Some m4a files missing from list.

[grolschie]

Hi. I thought I should re-post this issue as a separate thread. I have a problem with m4a files missing.

I have noticed that for a particular album, only 11 of 13 songs show up. Here is the log for the missing two:

  Code:

2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file '02 Girl In Stilettos.m4a', checking if it's already in the Library
2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item 02 Girl In Stilettos.m4a
2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Looking up a media item for file path: D:\ITUNES\Music\Annah Mac\Little Stranger\02 Girl In Stilettos.m4a, ignore case: true
2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item 02 Girl In Stilettos.m4a already exists in DB

  Code:

2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [LibraryAdditionsCheckerThread] Found file '13 Hey Ma.m4a', checking if it's already in the Library
2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Checking if DB already contains media item 13 Hey Ma.m4a
2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Looking up a media item for file path: D:\ITUNES\Music\Annah Mac\Little Stranger\13 Hey Ma.m4a, ignore case: true
2012-09-17 13:50:11,281 DEBUG [MediaItemDAOImpl] Media item 13 Hey Ma.m4a already exists in DB

Here is the album in the MediaBrowser:


Here is the output of ffmpeg -i for the first one (track 2 of 13):

  Code:

ffmpeg version N-43594-gf0896a6 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Aug 15 2012 21:25:48 with gcc 4.7.1 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-pthreads --enable-runt
ime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-frei0r --enable-libass -
-enable-libcelt --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-l
ibfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libopenj
peg --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheo
ra --enable-libutvideo --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-li
bvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --ena
ble-zlib
  libavutil      51. 69.100 / 51. 69.100
  libavcodec     54. 52.100 / 54. 52.100
  libavformat    54. 23.101 / 54. 23.101
  libavdevice    54.  2.100 / 54.  2.100
  libavfilter     3.  9.100 /  3.  9.100
  libswscale      2.  1.101 /  2.  1.101
  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  0. 15.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 023ed400] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 501
5510
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'd:\ITUNES\Music\Annah Mac\Little Strang
er\02 Girl In Stilettos.m4a':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : M4A
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: M4A mp42isom
    creation_time   : 2009-12-03 21:51:07
    title           : Girl In Stilettos
    artist          : Annah Mac
    album_artist    : Annah Mac
    composer        : Annah, MacDonald
    album           : Little Stranger
    genre           : Pop
    track           : 2/13
    disc            : 1/1
    gapless_playback: 0
    date            : 2011-09-05T07:00:00Z
    copyright       : Γäù 2011 Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand Limited
    media_type      : 1
  Duration: 00:03:00.65, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 285 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 259
 kb/s
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2009-12-03 21:51:07
    Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p, 599x600 [SAR 300:300 DAR 599:600], 90k
tbr, 90k tbn, 90k tbc
At least one output file must be specified


Thanks in advance for any help on this.

EDIT: I tried browsing using AV Media Controller from Intel's Developer Tools for UPnP. The two songs mentioned are not showing up, yet the Serviio log snippet above shows that they are in the database.

[zip]

Can you see them if you go there via Folders category?

[grolschie]

Actually, yes. Thank you. I now see in the Media Browser that the artist field is blank on both the two songs, which makes sense as to why they are missing from artist view. The output of ffmpeg -i above shows the artist and album artist name is there. So I wonder why it's blank in Serviio? Thanks.

[zip]

I'm not using ffmpeg to get metadata from audio (and images). It's probably down to multiple ID3 tag versions used in the file, similar to the other user which had the same problem.

[grolschie]

Interesting. The album is an iTunes store purchase. The artist and album artist info looks fine within iTunes also. Thanks.

[zip]

I've put some code in to hopefully help in cases like this.

[grolschie]

Thank you.