MyMusic (Bass player) doesnt play songs with special characters

Wintermute42 · 2007-09-18, 18:12

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3 RC2
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Two wide
Windows Version: Windows XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon64-3000 Clawhammer
HDD: Samsung SV0802N 80GB
Memory: 2GB DDR-400 Corsair Value Select
Motherboard: Asus K8V-Deluxe
Motherboard Chipset: VIA K8T800
Motherboard Bios: AMI 1005.011
Video Card: nVidia Geforce 6200
Video Card Driver: Forceware 94.24
Sound Card: ADI AD1980 SoundMax
Sound Card Driver: 5.12.1.3663
1. TV Card: Digital Everywhere FireDTV DVB-C
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: 4.8.0.0
Satelite/CableTV Provider: KabelBW
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC13B
Power Supply: Coba 350W single Fan 120mm
Remote: Logitech diNovo edge BT Keyboard
TV: Samsung LE 37 R 72 B
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA Sub-D

Using a playlist that was generated with winamp and put to the "My Playlists" folder.
Steps to reproduce:
- start MP, go to MyMusic
- load a saved playlist
- now, some songs are skipped by the bass player (see error log)

These songs are easy to identify, because in the playlist they have no song length noted to the right.
It regards all songs in folders with special characters like ö,ü,ä or " ' ".

Theres an additional bug. After MP skips the song, it starts to play the next one but stops that after a few seconds and plays the next but one.

Apart from that, the songs play without any problems in interpret or folder view.

Wintermute42 · 2007-09-22, 16:56

No one can confirm this one? Its kind of annyoing, and I really dont want to rename all paths to straight ASCII chars only. (hm, btw " ' " is ASCII 27, and it doesnt play either)...

enco · 2007-10-05, 19:33

Yes I can confirm this, in version 0.2.2 as well as in 0.2.3 RC2. It only happens in .m3u lists though, the problem does not occur with .pls playlists.
BTW I had this problem with both the BASS engine and the internal DShow player.

The catch with .pls playlists OTOH is that the track length is not displayed properly (I only tested this in 0.2.3 RC2). E.g. a "Length<#>=216" entry in the .pls file makes MP display a track length of exactly 60:00:00 instead of 3:36.
Accordingly, "Length=230" turns out to 63:53:20 instead of 3:50. MP seems to divide the "Length" value by 3.6 to calculate the running length in hours.
I might file a separate bug report for this after further testing, if needed.

Wintermute42 · 2007-10-08, 11:01

Thx!
Is there any other playlist type that might work completely right now?

enco · 2007-10-08, 22:55

Not that I know of. I only tried the playlist formats supported by Winamp: m3u, m3u8 (not recognized by MP) and pls.

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2007-09-22, 16:56	#2 (permalink)
Wintermute42 Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	No one can confirm this one? Its kind of annyoing, and I really dont want to rename all paths to straight ASCII chars only. (hm, btw " ' " is ASCII 27, and it doesnt play either)...

2007-10-05, 19:33	#3 (permalink)
enco Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Yes I can confirm this, in version 0.2.2 as well as in 0.2.3 RC2. It only happens in .m3u lists though, the problem does not occur with .pls playlists. BTW I had this problem with both the BASS engine and the internal DShow player. The catch with .pls playlists OTOH is that the track length is not displayed properly (I only tested this in 0.2.3 RC2). E.g. a "Length<#>=216" entry in the .pls file makes MP display a track length of exactly 60:00:00 instead of 3:36. Accordingly, "Length=230" turns out to 63:53:20 instead of 3:50. MP seems to divide the "Length" value by 3.6 to calculate the running length in hours. I might file a separate bug report for this after further testing, if needed.

2007-10-08, 11:01	#4 (permalink)
Wintermute42 Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts My System	Thx! Is there any other playlist type that might work completely right now?

2007-10-08, 22:55	#5 (permalink)
enco Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Not that I know of. I only tried the playlist formats supported by Winamp: m3u, m3u8 (not recognized by MP) and pls.