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[nonightsweats]

Sorry if this has been addressed before but I have searched the forum and not found anything related to this specific issue with Media Editor.

If I open Media Editor directly (Tools/Advanced Tools/Media Editor) the editor appears and i can use File/Open to open any kind of music file.

However, if I highlight a file in the library view then right click > Send To > Send to (external) > Media Editor then the blank editor screen appear. ie the file does not open.

Any ideas on how this might be rectified?

[BigSpider]

Which version are you using? I have just tried this with 26.0.103 and it opened with the file ready for work. I used an mp3 file and a flac file to test.

[Matt]

It's working for me too.  Make sure you're on the latest.

[nonightsweats]

yes, i'm on the latest version. but still not working for me. i've tried changing the run properties of the executable - run as administrator etc even tried compatibility check but no luck. running latest win 10

[JimH]

Please post the version number.

[nonightsweats]

jriver : 26.0.103
windows : 10.0.19041 build 19041

most of my files are on a NAS (Netgear Ready NAS) and it seems to be only there that this issues occur. my library only points to this NAS.

if i use Drives & Devices > Explorer > and access a file on the actual PC that is running JRiver then the issue does NOT occur

but using this same method on a NAS drive - the issue still occurs.

so might this just be some NAS access rights issue?

[nonightsweats]

please note that i can obviously write tags etc to the files on the NAS using JRiver. Also - for video files the jrsidecar files can be written to the NAS.

so where does media editor store temporary files? is it as per the temp area for under File Location?

[marko]

I don't use Media Editor that often, but have seen this issue when last used, many months ago. In my test just now however, it opened the file correctly. Files are local, no NAS involved.

The other issue I found was, that after editing, attempting to save said file resulted in an error because "the file is locked", and upon checking, the only thing locking the file, was, Media Editor itself, forcing a save-as somewhere else followed by a move-and-replace via explorer.

-marko

[JackTheWolf]

Sorry if this has been addressed before but I have searched the forum and not found anything related to this specific issue with Media Editor.

If I open Media Editor directly (Tools/Advanced Tools/Media Editor) the editor appears and i can use File/Open to open any kind of music file.

However, if I highlight a file in the library view then right click > Send To > Send to (external) > Media Editor then the blank editor screen appear. ie the file does not open.

Any ideas on how this might be rectified?

I also looked into issue when I had the same problem.

Looks like the devs have to compile it to not require admin privileges.
I made a post to the forums asking if they could do so.

In the meantime, here's a workaround that works pretty great:
You basically have to edit the exe to make it stop trying to run as admin:

• Google Resource Hacker (I trust the link from Bleeping Computer)
• Make a backup of Media Editor.exe (from your installation directory)
• Open Resource Hacker and open Media Editor.exe inside of it (drag n'drop or File > Open)
• Press Ctrl+f and search for requireAdministrator
• You should be at  level="requireAdministrator". Replace requireAdministrator with asInvoker (screenshot attached if needed)
• Click Compile Script
• File > Save as Media Editor.exe in the same directory. The shield icon should be gone and you'll be able to edit media just fine  .

[JackTheWolf]

Alternative workaround that doesn't involve external software:
Making a .bat file that will launch Media Editor as non-admin.

• Create a .bat file somewhere you intend to keep it
• Inside the .bat file, make it look similar to below (obviously put the location of your Media Editor.exe):

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cmd /min /C "set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start "" "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 28\Media Editor.exe" %1"

• Inside Media Center, go to Tools > Send To > Send To (external) > Add / Edit Programs...
• In the pop up window, click Add...
• Fill in a name
• The path to the .bat file will go into Program Path
• Keep Parameters as it's default value
• Hit OK

Now you can right-click a file in Media Center > Send To > Send To (external) > choose the program name that points to the .bat file

[nonightsweats]

@jackthewolf - thanks for these responses. i hadn't checked the post for ages