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Mac => JRiver Media Center 33 for Mac => Topic started by: Seviien on January 16, 2025, 04:05:45 pm

Title: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on January 16, 2025, 04:05:45 pm

I am having trouble getting this feature to work.  Across multiple tests when used on one file or a whole album, it's not updating the library.  With logging enabled, it isn't even showing an event.  Tried it on old builds of v29 and v30 I had on a windows box; in the logs, those showed a google search but the output wasn't flowing back to Media Center.

Is there something I am missing?  Searched the forum but didn't see a lot of discussion around this feature the past couple versions/years.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Richard Martin on January 17, 2025, 03:11:55 am

I have been using Media Center for years and have never come across this feature.
Where is it and what is its purpose?

I might try it and see what happens.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: EnglishTiger on January 17, 2025, 03:29:24 am

Richard - Select a track in Playing Now and you will find it on the Right Click >> Library Tools Menu sitting under the Lookup Lyrics... Option

It looks up the (Release) Date for that Album using the Album Name and either Album Artist or Album Artist (Auto)
It is probably looking for that date on Wikipedia so it will only find the date for Albums that have a Wikipedia Page which means it will not find a date for Classical Music, Multi-Artist Compilation Albums, or other Albums that don't have a Wikipedia page.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Richard Martin on January 17, 2025, 08:17:53 am

Quote from: EnglishTiger on January 17, 2025, 03:29:24 am

Richard - Select a track in Playing Now and you will find it on the Right Click >> Library Tools Menu sitting under the Lookup Lyrics... Option

It looks up the (Release) Date for that Album using the Album Name and either Album Artist or Album Artist (Auto)
It is probably looking for that date on Wikipedia so it will only find the date for Albums that have a Wikipedia Page which means it will not find a date for Classical Music, Multi-Artist Compilation Albums, or other Albums that don't have a Wikipedia page.

Thank you, it's obvious now you have pointed it out!
I deleted the date from a track and then tried it...nothin happened!

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on January 17, 2025, 08:36:11 am

The issue I am experiencing does not seem related to if the song is on wikipedia or not because I used some songs that are in there.

In the v29/30 searches, the log file indicated it was a direct search for the song and date on google, but nothing happened in the library to the dates.
In v33, nothing happens and i'm not seeing anything in the logs.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: zybex on January 17, 2025, 09:06:39 am

MC does the search but can't read or doesn't receive a response from google:

0222966: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Open: Start
0222966: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Open: Opening https://www.google.com/search?q=release+date+%22Michael%20Jackson%22+%22Thriller%22
0222966: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Thread: Start
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Thread: url: https://www.google.com/search?q=release+date+%22Michael%20Jackson%22+%22Thriller%22
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Start
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Finish (0 ms)
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Start
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpOpenRequest successful
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpSendRequest successful
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Retry needed, trying again...
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Start
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Finish (0 ms)
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpOpenRequest successful
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpSendRequest successful
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Success
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Finish (180 ms)
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Thread: Finish (180 ms)
0223147: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Open: Finish (181 ms)
0223148: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Read: InternetReadFile returned true with zero bytes read: EOF
0223148: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Close: Start
0223148: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Close: Finish (0 ms)

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: RiotActTK on January 18, 2025, 12:54:48 am

Glad to see I'm not the only one having this problem (same log entry as above). This was my main reason for upgrading from v26 to 33 so hopefully this is fixed in a future update.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on January 18, 2025, 09:18:12 pm

Quote from: zybex on January 17, 2025, 09:06:39 am

MC does the search but can't read or doesn't receive a response from google:

0222966: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Open: Start
0222966: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Open: Opening https://www.google.com/search?q=release+date+%22Michael%20Jackson%22+%22Thriller%22
0222966: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Thread: Start
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Thread: url: https://www.google.com/search?q=release+date+%22Michael%20Jackson%22+%22Thriller%22
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Start
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Finish (0 ms)
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Start
0222967: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpOpenRequest successful
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpSendRequest successful
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Retry needed, trying again...
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Start
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Connect: Finish (0 ms)
0223058: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpOpenRequest successful
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: HttpSendRequest successful
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Success
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::DownloadFromHTTPURL: Finish (180 ms)
0223147: 32228: Reader: CWinINetReader::Thread: Finish (180 ms)
0223147: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Open: Finish (181 ms)
0223148: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Read: InternetReadFile returned true with zero bytes read: EOF
0223148: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Close: Start
0223148: 27612: Reader: CWinINetReader::Close: Finish (0 ms)

Are you using the Mac version?  I get something that looks like this on PC (latest version i have there is v30), but on the Mac, I don't see anything in the logs about the search being made.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: zybex on January 19, 2025, 02:01:46 am

Windows.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on February 02, 2025, 05:22:24 pm

Is it reasonable to think fixing this feature is in scope for v33?  Just speaking for myself, having this feature working would merit an upgrade from my current v29/30 license. 

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Matt on February 04, 2025, 06:53:42 am

I'm going to switch to Last.fm in a coming build. Google no longer provides data in a format we can parse easily. Thanks.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on March 08, 2025, 08:55:46 am

I can see where it has switched to Last.fm, but when using the Mac version nothing happens when selecting this option.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Matt on March 10, 2025, 02:31:29 pm

I just tried several songs and they all pulled the date properly. It's the "Date" field that will be populated.

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on March 10, 2025, 08:23:53 pm

Hmmm.
Are there any permissions specifically needed in the "privacy and security" settings of MacOS or anything like that?

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: JimH on March 11, 2025, 06:15:29 am

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,139479.0.html

Title: Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
Post by: Seviien on March 13, 2025, 11:08:36 pm

Still stuck.
Running MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2 and MC 33.0.71.  Nothing even hits the log with an error when searching for year.