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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1284099" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>Files that you download from the "BBC Sounds" web site are MP3 files, with a choice of quality (64 kbits/sec or 128 kbits/sec). If you browse the MP3 file using a suitable editor, you will see that there are various character strings near the start of the file, and these include the programme description. These strings are the file's "metadata". However...</p><p></p><p>I downloaded a couple of files from the "BBC Sounds" web site (Laura Kuenssberg's acclaimed review of the Covid crisis), and tried them with MP1. Files of type MP3 do <em>not</em> show in the "Videos" section of MP1, but they <em>do</em> show in the "Music" section of MP1 (as you would expect). Although MP1 does extract <em>some</em> of the MP3 metadata from the file, it does not extract the programme description. My MP2 system is not working at present, so I don't know what it might show. It will probably list the MP3 file, but may not show the metadata. This is what I see using my customised skin in MP1:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]208577[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The programme description that MP1 omits is this:</p><p></p><p><em>Laura Kuenssberg presents a special BBC News podcast looking back at the past 12 months of the Covid crisis in the UK and how decisions were made at the heart of government. Featuring exclusive interviews with the Labour leader Keir Starmer and the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock.</em></p><p></p><p>With MP1 it is not necessary to "import" files into the database -- MP1 simply finds them when you first enter the folder that contains the new files. But perhaps MP2 does require you to import them before you can see them listed in MP2? I don't know.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1284099, member: 141969"] Files that you download from the "BBC Sounds" web site are MP3 files, with a choice of quality (64 kbits/sec or 128 kbits/sec). If you browse the MP3 file using a suitable editor, you will see that there are various character strings near the start of the file, and these include the programme description. These strings are the file's "metadata". However... I downloaded a couple of files from the "BBC Sounds" web site (Laura Kuenssberg's acclaimed review of the Covid crisis), and tried them with MP1. Files of type MP3 do [I]not[/I] show in the "Videos" section of MP1, but they [I]do[/I] show in the "Music" section of MP1 (as you would expect). Although MP1 does extract [I]some[/I] of the MP3 metadata from the file, it does not extract the programme description. My MP2 system is not working at present, so I don't know what it might show. It will probably list the MP3 file, but may not show the metadata. This is what I see using my customised skin in MP1: [ATTACH alt="bbc_podcast.jpg"]208577[/ATTACH] The programme description that MP1 omits is this: [I]Laura Kuenssberg presents a special BBC News podcast looking back at the past 12 months of the Covid crisis in the UK and how decisions were made at the heart of government. Featuring exclusive interviews with the Labour leader Keir Starmer and the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock.[/I] With MP1 it is not necessary to "import" files into the database -- MP1 simply finds them when you first enter the folder that contains the new files. But perhaps MP2 does require you to import them before you can see them listed in MP2? I don't know. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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