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thezed · 07-31-03, 07:07 AM

Has anyone had a chance to have a decent look at video/audio performance with the A05 ROM?

This was the thing that annoyed me the most about my Ax when it was running the A04 ROM. I start watching Thumbwars in 320x240 @ 128 kbps (it is 19 MB in total) and the sound chops up and the video actually freezes for a few seconds every 5 seconds or so. It was the main difference between my Ax and the one the guy next to me at work ordered two weeks before hand (I believe he was running the A02 ROM).

So I upgraded today (after an email from Dell to say that if I had the file to use it) to A05 hoping like crazy that this was going to be fixed. But alas, the video still chops up and freezes every 5 seconds or so :(

It doesn't mater if I have the file stored on normal memory, CF card or the Built-In memory. It still chops like crazy. The movie file itself is not corrupt or dodgy, because I can pop my CF card in friends X5 running A02 and it plays perfectly.

Can anyone else confirm this type of behaviour with A05 ROM update? I am wondering if I should be in touch with Dell (again) because the unit is faulty, or if this is something that is common to all A04 and A05 ROMs. I am annoyed, because this is what I first reported to Dell and and they told me to "hang on and wait for the update", and now the update is here (and I have noticed quicker file access when listing dirs and with MS Reader etc) and now it's here and I can't see any difference in the thing that caused me to complain in the first place.

Anyone else out there with same/similar issue?

CheerZ :)

07-31-03, 07:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
thezed Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Media Player still choppy with A05 update Has anyone had a chance to have a decent look at video/audio performance with the A05 ROM? This was the thing that annoyed me the most about my Ax when it was running the A04 ROM. I start watching Thumbwars in 320x240 @ 128 kbps (it is 19 MB in total) and the sound chops up and the video actually freezes for a few seconds every 5 seconds or so. It was the main difference between my Ax and the one the guy next to me at work ordered two weeks before hand (I believe he was running the A02 ROM). So I upgraded today (after an email from Dell to say that if I had the file to use it) to A05 hoping like crazy that this was going to be fixed. But alas, the video still chops up and freezes every 5 seconds or so :( It doesn't mater if I have the file stored on normal memory, CF card or the Built-In memory. It still chops like crazy. The movie file itself is not corrupt or dodgy, because I can pop my CF card in friends X5 running A02 and it plays perfectly. Can anyone else confirm this type of behaviour with A05 ROM update? I am wondering if I should be in touch with Dell (again) because the unit is faulty, or if this is something that is common to all A04 and A05 ROMs. I am annoyed, because this is what I first reported to Dell and and they told me to "hang on and wait for the update", and now the update is here (and I have noticed quicker file access when listing dirs and with MS Reader etc) and now it's here and I can't see any difference in the thing that caused me to complain in the first place. Anyone else out there with same/similar issue? CheerZ :)