Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
On 2011/06/04 03:06, Kesh Ikuma tik...@hotmail.com wrote: First, mpd -V returns the following decoder list: Supported decoders: [mad] mp3 mp2 [vorbis] ogg oga [oggflac] ogg oga [flac] flac [faad] aac [wavpack] wv [pcm] Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error (which is expected), but it only says: time=0 not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD client? Also, I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are shown. Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD binary that cannot decode *.m4a? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error (which is expected), but it only says: time=0 not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD client? Yes, both appears and plays back fine. Also, I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are shown. Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD binary that cannot decode *.m4a? I've tried 3 (or 2) versions of MPD so far (off repos of Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04 and git 0.17) and all 3 builds were able to play back .m4a just fine. I cam across this (old) post on Ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217049 in which the OP had the same issue with m4a files but in Amarok under Kubuntu. Then, down the thread someone states that The Amarok faq says you have to have gstreamer-faad and gstreamer-quicktime to play m4a files. MPD doesn't use gstreamer, does it? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
From what I remember, the builds from Ubuntu *don't* play m4a, because it's not free software. For mpd to play anything using non-free codecs/libraries, you have to install the necessary libraries,and build mpd yourself. (I suppose it's possible this has changed; I've been building it myself for a long time now.) On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Kesh Ikuma tik...@hotmail.com wrote: Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error (which is expected), but it only says: time=0 not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. This plugin will not be used for *.m4a, because the extension is not listed above. Do *.m4a files actually appear in the database on a MPD client? Yes, both appears and plays back fine. Also, I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are shown. Were those files scanned before you recompiled, and now you have a MPD binary that cannot decode *.m4a? I've tried 3 (or 2) versions of MPD so far (off repos of Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04 and git 0.17) and all 3 builds were able to play back .m4a just fine. I cam across this (old) post on Ubuntu forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=217049 in which the OP had the same issue with m4a files but in Amarok under Kubuntu. Then, down the thread someone states that The Amarok faq says you have to have gstreamer-faad and gstreamer-quicktime to play m4a files. MPD doesn't use gstreamer, does it? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
On 2011/06/02 04:56, Kesh Ikuma tik...@hotmail.com wrote: Meanwhile, these do not work: mpc search artist jackson mpc search album thriller genre pop Oh, it does play m4a files just fine, just these 2 tags aren't working for me. Has this been reported? If someone can give me quick pointers to where to look in the source files, I can look into the problem myself. Enable the test programs (configure --enable-test), run the read_tags program on such a file to print what MPD sees during database update. -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
Re: [Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
Max, Thanks for the reply. Meanwhile, these do not work: mpc search artist jackson mpc search album thriller genre pop Enable the test programs (configure --enable-test), run the read_tags program on such a file to print what MPD sees during database update. First, mpd -V returns the following decoder list: Supported decoders: [mad] mp3 mp2 [vorbis] ogg oga [oggflac] ogg oga [flac] flac [faad] aac [wavpack] wv [pcm] Assuming that I can only use one of these, only [faad] returned w/o error (which is expected), but it only says: time=0 not including album and title that I was able to retrieve. Also, I was looking at my MPD library and noticed that there are some m4a files which artist tag shows up. But none of the genre tags are shown. Kesh -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 ___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
[Musicpd-dev-team] Database search problem with iTune .m4a files
Greeting (from first time poster)! I've been using MPD for about a month now and love it very much so far! Now, I came across what appears to be a bug and thought share it here and see if I can get any inputs. (My apology in advance it has been reported.) First my setup. My music library consists of a mixture of flac, mp3, and (iTune) m4a files, and my primary client (for now) is Ario (using it both locally in Ubuntu and over the network on a Windows box). Here's the initial symptom: When I customize the Ario's Library Organization to Genre - Album - Title then Ario lists Unknown genre with all my m4a files listed in it. Everyone of my audio files has its Genre tag set with EasyTAG. I dag a little further with mpc. Let's say we have an m4a file for Michael Jackson's Thriller (both album title) listed under Pop. These searches work: mpc search album thriller mpc search title thriller Meanwhile, these do not work: mpc search artist jackson mpc search album thriller genre pop Oh, it does play m4a files just fine, just these 2 tags aren't working for me. Has this been reported? If someone can give me quick pointers to where to look in the source files, I can look into the problem myself. Thanks, Kesh -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev___ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
