Questions about MusicFab

[supine]

Except for the genre and lyrics, the Meta Data seems to be populating fine. I usually get rid of the Spotify download information in comments though. I have no problem populating the genre in the Meta Data. My problem is the .lrc files that litter the directory. Yes... Having the lyrics is good. Having to copy and paste them from a .lrc file into the tag is not. I would rather have a way of making them not show up at all. I can probably find a tagging program that will populate the lyrics in the tag. In fact, I believe I have one. Forum etiquette however prevents me from mentioning the name. A quick search would probably give you the name though.

If you have another Spotify program, then you know this one is a little steep price wise. What I have run into though, is other programs eventually stop working. While I'm sure promises are made, other software, in my experience, has tended to not be reliable if a real curve is thrown their way by the streaming services. I hope your Mods come in in a timely fashion, and you get your software back up. Who knows? This endeavor may fall flat too. I just like the track record of this company from experience. It's worth a shot.

[ord1117]

I have a Program for Spotify that I like.

I am just waiting for more Modules.

Sounds like they are having trouble with the Meta Data.

[supine]

As far as the give it a year or so, thumbs up. Somebody has to be the Guinea pig though. I hadn't donated or helped the Fab team out in over a year, and this is one way for me to help "pay it forward" for all the free updates from my lifetime subscriptions. I've had ups and downs with my "Fab" products, but overall have been really impressed with the dedication the team has working out bugs and overcoming deliberate obstacles thrown in their path from various sources that don't like what they do. Purchasing a product that I will actually use seems a small way to help with the costs associated with such a large endeavor. I knew that getting in on the ground floor of a new project, that it would have stumbling blocks, and might even fall on its face. The track record of the "Fab" team in spite of all this (I feel) is pretty incredible.
As far as the blacked out tracks in Spotify; there ARE some pay or restricted tracks. Audiobooks for instance, only give you the first five minutes of the book, until you pay for it. I have not run into any of those as the cause of a failure in the que. The failures (as I previously mentioned.) have gone through the second time with no problem. The failures occur with disheartening frequency, and the error is a little strange. It says Failure accessing "Video" information. What that's all about, I don't know. (Screen shot attached.) Thank you for your input; it's great to have a little chatter on this thread.

Edit:
Crud... I updated to version 1.0.0.2, and the U.I. is still freezing after a while of use.

BTW: #Hedy, I noticed that your Apple Music product hit distribution. Congratulations.

[ord1117]

If you look at Spotify ---Certain Tracks will NOT Play-----or Download

They Are Blacked Out---

I don't Know how Music Fab deals with those.

[supine]

This is the error I get in Spotify when the downloads get truncated. Playing the tracks through the Spotify browser results in only being able to listen to a few seconds of a track when this error starts popping up.

[ord1117]

DVDfab always has bugs and stuff at the Beginning and for awhile-----give it a year or so.

[supine]

Well... As I promised, I'm back. Musicfab has started truncating the songs again. Unlike the last time, the seek bar continues to move, but the sound just stops. A large number of tracks are affected, and the affected tracks are truncated in the same spot using multiple players. I don't know which logs to send. Please let me know.
Edit:
Note: Shutting down MusicFab and rebooting seems to have temporarily alleviated the truncation problem. The question now is what's causing this issue that is repeating itself?

[supine]

Updated and restarted Musicfab. The high failure rate is still there and the .lrc files still bother me, but the U.I. seems to be functioning correctly again. There must be a way to stop those .lrc files from populating. If anyone knows how to stop them from showing up, I would appreciate a shout. The "tracks" that fail are going through flawlessly the second time (so far). I was actually baby sitting the software to restart all of the failures, until I got smart, and will just do all of them at the end of a batch. I have every confidence that the "Fab" team will find out the cause(s) and have this resolved in short order. If the U.I. starts freezing or hanging again, I'll let you know.
Thanks,
Smee

[supine]

Update: Musicfab just asked me to install update 1.0.0.1. Errr.. That's the update I installed when I re-installed Musicfab. Perhaps it didn't take, and I have been posting old news. I'm updating now, and will keep you in the loop.

[supine]

Well... To late to delete the previous post. I shut down Musicfab and rebooted the computer. Although songs are still failing fairly frequently in the que for no discernable reason, the U.I. appears to be functioning normally. The songs that have failed in the que go through the second time (so far) 100% of the time. That they fail with frequency is still more than a little annoying. I listened to a couple of songs and they are still coming in whole. The rest of my whining is just minutia to be addressed at another time. After the initial frustration, the software appears to function as advertised. I will admit, that I was worried for a while, but I knew the "Fab" team is very good, and supports their products (so not THAT worried). I just had to apply a little cura te ipsum logic. Hopefully, as with other "Fab" products I have, I'm sure this "Fab" software just will continue to get better. Although the issues in the previous posts (most of the major ones anyway) seem to have resolved themselves with a little self help, I hope the previous entries help anyone encountering similar issues.

