomly die. I try to turn it back on, and have no luck. I then reset it by using the back of my earing, and somtimes it will start back up, and other times it won't. If it doesn't start back up right away, I'm able to plug it in to charge, and it will usually let me turn it back on after charging for a few minutes. I notice that its never on empty, and there seems to be at least half a battery level left. Some days the player will die randomly several times, or other times it will go days before I have a problem with it. I have tried to reboot it, and clear off the entire player, upgrade the firm-ware, and still have the same issue. Any ideas? Is it toast?
Thanks!

Is the player recognised in the Device Manager, do you see it listed there (perhaps as an unknown device, or with an exclamation mark)?
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http:// us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=2&sid=9287
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Im having trouble with my zen microph

Im having trouble with my new Zen Microphoto. I turned it on a couple days ago and it froze at the startup screen, and it just says creative on the screen, and you can't do anything about it. I read the faqs and product help stuff that told me to go to recovery mode and select something like clean files. I did that and it says "Scan Disk...". Ive been waiting for like 8 hours, and i need help. I have like 800 songs, so im wondering if that's the reason it is taking so long. Well if you can help me i would greatly appreciate it.

I didn't have this issue with my new ZMP but if you are using it for the very first time and this happens, bring it back to the store and get a replacement. Test it out directly at the store to avoid anymore troublesome issues.

Having a little trouble with the "export" dialog box

Hi all,
When I get to the export dialog box, I'm not able to type directly in the "Custom Name" space. I have to click around and fiddle with some of the drop-down menus (and then get back to the "name format" that I like) and only then can I triple-click or backspace on the former name and input a new name in the "Custom Name" blank.
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Yes, the name format is Custom Name with Index. But when I click in the field, I can't edit it.
Mark,
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Having Trouble with Creative Zen Touch 20G

Hey everybody. I bought me a 20G Creative Zen Touch (you know, the one where the scroll thing is in the middle of the player, vertically?). Anyway, i bought it a couple of weeks ago and it's pretty **bleep** cool. No problems with it.....until today. I was watering the lawn, listening to my music (no, it didn't get wet), when all of a sudden it stopped working all together. Well, at first i saw some "Voice Recording" thing i had never seen before and no matter what i pushed, nothing happened. I couldn't even turn it off. I tapped it on the side, then it began working again. I decided to shut it off and put it in my room. Later when i went back to it,it wouldn't turn back on at all!!! Even though it's battery was charged, i decided to plug it into the charger where, once i plugged it in, i got a screen that said:
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Copyright (c) 2004
Creative Technology Ltd.
All Rights Reserved"
And thats how it is currently: Nothing at all happens when it's disconnected from the charger and i try to turn it on. When connected to the charger, i get said screen, but thats it. No music, not even the blue backlight or the blue blinking light on the power button indicating that it's charging. :smileyindifferent:
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Hey buddy
same problem with me. The zen got little moist due to rain, after that it froze at the 'Creative screen' that too comes on when i connect it to charger. I disconnected the battery, it worked for a while but it is back to same position now. It dosent responds to resetting pin... nothing happens it is dead. Only when i disconnect battey and connect charger ... give it a big whack it works for a while then hangs again.
Still trying my stuff on it. Otherwise i will format it and reload the firmware later on.
if u get any solution let me know on [email][email protected]][email protected][/url]
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Trouble with creative zen 16b

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I just bought a creative zen (6B) with version .20.02. I was able to transfer music from my windows media player once. But now i plug my zen to my laptop (windows vista 32b service pk) and nothing happens....does not recognize my zen. I had it setup to sync automatic when plugged into my pc but still Shows No player Connected, when indeed it is. What Can I do to fix this problem?

