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duesy

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Import truncates track length??
« on: February 24, 2004, 09:01:24 am »

When importing files with MC 9.1, about 10% of my music library winds up with severly truncated track lengths. Where some songs should be, say, four minutes duration, they wind up about 10 secs. Results all over the place, where some tracks are fine. I performed Clear Library followed by fresh Import but problems re-occurs. Everything fine when using MJ 8, but upgraded to MC due to need for iPod sync, but this issue is a show stopper. Please help, thank you.
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2004, 09:22:09 am »

What version?  Please copy your system info from MC Help and paste it here.

What format of files?  MP3?
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2004, 09:47:24 am »

V 9.1, 30-day trial....

Media Center 9.1.316 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium II 348 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 228 MB, Free - 57 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 / Shell32.dll: 5.00.3700.6705 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:Normal   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W1210A   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2004, 09:49:57 am »

Woops, file format is all .mp3, extracted with EAC, compressed with Lame. Playlists saved in .mpl format.  Library works fine with latest version of MJ 8.
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2004, 09:54:45 am »

I don't know.  Can you try 10.0, available in a thread near the top of this board?
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2004, 10:19:20 am »

I am not interested in a beta version when the current "stable" version (9.1) is obviously not working. Can someone please help?
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2004, 10:23:41 am »

Please try 10.0 and let us know.  It is as stable as 9.1 at this point.
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2004, 04:30:48 pm »

I installed beta version of MC 10 on two machines. I then imported my music library of apprx. 10K mp3 files from a central server. Again, the problem presists, and on both machines: About 10% of my library's song clips have severly shortened play times with a Duration reading in some cases of 0 sec. Some tracks play to their normal length (even after slider bar hits max range), while others end before their already shortened timeframe. The suspect track's file sizes as shown in the view pane are correct.

What do I do now??

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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2004, 04:33:08 pm »

What happens if you install on the server and import there?  There could be network issues.
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2004, 04:42:32 pm »

"Network issues" never existed when using MJ and that included importing via wireless to other machines. I would prefer to keep the server clean and avoid installing any unnecessary app's.

Surely there's a fix for this problem??
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Re:Import truncates track length??
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2004, 04:47:43 pm »

It's not possible to fix a problem unless it can be duplicated.  Nobody else is reporting this problem.

You can prove that the network isn't the problem by installing MC on the server to see if you still have the problem.
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