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Solved: WAV file can’t be played and is indexed incorrectly
#1
I have in my library a WAV-file that Moode can index correctly nor play. The file plays fine in other apps.

Here is the file on the NAS
   

Here is the metadata viewed from Apple Music
   

Here is the incorrect indexing
   

And here is the Moode track information
   

With other clients I can’t find the track at all. Very weird!
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#2
From the moOde command line, navigate to the directory containing the file.

Code:
cd "/mnt/NAS/Mother/Work of Art/Lift"

Post the output from the "file" and the "mediainfo" commands.

Here's an example from my collection

Code:
pi@moode64:/mnt/NAS/OMV-Music/DBPowerAmp/Patty Reese Band/The Broad Highway $ file 01*
01 Patty Reese Band - I didn't know at all.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 44100 Hz

pi@moode64:/mnt/NAS/OMV-Music/DBPowerAmp/Patty Reese Band/The Broad Highway $ mediainfo 01*
General
Complete name                            : 01 Patty Reese Band - I didn't know at all.wav
Format                                   : Wave
File size                                : 41.2 MiB
Duration                                 : 4 min 4 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 1 415 kb/s
Album                                    : The Broad Highway
Part/Position                            : 1
Part/Total                               : 1
Track name                               : I didn't know at all
Track name/Position                      : 1
Track name/Total                         : 8
Performer                                : Patty Reese Band
Composer                                 : P. Reese
Director                                 : Patty Reese Band
Encoded by                               : dBpoweramp Release 15.3
Genre                                    : Rock
Recorded date                            : 1996
Writing application                      : dBpoweramp Release 15.3
Writing library                          : -compression="PCM"
Original source form                     : CD (Lossless)
Original source form/Name                : The Broad Highway
Cover                                    : Yes
Cover type                               : Cover (front)
Cover MIME                               : image/jpeg
ITRK                                     : 1/8
Media Type                               : CD (Lossless)
Encoder                                  : Wave

Audio
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : 1
Duration                                 : 4 min 4 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 411.2 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 41.1 MiB (100%)


Regards,
Kent
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#3
Code:
pi@moode:/mnt/NAS/Mother/Work of Art/Lift $ mediainfo *
General
Complete name                            : 01 Dragon Boats.wav
Format                                   : Wave
File size                                : 115 MiB
Duration                                 : 3 min 30 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 4 608 kb/s

Audio
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : 1
Duration                                 : 3 min 30 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 4 608 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 96.0 kHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Stream size                              : 115 MiB (100%)
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#4
This mediainfo output shows no tag. The output from the file command might have helped tell us where the tag shown by Apple Music is hidding.

There is more than one way to tag a WAV file. MPD (and a number of other music applications) doesn't support them all.

Regards,
Kent
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#5
(07-30-2020, 03:47 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: This mediainfo output shows no tag. The output from the file command might have helped tell us where the tag shown by Apple Music is hidding.

There is more than one way to tag a WAV file. MPD (and a number of other music applications) doesn't support them all.

Regards,
Kent

Indeed, and iTunes/Music has always been a shitshow in this regard. It will write metadata to the files if it feels like it, otherwise it just put it in its own database. Let me try rewriting the metadata with Picard and see what happens.

NB: As an Apple (l)user I don’t feel I have much choice in managing my library other than using what Apple offers. Alas.
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#6
Yup. iTunes/Music’s fault. Added tags using the MacOS app ‘Meta’ and rescanned the library. Now indexes and plays correctly.

So the moral of the story is that Apple is all-in on their streaming service, and us with local files are gradually being left unattended to, with bugs galore. Anyone got an alternative to Music?
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#7
(07-30-2020, 04:20 PM)hestehandler Wrote: Yup. iTunes/Music’s fault. Added tags using the MacOS app ‘Meta’ and rescanned the library. Now indexes and plays correctly.

So the moral of the story is that Apple is all-in on their streaming service, and us with local files are gradually being left unattended to, with bugs galore. Anyone got an alternative to Music?

Painting? Angel
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