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PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 13:52
by Thijmen
Hi all,

I am having issues with the PFL editor. Sometimes it doesnt save the META data.
I cannot reproduce it but here's what I am doing:

1.In a playlist, right mouse button on item in the playist (10th track for example. The track is not loaded in one of the players), and click the top item in the context menu: PFL.
2. The PFL player shows up. I press the 'Next' button to set the Next-track cue point. I see the Next-point in the waveform.
3. I press "Save Meta Data TAG".
4. Sometimes I get a notification bottom right, but sometimes I don't.
5. When I don't get the notification bottom right, it is edited in the playlist but not in new playlist items.

Am I doing something wrong?

Best regards,

Thijmen

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 15:49
by radio42
Maybe your audio files Tag data structure is corrupt. If this is the case, ProppFrexx will/can not save any Tag data.

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 17:40
by Thijmen
Hi Bernd,

Is there any way to debug this?

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 17:59
by Thijmen
Something strange that I see: when I use the explorer in Proppfrexx and go to a track and edit the PFL it does persist. Yet, the track in the playlist doesn't use the cue points.

The track is placed in the playlist with a script. When I manually place the jingle in the playlist it does show the correct cue points with right mouse button -> PFL.

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 18:53
by radio42
Note, that playlist meta data has priority.
See here for details: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11&p=19
Default order:
1. Playlist based meta data (.pfp)
2. Meta Data File (.pfmd)
3. Meta Data TAG (proppfrexx)

So maybe in our tests you did save the cue-points to the audio file [Meta Data TAG (proppfrexx)], but you used different cue-points in the playlist file?!

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 18:58
by Thijmen
Hi Bernd,

It seems that it doesnt save in files (.pfmd) next to the file. Is this a setting that I need to enable?
EDIT: Enabled it in settings now. Trying to get it working - will get back to it :)

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 19:12
by Thijmen
In my settings (Meta Data/WaveForm) I checked:
- "Use MetaData files"
- "Ignore older MetaData files"
- "MetaData has Priority".

Yet the script places a track with no 'next' cue-item in the waveform. I know for sure that that file has a 'pfmd'. I see it on my disk and in the file it has a correct cue-item for <next>. Am I doing something wrong?

Do I need to restart my scheduler or scripts after editing these items?

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 19:26
by radio42
I wouldn’t enable the ‘Meta Data has Priority’ option, if not really needed! As it prevents the (Remote)VoiceTracking from working properly!

In addition note, that there are 2 buttons:
- Save MetaData TAG - this saved the TAG data to the audio file
- Save MetaData File - this saved the TAG data to the .pfmd file
I.e. you would need to click the latter in order use the .pfmd file.
However, I'd suggest to leave the default, which is 'MetaData has Priority' to off and not using the .pfmd files, but save the TAG data to the audio file directly.

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 12:42
by GuntherM
Hi Bernd,
I have the same problem, I must say all my music is saved on a NAS, but the pfmd files are missing in the directorys.
In playlists the data (in, full, ramps, next and out) are saved, but the problem is, when I create new playlists the data is gone.
PF accesses the NAS as a user "audio" as default, with reading and writing set as allowed. What do I miss here?
Thanks,

Re: PFL editor doesnt save Meta Data

Posted: 11 Mar 2020 18:45
by radio42
Please explain how you created your .pfmd file?
Did you explicitly clicked on the Save Meta Data to Fule (.pfmd) button?
Did you enable the Use .pfmd Fule Option in the general settings?

If there is no .pfmd file along side with your audio file, I guess you never created them explicitly!
By default all meta data is only saved to the playlist file!