[n95 v31.0.017]Certain mp3s cause problems

With latest fw (31.0.17) I noticed that music player many times stall while checking
for new music.
First I didn't know why, I even reuploaded same firmware, but the problem persisted.
After extensive testing, I found out that certain mp3s do that. They are however perfectly playable by
other players (e.g. winamp, amarok, corePlayer...), but seems to cause multiple problems on the phone.
Problematic file to test:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mpoxfexbzgn
Upload this file with vfat safe chars (the problem is not in the filename, I have other music tracks that do the same and doesn't contain special chars like this one).
Possible steps to reproduce problems:
1 - stalled file manager:
- open file manager
- browse to uploaded file
- open it
File manager should remain half-blank, you have to kill it.
2 - stalled music player
- open music player
- from first screen choose Options → Refresh
Music player will endlessly scan for new music.
I never had problems with older firmware, I urge nokia to fix this ugly bug.

I don't have an N95, but I suspect it is the id3 tags causing the problem.  They are encoded using ID3 v2.4, which isn't well supported on hardware players.  As you list Amarok in the list of players you've tried successful I'm going to assume it is the culprit, as editing tags with Amarok always results in v2.4 being used. This behavior is hardcoded, with no user configurable way to change it.
I've run into the exact same problem with my current mp3 device, and as it seems you run Linux, I can suggest installing kid3 (KDE is not necessary).  It has a 1-click feature to convert v2.4 tags into v2.3, which has far wider support amongst hardware players.  You'll find similar software to kid3 for Windows and OSX if Linux isn't your bag, but you will have to hunt for that yourself    
Message Edited by chilledrat on 28-Feb-2009 01:41 AM

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