Is the player recognised in the Device Manager, do you see it listed there (perhaps as an unknown device, or with an exclamation mark)?
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http:// us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=2&sid=9287
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I use the MPlayer already for quite a while to stream DVB-S and DVB-S2 with it. But for approximately two weeks something changed while watching HD-channels: the video track lags every few seconds; the audio track is quiet normal. However, the non-HD channels hide the problem.
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[h264 @ 0xf2b820]mmco: unref short failure
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]Increasing reorder buffer to 2
h264 @ 0xf2b820]Increasing reorder buffer to 3
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]Increasing reorder buffer to 4
[mpegts @ 0xeb3080]PES packet size mismatch
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Specially this message I can't understand, because I'm using a CPU AMD Phenom II X4 955 3,2 GHz, 8 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 RAM and the graphic card ASUS GTX 460 Top GDDR5 PCIe 1024 MB. But, let's continue with the outputs:
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]concealing 880 DC, 880 AC, 880 MV errors
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]mmco: unref short failure
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]number of reference frames (0+6) exceeds max (5; probably corrupt input), discarding one
[h264 @ 0xf2b820]illegal short term buffer state detected
Furthermore I'm using two HHD WD20EARS, which are connected to RAID1 via 3ware 9650SE-2LP, and the DVB hardware decoder card Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2. My desktop environment is KDE SC 4.8.
For starting the DVB-S2 streaming I use szap-s2 -r -p -S 1 -c ~/.mplayer/hdchannels.conf "NAME-OF-THE-HD-CHANNEL" in one terminal and mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 -demuxer lavf -cache 8192 in a second terminal.
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Last edited by maik-hro (2012-04-13 10:39:59)

So, today I just made some small tests. First of all I tried to start a HD-channel with WinTV7 on Windows 7: The channel was streamed correctly for almost one minute and than it was lost - and I had no possibilty to get it back.
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MPlayer SVN-r34799-4.6.3 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
183 audio & 398 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0.
Cache fill: 17.97% (1507328 bytes)
libavformat version 54.2.100 (internal)
libavformat file format detected.
[NULL @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 10 referenced in buffering period
[NULL @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 10 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 11 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 11 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 12 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 12 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 13 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 13 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 14 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 14 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 3 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 4 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 5 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing SPS 6 referenced in buffering period
[h264 @ 0xf50700]non-existing PPS 0 referenced
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]no frame!
[h264 @ 0xf50700]mmco: unref short failure
[h264 @ 0xf50700]mmco: unref short failure
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 1
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 2
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 3
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 4
[h264 @ 0xf50700]mmco: unref short failure
[mpegts @ 0xed4800]Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
[lavf] stream 0: video (h264), -vid 0
[lavf] stream 1: audio (mp2), -aid 0
LAVF: Program 11100
LAVF: Program 11110
LAVF: Program 11120
VIDEO: [H264] 1280x720 0bpp 50.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Load subtitles in /dev/dvb/adapter0/
Cache not responding! [performance issue]
Cache not responding! [performance issue]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 54.8.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mpg123] MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 256.0 kbit/16.67% (ratio: 32000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mpg123] afm: mpg123 (MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
Unsupported PixelFormat 61
Unsupported PixelFormat 53
Unsupported PixelFormat 81
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]concealing 3600 DC, 3600 AC, 3600 MV errors
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]concealing 3600 DC, 3600 AC, 3600 MV errors
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0xf50700]decode_slice_header error
[h264 @ 0xf50700]concealing 3600 DC, 3600 AC, 3600 MV errors
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 1
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
A:61580.2 V:61580.9 A-V: -0.639 ct: 0.000 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]reference picture missing during reorder
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Missing reference picture
[h264 @ 0xf50700]mmco: unref short failure
A:61580.3 V:61581.1 A-V: -0.742 ct: -0.004 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 2 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 2
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 3
[h264 @ 0xf50700]Increasing reorder buffer to 4
[h264 @ 0xf50700]mmco: unref short failure
A:61585.5 V:61586.0 A-V: -0.430 ct: -0.490 0/ 0 86% 7% 0.7% 125 0 50%
[mpegts @ 0xed4800]PES packet size mismatch
A:61585.9 V:61586.3 A-V: -0.400 ct: -0.520 0/ 0 85% 7% 0.7% 125 0 50%
**** Your system is too SLOW to play this! ****
Possible reasons, problems, workarounds:
- Most common: broken/buggy _audio_ driver
- Try -ao sdl or use the OSS emulation of ALSA.
- Experiment with different values for -autosync, 30 is a good start.
- Slow video output
- Try a different -vo driver (-vo help for a list) or try -framedrop!
- Slow CPU
- Don't try to play a big DVD/DivX on a slow CPU! Try some of the lavdopts,
e.g. -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all.
- Broken file
- Try various combinations of -nobps -ni -forceidx -mc 0.
- Slow media (NFS/SMB mounts, DVD, VCD etc)
- Try -cache 8192.
- Are you using -cache to play a non-interleaved AVI file?
- Try -nocache.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/video.html for tuning/speedup tips.
If none of this helps you, read DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html.
A:61589.5 V:61587.1 A-V: 2.333 ct: -0.432 0/ 0 83% 7% 0.8% 125 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]number of reference frames (0+6) exceeds max (5; probably corrupt input), discarding one
A:61589.5 V:61587.2 A-V: 2.334 ct: -0.430 0/ 0 83% 7% 0.8% 125 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]number of reference frames (0+6) exceeds max (5; probably corrupt input), discarding one
A:61589.5 V:61587.2 A-V: 2.332 ct: -0.428 0/ 0 83% 7% 0.8% 125 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]number of reference frames (0+6) exceeds max (5; probably corrupt input), discarding one
A:61592.2 V:61589.9 A-V: 2.242 ct: -0.422 0/ 0 58% 5% 0.9% 125 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]mmco: unref short failure
A:61592.6 V:61590.2 A-V: 2.438 ct: -0.396 0/ 0 61% 5% 0.9% 131 0 50%
[h264 @ 0xf50700]number of reference frames (0+6) exceeds max (5; probably corrupt input), discarding one
A:61646.7 V:61646.7 A-V: 0.000 ct: 1.818 0/ 0 62% 6% 0.8% 724 0 50%
MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: decode video
MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: enable_cache
A:61646.7 V:61646.7 A-V: 0.000 ct: 1.818 0/ 0 62% 6% 0.8% 724 0 50%
Exiting... (Quit)
Starting the same channel in SD I get these feedback:
MPlayer SVN-r34799-4.6.3 (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
183 audio & 398 video codecs
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing dvb://ARD.
dvb_tune Freq: 11836000
Cache fill: 17.58% (368640 bytes)
TS file format detected.
VIDEO MPEG2(pid=101) AUDIO MPA(pid=102) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 0
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 25.000 fps 15000.0 kbps (1875.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
libavcodec version 54.8.100 (internal)
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mpg123] MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 256.0 kbit/16.67% (ratio: 32000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mpg123] afm: mpg123 (MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I, II, III)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=1.
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
[VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=2.
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [vdpau] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12
A:36766.2 V:36766.2 A-V: -0.001 ct: -0.332 19241/19241 14% 2% 0.7% 9 0 49%
I will not get rid of the feeling that it might actually be due to faulty input signals. May something's wrong with the satellite system (LNB, multi switch, something else)?

