ProppFrexx ONAIR User-Forum

Posted: **22 Sep 2019 16:01**

Hi,

We would like to extend our automation system, which is mAirlist with ProppFrexx as play-out station.
For the automation we have all our cue points defined such as CueIn, CueOut, Ramp1 and StartNext. This data is stored by mAirlist in the `.mmd` sidecar file.

I do see an option in ProppFrexx that says 'Read mAirlist Meta Data Files', however if I drag a mp3 file, for which a `.mmd` sidecar file exists, it does not load the cue points.

Does anyone know what the proper configuration is to make this work? That way we could use our automation music database in the play-out system.

An example of one of our `.mmd` files is below:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<PlaylistItem Class="File">
  <Title>Cassius 1999</Title>
  <Artist>Cassius</Artist>
  <Duration>214.490</Duration>
    <Attributes>
    <Item>
      <Name>Speed</Name>
      <Value>Fast</Value>
    </Item>
    <Item>
      <Name>Gender</Name>
      <Value>Mixed group</Value>
    </Item>
    <Item>
      <Name>Texture</Name>
      <Value>Mood 5</Value>
    </Item>
    <Item>
      <Name>Sound</Name>
      <Value>Dance/House</Value>
    </Item>
    <Item>
      <Name>Type</Name>
      <Value>Top 40 hit</Value>
    </Item>
  </Attributes>
  <Markers>
    <Marker Type="CueIn" Position="0.000"/>
    <Marker Type="Ramp1" Position="1.790"/>
    <Marker Type="StartNext" Position="201.300"/>
    <Marker Type="CueOut" Position="211.539"/>
  </Markers>

- m4rcu5

Posted: **22 Sep 2019 19:30**

Where do you drag that file? Into a playlist?
Does the file maybe already contain cue-points from another source?

But I can take a look tomorrow to make a little test.

Posted: **22 Sep 2019 19:44**

Yes, into the playlist.

I would like to provide 2 players with the playlist including its automation and backtiming to the users. As well as a cartwall.
I have tried this directly from the explorer, and I added the directory as a media library and dragged it in that way.
However, if you have it in the media library and right click to check the TAGS, It already does not show any CUE information.
After you dragged it into the player, it will have the InCue and OutCue info, but that is probably added automatically.

The file is a clean MP3 file with the absolute minimum of id3tags.

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/opt/MusicDatabase/Weekend Dance/Dance 90-00/Cassius - Cassius 1999.mp3                                                                            [ 3.27 MB ]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Time: 03:35	MPEG1, Layer III	[ 128 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID3 v2.4:
title: Cassius 1999
artist: Cassius
album: 
track: 		
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If there is anything I can do to help test, let me know!

Posted: **23 Sep 2019 08:08**

I see the issue. Currently PF reads the cue-points out of a xml node structure called "CueData"... this seems to have changed to "Markers".
I'll adjust this in the next version to be released by tomorrow probably!
Thanks

Posted: **25 Sep 2019 22:15**

Hi Bernd,

Thanks! I see that you released the new version today.

I am away from the workstation with ProppFrexx, but will test it out this weekend and let you know.

Posted: **25 Sep 2019 22:46**

Yes, it should be fixed with v4.1.4.1

Posted: **28 Sep 2019 16:30**

radio42 wrote: 25 Sep 2019 22:46 Yes, it should be fixed with v4.1.4.1

I just did a clean installation of the latest version on my test machine. I fully reset all my settings and enabled the option to read the `.mmd` file.

The testing directory contains `.mp3` files and the `.mp3.mmd` files.

I've tried to add it as a media library, as well as just drag it from the explorer into a standby printer.
But as far as I can tell, the cue points are not read. If I click 'show tag info' on the file, before it's loaded into a player, both from the media library or explorer, show no cue/ramp points. After I load it into a player, there are some points, but they seem to be auto generated and the Ramp1 is missing.

Am I missing something?

I've attached a screenshot of my settings. The `.mmd` files are still the same as the example above.

: Metadata settings

Posted: **28 Sep 2019 16:50**

Maybe, I don’t know. You need to provide me with your files to test here. The ones you send me did work here.
As said, if some cue-points do already exist in the mp3 file, it would use those!
So please provide some sample files to test with.

Posted: **29 Sep 2019 13:27**

Hi,

I have uploaded a example mp3 file (creative commons), which has been tagged and Cue'ed by mAirlist. And it's MMD file companion.
Link: https://fromsmash.com/LDhoJU0FnA-c0 (file was to big to attach to the forum directly)

This file was tested in v4.1.4.1, but same as before, the Cue points are not read, neither via the library, dragging the MP3 into the standby player or by the build-in explorer.

Hope this example file helps.

Posted: **29 Sep 2019 17:18**

Thanks - I found the issue. I'll provide a fix tomorrow...

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