Minim not understanding m3u files

[windbag]

Gosh, thanks for the massive amount of effort this morning.
For info, my files are generated by extracting from CD using EAC v1-6, but replacing the default artwork with one that has been squeezed down to around 30kB, so the inclusion in every track is not too heavy on the overall size.
The info in the the online CD databases is often the source of naff field info, but there are many instances where I've cocked up and had to correct stuff using Mp3Tag. Playlists have been made using Playlist Creator.

I put in the errors for info for later rumination, except the ones pertaining to the m3u issue. It looks like they could be a good way of identifying problems, which I have tried & failed to identify before using some freeware that claimed to do so, but could not.
I'll try & comment on each

(07-06-2024 13:40)simoncn Wrote:  [quote='windbag' pid='50246' dateline='1717762261']
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.

That is by far & away the biggest immediate problem, hopefully soon sorted
I have never wanted to select by artist etc as that is done by the tree structure
Artwork is "nice to have"

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.

Not many of these, can return to the file to sort the issue

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.

Not many of these, can return to the file to sort the issue

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.

Ditto

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.

Ditto

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.

I doubt I'll ever use the date info

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.

Not used by me

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.

Hopefully ignorable

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.

I hope never to use the Album artist