Topic: Announce: FLAC Plugin Set (Read 40299 times)

scthom · « **Reply #50 on:** October 04, 2005, 09:35:48 pm »

OK, I tested a few things pretty quick. I have good news and bad news.

The good news is I figured out what the problem is. The SDK that Matt updated contains portions (specifically JRReader.lib) that must be from 11.1. I mis-spoke when I said in previous posts that it worked fine here on 11.0.316 -- the FileInfo interface was broken due to the 11.0/11.1 changes. That's the bit that does the File Type Info and Tagging. The InputSource interface that does the decoding seems to work fine because I didn't use the Reader there.

The bad news is only that it will take a bit of time to work out. I'll have to go to the registry to figure out which version is installed and use the right Open() functions from the Reader. Give me a few days (sorry!) due to the day job being a bit crazy right now.

dpippel · « **Reply #51 on:** October 04, 2005, 11:16:01 pm »

Dude, take it easy on yourself!

Whenever you get the time to take care of it is fine. It's not the end of the world.

iCamp · « **Reply #52 on:** October 05, 2005, 03:39:04 pm »

So, if I upgrade to MC 11.1 the current plug-in will write tags?

dpippel · « **Reply #53 on:** October 05, 2005, 05:40:34 pm »

The v1.2.3 encoder will handle tags properly with MC v11.1, and it fixes the CD burning from FLAC files problem as well. If you're using MC v11.0.xxx then you'll have to use v1.2.2 of the FLAC encoder to handle tags properly. v1.2.2 has the CD burning porblem however and will not burn CDs from FLAC files properly.

iCamp · « **Reply #54 on:** October 05, 2005, 07:09:35 pm »

Where can I download the 1.2.2 encoder? Scthom's site only has the 1.2.3 version available.

scthom · « **Reply #55 on:** October 05, 2005, 11:31:37 pm »

I've posted decoder version 1.3.0 on my website -- I think it fixes the version incompatibility problems with 11.0 and/or 11.1. And it should still fix the long tag and CD burn bugs.

As usual, please let me know if you find anything.

http://members.cox.net/scot.thompson

All I was using the JRReader for was to get the file size, so I got it another way. I should be able to maintain compatibility with both versions for now.

iCamp · « **Reply #56 on:** October 05, 2005, 11:54:31 pm »

That did it!

Thank you so VERY much!!

iCamp · « **Reply #57 on:** October 05, 2005, 11:59:00 pm »

One follow-up question:

I added about 300 files to my music library while I was unable to write to FLAC tags. MC stored any data I entered in its library but now that the plug-in is working I'd like to force MC to write this data to the FLAC tag. Is there some way to do that?

Thanks!

marko · « **Reply #58 on:** October 06, 2005, 01:49:06 am »

select them all, right click, library tools>update tags fron library ought to do it.

perhaps try one or two first just to check.

dpippel · « **Reply #59 on:** October 06, 2005, 05:49:53 am »

Scot - The link on your webpage still identifies the decoder plugin as v1.2.3. Is that correct?

Alex B · « **Reply #60 on:** October 06, 2005, 06:16:30 am »

Quote from: dpippel on October 06, 2005, 05:49:53 am

Scot - The link on your webpage still identifies the decoder plugin as v1.2.3. Is that correct?

It is just the text on the webpage. Also the About button inside the Plug-in Manager shows still v.1.2.3.

The plug-in itself is 1.3.0 and tag reading & tagging works nicely with MC 11.0.314 and 11.1.30.

scthom · « **Reply #61 on:** October 06, 2005, 08:56:45 pm »

Glad to hear it's working. If anybody comes across any bugs, please let me know.

JimH · « **Reply #62 on:** October 06, 2005, 09:10:21 pm »

Thanks, scthom, for your patience and hard work.

dpippel · « **Reply #63 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:44:22 pm »

I'll second that. Thanks a lot for making FLAC a viable lossless format for MC users Scot. Your hard work is appreciated.

iCamp · « **Reply #64 on:** October 09, 2005, 11:40:06 am »

Absolutely...thank you for all your efforts. I literally use your plug-ins every day. That's pretty cool to be able to help so many people.

tmarnik · « **Reply #65 on:** December 21, 2005, 10:20:57 am »

Is the FLAC decoder supposed to work with Library Server?

I'm running MC 11.0.316 on both an XP server and a Win2K client. The client plays my mp3 files from the server fine, but it won't play FLAC. I am using version 1.3.0 of the FLAC Decoder plug-in.

scthom · « **Reply #66 on:** December 21, 2005, 07:00:45 pm »

That's a good question. I haven't used Library Server, so I can't say (I only have the one computer for music). I'm interested to see what others have tried and/or found out.

Sauzee · « **Reply #67 on:** December 30, 2005, 06:22:29 am »

How can I tell if I've got the latest plug-in?

scthom · « **Reply #68 on:** December 30, 2005, 10:09:00 am »

Quote from: Sauzee on December 30, 2005, 06:22:29 am

How can I tell if I've got the latest plug-in?

One Easy way -- use Windows Explorer and hover over the plugin DLL or view it as a tile. The version number is part of the properties.

Another Easy Way -- From MC Plug-in Manager, Click "About" for the decoder (Input). For the Encoders, it's on the main plugin-description page in the Plug-in Manager.

Sauzee · « **Reply #69 on:** December 30, 2005, 05:22:32 pm »

Quote from: scthom on December 30, 2005, 10:09:00 am

One Easy way -- use Windows Explorer and hover over the plugin DLL or view it as a tile. The version number is part of the properties.

Another Easy Way -- From MC Plug-in Manager, Click "About" for the decoder (Input). For the Encoders, it's on the main plugin-description page in the Plug-in Manager.

Thanks!

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