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Seviien

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Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« 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.
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #3 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!
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #5 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)
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Difficulty with "Lookup Date from Google"
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2025, 02:01:46 am »
Windows.
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