MP3 player file copying is too slow

thehamzan6 · 2016-07-13 14:24:19

Hello everyone! I'm new here, and I'm not sure what kind of information or logs I am supposed to post, however I will describe the issue I face.

Since 3 years, I've been using MP3 players. On windows, music transfer quickly, however on linux(includes every distribution I've used) copying the files takes too long. The files are copied 1 by 1, and the file manager (thunar) shows the speed of transfer usually around 2mb/s and gets stuck. After around 5 minutes, sometimes 3, the file transfers and then the process repeats with other files.

This ONLY happens with Mp3 players(I've tried 4) and not with USB drives or external harddisks.

lsusb:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 8087:07dc Intel Corp.
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 09da:7c18 A4Tech Co., Ltd.
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 071b:3203 Domain Technologies, Inc. Rockchip Media Player
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 06f3:0309
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 13d3:5170 IMC Networks
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lsusb verbose:

Bus 003 Device 008: ID 071b:3203 Domain Technologies, Inc. Rockchip Media Player
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x071b Domain Technologies, Inc.
idProduct 0x3203 Rockchip Media Player
bcdDevice 2.00
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 3
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 32
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 400mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk-Only
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0

I tried using CP instead of the file manager, and it is the same. It is very slow.

I even tried to use different file managers, it is still the same.

Edit:

Some extra information: I use a wire to plug the mp3 player, however other mp3 players use USB and still face the same issue.

Last edited by thehamzan6 (2016-07-13 14:33:05)

newbie1962 · 2016-07-13 18:05:29

try doing a test hdparm from terminal,whit:
sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdx

[root@prova ]# sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   23622 MB in  2.00 seconds = 11822.37 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 282 MB in  3.01 seconds =  93.58 MB/sec
[root@prova ]#

thehamzan6 · 2016-07-13 18:52:10

newbie1962 wrote:

try doing a test hdparm from terminal,whit:
sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdx

[root@prova ]# sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   23622 MB in  2.00 seconds = 11822.37 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 282 MB in  3.01 seconds =  93.58 MB/sec
[root@prova ]#

This is what I got:

[intro@Trinity]$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 Timing cached reads:     2 MB in  2.70 seconds = 758.75 kB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   4 MB in  5.23 seconds = 782.73 kB/sec

newbie1962 · 2016-07-14 08:36:25

please test and control your hard disk,you can have problems.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.

Last edited by newbie1962 (2016-07-14 08:37:00)

thehamzan6 · 2016-07-14 08:47:14

My hard disk has no problems at all, in fact the speeds were very similar to yours, however what I showed you was the speed of my MP3 player, which is completely normal. The speed shows that a 4MB file should be copied within ~4 seconds, but instead it takes more than 3 minutes per file.

This does not only apply to my system, but other systems as well.

newbie1962 · 2016-07-14 10:49:28

23622 MB on 11822.37 MB/sec is mb/sec
your
2 MB in 2.70 seconds = 758.75 kB/sec is kb/sec
your hard disck is very very slow

Last edited by newbie1962 (2016-07-14 10:51:12)

thehamzan6 · 2016-07-14 11:33:35

Sigh.

My hard disk:

[intro@Trinity ~]$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda
[sudo] password for root: 

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   21542 MB in  1.99 seconds = 10814.60 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 326 MB in  3.00 seconds = 108.58 MB/sec

My MP3 player:

[intro@Trinity]$ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 Timing cached reads:     2 MB in  2.70 seconds = 758.75 kB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:   4 MB in  5.23 seconds = 782.73 kB/sec

Do you have any suggestions?

newbie1962 · 2016-07-14 12:23:44

if the mp3 has that speed the evening transfer to the same speed.
sig

R00KIE · 2016-07-14 14:56:27

Have you checked if the player also supports MTP? If the answer is yes you could try using that and see if it's faster.

newbie1962 · 2016-07-15 14:03:15

my cowon j3

Disco /dev/sdb: 500GB
Dimensione del settore (logica/fisica): 512B/512B
Tabella delle partizioni: msdos
Flag del disco: 

Numero  Inizio  Fine    Dimensione  Tipo     File system  Flag
 1      1049kB  23,5GB  23,5GB      primary  ext4
 2      23,5GB  46,2GB  22,7GB      primary  ext4


Modello: COWON J3 (scsi)
Disco /dev/sdc: 32,8GB
Dimensione del settore (logica/fisica): 512B/512B
Tabella delle partizioni: msdos
Flag del disco: 

Numero  Inizio  Fine    Dimensione  Tipo     File system  Flag
 1      4194kB  32,8GB  32,8GB      primary  fat32        lba


prova ~ $ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 Timing cached reads:   19070 MB in  2.00 seconds = 9542.36 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  20 MB in  3.32 seconds =   6.03 MB/sec
prova ~ $

Last edited by newbie1962 (2016-07-15 14:03:52)

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#1 2016-07-13 14:24:19

MP3 player file copying is too slow

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