XTRA - Audible file causes "Playback Error" or wo

I am using the player in Car Mode so it shuts down automatically when I turn off the car. Last week I had played through about 4 hours into the 8 hour Audible file. I got in my car yesterday and it wouldn't play the file. It showed the time as --:--:-- and the HD stopped spinning.
I tried going forward and backward and neither worked.
I tried switching to another track, but it would not stop attempting to play the Audible file.
Using the recovery menu, I selected "Clean Up". This allowed me to play other files, including other Audible files, but it would still hang when attempting to play that specific file.
Today, I removed that file from my Zen and re-transferred it using the Audible Manager.
Now when I attempt to play that file it plays the "This is Audible" part, about 2 seconds, and then shows the "Playback Error" message.
I tried skipping forward using the Go To Section function and it hard crashed.
Is there something I can do to be able to play this file?
Is this an indication that something is wrong with my Xtra?
Thanks,
Altair

Altair wrote:
I am using the player in Car Mode so it shuts down automatically when I turn off the car. Last week I had played through about 4 hours into the 8 hour Audible file. I got in my car yesterday and it wouldn't play the file. It showed the time as --:--:-- and the HD stopped spinning.
I tried going forward and backward and neither worked.
I tried switching to another track, but it would not stop attempting to play the Audible file.
Using the recovery menu, I selected "Clean Up". This allowed me to play other files, including other Audible files, but it would still hang when attempting to play that specific file.
Today, I removed that file from my Zen and re-transferred it using the Audible Manager.
Now when I attempt to play that file it plays the "This is Audible" part, about 2 seconds, and then shows the "Playback Error" message.
I tried skipping forward using the Go To Section function and it hard crashed.
Is there something I can do to be able to play this file?
Is this an indication that something is wrong with my Xtra?
Thanks,
Altair
Does it happen only to that particular file only? If it does, then it's most likely a problem with your file rather than the player.

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From my little knowledge of how these inode entries really work, I think that they are some sort of linked list chain of values, so that you have to follow the entire chain to get at what you're looking for. If the chain is broken somewhere along the line or not followed correctly, things like this can happen. I think this is a case of things not being followed correctly, as if it were a broken chain problem then the local mounted case would have problems also.
But the information for this link in the chain is there (from 728505 to the magic-135) but for some reason AFP doesn't make this extra jump.
Yesterday I heard back from Apple tech support and they have confirmed this problem and say that it is a "implementation limitation" with the AFP client. I think it's a bug, but that will have to be up to Apple to decide now that it's been reported. I just finished reporting this as a bug via the Apple Bug Reporter web site -- it's bug id 8926401 if you want to keep track it.
Thanks for the insights...
-Bob

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