Have processed a bunch of MP4's no worries but got stumped on one, running Version 1.0.beta-49 (19.06.19.11.d5e7d11) on Mac 10.15 Catalina.
When dragging the file into the sidebar, get the following in the log, and a Circular loader in the sidebar that never completes its progress, and file never appears there.
I have the same issue with 1.0 beta-49 since I upgraded to Catalina last month. I've done a little digging in my logs and couldn't see anything directly pointing to an issue that's causing the app to freeze. After a lot to testing different options and settings, I narrowed it down to the Preference option "Enable auto-search". Unchecking this option allows the MetaZ to work properly for me. It's a slight inconvenience, but it's better than nothing. On the upside, TV show seasons don't require MetaZ to search for each episode since the search windows keeps the episodes for that season in the search list until you manually search again (it's actually faster this way for TV show seasons).
This makes sense to me since MetaZ freezes adding files or looking up a file's tag in a long list of files that need tagging. Hopefully this is good direction to start troubleshooting further. So far this has been a fix for me with TV shows. BTW, I only work on one season at a time in MetaZ to eliminate further freezing. It's easy for MetaZ to freeze if you work with too many files at a time, but now I'm starting to see it's because of auto-search.
Have processed a bunch of MP4's no worries but got stumped on one, running Version 1.0.beta-49 (19.06.19.11.d5e7d11) on Mac 10.15 Catalina.
When dragging the file into the sidebar, get the following in the log, and a Circular loader in the sidebar that never completes its progress, and file never appears there.
2019-10-16 17:29:08.587 MetaZ[3354:50441] [lvl=1] -[MZTaskOperation startOnMainThread] Launch AtomicParsley /Users/ben/Movies/Rips/Heat.m4v -t 2019-10-16 17:29:08.601 MetaZ[3354:50441] [lvl=1] -[MZParseTaskOperation standardOutputGotData:] AtomicParsley stdout Atom "©too" contains: HandBrake 1.2.2 2019022300 Atom "©gen" contains: Action Atom "desc" contains: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence. Atom "©nam" contains: Heat Atom "©day" contains: 1995-12-15T11:00:00Z Atom "ldes" contains: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence. Atom "stik" contains: Short Film Atom "©ART" contains: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Natalie Portman, Ted Levine, Tom Noonan, Tone Loc, Hank Azaria, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, William Fichtner, Kevin Gage, Susan Traylor, Jerry Trimble, Ricky Harris, Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, Begonya Plaza, Rick Avery, Hazelle Goodman, Ray Buktenica, Max Daniels, Vince Deadrick Jr., Steven Ford, Farrah Forke, Patricia Healy, Paul Herman, Cindy Katz, Brian Libby, Dan Martin, Mario Roberts, Thomas Rosales, Jr., Yvonne Zima, Mick Gould, Bud Cort, Viviane Vives, Kim Staunton, Martin Ferrero, Brad Baldridge, Andrew Camuccio, Kenny Endoso, Kimberly Flynn, Niki Haris, Bill McIntosh, Rick Marzan, Terry Miller, Daniel O'Haco, Kai Soremekun, Peter Blackwell, Trevor Coppola, Mary Kircher, Darin Mangan, Robert Miranda, Manny Perry, Iva Franks Singer, Tim Werner, Philip Ettington Atom "com.apple.iTunes;iTunMOVI" contains: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
Is there anything after those lines because the above looks perfectly normal
Thanks @griff - I may have missed something out of the log as I cleared the display before replicating the issue - please find full below:
2019-10-16 20:03:00.785 MetaZ[9200:145573] Deprecated Binding Warning: 'data' binding of class PosterView is deprecated. You will only see this warning once. 2019-10-16 20:03:00.851 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[SearchController doSearch:] Starting search 1 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/TheTVDBPlugin.mzsearchprovider' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/OSXNotificationPlugin.mzactions' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/TheMovieDb.mzsearchprovider' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/Add to iTunes.scpt' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/Quit MetaZ.scpt' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/GrowlPlugin.mzactions' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/AtomicParsleyPlugin.mzdataprovider' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.852 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/AlertWindowPlugin.mzactions' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.853 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZPluginController loadPluginSourceWithName:fromURL:error:] Loading plugin at path '/Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/Update iTunes.scpt' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.854 