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I've noticed that a few of my mp3s weren't playing when I try to play them. They cause the entire playlist to stop. Happens both on the web and Android players.

However, if I run them through FFMPEG and take that output, it plays.

The only thing I can find related to the songs that refuse to play are I bought them on amazon.com (ok, one album I bought through another site, but still).

Information I know:
Server:
* Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
* Subsonic 4.7 (build 3105) – September 11, 2012
Client:
* Windows -- Chrome, IE7 and IE8
* Android -- latest app
mp3 transcoding:
* ffmpeg -i %s -ab %bk -v 0 -f mp3 -


Log:

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[10/26/12 7:21:37 PM EDT]   INFO   PlayQueueInputStream   mole listening to "Snake Charmer (From the Motion Picture _Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid_) - Single/01 - Snake Charmer (From the Motion Picture _Mega Python Vs..mp3"
[10/26/12 7:21:37 PM EDT]   DEBUG   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: [/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg] [-i] [/home/media/mp3_Historical/Amazon MP3/Debbie Gibson/Snake Charmer (From the Motion Picture _Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid_) - Single/01 - Snake Charmer (From the Motion Picture _Mega Python Vs..mp3] [-ab] [192k] [-v] [0] [-f] [mp3] [-]
[10/26/12 7:27:18 PM EDT]   INFO   PlayQueueInputStream   mole listening to "Serpentine (Single)/01 - Serpentine.mp3"
[10/26/12 7:27:18 PM EDT]   DEBUG   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: [/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg] [-i] [/home/media/mp3_Historical/Amazon MP3/Tiffany/Serpentine (Single)/01 - Serpentine.mp3] [-ab] [192k] [-v] [0] [-f] [mp3] [-]
[10/26/12 7:27:50 PM EDT]   INFO   PlayQueueInputStream   mole listening to "Toon Tunes 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Songs/28 - Linus And Lucy {from Peanuts}.mp3"
[10/26/12 7:30:55 PM EDT]   INFO   PlayQueueInputStream   mole listening to "Toon Tunes 50 Favorite Classic Cartoon Songs/43 - Conjunction Junction.mp3"

The first two are the problem ones. The second two played without a hitch. As said before, the only thing I can think of is the first two were purchased online and may have DRM and the latter two I ripped from a CD myself.

What's weird is I KNOW I've played these two songs before. I think it was a version of Subsonic that was last year. I know because I played the songs for a friend of mine who is a huge Debbie Gibson and Tiffany fan. (Don't judge! The movie was wicked awesome!)

Anybody have any ideas?

I would try to see if you can convert the files to another MP3 file but without DRM and try to play those.

Uhm, from a musical perspective, converting MP3 to MP3 is a really bad idea. But so is DRM, too. If possible at all, try replacing them with proper files.

Converting them (via FFMPEG) does work.

The "problem" with that is the whole DRM thing. Legally, I still have to keep the originals [just like we have to keep our original CDs we rip]. This may not be a huge problem with the amazon mp3s as I SHOULD be able to redownload them if necessary (but how many times?), but I have a couple albums that I can't redownload anymore. I'm not a fan of keeping duplicate digitals.

I did learn that whatever I was running back on May 18, 2012 was approximately the last time I was able to successfully play DRM things (Thank you, Subsonic, for telling me that when I pulled up The Muppets Green Album!). I was probably on current versions back then. And, since I had been super-busy with projects the past few months, music had been put at the back burner and I just recently updated everything.

The song you linked to plays np with both SS 4.6 & 4.7

So, I figured it out.

Only because it was driving me batty trying to figure out which mp3s were DRM and which weren't and all of a sudden playlists would stop.

I was informed (so kindly) that a [free] DRM file I shared was working for another user (thank you, BKKKPewsey). Which meant I knew it had to be something to do with my installation.

So I said to myself, "Self, you have to have something wrong"

Today I created a Virtual Machine with a Linux environment that has the exact same steps I set up on my own box with (I love documentation). Took me a few minutes, but I got Tomcat and Subsonic up and running. I attempted to play the same DRM file and it worked.

So, I sat and figured out what's different between the two installations. Then I remembered!

At some point in the past I changed the ffmpeg that was installed in my Ubuntu installation. I changed it when the option to watch videos was added. I was getting an error when trying to play videos.

I reset my ffmpeg back to the version that's in the repository and I can now play the problem DRM files.

Then another problem happens. I can no longer appear to play videos. Tried with my "fresh installation" in the Virtual Machine and the same lack of dice.

Here's what's going on in the log:

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[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   INFO   PlayQueueInputStream   admin listening to "mp3/wicked_generic_trailer_700k.mov"
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   TranscodeInputStream   Starting transcoder: [/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg] [-ss] [0] [-i] [/home/mp3/wicked_generic_trailer_700k.mov] [-async] [1] [-b] [300k] [-s] [428x240] [-ar] [44100] [-ac] [2] [-v] [0] [-f] [flv] [-vcodec] [libx264] [-preset] [superfast] [-threads] [0] [-]
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) built on Jun 12 2012 16:27:34, gcc: 4.4.3
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/home/mp3/wicked_generic_trailer_700k.mov':
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) Duration: 00:02:50.77, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 951 kb/s
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) Stream #0.0(eng): Video: svq3, yuvj420p, 480x270, 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16
[12/4/12 1:56:13 PM EST]   DEBUG   InputStreamReaderThread   (/var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg) /var/subsonic/transcode/ffmpeg: unrecognized option '-preset'

The last line, I'm assuming is the problem.

Memory is recalling that at some point I decided I wanted to watch the videos, and had to compile a fresh version of ffmpeg because something was missing in the version that was in Ubuntu. I don't remember which tutorial I used or where I found it.

So, now it's "If I want to listen to DRM files, I have to use the version of ffmpeg that's in the Ubuntu repositories. If I want to watch videos, I have to use the version of ffmpeg I compiled."

My compiled version: ffmpeg version git-2012-03-05-1879400 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers built on Mar 5 2012 14:31:17 with gcc 4.4.3
Ubuntu installed version: FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.9-4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.


I glanced through the configuration options in the two ffmpeg versions and there is one difference that stands out -- the Ubuntu installed version doesn't have libx264 enabled.

So, right now I have the system jerry-rigged (no offense to anyone named Jerry). I have two ffmpeg's linked -- one named "ffmpeg" (this one for mp3s) and the other named "ffmpeg2" (this one pointing to the compiled version and used for videos). I changed the Subsonic config for the vids to reference "ffmpeg2". So, right now it's "working", but not the ideal way.

I've got Ubuntu 10.04 running, so I think I'm stuck with those repositories. Anyone know how to install lib264 using the same ffmpeg installation?