[supine]

Oookay... I didn't expect an answer until Monday. After receiving no response to my queries today (Monday) I totally deleted Musicfab and reinstalled it. There was an update after I reinstalled it. That's good. I wiped out everything I downloaded before, and started over. So far, the songs I have listened to that have come in have not been truncated. Whew! Now there is a new issue. In the "Downloading" section, I can see the Spotify list but it appeared that it would not not open for me to view or delete files from the list. After several minutes, I moved the Window with my mouse, and was able to see a partial list. After moving the window again, the view updated, but the U.I. appears to be frozen and I am unable to do anything in it. Songs are failing (still) and I could not scroll down the list or see an accurate view of where the list was. It seemed (again) frozen. I found that by "grabbing" the window with my mouse and moving it from side to side it updated the view in the window allowing me (with difficulty) to restart the songs that had failed, Which transferred flawlessly on the second attempt. I still don't know what's going on there or why they fail. The U.I. in the downloading section is still "freezing", useless, and the view in the U.I. Window, will not update at all unless I move the window with my mouse. (Windows 10). Has anyone else reported these problems?
Again, Is there any way to get rid of those annoying .lrc files and get the lyrics remuxed into the files meta data? Putting the albums by a single artist in a folder under the artists name would be nice too. I'll listen to the rest of the music over the next few days, and let you know if any more files get truncated. Hopefully I'll hear a reply to this post before then. Thank you in advance for your help.

[supine]

Ouch! It appears that most of the songs I downloaded from Spotify have been truncated, and will not play. The player is reporting a song as 9:45 in length, but only a few seconds will play. The same song that I already had on my computer in my music folder plays fine using the same player. Some that I have downloaded using Musicfab play all the way through. It seems like most do not. Rebooted the computer. The ones I already had in my library play fine. I would venture to say MOST that I got off Spotify using Musicfab are truncated. It also seems that three songs were not enough of a sample to properly evaluate the efficacy of this software. I'm not sure what logs to send. This one is bad. BTW: Music from Spotify not going through the Musicfab interface plays fine. The price is kind of steep for this kind of software. I have been using different Fab software(s) for years. (Since DVDfab went from 2 to 3 (I believe it was 2005 or 6)) There is a built in trust issue here. Please don't let me down.

Q: What do I do? Please help.

[supine]

When downloading compilation albums or playlists, the name of the artist is noted in the file name for each song/file displayed in the Spotify list on the screen; but that information is not included in the file name of the downloaded music. Is this a known issue? (or is it even an issue) To have the artists name for each song in the file name of compilation albums or playlists would be nice. Although the artists name IS in the meta data, it's sometimes nice to know the name of the artist(s) before it's loaded into a player. Especially when choosing songs from inside a very long downloaded playlist.
... eh, I'm of two minds weather this is important enough for the team to consider. I'll let the team decide if this "issue" has merit. Either way it goes, I would value your feedback on the subject. - Thank you

[supine]

Another question. The Lyric files seem not to be being mixed into the original MP4a, and are frequently showing up as separate .lrc files. Is there any setting that I can adjust to stop this? I would rather have the lyrics in the meta data of the file. (Some songs that have lyrics don't have an attached .lrc file.)

(Do you need another Beata tester? )

[supine]

Spotify downloader:

I purchased Musicfab, and have noticed a couple of other issues. After each album or list, Musicfab seems to stop downloading the rest of the songs in the que; requiring constant attention. I also noticed that Musicfab errors out frequently on long lists. Restarting the download of the failed song in the list seems to work each time there is a failure/error. I was wondering if these are known issues, and if it's being worked on. I know this is fledgling software, and there are bound to be wrinkles. I have every confidence in your team. Other "Fab" software I subscribe to has hit snags from time to time, but your team usually comes through in a reasonable amount of time. I know that the team is hard working and diligent, but if you could put my mind to rest concerning these issues, I would appreciate it.

Edit: After the failures, I looked in Spotify and the error said "Playback of protected content is not enabled. Visit Spotify to learn how to enable playback in your browser." I hope this tidbit helps. One is kinda stuck with the browser and settings included in Musicfab. -Thanks

Edit 2: It looks like I get the same error after every song download, and cannot add any songs to the que once the download has started.