Greetings!

Okay. Hijack 291, so it shouldn't be jiffies. There were some notify fixes after that, so upgrading hijack might help. Also, I notice you have a custom boot logo. That shouldn't matter, but if it is too long, it might be causing trouble.

What interests me is that the file lost sync. It seems like you might have a bad mp3 file, and the player is trying to recover. I would not have thought that would lock up the controls, though.

How long has it been since a full sync and disk check on this player? Perhaps you should look for file system issues with a good fsck.