Trouble With Charging Zen Xtra's Batt

A question similar, but still different to this one has already been asked, but i am still lost.
After I was finally able to install everything, and even get songs on the Zen, i realized that my battery wasn't charging properly. I plug it into the wall and i just get the lower left hand corner (the battery power indicator) message that it is running on electrical power only. After a while it does an idle shut down, but i think when it is shut down it stops charging. I charged it over night and the next day only had two bars of power, which ran out after a two hour car ride. Is there any secret to charging i am ignorant of? Please help, it would be very helpful. :smileyindifferent:

Hi,
I had the same problem. I tried to charge the battery but the mains icon would only come up, and not the lightning bolt that shows it is charging.
I ended up buying another battery, as i thought the first one was defecti've. The same thing happened with this one. (I thought it was to do with the fact I hadn't regularly used my player, and hence the battery had failed)
I saw a post for checking the player's HD and re-setting the machine (as just posted in last few posts in this thread) and it worked!
Now my player works and charges with not problems at all

Still having a little trouble with template

Hi,
Can anyone please take a look at the following page and tell
me what's going on with my faux columns?
BPI
Test Site - Activities Page. Since my pages are varying heights
I eliminated the "page height" command for my center content div,
using the "clearer" convention in my style sheet. Seems to work
great in IE but I'm having a problem with FF and Netscape. I'm
thinking that the Code isn't quite right somewhere in my template
page (pasted below) but I'm not sure. Any help appreciated. Thanks

