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Import & export XSPF playlist in foobar2000
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Track duration not appearing in loaded Foobar playlist, even though present in xspf #2

Closed jerryosity closed 8 years ago

jerryosity commented 8 years ago

I have duration checked for writing, and it appears with values in the generated xspf file. But when the xspf is loaded, the duration column for each track within Foobar shows up as a "?". Clicking on the track for playback then shows the duration. I don't see an option on the read settings for reading the duration.

[Using version 2.6.2 in Foobar2000 1.3.9]

Chocobo1 commented 8 years ago

the duration column for each track within Foobar shows up as a "?"

What is the data in ? as usual, can you post the xspf? UPDATE: see next post.

I don't see an option on the read settings for reading the duration.

This is intended. It is unreliable to match on duration (especially when passing xspf from one user to another user), for example, there might be 2 different files (each 1 on different users disk) that have different padding (or different silent at start/end) and yet they contain the same song.

Chocobo1 commented 8 years ago

the duration column for each track within Foobar shows up as a "?"

Intended again, I just think it's better for fb2k to figure out the actual track duration instead of relying on a value in playlist. Since in most condition user already have title, artist, album correctly displayed, that should be enough information (to the user), no?

Chocobo1 commented 8 years ago

Despite what I said, try this version: foo_xspf_1.zip

jerryosity commented 8 years ago

Mike, The duration now appears when loaded. This works for me. Regarding the undesirability of relying on the duration value in the tracklist vs fb2k determining it directly from the track -- I agree with this point, generally, But in the specific use case of exporting/importing to change just the location, one naturally expects to see the revised playlist retain all the other previous info. Seeing question marks in the playlist for duration is usually indicative of a problem.

Mike Tzou mailto:notifications@github.com Saturday, January 30, 2016 09:25

Despite what I said, try this version: foo_xspf_1.zip https://github.com/Chocobo1/foo_xspf_1/files/110823/foo_xspf_1.zip

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