Problems with WMAs on the MicroSD card

I am having a problem. I have transferred about 400 mbs worth of songs
in WMA format onto my phone, but they won't play. I have a 1 gb
MicroSD card that I just got a few weeks ago. Before I had had a 256
mb card that I didn't have this problem with. Anyway, when I first
transfer the songs they work just fine. But then when I try to access
them later from the music player both when the phone is open and also
from the outside controls, the phone freezes up for a few minutes and
then says Player Error: Music not available. When I go to the memory
settings and check the card usage, it takes a while to come up and
then says that the Total Used is 0 kb and the Available is also 0 kb.
But then when I go to My Music in the memory options, all of the songs
that I put on the card are there. Any ideas? Thanks.

The Man of Steel wrote:
> I am having a problem. I have transferred about 400 mbs worth of songs
> in WMA format onto my phone, but they won't play. I have a 1 gb
> MicroSD card that I just got a few weeks ago. Before I had had a 256
> mb card that I didn't have this problem with. Anyway, when I first
> transfer the songs they work just fine. But then when I try to access
> them later from the music player both when the phone is open and also
> from the outside controls, the phone freezes up for a few minutes and
> then says Player Error: Music not available. When I go to the memory
> settings and check the card usage, it takes a while to come up and
> then says that the Total Used is 0 kb and the Available is also 0 kb.
> But then when I go to My Music in the memory options, all of the songs
> that I put on the card are there. Any ideas? Thanks.

I'm guessing your phone is a DynaTAC 8000X, and so it's too old to accept
a MicroSD card or play music.

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"The Man of Steel" <themanofsteel7@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175116826.526800.188940@p15g2000hsd.googlegr oups.com...
>I am having a problem. I have transferred about 400 mbs worth of
>songs
> in WMA format onto my phone, but they won't play. I have a 1 gb
> MicroSD card that I just got a few weeks ago. Before I had had a 256
> mb card that I didn't have this problem with. Anyway, when I first
> transfer the songs they work just fine. But then when I try to
> access
> them later from the music player both when the phone is open and
> also
> from the outside controls, the phone freezes up for a few minutes
> and
> then says Player Error: Music not available. When I go to the memory
> settings and check the card usage, it takes a while to come up and
> then says that the Total Used is 0 kb and the Available is also 0
> kb.
> But then when I go to My Music in the memory options, all of the
> songs
> that I put on the card are there. Any ideas? Thanks.
>

Did you format the sd card before you sync the device with the
computer?
You have to remember to format first.

Elector

"The Man of Steel" <themanofsteel7@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1175116826.526800.188940@p15g2000hsd.googlegr oups.com:

> I am having a problem. I have transferred about 400 mbs worth of songs
> in WMA format onto my phone, but they won't play. I have a 1 gb
> MicroSD card that I just got a few weeks ago. Before I had had a 256
> mb card that I didn't have this problem with. Anyway, when I first
> transfer the songs they work just fine. But then when I try to access
> them later from the music player both when the phone is open and also
> from the outside controls, the phone freezes up for a few minutes and
> then says Player Error: Music not available. When I go to the memory
> settings and check the card usage, it takes a while to come up and
> then says that the Total Used is 0 kb and the Available is also 0 kb.
> But then when I go to My Music in the memory options, all of the songs
> that I put on the card are there. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>

Does the old 256MB card still work?

Larry
--
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then it dumps you until you click to
get 10 minutes more. It SUCKS!

Ok, to answer all the questions, my phone is an LG VX8300 (sorry, I
should have mentioned that to begin with), yes I have formatted it a
few times and tried the same procedure, only to have the same thing
happen, and yes, the 256 mb card still works. I formatted the card,
and just for safe measure, converted the music that I wanted from mp3
to WMA on my computer, and then did the whole transfer again. Same
thing, it worked to begin with, but when I tried to today, it did the
same thing, with the memory usage coming up as 0 but the songs showing
up under my music, but I can't play them. Oh, and I don't know if this
matters, but it seems like this happens when I shut my phone off and
turn it back on, especially after a long time period. I shut my phone
off when I go to bed, and when I woke up today that's when I tried it
again and the problem happened again. Anyway, I don't know if this
means it's a problem with the phone or the card. Does anyone know what
is happening?

When you converted to WMA, did you check the DRM box by mistake? Sounds like
you might be missing a DRM playback component on your card. I think (been so
long I don't remember) DRM is enabled by default when you rip a CD; maybe
when you convert an MP3? Your wma library needs to have a small license file
(very small) with it for encrypted stuff. You do not need this if you
disabled DRM when you rippped. If you think this is the case, try to convert
some mp3 tracks to WMA making sure the DRM box is "off".
"The Man of Steel" <themanofsteel7@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1175196666.113692.305780@n76g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
> Ok, to answer all the questions, my phone is an LG VX8300 (sorry, I
> should have mentioned that to begin with), yes I have formatted it a
> few times and tried the same procedure, only to have the same thing
> happen, and yes, the 256 mb card still works. I formatted the card,
> and just for safe measure, converted the music that I wanted from mp3
> to WMA on my computer, and then did the whole transfer again. Same
> thing, it worked to begin with, but when I tried to today, it did the
> same thing, with the memory usage coming up as 0 but the songs showing
> up under my music, but I can't play them. Oh, and I don't know if this
> matters, but it seems like this happens when I shut my phone off and
> turn it back on, especially after a long time period. I shut my phone
> off when I go to bed, and when I woke up today that's when I tried it
> again and the problem happened again. Anyway, I don't know if this
> means it's a problem with the phone or the card. Does anyone know what
> is happening?
>
>