It works to clear the floats BEFORE the containing div is
closed - that's
what forces the container to re-contain all of the stuff
that's floated.
Your code was clearing the float AFTER closing the container,
and that
doesn't do the job.
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> Thanks Gary. That worked. Of course, I'm curious now why
the code works
> fine as
> is on the home page (with it in the other position). Can
you tell me what
> this
> little bit of code does? I'd like to try and understand
it... right now
> it's a
> mystery to me why it works LOL. Thanks again.
>
> Maureen
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Having Trouble with my Zen V P

Hey!Well, I am posting this question here and I really hope someone can help me. Yesterday, my MP3 player ( I have a Zen V Plus) froze while it was playing some songs. No big deal, I came to the support website and with the help of one of the tutorials I was able to make it work again. The problem I have now is that somehow?(I guess that from one song I have in the player) it shows the singer's picture. It is okay when you are playing a song by Eminem for example, and you can actually see the album picture in there. However, it is not cool anymore when you are playing a song by Wisin & Yandel, for example and you see a picture of Enrique Iglesias, or you are listening to Hinder and the picture you see is the one of Juanes. How can I fix that?Thanks!

Sounds like you need to re-tag your playlist/albums. Have a look in the help files for your player re Album art and tagging.
There is some good software out there that can tag. eg MP# Tag clinic http://www.kevesoft.com/

Having a little trouble with GridBagLayout.

OK. What i basically need to do is have JPanel (GridBagLayout) with a JTextField covering cells from 0-3, then have a JButton in cell 4. This is all on one line.
Because i am only adding two components to the JPanel, and asking it to act as though it had 5, i guess it doesn't like it. I think it should work like that but what can i do :) ...
Help would be appreciated, thanks.

GridBagLayout doesn't size the components in it based on the number of cells the component occupies (except relative to other rows/columns which you don't have). It sizes on the preferred size of the component along with the fill and weight of the GridBagConstraints for each component.
I usually set preferred size of the textfield to 4 times the button, set the weightx of both components to 1.0 and then set the fill for both components to HORIZONTAL.
You could also set the preferred sizes the same, the weightx of the textfield to 4.0, the weightx of the button to 1.0 and the fill for both to HORIZONTAL.

I am having a little trouble with classes

I can not figure out what is wrong or missing from this code because I keep getting "declare in file" error code
this is the simple code
import java.util.Scanner; //program uses class Scanner
import java.text.NumberFormat;//used to format currency
import java.util.Locale;
public class Employee
public Employee();
//main method begins execution of Java application
//create Scanner to obtain input from command window
Scanner input=new Scanner (System.in);
//varibles declared
String Emp_name;//Stores employee name
double Hours_worked;///Stores hours worked
double PayRate;//Stores PayRate
System.out.print("Enter Employee;s name:");//prompt
Emp_name=input.nextLine();//read employee's name entered
System.out.print("Enter the pay rate of the Employee:");//prompt
PayRate=input.nextDouble();//read the payrate of employee
System.out.print("Enter the Employee's Hours worked:");//prompt
Hours_worked=input.nextDouble();//read hourlyrate of pay entered by user
NumberFormat nf=NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);
System.out.printIn("Employee" + Emp_name);//display employee_Name
System.out.printf("Employee's Pay: $" +nf.format(Hours_worked*PayRate));//display GPA
}

