Now playing freaks out on CDs [#5997]

[statik]

This MAY be just me; but I'm having a problem when I play regular Audio CDs. IT gets the album info just fine. Lists all the songs correctly.
However, when I click a track, or whenever it skips to the next track, it changes from the actualt track name to "Track 1", "Track 2" etc. Which is really annoying.

See image, you'll get the idea.

Anyone else have this? It's been like this for a while for me.

[Lowlander]

What is the latest version of MediaMonkey (Help > About) you experience this on)?

[statik]

I've had this up to and including 3.1.2.1267. Can't remember when it started...

[rinvelt]

I can confirm that this happens for me also on Vista, SP2, running as a normal user. It is not consistent, but happens approx. 40% of the time and only while playing CDs. I seem to remember it starting right around the release of 3.1.

It is still happening in .1267, it just occurred for me

[statik]

Nice to know I'm not alone

May be that it's inconsistent with me too; can't say for sure.

Also; it's been persisting through atleast two different windows installs; Vista SP1 x64 and Windows 7 RTM, x64.

[rinvelt]

Here is a screen show of what is going on for me. It could be just with the post-vista OS's. Wonder if XP users see it.

[rovingcowboy]

strange? wonder if it is being caused by monkey treating the list as one that is to be ripped to either the virt cd, or the harddrive, and when it sees the songs there it just changes to the default code showing it has already ripped that song.

of course there is the possibility that monkey is not remembering the cddb list code in your computer or not reading it. only on the placement of the cdrom in the computer, and since theres no cd text on the disk as it plays the songs it shows the cdtext and not the on computer cddb info.?

[rinvelt]

Anything we can do to help get this filed as a bug? I can reproduce, but I have no idea what I can send along to help out.

[statik]

Me neither; I can confirm that it seems pretty random here too, and it really is annoying.

[Ludek]

I try to reproduce this issue, but I cannot.

Could you please give me some more specific information:
1. Is this problem related to only certain CDs?
2. Is this problem consistently reproducible for a given CD?
3. Is the problem reproducible despite the fact whether CD is added to library or not?
4. Is this problem reproducible despite the fact whether Tool|Options|CD/DVD Devices| [x] Read CD-Text
checkbox is ticked or not?
5. Is this problem reproducible despite the fact whether Tool|Options|Network|[x] Query Freedb automatically
checkbox is ticked or not?
6. Does this problem appears only in 'Now Playing' pane or also in 'Track view', 'Album art with details view', 'Track Browser' panes?

Thank you.

[rinvelt]

Good questions. Thanks for the help


1. Is this problem related to only certain CDs?
Can't confirm yet, but so far it looks like it.

2. Is this problem consistently reproducible for a given CD?
Can't confirm yet, but with just a couple of cases yet.

3. Is the problem reproducible despite the fact whether CD is added to library or not?
If added to library the issue does not occur.

4. Is this problem reproducible despite the fact whether Tool|Options|CD/DVD Devices| [x] Read CD-Text
checkbox is ticked or not?
If Read CD-Text is not ticked this issue does not show up.

5. Is this problem reproducible despite the fact whether Tool|Options|Network|[x] Query Freedb automatically
checkbox is ticked or not?
It looks like if they CD is in Freedb or that album data is obtained from Freedb, this is not an issue.

6. Does this problem appears only in 'Now Playing' pane or also in 'Track view', 'Album art with details view', 'Track Browser' panes?
Both "Track View" and "Album view", see image above. Also I can confirm in "Now Playing". Will check on Album art with details view"


Looks like something when the album info is coming from CDTEXT.

[rovingcowboy]

your answer to his 3 and 4 questions tells me it is as i said above.

of course there is the possibility that monkey is not remembering the cddb list code in your computer or not reading it. only on the placement of the cdrom in the computer, and since theres no cd text on the disk as it plays the songs it shows the cdtext and not the on computer cddb info.?

only finding what is causing it is the hard part.

[Ludek]

Thank you.

Now, I can reproduce:
1. Insert CD with CD-Text that is not in Library
2. Play a CD track
-> Track info disappears:
http://www.rinvelt.com/now_playing_what.png [^]

Note: I couldn't repro it before because it is the same fix as for issue http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=5997 that I have already fixed.

Fixed as http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=6001
will be in 1270.

[rinvelt]

Damn, I should have just waited. Thanks for all the help.

[rovingcowboy]

never hurts to let them know something is wrong this time ludek caught it first. but he might not the next time you have a error or bug.