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SOLVED - 1.4.0 Final - not reading mp3 files without tags?
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<blockquote data-quote="AlexT" data-source="post: 1021155" data-attributes="member: 112947"><p><strong>Thanks, mm</strong> for taking the time to read and reply. And for the point-to on the patch.</p><p> </p><p>I do not expect MP to develop a database from filenames. I should have stated that the only reason I enabled <em>Auto-update database</em> and clicked on <em>Update database</em>... was to see if MP was even recognizing the mp3 files 'as' files. A view of the database file via Notepad2 did show the location and filenames correctly of the 29 mp3 files (again, no tags) I copied into a temp folder for troubleshooting. That was the only purpose of that step. In previous versions of MP, I never had to do anything other than goto MUSIC feature, click on the folder I wanted, and even with over 600 mp3 files, it only took a couple of seconds for it to open, and any file played fine. I have never had an issue with MUSIC before. Please note that XMPlay has no issue with tagless mp3 files.</p><p> </p><p>I do have <em>Views</em> set to <em>Shares</em>.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]134867[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>I just did some more troubleshooting or experimenting, perhaps, lol. You can see in the screenshot that <em>Sort</em> is set to <em>Name</em>, even though I keep trying to set it to <em>Filename</em> in the MP Configuration program. I do select it there but when I open MP and look it is still set to <em>Name</em>, which you can see in above screenshot. Below screenshot simply shows that I am clear on how to set it. lol I should mention that while in MP, I can change <em>Sort</em> to <em>Filename</em> but it doesn't change anything. If I then close MP and then open MP again, <em>Sort</em> still shows as <em>Filename</em> but again, doesn't do anything differently. I then checked in the MP Configuration Program and <em>Sort</em> was still set to <em>Name</em>.</p><p> </p><p><em>[ATTACH]134868[/ATTACH]</em></p><p> </p><p>So the experiment was to use %name% in the format field in the MP Configuration Program and sort was set to <em>Name</em> since it won't let me use <em>Filename</em>; ie, no choice, as I have explained. I opened MP, clicked on MUSIC TEMP folder and lo and behold there were the 29 songs and their correct durations but! all songs were titled %name%, literally.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]134869[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>It would not let me play the files, I was only able to scroll through the list but the fact that it resulted in an ordered list, sorted by filename (even though MP Config Prog would not keep that as a setting) and the durations were shown correctly at least showed that, in part, MP was recognizing the tagless mp3 files.</p><p> </p><p>The only thing I have thought about trying is to again do a full uninstall of 1.4.0, do a clean install of 1.3.0, and retrieve the default playlist file that is created when MP is closed. I assume that I can do so. And then place that file in whatever location 1.4.0 keeps it, open MP, goto MUSIC, and select it in the <em>Playlist</em> area. If the Team would like me to do so and it would help with troubleshooting, then I will.</p><p> </p><p>And I feel important to say, the reason I am even bringing up this issue is because it is away from the standard or norm from all previous MP versions and I have not read of it being an intended change. It might be important for the programming or programmers (<strong><3 for Team MP</strong>) of future MP versions. I say all that because even though I could find a free tag editor and yes, would have to go in and manually tag a lot of mp3 files, I felt my latter point important enough to give back through all this. Hope that all made sense. And of course, sure, I would like to keep my mp3 files tagless. I could even revert back to MP 1.3.0 final but I have great trust in the Team MP and know I should be using the latest/greatest. Plus, I will start using my i7 system eventually for my HTPC needs but am waiting on affording the flat screen tv I want. I run W7 on it but only use for gaming now. I have put off migrating my HTPC needs to it is because my MSI GTX 480 video card only does DVI or HDMI out and W7 does not properly recognizing generic tv's properly anymore; ie, there are adapters for DVI to composite available or I could build one. I digress. ha!</p><p> </p><p>I think I covered everything I could think of for now. Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlexT, post: 1021155, member: 112947"] [B]Thanks, mm[/B] for taking the time to read and reply. And for the point-to on the patch. I do not expect MP to develop a database from filenames. I should have stated that the only reason I enabled [I]Auto-update database[/I] and clicked on [I]Update database[/I]... was to see if MP was even recognizing the mp3 files 'as' files. A view of the database file via Notepad2 did show the location and filenames correctly of the 29 mp3 files (again, no tags) I copied into a temp folder for troubleshooting. That was the only purpose of that step. In previous versions of MP, I never had to do anything other than goto MUSIC feature, click on the folder I wanted, and even with over 600 mp3 files, it only took a couple of seconds for it to open, and any file played fine. I have never had an issue with MUSIC before. Please note that XMPlay has no issue with tagless mp3 files. I do have [I]Views[/I] set to [I]Shares[/I]. [ATTACH]134867[/ATTACH] I just did some more troubleshooting or experimenting, perhaps, lol. You can see in the screenshot that [I]Sort[/I] is set to [I]Name[/I], even though I keep trying to set it to [I]Filename[/I] in the MP Configuration program. I do select it there but when I open MP and look it is still set to [I]Name[/I], which you can see in above screenshot. Below screenshot simply shows that I am clear on how to set it. lol I should mention that while in MP, I can change [I]Sort[/I] to [I]Filename[/I] but it doesn't change anything. If I then close MP and then open MP again, [I]Sort[/I] still shows as [I]Filename[/I] but again, doesn't do anything differently. I then checked in the MP Configuration Program and [I]Sort[/I] was still set to [I]Name[/I]. [I][ATTACH]134868[/ATTACH][/I] So the experiment was to use %name% in the format field in the MP Configuration Program and sort was set to [I]Name[/I] since it won't let me use [I]Filename[/I]; ie, no choice, as I have explained. I opened MP, clicked on MUSIC TEMP folder and lo and behold there were the 29 songs and their correct durations but! all songs were titled %name%, literally. [ATTACH]134869[/ATTACH] It would not let me play the files, I was only able to scroll through the list but the fact that it resulted in an ordered list, sorted by filename (even though MP Config Prog would not keep that as a setting) and the durations were shown correctly at least showed that, in part, MP was recognizing the tagless mp3 files. The only thing I have thought about trying is to again do a full uninstall of 1.4.0, do a clean install of 1.3.0, and retrieve the default playlist file that is created when MP is closed. I assume that I can do so. And then place that file in whatever location 1.4.0 keeps it, open MP, goto MUSIC, and select it in the [I]Playlist[/I] area. If the Team would like me to do so and it would help with troubleshooting, then I will. And I feel important to say, the reason I am even bringing up this issue is because it is away from the standard or norm from all previous MP versions and I have not read of it being an intended change. It might be important for the programming or programmers ([B]<3 for Team MP[/B]) of future MP versions. I say all that because even though I could find a free tag editor and yes, would have to go in and manually tag a lot of mp3 files, I felt my latter point important enough to give back through all this. Hope that all made sense. And of course, sure, I would like to keep my mp3 files tagless. I could even revert back to MP 1.3.0 final but I have great trust in the Team MP and know I should be using the latest/greatest. Plus, I will start using my i7 system eventually for my HTPC needs but am waiting on affording the flat screen tv I want. I run W7 on it but only use for gaming now. I have put off migrating my HTPC needs to it is because my MSI GTX 480 video card only does DVI or HDMI out and W7 does not properly recognizing generic tv's properly anymore; ie, there are adapters for DVI to composite available or I could build one. I digress. ha! I think I covered everything I could think of for now. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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