Problem with .asx files

[Boo2]

Hi,

I use .asx files to organise my music and have associated them with VLC (version 2.0.3 Twoflower) so I can play complete ablums by opening the relevant .asx file in VLC. I have an issue in that when I open some of my .asx files the track titles are not displayed by VLS in the playlist whilst others work fine. In the playlists that don't work the track Title fields are all of the form "AudioTrack01" etc, Duration and Album seem to be picked up OK.

An example of an .asx file which works OK is :

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<ASX version = "3.0"> <TITLE>Everything Must Go</TITLE> <ENTRY> <TITLE>01-Elvis Impersonator_ Blackpool Pier.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "01-Elvis Impersonator_ Blackpool Pier.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>02-A Design For Life.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "02-A Design For Life.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>03-Kevin Carter.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "03-Kevin Carter.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>04-Enola_Alone.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "04-Enola_Alone.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>05-Everything Must Go.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "05-Everything Must Go.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>06-Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "06-Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>07-The Girl Who Wanted To Be God.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "07-The Girl Who Wanted To Be God.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>08-Removables.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "08-Removables.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>09-Australia.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "09-Australia.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>10-Interiors (Song For Willem De Kooning).mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "10-Interiors (Song For Willem De Kooning).mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>11-Further Away.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "11-Further Away.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>12-No Surface All Feeling.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "12-No Surface All Feeling.mp3" /> </ENTRY> </ASX>

An apparently similar file which does not work is :

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<ASX version = "3.0"> <TITLE>Modern Times</TITLE> <ENTRY> <TITLE>01-Carol.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "01-Carol.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>02-Sirens Of Titan.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "02-Sirens Of Titan.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>03-What's Going On.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "03-What's Going On.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>04-Not The One.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "04-Not The One.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>05-Next Time.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "05-Next Time.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>06-Apple Cider Reconstitution.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "06-Apple Cider Reconstitution.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>07-Dark And Rolling Sea.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "07-Dark And Rolling Sea.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>08-Modern Times.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "08-Modern Times.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>09-News From Spain.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "09-News From Spain.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>10-Elvaston Place.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "10-Elvaston Place.mp3" /> </ENTRY> <ENTRY> <TITLE>11-Swallow Wind.mp3</TITLE> <REF HREF = "11-Swallow Wind.mp3" /> </ENTRY> </ASX>

The .asx files are located in directories along with the .mp3 files, the directory listing for the working .asx file is :
___start___
03/06/2007 14:08 3,354,624 01-Elvis Impersonator_ Blackpool Pier.mp3
03/06/2007 14:08 4,114,432 02-A Design For Life.mp3
03/06/2007 14:09 3,280,896 03-Kevin Carter.mp3
03/06/2007 14:09 3,966,976 04-Enola_Alone.mp3
03/06/2007 14:09 3,543,040 05-Everything Must Go.mp3
03/06/2007 14:09 2,928,640 06-Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky.mp3
03/06/2007 14:09 3,446,784 07-The Girl Who Wanted To Be God.mp3
03/06/2007 14:10 3,387,392 08-Removables.mp3
03/06/2007 14:10 3,919,872 09-Australia.mp3
03/06/2007 14:10 4,122,624 10-Interiors (Song For Willem De Kooning).mp3
03/06/2007 14:10 3,504,128 11-Further Away.mp3
03/06/2007 14:10 4,075,520 12-No Surface All Feeling.mp3
03/06/2007 14:11 1,470 Everything Must Go.asx
13 File(s) 43,646,398 bytes
2 Dir(s) 162,931,847,168 bytes free
___end___

The directory listing for the non-working .asx file is :
___start___
30/06/2006 00:44 4,239,360 01-Carol.mp3
30/06/2006 00:44 2,725,888 02-Sirens Of Titan.mp3
30/06/2006 00:45 3,442,688 03-What's Going On.mp3
30/06/2006 00:45 4,401,152 04-Not The One.mp3
30/06/2006 00:45 4,151,296 05-Next Time.mp3
30/06/2006 00:45 5,117,952 06-Apple Cider Reconstitution.mp3
12/07/2006 22:51 5,144,704 07-Dark And Rolling Sea.mp3
12/07/2006 22:41 8,020,096 08-Modern Times.mp3
12/07/2006 22:47 5,822,592 09-News From Spain.mp3
12/07/2006 22:50 2,779,264 10-Elvaston Place.mp3
30/06/2006 00:47 3,223,552 11-Swallow Wind.mp3
30/06/2006 00:51 1,193 Modern Times.asx
12 File(s) 49,069,737 bytes
2 Dir(s) 162,931,843,072 bytes free
___end___

OS is W7x64 Ultimate but I have no opportunity to try it under another OS.

Any ideas gratefully received,

Boo

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

If you take one mp3 of the non-working .asx and you copy it to one of working one and name it like an existing mp3. Does it work?

[Boo2]

If I do that then the file from the working directory shows up in the playlist as it's proper name (not the new name from the non-working album).

Thanks,

Boo

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

So, the issue is not the .asx, but some .mp3 that do not show infos, right?

[Boo2]

So, the issue is not the .asx, but some .mp3 that do not show infos, right?

Well, the issue is that VLC does not get the .mp3 info from the .asx file. Most of my mp3 files do not have metadata and I would prefer to keep it that way.

If the .asx file is correct (and I could find no error myself) then is there a reason VLC cannot show the info from that entries there ? Is there a switch or something I need to turn on in the UI ?

Thanks for your time and efforts in replying,

Boo

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well, VLC takes metadata from the files, not from the playlist. Fill free to file a bug.

[Boo2]

Fill free to file a bug.

OK, but where do I do that ?

Boo