"Playlist is managed by player" Problem in Subsoni

[nurotek]

I just discovered that the "Playlist is managed by player" feature in Subsonic 3.3beta1 does not transcode non-mp3 formats for streaming. This also affect the WAP interface as well as the standard interface. I have tested this with flac, ogg and mp4 containers.

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks,

Nurotek

[sindre_mehus]

Oops..

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll have a look at it.

Sindre

[RXWatcher]

Another issue is that when you have the playlist downloaded to the player that the stream name gets messed up. Instead of Subsonic with the track name in it you get this huge path.


This shows up in the main player window (while a track is playing and in the playlist(replacing the track name) after the track has been played

Player(Winamp) main track title: stream?pathUtf8Hex=2f6d6e742f7573622f4d5033732f3320446f6f727320446f776e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792066726f6d207468652053756e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792046726f6d205468652053756e202d203031202d205768656e2049276d20476f6e652e6d7033&suffix=.mp3

Playlist Entry prior to playing: "3 Doors Down - Away from the sun"

Playlist Entry post playing: stream?pathUtf8Hex=2f6d6e742f7573622f4d5033732f3320446f6f727320446f776e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792066726f6d207468652053756e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792046726f6d205468652053756e202d203031202d205768656e2049276d20476f6e652e6d7033&suffix=.mp3


I think it's the stream name thats getting messed up..this is the info from another track:


Network received: 576704 bytes
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
Stream name: stream?pathUtf8Hex=2f6d6e742f7573622f4d5033732f3320446f6f727320446f776e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792066726f6d207468652053756e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792046726f6d205468652053756e202d203034202d205469636b657420546f2048656176656e2e6d
Content length: 4995072 bytes

Thanks for making this feature..it's awesome.

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[redZ94]

Same for me. The track names never seem to come back after playing a track.

Thanks!

Another issue is that when you have the playlist downloaded to the player that the stream name gets messed up. Instead of Subsonic with the track name in it you get this huge path.


This shows up in the main player window (while a track is playing and in the playlist(replacing the track name) after the track has been played

Player(Winamp) main track title: stream?pathUtf8Hex=2f6d6e742f7573622f4d5033732f3320446f6f727320446f776e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792066726f6d207468652053756e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792046726f6d205468652053756e202d203031202d205768656e2049276d20476f6e652e6d7033&suffix=.mp3

Playlist Entry prior to playing: "3 Doors Down - Away from the sun"

Playlist Entry post playing: stream?pathUtf8Hex=2f6d6e742f7573622f4d5033732f3320446f6f727320446f776e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792066726f6d207468652053756e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792046726f6d205468652053756e202d203031202d205768656e2049276d20476f6e652e6d7033&suffix=.mp3


I think it's the stream name thats getting messed up..this is the info from another track:


Network received: 576704 bytes
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
Content-Type: audio/mpeg
Stream name: stream?pathUtf8Hex=2f6d6e742f7573622f4d5033732f3320446f6f727320446f776e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792066726f6d207468652053756e2f3320446f6f727320446f776e202d20417761792046726f6d205468652053756e202d203034202d205469636b657420546f2048656176656e2e6d
Content length: 4995072 bytes

Thanks for making this feature..it's awesome.

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[kdid]

I like this feature very much. However, I have a little problem:

I have a problem with transcoding any file to mp3's and this feature. Without transcoding of mp3 files, I can (in VLC) use the slider to position into the music file both forward and backwards.

If I use transcoding, I can only use the slider to set the position backwards.

Is there a transcode flag I should had used to get it to accept skipping forward and backwards?

I also see the same problem with flac files. I cannot go forwards, only backwards in the file.

Is there a description somewhere on how to best set up subsonic and the player to allow for seeking both ways when using transcoding?

When the playlist is controlled by the player, what is then the best way to update the playlist on the player after you have added more songs for the player in subsonic? Is it to use the Start button in the playlist view?

Thanks for your good work on Subsonic.

[sindre_mehus]

If I use transcoding, I can only use the slider to set the position backwards.

Random skipping is not supported when transcoding. The reason for this is that the transcoding happens at run-time ("stream-time"), so the total file length is not known when the stream starts. The player need that number in order to be able to skip (forward).

When the playlist is controlled by the player, what is then the best way to update the playlist on the player after you have added more songs for the player in subsonic? Is it to use the Start button in the playlist view?

Yes. At least that's what I do myself.

Cheers, Sindre

[thinktwo]

First of all, i have been using Subsonic for a while now and it's really a great piece of software

With that said, i'm also experiencing problems with the new playlist managed by player feature. It dosen't show the track names for most of the songs after they are played, it shows the stream URL instead.

Some tracks seems however to work everytime and some just works one time. All the tracks are displayed correct while loading the playlist for the first time.

Is there a fix for this yet?

[sindre_mehus]

I've seen this too in Winamp. I don't think there's much I can do on the Subsonic side. The proper track name is given in the generated M3U, but Winamp decides to display the stream URL for some tracks (probably those with missing ID3, or if the ID3 is at the end of the file).

For "classic" streaming, I use the SHOUTcast protocol to tell Winamp the stream name, but Winamp doesn't support SHOUTcast for "skippable" streams.

[thinktwo]

Thanks for the reply. I know it's not an missing ID3 problem so it seems to be because the tag is at the end of the file.

I guess i need to find myself another player that can handle this. Any recommendations? Preferably open source with Windows version.

[kdid]

Or you might be able to use MediaMonkey to retag the files to have the ID3 tag at start.

[jigsaw]

Thanks for the reply. I know it's not an missing ID3 problem so it seems to be because the tag is at the end of the file.

I guess i need to find myself another player that can handle this. Any recommendations? Preferably open source with Windows version.

VLC seems to always present the song names correctly both before and after playback
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/