Minim not understanding m3u files

[simoncn]

(07-06-2024 13:11)windbag Wrote:  OK, the log file has 64,090 lines, so I've pasted them into Excel & done a data sort to find the different types of Error & Warning.

There are 41,077 Error playlist entries:
Error: playlist _MainArtists/A,B/Aa-Aj/Abba/_Playlists/_SJBpicks Etc/Best-ofs,Chronology/___Creme.m3u: no matching file for ..\..\..\Sound Files\_Studio\01_Ring Ring\01_Ring, Ring.mp3

These should go away when you install update 251.

Quote:Error: no valid MPEG header near offset 0 in file SpokenWord-Not4car/Not4Car/Community/University Hall expansion proposals/Nights - all MP3s on CD's/all MP3s on CD's plus others/143 NO 13-11-01 T111-general blurb noise.mp3 (length 1256787)

This file is corrupt in some way and cannot be read by MinimServer.

Quote:Warning: audio stream corruption at offset 131107 in file SpokenWord-Not4car/Not4Car/Radio4/HistoryOfTheWorldIn100Objects/000 Welcome 11 Jan 2010.mp3 (length 131193)

This file is corrupt in some way and the audio information read by MinimServer might be incorrect.

Quote:Warning: ID3v2 APIC frame has invalid MIME type 'image/' at offset 1014 in file _MainArtists/O,P,Q,R/O '-Oi/Oasis/Sound Files/_Studio/03_Be Here Now+/08b_If We Shadows (demo).mp3 (length 5610686)

The embedded artwork in this file is tagged incorrectly and cannot be read by MinimServer.

Quote:Warning: ID3v2 'MP3e' frame has invalid size 2020876365 at offset 132 in file _MainArtists/S/St_-Ste/Steinman,Jim/Music Files/Musicals&Soundtracks-Not4car/12_DanceOfTheVampire/JS-com_dotv_MusicDLs/04_BraverThanWeAre.mp3 (length 8753405)

This file is corrupt in some way and the tag information read by MinimServer might be incorrect.

Quote:Warning: ID3v2 TDAT frame has incorrect value '2013-07-29' at offset 49 in file _MainArtists/C,D/Do/Doley,Lachy/Best Of-Free Download/06_Love Blinded Fool.mp3 (length 3954198)

Warning: ID3v2 TYER frame has incorrect value '0' at offset 1737 in file _MainArtists/G,H/Ge-Gi/Genesis-Alumni/Peter Gabriel/Sound Files/Demos/FishermansSong.mp3 (length 1938261)

Warning: ignoring incorrect value for DATE tag 01/1 in file _MainArtists/C,D/Co/Coast/MusicFiles/Paul Eastham Solo/03_Something and Nothing/01_Bubbles.mp3

The date information in these files has an incorrect format and cannot be read by MinimServer.

Quote:Warning: ignored conflicting DISCNUMBER value 1 in file _MainArtists/I,J,K,L/Ja/James/Sound Files/_Studio-Band/08_Millionaires/23_Pocketful of Lemons.mp3

This file has two DISCNUMBER tags with different values.

Quote:Warning: ignoring additional ID3v2 tag at offset 100280 in file _MainArtists/A,B/Aa-Aj/Abba/Sound Files/_Studio/02_Waterloo/01_Waterloo.mp3 (length 3809882)

This file has more than one tag block. Only the first tag block was read by MinimServer.

Quote:Warning: missing comma on #EXTINF line 10 of file SpokenWord-Not4car/Not4Car/16 Tales Of Terror/16 Tales of Terror.m3u

Self-explanatory.

Quote:Warning: unable to complete reading ID3v2 tag data at offset 132 in file _MainArtists/S/St_-Ste/Steinman,Jim/Music Files/Musicals&Soundtracks-Not4car/12_DanceOfTheVampire/JS-com_dotv_MusicDLs/04_BraverThanWeAre.mp3 (length 8753405)

[quote]
Warning: conflicting ALBUMARTIST values ignored for album The Book Thief
on disc 1
first conflicting value: Allan Corduner
first conflicting item: Death and Chocolate a
second conflicting value: Markus Zusak
second conflicting item: Peace

MinimServer doesn't allow more than one album artist for an album. You can tag multiple artists but only one album artist.