Locking files - Beatunes vs. Itunes

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juriaan van oosterom

26 Jun, 2010 06:19 AM

Hallo,
1) If you run an analisis and open any file in itunes, at the same time, the analysis results (from beatunes) you ge a file lock,
(the file becomes readonly) The results are not written. It would be nice if you could run an analysis and listen to music at the same time.

2) It is now not possible to 'Cut and paste' errors from the log file to the windows clipboard.

Could you look into this?.

  • beaTunes: 2.1.9
  • JVM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
  • Version: 16.3-b01
  • Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
  • OS: Windows Vista 6.0, x86
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  1. 1 Posted by Willrz on 27 Jun, 2010 02:12 AM

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    I'm having the same issue as stated above.

  2. 2 Posted by bootcockie on 27 Jun, 2010 02:50 AM

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    DITTO!

  3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 27 Jun, 2010 08:04 AM

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    Hi,

    thanks for pointing this out.
    Let me ask you a couple of questions:

    1)
    Are you saying that iTunes locks the file and therefore beaTunes can't write the results?
    Also, in the beaTunes general prefs, do you have embedding of non-iTunes fields turned on or off?

    2)
    When you talk about the 'log file', do you mean the little list that appears at the bottom of the analysis queue window when something went wrong?

    Both you who chimed in with ditto... do you care about both issues or just one?

    Thanks,

    -hendrik

  4. 4 Posted by bootcockie on 28 Jun, 2010 03:16 AM

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    OK I THINK THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE IM HAVING TOO!
    SO, I DONT HAVE THE COMPUTER IN FRONT OF ME TO CHECK, "embedding of non-iTunes fields turned on or off" BUT I HAVE NEVER GONE IN THE PREFERENCES IN THE BEATUNES APPLICATION EVER SO IT WOULD BE HOW EVER IT IS SET UP FROM DEFAULT.
    WHEN BEATUNES IS IN ANALYSIS MODE AND I GO OVER TO ITUNES TO CHANGE SPELLING (OF A SONG, ALBUM) OR SOMETIMES EVEN PLAY A SONG IN ITUNES BEATUNES FREEZES UP. I HAVE LEARNED TO WORK AROUND THE ISSUE AND HONESTLLY HAVE NOT SEEN IT FOR THE LAST 3 UPDATES. BUT THEN AGAIN I DONT TRY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I WORK AROUND AND WOULD RATHER AVOID CRASHES.

  5. 5 Posted by juriaan.vanoost... on 28 Jun, 2010 06:19 AM

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    Hallo, i turned the option 'embedding of non-iTunes fields ' on. The lock's don't appear in the log. It seems this fixed the main issue, in this app. version. The second remark is a feature request. I will post this to another forum.

    Bottom line: The flag 'embedding of non-iTunes fields should be on.
    (I noted also a performance benefit, but i need more testing to confirm this). I suggest a new page in the help section (documentation), which lists all the different flags and options and the effect they have on the application.
    Thanks for the help.

  6. Support Staff 6 Posted by hendrik on 28 Jun, 2010 09:00 AM

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    @bootcokie: switching back and forth between beaTunes and iTunes causes beaTunes to re-read (sync) the iTunes library as there may be external changes. depending on the size of your library this causes a significant load and may appear as freezing. you can switch off the synching in the beaTunes general preferences, but you might have to deal with outdated data shown by beaTunes.

  7. Support Staff 7 Posted by hendrik on 28 Jun, 2010 09:02 AM

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    @juriann: Turning embedding on, will cause beaTunes to slow down, as more file operations are performed. However, many people working with more than just beaTunes and iTunes will want this feature on. And yes, there should be better documentation. Noted.

    What I still don't understand: How can you tell there is some lock at all?

    Thanks,

    -hendrik

  8. 8 Posted by bootcockie on 28 Jun, 2010 08:56 PM

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    OK... MAKES SENCE. THANK U!
    ALSO, WHERE IS THERE MORE INFO ON "Turning embedding on"?

  9. Support Staff 9 Posted by hendrik on 29 Jun, 2010 07:27 AM

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    About embedding:

    As you know, iTunes does not show key, language or similar columns. beaTunes does.
    Now that also means that beaTunes can't store those values in iTunes - it has to store them itself. It does so in its own internal database. But that does not help you, if you want to import the data into some other app, like some DJ app. For that the values need to be stored in the audio files themselves, i.e. they need to be embedded.

    Turning embedding on in the general prefs, will make sure that - when you run an analysis - the results will be embedded into the files so that other apps can read them.

    -hendrik

  10. 10 Posted by bootcockie on 03 Jul, 2010 05:34 AM

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    THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION!

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