MusicLibrary2

[Bobins]

Here's the gbpvr.exe.log as requested.

I've checked a couple of sequences and can tell you:-

If I select an artist, ctrl+p starts playing tracks, crtl+g goes to playlist, ctrl+s stops play & clears the list

If I select an album, ctrl+p starts playing tracks, crtl+g goes to playlist, ctrl+s stops play & clears the list

If I select an artist, ctrl+p starts playing, select another artist, ctrl+y then ctrl+g goes to playlist and both sets of tracks are shown (1st one playing). ctrl+s stops play but doesn't clear the list. :confused:

[psycik]

Ok, glad you figured that out, cos I never would have I'll have a look and see what's happening....

[psycik]

Hi

Can you try setting this for me in your config.xml and try the same test: <UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>false</UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio>

I just tried what you described and my one stops the music and clears the currently playing play list.

[Bobins]

OK,

Having set usewindowsmediaaudio..... to false:-

Select artist then ctrl+p track doesn't play. ctrl+g to playlist shows track. ctrl+s clears the list

Select artist then ctrl+p track doesn't play. Select another artist, ctrl+y, ctrl+g to playlist shows both tracks. ctrl+s clears the list

Select artist then ctrl+p track doesn't play. Select another artist, ctrl+p, ctrl+g to playlist shows 1st selected track has been replaced by second selected track. ctrl+s clears the list

Set usewindowsmediaaudio......back to true:-

Same repeatable symptoms as yesterday plus I notice another odd behaviour when I repeat the last test above.

I've discovered that if I select an artist, ctrl+p it starts playing. If I then select another artist and press ctrl+p again the playing stops. ctrl+g shows only the 1st track in the playlist (unlike what occurred above it doesn't get replaced). Pressing ctrl+p Again restarts play, ctrl+s stops play but doesn't clear the list. :confused:

Lastly.....yes all the M3U files are in the directories where the relevant MP3s are located (My files are stored in directories /artist/album/ )

[psycik]

I've discovered that if I select an artist, ctrl+p it starts playing. If I then select another artist and press ctrl+p again the playing stops. ctrl+g shows only the 1st track in the playlist (unlike what occurred above it doesn't get replaced). Pressing ctrl+p Again restarts play, ctrl+s stops play but doesn't clear the list.

This should still be a configurable item. Some people wanted play to always start a new playlist, others (me included) wanted it to queue items.

I didn't get a chance to look at the code and your playlists, I'll try and get on to that for the weekend.

[Bobins]

I have some more info

My current setting in config is to start a new playlist on each ctrl+p (no tick in config box). That behaviour seems to happen if usewindowsmediaforaudio... is set to false.

When usewindowsmediaforaudio.... is set true, the additional ctrl+p on a different artist doesn't start a new track or playlist, it just stops the current playing track. In fact it acts as a "Pause" button because repeated ctrl+p presses stop & start the track from where it left off. if I use ctrl+s then ctrl+p, it re-starts the track from the beginning. The use of ctrl+s here may stop the track playing but it doesn't clear the playlist. This behaviour only happens if I've pressed ctrl+p on a different artist without stopping play first.

If I start GBPVR, select an artist, ctrl+p then ctrl+s the track starts & stops and the playlist is cleared as you would expect. If I select another artist and ctrl+p, a new playlist is created. The odd behaviour seems related to pressing ctrl+p on another artist without pressing ctrl+s first.

[TuckerTFT]

Psycik ... it seems you are being very active in responding to posts in this thread so I thought I would try to call your attention to a genre issue that I posted yesterday in this thread, which you started regarding v3.12 a couple of days back.

Could you have a look at the issue I reported and advise when you get a chance?

Thanks.

[psycik]

TuckerTFT, did you get my pm?? I sent you one with my email address in it, could you send me an MP3 that you're having trouble with so I can check what tags are available in it. Could you let me know what it's currently returning, and what you'd like it to return also.

[psycik]

Bobins, my trapping of the ctrl-p may be interferring with the WindowsMediaForAudio since I think that's how it works, i.e when Window Media is used it processes the commands regardless of the plugin. So In effect I may have less control.

I think very early on most ML2 users had to switch Windows Media off.

[Bobins]

Ok I can set use windowsmediaaudio to false but when I do that I get nothing when I press ctrl+p.

Am I missing something?

Sorry but I also noticed something else too. When I initially scan for tracks, the "Reading MP3 Tags" counter works its way up to 4000 which is about right for the number of tracks I've got. When I subsequently use "Update Library" from within ML2, the counter only does up to about 700. :confused: