Topic: Media Server Streaming Issue (Read 2978 times)

jaysee · « **on:** March 03, 2003, 11:51:04 am »

I have seen random problems streaming with Media Server for a long time but I have never been able to figure out why certain songs in my Library do not stream.

I finally figured it out: any song with an ' in the title (not sure if this is an IDv3 or filename issue) will not stream.

Anyone else know about this and if there is a solution other than renaming all my files?

MJ v8.0.388

JimH · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2003, 02:43:18 pm »

Thanks for reporting it. We'll check.

jaysee · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2003, 08:08:59 am »

In the media jukebox client, try a seach of ' and then try to stream any song. For me, they don't stream. I have over 1000 songs in my library with a '

jaysee · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2003, 10:08:30 am »

Hi Jim,

I continue to see this problem. Has it been addressed in a different thread?

JimH · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2003, 10:12:42 am »

Will you update to the latest version and confirm the problem still exists?

jaysee · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2003, 02:50:21 pm »

Upgraded clinet and server to 8.0.394 and it dis not solve the problem. Only Files with a ' do not stream.

connect to jhc.servemp3.com to reproduce

John Gateley · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2003, 03:00:35 pm »

I'll check this on monday.

j

John Gateley · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2003, 11:04:57 am »

I cannot reproduce this, nor connect to your server. Can you copy-and-paste one of the file titles here? It is important to use copy-and-paste and not type it by hand. Sometimes quotes are actually other characters.

j

jaysee · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2003, 02:13:47 pm »

sorry... I was having a problem with my router.

jhc.servemp3.com is now up

Do a search for '

Any song that is brought up will not play for me. Any other song plays fine.

I am not sure what you want me to copy. Do you mean *.mp3 where * is the filename?

xen-uno · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:47:11 pm »

jay,

Yeah, that's what he wants. ie => 'Bill Clinton & the Tipperellos - Intern Go Down.mp3 <= (as a copy & paste operation direct from the file properties)

10^-27

John Gateley · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2003, 06:10:45 am »

Hi Jaysee,

For the moment , I'm stumped. It does seem to be related to quotes, but I cannot reproduce it locally, only when connecting to your server. Can you post the help->about merdia server information?

j

jaysee · « **Reply #11 on:** April 08, 2003, 11:52:05 am »

Yes it is:

MSV:1.0.135
Protcol Version 9

JimH · « **Reply #12 on:** April 08, 2003, 12:02:30 pm »

You might want to try Media Center:

www.mediajukebox.com/mc

It uses a Media Server that is version 1.0.158. Sounds like there may be a bug in the version you have and that it's been fixed sometime since.

You could also use the tools to rename files.

jaysee · « **Reply #13 on:** April 29, 2003, 04:27:15 pm »

OK I tried upgrading to media center. I still have the same problem. Cannot stream any file with a '. I am at my wits end with this. I am reluctant to batch process all of my mp3s to remove ' because would cause spelling errors, and I went through a lot of work to get the tags and filenames correct in the first place.

Any other ideas?

KingSparta · « **Reply #14 on:** April 29, 2003, 04:43:59 pm »

Current Media Server 1.0.170 That Comes With MC 9.0.164

jaysee · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2003, 07:43:13 pm »

Yes, that is the version of media server I am running.

To reproduce, go to jhc.servemp3.com and search for '

John Gateley · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2003, 08:14:11 pm »

Hi Jaysee,

Try this: choose one file that fails, and rename that one (removing the quotes). Verify that the renamed file doesn't fail. I think the renamed file will fail. In either case let me know (and you can change the name back after the test).

j

jaysee · « **Reply #17 on:** April 30, 2003, 12:54:48 pm »

Upgrading to Media Center yielded the answer, and it looks like a bug to me. When I tried to stream files with an ' to my client, the attempts failed as usual. However, on the server machine, Media Center displayed this error window:

http://jeancote.servehttp.com:81/sites/mjs_error.jpg

It appears that media server is putting in a \ in front of the ' which is breaking the path.

-J

John Gateley · « **Reply #18 on:** April 30, 2003, 02:07:33 pm »

Hi Jaysee,

I can't find anywhere Media Server does that. Files in my library with a quote work.

Did you try renaming a single file (removing the quote) to see if that worked?

j

jaysee · « **Reply #19 on:** April 30, 2003, 02:56:56 pm »

Any instance of a quote (') in the path of the file will break the stream. I proved this to myself several times by renaming files from properties.

As soon as I remove quotes from the path, everything works fine. Media Server is seems to look at quotes as a delimiter indicating a subfolder.

If the path has no quotes, but the ID3v2 tags do have quotes, there is no problem.

see jhc.servepics.com to test this.

Examples of filename path that fails:

m01p://jhc.servemp3.com:80/E:\My Documents\mp3s\Music\Celtic\Loreena Mckennitt\The Book of Secrets\08 - Loreena Mckennitt - Dant's Prayer.mp3

m01p://jhc.servemp3.com:80/E:\My Documents\mp3s\Music\Jazz\Edith Piaf\The Very Best of Edith Piaf\18 - Edith Piaf - L'accordeoniste.mp3

m01p://jhc.servemp3.com:80/E:\My Documents\mp3s\Music\Classical\Ennio Morricone\The Mission\13 - Ennio Morricone - M - Gabriel's Oboe.mp3

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