AAC m4a files Support

[psycik]

First things first, in the config app under plugin settings for ML2 there is a field that lists the "accepted" extensions to play/look for. Make sure m4a is in here, if not you'll have to edit the config.xml file in the gbpvr directory (use notepad)

Then , in the link for MusicLibrary2 (or it may be on the wiki OR I may have left it in the install I can't remember) There is a Taglib-sharp.dll.

I think it defaults to the

Code:

program files\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\MusicLibrary2

directory.
For a lot of people this is fine and everything works. But others have to move it to

Code:

program files\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\Common

This latter choice will become more relevant with the new version I'm working on.

Basically with that reader it allows you to read the tag from inside an m4a file. Without that reader, ML2 should still pick up your m4a files, but the artist, and album will be "(unknown)" and I think it uses the filename as the title.

Lastly, if ML2 is displaying M4as (correctly or not) and you're not getting any sound, check you get sound a, in the gbpvr music plugin (Music Library) and b, in windows media player. If you're not getting sound with either of those, then you haven't got an m4a codec installed.

[jockgbpvr]

First things first, in the config app under plugin settings for ML2 there is a field that lists the "accepted" extensions to play/look for. Make sure m4a is in here, if not you'll have to edit the config.xml file in the gbpvr directory (use notepad)

Yes - Under "library Update" there in an "accepted music formats" pane a grayed out list shows "mp3/ogg/wma/m4a"

Then , in the link for MusicLibrary2 (or it may be on the wiki OR I may have left it in the install I can't remember) There is a Taglib-sharp.dll.

I have downloaded taglib-sharp 2.0.3.0 from your link. Unzipped it and found
taglib-sharp.dll.

I think it defaults to the
Code:

program files\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\MusicLibrary2

directory.
For a lot of people this is fine and everything works. But others have to move it to
Code:

program files\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\Common

This latter choice will become more relevant with the new version I'm working on.


Now - I am not clear about "default" here - is it supposed to install automatically? if so how?

I have placed it manually in the plugins/ML2 & then tied the plugins/common folders with no luck.


Basically with that reader it allows you to read the tag from inside an m4a file. Without that reader, ML2 should still pick up your m4a files, but the artist, and album will be "(unknown)" and I think it uses the filename as the title.

This is exactly what is happening for me.

Lastly, if ML2 is displaying M4as (correctly or not) and you're not getting any sound, check you get sound a, in the gbpvr music plugin (Music Library) and b, in windows media player. If you're not getting sound with either of those, then you haven't got an m4a codec installed.

Not crossed that bridge yet - but plays happily through a MVP.

Many Thanks!

[psycik]

I think it defaults to the
Code:

program files\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\MusicLibrary2

directory.
For a lot of people this is fine and everything works. But others have to move it to
Code:

program files\devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\Common

This latter choice will become more relevant with the new version I'm working on.


Now - I am not clear about "default" here - is it supposed to install automatically? if so how?

I have placed it manually in the plugins/ML2 & then tied the plugins/common folders with no luck.

Ok, I've got rid of all the other stuff, as that all sounds good, and as expected. So we'll just concentrate on this bit.

It sounds like you have tried putting it in the two locations i would have expected.

What you can now try doing is gradually take .dll files from the MusicLibrary2 directory and putting them in common.

I would start with Interfaces.dll, then musicLibraryCommon.dll.

If after all that you still do not get the tracks being read properly....start up the config app, get the musicLibrary2 plugins settings and turn on "Insane amount of logging" then run a scan for me and post the logs.

[jockgbpvr]

Ok - logs enclosed. Many Thanks

[psycik]

Code:

MusicLibrary2: Testing for Tag libraries
2008-06-18 12:06:21.750    VERBOSE    [1]    Looking for missing assembly in C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\plugins\common: UltraID3Lib, Version=0.9.5.10, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
2008-06-18 12:06:21.750    VERBOSE    [1]    Looking for missing assembly in plugin\common: UltraID3Lib, Version=0.9.5.10, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
2008-06-18 12:06:21.781    VERBOSE    [1]    MusicLibrary2: Tag library test Complete

This tells me it's found and loaded the UltraID3 tabl library without any problems. Tag lib should be able to exist with this library. But something gnawing at the back of my mind reminds me that you could try removing taglib-sharp altogether as I think it's might also be bundled with gbpvr in that directory. That is something to try....

[jockgbpvr]

No luck -

Taglib-sharp.dll in also here:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\gbpvr\66372bc5\b1db62aa\assembly\dl3\ac59b021\00f33af0_aa53c801

and:

C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\web\bin

Cheers

[psycik]

Actually I had that wrong, it has found tablig sharp but not ultraid3.

But just because it find those libraries does not mean that anything it has currently scanned will now show titles.

I saw you do a scan in the config (and say you have insane logging on as well). You may have to to also turn on internal ML2 Logging. I didn't think that was a requirement but it might be.

Then run the scan again.

[jockgbpvr]

Repost...

[psycik]

hmm, for some reason, those logs, on the usefulness scale, were about a 1.

I can see it reading the tracks in the mlupdater logs, and inserting, but it's not telling me which reader it used. Which is used to, but I wonder if version 7.2 broke that.

Last option before I get really desperate, if to make sure the insane and ML2 logging is enabled, start up the config app, nuke the ML2 library then scan from there.

Then go on holiday.....

[jockgbpvr]

Ok - I think a new install after this... Many thanks!