4.2.2 BUG? Metadata Garbled for Spanish Characters

[WLGW-Ops]

Greetings,

As of v4.2.2 we're noticing Spanish characters scrambled in our icecast metadata. I've attached screenshots showing an example artist in RDLibrary in addition to screenshots from two difference streaming platforms that both show an issue.

NOTE: Issue did not occur prior to v4.2.2, the example artist/song has not been changed in Rivendell since 2022.

Config: EL8 v4.2.2

Best Regards, Brian WLGW Operations

[ElvishArtisan]

Please post:

1. The name of the PyPAD script being used and its configuration (from RDAdmin->ManageHosts->PyPADInstances).
2. The version of IceCast
3. The name and version of the ICES encoder being used --e.g. 'glasscoder v2.0.1')
4. The expected output, in text form --i.e. not as an image capture.

[WLGW-Ops]

Hi Fred,

Please see as follows:

1. /usr/lib64/rivendell/pypad/pypad_icecast2.py (Config dump below)
2. Icecast v2 (I'm unsure specific versions per third party services - I can try to obtain if needed)
3. ICES encoder is indeed glasscoder v2.0.1
4. Expected output: Velásquez

Question - Would using Ogg as a codec vs MP3 impact metadata in any way?

Icecast Pypad Conf: [Icecast1] Username=----------- Password=------------

Hostname=ingest.live365.com

Tcpport=8000

Mountpoint=/a60987_live

FormatString=%a - %t

MasterLog=Yes Aux1Log=No Aux2Log=No VLog101=No VLog102=No VLog103=No VLog104=No VLog105=No VLog106=No VLog107=No VLog108=No VLog109=No VLog110=No VLog111=No VLog112=No VLog113=No VLog114=No VLog115=No VLog116=No VLog117=No VLog118=No VLog119=No VLog120=No

[NowGroups] Group1=MUSIC Group2=LEGAL Group3=IDENTS Group4=TALK

[NextGroups] Group1=NOSUCHGROUP

[ElvishArtisan]

Question - Would using Ogg as a codec vs MP3 impact metadata in any way?

That's a 'nice' question. The Rivendell/PyPAD bits are the same (they use an identical http GET call to the IceCast instance), but the internal IceCast details of how the metadata are multiplexed onto the bitstream are totally different. So: maybe?

[ElvishArtisan]

Confirmed here.

What was the last 'known good' version of Rivendell?

[WLGW-Ops]

I do believe v4.2.1 was bug free, but we ran that version for such a short time as to not recall. I can test on another instance if needed (may be a few days due to sched). 4.1.x never had any such issues.

[ElvishArtisan]

Fixed in 0ef5a88. Please test.

[ElvishArtisan]

I do believe v4.2.1 was bug free, but we ran that version for such a short time as to not recall. I can test on another instance if needed (may be a few days due to sched). 4.1.x never had any such issues.

Interesting. I'm a bit surprised that it ever worked properly with stock IceCast. Makes me wonder if Live365 has patched IceCast for their own purposes. FWIW, all of my testing here was conducted with stock IceCast v2.4.4.

[WLGW-Ops]

It's possible Live365 patched, however the issue appeared in TuneIN, Radioboss (cloud relay) and our Inovonics stream monitor. So maybe? Not sure....

I replaced pypad_icecast2.py with the update, restarted caed and had no metadata sent to any icecast instance. Did I miss something? It IS Monday...

[WLGW-Ops]

Question - Would using Ogg as a codec vs MP3 impact metadata in any way?

That's a 'nice' question. The Rivendell/PyPAD bits are the same (they use an identical http GET call to the IceCast instance), but the internal IceCast details of how the metadata are multiplexed onto the bitstream are totally different. So: maybe?

FYI - I tested this for kicks and grins with no difference in output between OGG and mp3.

[ElvishArtisan]

I replaced pypad_icecast2.py with the update, restarted caed and had no metadata sent to any icecast instance. Did I miss something? It IS Monday...

You'll need to update the full Rivendell stack, as more than just the PyPAD plug-in itself was implicated. See c4e6914c. (I should have referenced this in my earlier request for testing; my bad!)

[WLGW-Ops]

No worries, I suspected that may be the case, but didn't want to assume. I'll test and report back. Thanks!

[WLGW-Ops]

Metadata issues still persists with 4.2.2int0.

Current metadata output is rendered as follows: We Can Make a Difference - Jaci Vel�squez

[WLGW-Ops]

Greetings - My testing also confirms this issue is indeed fixed in https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/commit/c4e6914c29cd0ee3a2e27c708db2a977bed77cc3. It would have helped if I tested the correct code version the first time. Oy vey!

Thanks again!