masterbuild,
Firstly, post your code between code tags.
[code]... your code goes here ...[/code]
so it looks like thisdouble check it using preview before you commit the post.
Now, Please don't be offended, That's not a bad first try, but it's just all wrong, which is part of the learning process.
Here's a list the problems I can see with that code, and what to do about them... if you address these problems you should end up with a working program.
Number 1
public class Employee
public Employee();
//main method begins execution of Java application
{As The Pair of Condiments and The Sick Brainiac have already stated... lose the semicolon!... it should look like this...
public class Employee
public Employee() {
Number 2
//main method begins execution of Java application
What main method? I don't see any main method... Where's your main method? It should look like this
public void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    System.out.print("employee's name : ");
    String name = input.nextLine();
    System.out.print("hourly rate : ");
    double hourlyRate = input.nextDouble();
    System.out.print("hours worked : ");
    double hoursWorked = input.nextDouble();
    System.out.printf("%s's gross pay is $%s\n", name, NUMBER_FORMATTER.format(hoursWorked*hourlyRate));
}* The convention is to use camelCase (hump in the middle) for variable names, and CapitalCase for class names. See http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/
Number 3
The numberFormatter would best be declared as a class attribute, so you can reuse whenever you print a currency amount... as in...
public class Employee
private static final NumberFormat NUMBER_FORMATTER = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance(Locale.US);
public Employee() {
    ....Also... these three comments worry me a bit...
// Stores employee name
// Stores hours worked
// Stores PayRate
None of these values are being "stored". These three values are local variables, which exist only while the method (actually block) in which they are declared is executing... after that they are "forgotten". To a programmer the word "store" implies that the values are being persisted in a file, or database... that is the values are being stored in any fashion for reuse by a subsequent execution of this program, or indeed another program. I think it's just that you don't know the lingo yet, but I just wanted to be sure that you know that these values will be forgotten as soon as the main method is finished.
Cheers. Keith.

Trouble with a ZEN Micro .

I've had my ZEN Micro for about 4 months, and the warranty's exspired. Does this sound like a lost cause?--A few weeks ago, it started freezing fairly frequently, but removing and then replacing the battery always did the trick. --A few days ago, this fix stopped working. It freezes on the second CREATIVE logo screen, and then makes a "ch-ch-ch" noise. --I've tried cleaning, formatting, and finally removing the firmware. --I can't get the firmware I downloaded onto the player, however, because my computer no longer recognizes that the player is hooked to the USB. Any suggestions? I'm desperate!!!!

The same thing has happened to me, I only just listened out for the strange whirring/clunking noise from the player now that you've mentioned it. I don't really know what to do either... I'm waiting upon CS to get back to me, since this is not even my original player - it's a replacement they sent to me as my first one stopped working, so hopefully they'll be able to sort something out for me?...

Trouble with my zen extra 40 gig mp3 pla

What did I do wrong?
I updated the firmware, the computer sees the player, now it sees it as a 20 mb hd plus, the firmware tells me that the device is not pluged in even though the computer sees it. it's in a recovery mode and seems impossible to access. Hope this is not a los cause. Any help on this will be greately appreciated.

You are victim number 224 of creatives bug ridden firmware update. Have a look through the recent threads and you will find that this has been happening for a while now. A few people have managed to get their Zen working again but not many. You could email creative support but you won't get any useful help, just an ?85 bill to replace it.

Capturing Troubles with Premiere Pro CS5.5

Hello!
I am fairly new to Premiere and I'm having a little trouble with the capturing option.
I have Premiere Pro CS5.5, a MacBook Pro (13 inch), a Sony HDR-CX 110 camera connected to the MacBook with an HDMI cable and a HDMI displayport adapter.
I think I have everything I need to get it connected but it seems that whenever I select capture the window that pops up tells me that my device is offline.
I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro. I bought it in August of 2010. I have a Sony HDR-CX 110 camera. I have it hooked up to a HDMI Displayport adapter via a HDMI cable and the camera is plugged into the wall and turned on playback mode. I know the displayport works because I have a dual monitor set up and the adapter works because I have connected my TV to my Mac so there should be nothing wrong with the adapters and ports. But for some reason the camera doesn't appear to show up whenever I try to do this capturing option.
The camera's box does say "compatible with iMovie" and I have been able to import footage I collected without the camera plugged in to the computer, such as a guitar performance and an interview. That process was pretty simple and was connected to my computer via a USB.
Now, I think that maybe I'm just trying to do something more advanced with the camera and the camera can't do it. But if I am wrong (and I hope I am) I don't where to go from here? Any help would be so greatly appreciated!
Thank you =)

That will only work if your camera HAS a firewire connection... I think for Mac it is call iLink, but since I'm Win I'm not sure about that
Just do what was said and copy the folder to your hard drive and import from there

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