TX-6 Buffer Underrun and USB playback crashes

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Ever since the USB recording/playback was introduced for TX-6 I have been experiencing playback crashes.

On the 1_2_13 firmware the freeze would occur often at exactly 1:55 timing during the playback of files that were recorded on that USB. Different files would freeze (or choke with a bit of stutter) at that same time. The only way to get out of this would be to power cycle the unit.

On the 1_2_15 firmware the freeze happens at differnt times, and the mixer nwo displays “BUFFER UNDERRUN” message, while the rest of the behavior is like before: freeze, stutter, and power cycle needed to get out of it.

Effectively I am unable to play back on the device, the files that the device recorded.

I submitted a report to TE, but I am curious if anyone else has experienced these (can you replicate this behavior on your unit?) and if anyone was able to effectively remedy this problem.

Thanks in advance,
p.

PS
I am using this SAMSUNG drive, based on recommendations of folks who found it reliable:

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Is it every time you play things back, or just sometimes? I often record to USB and /sometimes/ play it back in-mixer, but I’ve never seen this message.

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Recording works fine, but playback stalls every single time.

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does the TX6 have like a factory reset type of function?
maybe just needs to clear some cobwebs…?

have u tried formatting the usb drive again? or in a different way?
maybe something isn’t lining up or playing nice?

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Thank you for chiming in.
It’s the only drive I used with it.
I am pretty sure I have formatted the drive when I first used it, but maybe it’s not a bad idea to wipe it clean and reformat.

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Hey laborcamp,

I have the same issue with the same samsung usb drives. When I try to play certain recordings on the device some are problematic. strangely others recordings are fine. I have had this issue a bunch now. I feel like it got more frequent. I tried formatting the drive and that made it go away for a while but the issue always comes back after some time. I thought it was maybe the drive since I had a 256GB one so I bought a second one. A 128GB. Maybe the 128GB one is more stable from my experience. But unfortunately I dont use this method to record very often anymore. Especially because sometimes I need to have the device plugged in to a power source and that requires using a usb hub if you want to plug in a thumb drive. At this point I use the aux out to an h4n pro field recorder that I like very much. Im still on version 1.2.13 currently.

I’m curios if anyone else has had issues with other USB drives?

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Hi,
Sorry to hear you are having this issue. But also: thanks for sharing! I thought I was the only one!
I reformatted mine, and it seems to work, but, like you, I started using that function less and less given the instability. I thought that reformatting fixed my issue (did not experience it after), but I think I just have not been using it enough, based on your observation of it returning after some use.
It really is a bummer.
I don’t understand how other folks might be using this combo and not experience these problems… what could the variables be?
Anyway: thank you again for your insights!
p.