crny1 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hello all, I have 2 boards that I use a mini director with to control a sign. The musical sequence is 15 minutes long and I want it to just loop back to the beginning. As it is now when the show ends a few of my channels just remain on and it takes like 4 minutes for the show to start again. Is there a way to get rid of this delay before it plays again. I need it to be fast at restarting. ThanksWes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisquit476 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 I've used the Mini Director for a few years and have never had that problem. As long as the controller is powered, the Mini Director is looping. Recheck the SD card settings in the hardware utility, and verify they are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 This isn't normal. It should restart immediately. Recheck the end of your final sequence and make sure that there isn't some "blank" space at the end that has those few channels turned on. Likewise, make sure there isn't some blank space at the end of your final mp3 (ie play the mp3 just in windows with media player and ensure there isn't 4 minutes of silence at the end of the song). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightzilla Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Try & format the SD card & download the sequence onto the SD card again. A faulty SD card does weird things..... 0r try a new SD card. Also it may have not loaded right onto the SD card to begin with.Make sure your cat5 cable is good.......I had a faulty cat5 cable & it also kept the lights on. It wasn't the yellow crossover cable just a regular cate 5 cable.This may not help you but this is just some of the problems I encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crny1 Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them today to see what happens and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crny1 Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 Well unfortunately I reformatted the card and reloaded it with the same results. My mp3 is 15.02 minutes long and the lighting sequence is the exact same amount to time. Any other thoughts? Or am I missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Make sure your mp3 player has the most current version of firmware since the previous version didn't handle files longer than 10 minutes properly. Not sure what it did with them if they were longer, and doubt it is related, but it was a thought.Read in the manual how to update this:http://www.lightorama.com/PDF/mDM-MP3_Man_Web.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I haven't used the director in years... but does the 10 minute rule still apply? Anything longer than 10 minutes will not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 wbottomley wrote: I haven't used the director in years... but does the 10 minute rule still apply? Anything longer than 10 minutes will not work.More recent (well, the last 2-3 years) versions of the firmware did away with the 10m rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Don wrote:wbottomley wrote: I haven't used the director in years... but does the 10 minute rule still apply? Anything longer than 10 minutes will not work.More recent (well, the last 2-3 years) versions of the firmware did away with the 10m rule.LOL. I'm still in the dark ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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