[slim] AAC and gapless
I recall a time when my squeezeboxes played aac files gapless. Unfortunately I can't recall with which version of SqueezeboxServer... Today, using version both 7.5.5 and 7.6.1 on ubuntu, aac files do not play gapless on my SB3, Radio and Boom. My tests: I took 2 aac files and played them with winamp and vlc on windows 7. The files play gapless. I decoded the 2 files on ubuntu using 'faad -w filename.aac filename.wav' and played those with winamp and vlc on windows 7. They do NOT play gapless. So FAAD doesn't seem to decode the files properly. AAC files where created by iTunes (ripped from my CD). I know FAAD is used to play aac files because I can see the FAAD process being started on the ubuntu machine. By the way, FAAD is version 2.7 build on april 14 2010. I can't find a definitive answer in the wiki (or with a search on this forum) if my players are supposed to play aac natively or if they need transcoding. My questions: 1. Which players can play aac natively AND gapless 2. Should aac play gapless when being transcoded? -- MikeDelta 2xSB3, 1xBoom, 1xRadio and a Ubuntu FileServer with SBS. MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90356 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
SilverRS8;533872 Wrote: Hmmm you're right. The problem was actually solved when changing printer settings or remote server settings right after changing the From date. It was however not solved when changing settings in the main screen but it is now. Download RC3 again and give it a try. I'm sure it is solved now. Looks good! No unexpected behaviour so far. Good work! -- MikeDelta 2xSB3, 1xBoom, 1xRadio and a Ubuntu FileServer with SBS. MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
SilverRS8;533124 Wrote: Fixed it and available as v3.3 RC3. Frank, I'm afraid the error is still there... 1. I've installed your latest version. 2. Started the script without changing any setting. 3. I got a catalog starting from the set 'From Date' (a 'From date' was still set from a previous attempt). Very good, but... 4. Changed the 'Header Background' setting on the main menu 5. Started the script again (so only the background color was changed, nothing else) 6. Script ran for 28 minutes and produced a full catalog. -- MikeDelta 2xSB3, 1xBoom, 1xRadio and a Ubuntu FileServer with SBS. MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
SilverRS8;53249 Wrote: Hope this still makes any sense and it answers your question? Frank, First of all, I've been using AAC for a long time now and I think it's a great program. I'm trying to understand some of the options that are not that obvious to me. I think I understand what you're trying to tell me, but it doesn't fully answer my question. I have played/experimented with the CLI of squeezeboxserver and I know for a fact that the CLI gives all the information you need about artists, albums and tracks to make a catalog like AAC does. The CLI even provides a (partial) link to the (cached?) coverart. Because of the need for the MySql driver you're probably accessing the database directly without the CLI. I recall having read something about the need for a drive letter to get the albumart, but while looking at the catalogs html output file, I can see that the links to the album art do not have a reference to the drive letter or directories at all. So I wondered, why would AAC need a path to the directories where the music files are stored? If I understand you explanation correctly, the starting folder can be used as an index to get only partial information on the catalog. In my case the M: drive points to the mp3 files only while the catalog contains all albums which includes mp3,aac,ogg,wma and flac files. These aac, ogg and other files are NOT accessable through this drive M: ! So far I enter a drive letter in the Remote Server/NAS options screen, a 'Full remote physical path to music share' and 'Starting folder' on the 'optional' filters because the program requires it. So, I'm trying to understand the need for a drive letter pointing to the actual music files, and if it is a way of filtering out unwanted stuff, why does my catalog contain all the music and not only mp3 files? -- MikeDelta MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
SilverRS8;532790 Wrote: When the starting folder is not used, you don't need a drive letter. After some experimenting I've got the filtering with the starting folder working. I had to remap the drive letter to another directory level to make that work. That's great! But I won't be using the filter option very often. I intend to make a full catalog once, and then a monthly update by creating a catalog with a specific start date. So, I only want to use the 'From Date' in the optional filters and leave the 'starting folder' empty. Doing this will create the original ODBC error. There is no way to remove the drive letter in the 'Remote Server/NAS options' screen. I think it's accidently working now because of an unintended misconfiguration on my side. So, suppose I want to create full catalogs (sometimes catalogs with a specific From Date') and I do NOT have a drive letter mapped to any music directory (because the music is on another machine) what options do I need to set in AAC? -- MikeDelta MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
SilverRS8;532855 Wrote: Bug fixed and available as v3.3 RC2. Please let me know if this is ok now. Frank The ODBC error is gone. I can make a catalog with only a 'From Date' entered and leaving all other fields blank. But I've noticed something else and I'm not sure if AAC is supposed to do that: 1. I've been experimenting with the printing options (Maximum track on row page and Maximum album rows per page) to see if I can print to PDF without the occasional blank page. 2. Because of the size of my music collection I restrict the number of albums by entering a 'From Date' (a full catalog takes about 30 minutes to create). But the first time I create a catalog after the printing options change, AAC doesn't use the 'From Date'. I get a full catalog. The second time I start AAC (without changing any option and leaving the 'From Date' unchanged) I do get a catalog from the set 'From Date'. Subsequent runs of AAC with other dates give catalogs from the set 'From Date' until I change another setting. Even changing the 'Header Background' on the Layout section produces a full catalog at the first run and partial catalogs (starting at the set 'From Date') at subsequent runs. Is this expected behaviour ? -- MikeDelta 2xSB3, 1xBoom, 1xRadio and a Ubuntu FileServer with SBS. MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
Frank, I would like to use the 'Optional Filter From Date' option, but whatever I put in that field, I get the following error (unless I leave the field blank): Error while creating AAC table in database. Error number: -214721787 Error description: ODBC driver does not support the requested properties. Unable to continue. ... and then the program exits. I'm using the required ODBC driver (5.1.6) and I'm running the latest version of the Album Catalog Creator (V3.3rc) I saw another posting with the same error a while ago in this thread but I'm not sure if you're already working on a fix. I use an English Windows XP with the dutch date/time format. I've included the logfile. Something I can do to help solve this problem? +---+ |Filename: ACC.log | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9567| +---+ -- MikeDelta MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator v3
SilverRS8;532239 Wrote: Put a \ after the M: you use in the starting folder field and it should work (let me know the outcome). That worked great! The error message disappeared and the catalog was created. It's funny that something unrelated to the date has this effect. About this drive letter: My Squeezebox server runs on a different machine (running ubuntu linux) and usually there is no drive letter mapped to the music directories. When I first tried you program (I believe it was version 1.3) I attempted the remote server option but I couldn't get it to run. Then I mapped the m: drive to one of the music directories, entered the drive letter and I got a result. Since then I map this drive letter just for the purpose of creating an up-to-date catalog. The funny thing is that the drive letter only points to the mp3 directory while the catalog is complete with flac,wma,aac,ogg and mp3 albums. So, I'm wondering, do I need the drive letter at all? And if I do, how come the catalog is complete with the other formats including the coverart? I can't remove the driveletter in the 'remote server/NAS options' screen, the help text onscreen says I need the drive letter but the 'usage and configuration' information on your homepage doesn't mention the drive letter at all. Did I miss some information? -- MikeDelta MikeDelta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74452 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