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.TheTVDBPlugin' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.856 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.plugin.OSXNotificationPlugin' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.857 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.TheMovieDb' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.903 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'Add to iTunes' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.903 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Disabled plugin 'Add to iTunes' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.903 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'Quit MetaZ' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.903 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Disabled plugin 'Quit MetaZ' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.904 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.plugin.GrowlPlugin' 2019-10-16 20:03:00.904 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZMultiGrowlWrapper load] path: /Applications/MetaZ.app/Contents/PlugIns/GrowlPlugin.mzactions/Contents/Frameworks/Growl.framework/Versions/1.3.1 2019-10-16 20:03:00.907 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZMultiGrowlWrapper load] Using Growl.framework 1.3.1 (1.3.1) 2019-10-16 20:03:01.425 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Disabled plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.plugin.GrowlPlugin' 2019-10-16 20:03:01.427 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.AtomicParsleyPlugin' 2019-10-16 20:03:01.428 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'org.maven-group.metaz.plugin.AlertWindowPlugin' 2019-10-16 20:03:01.429 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Loaded plugin 'Update iTunes' 2019-10-16 20:03:01.429 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=2] -[MZPluginController loadPluginFromSource:error:] Disabled plugin 'Update iTunes' 2019-10-16 20:03:01.429 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[SearchController finishedSearch:] Finished search 0 2019-10-16 20:03:19.550 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZTaskOperation startOnMainThread] Launch AtomicParsley /Users/ben/Movies/Rips/Heat.m4v -t 2019-10-16 20:03:19.577 MetaZ[9200:145573] [lvl=1] -[MZParseTaskOperation standardOutputGotData:] AtomicParsley stdout Atom "©too" contains: HandBrake 1.2.2 2019022300 Atom "©gen" contains: Action Atom "desc" contains: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence. Atom "©nam" contains: Heat Atom "©day" contains: 1995-12-15T11:00:00Z Atom "ldes" contains: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence. Atom "stik" contains: Short Film Atom "©ART" contains: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Natalie Portman, Ted Levine, Tom Noonan, Tone Loc, Hank Azaria, Wes Studi, Dennis Haysbert, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, William Fichtner, Kevin Gage, Susan Traylor, Jerry Trimble, Ricky Harris, Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, Begonya Plaza, Rick Avery, Hazelle Goodman, Ray Buktenica, Max Daniels, Vince Deadrick Jr., Steven Ford, Farrah Forke, Patricia Healy, Paul Herman, Cindy Katz, Brian Libby, Dan Martin, Mario Roberts, Thomas Rosales, Jr., Yvonne Zima, Mick Gould, Bud Cort, Viviane Vives, Kim Staunton, Martin Ferrero, Brad Baldridge, Andrew Camuccio, Kenny Endoso, Kimberly Flynn, Niki Haris, Bill McIntosh, Rick Marzan, Terry Miller, Daniel O'Haco, Kai Soremekun, Peter Blackwell, Trevor Coppola, Mary Kircher, Darin Mangan, Robert Miranda, Manny Perry, Iva Franks Singer, Tim Werner, Philip Ettington Atom "com.apple.iTunes;iTunMOVI" contains: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
I have the same issue with 1.0 beta-49 since I upgraded to Catalina last month. I've done a little digging in my logs and couldn't see anything directly pointing to an issue that's causing the app to freeze. After a lot to testing different options and settings, I narrowed it down to the Preference option "Enable auto-search". Unchecking this option allows the MetaZ to work properly for me. It's a slight inconvenience, but it's better than nothing. On the upside, TV show seasons don't require MetaZ to search for each episode since the search windows keeps the episodes for that season in the search list until you manually search again (it's actually faster this way for TV show seasons).
This makes sense to me since MetaZ freezes adding files or looking up a file's tag in a long list of files that need tagging. Hopefully this is good direction to start troubleshooting further. So far this has been a fix for me with TV shows. BTW, I only work on one season at a time in MetaZ to eliminate further freezing. It's easy for MetaZ to freeze if you work with too many files at a time, but now I'm starting to see it's because of auto-search.