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DOSCab/WinCab Jukebox 3.0 Beta 1 Released
Dermbrian:
--- Quote from: Chris on December 01, 2004, 10:22:39 pm ---
I'm working on the random crash bug now. I've rewritten the memory allocator and I have high hopes that will solve the problem. Unfortunately, I can't prove that I've fixed the problem, only that I haven't...
--Chris
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Chris, I had sent you a couple of mp3's that *always* die at the end, knocking out WinCab and returning to Windows. WindowsME in my case.
I just unzipped one of those offending mp3's and it still does it with your latest build. Same mp3 runs fine in WinAMP and in SalmonKing's new jukebox.
Hopefully that mp3 would be a good indicator of the 'random' crash bug having been fixed. I know the behavior can be random but the same abort happens with specific files that work with other players. I'd love to try any next build you do! I seem to have the problem worse than anyone.
Brian
johnman001:
Dermbrian,
I seem to be able to fix my "bad" mp3 files. I took all my "bad" mp3 files and sent them into a "bad" directory and opened each of them up in sonic foundry. The only thing that I did with the files once in sonic foundry was to strip a fraction of a second from the end of each of the files and re-saved the files as mp3.
I have a feeling that the problem may have something to do with "variable" bitrates. I may be wrong about this, but it is my only theory so far....
I only had a dozen or so "bad" mp3 files. I think it has to do with how the mp3 files were created in the first place. None of the ones I personally made were "bad".
Chris:
--- Quote from: Dermbrian on December 01, 2004, 10:40:18 pm ---Chris, I had sent you a couple of mp3's that *always* die at the end, knocking out WinCab and returning to Windows.
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Dermbrian:
--- Quote from: johnman001 on December 01, 2004, 11:04:15 pm ---
I only had a dozen or so "bad" mp3 files. I think it has to do with how the mp3 files were created in the first place. None of the ones I personally made were "bad".
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Johnman, all of my mp3's are personally made from my collection of LP's. You may be correct about the variable bit rate contributing to the problem to some degree. I had a collection that I had encoded at a straight 128kbps and letting those randomly play didn't result in any random closing of the program.
If I do re-encode one of the problem files, it will generally be OK. But I'm pretty sure there's nothing really 'wrong' with them in the first place. I'm taking the time to use the '-extreme' setting of LAME to encode my files at a high variable bit rate, so I'd rather not dumb them down. I'm of the 'every little bit help's' mentality when it comes to mp3 quality. Lower bit rates kind of give me a headache after a while.
One other behavior that I've had win DosCAB (and I think with WinCAB) is that if I let it play for a very long time (1 hour or longer) then the mp3's begin to sound very rough.
It's a wonderful program with a super interface, and was really what I was looking for in terms of pulling up a random selection of my lp tracks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Chris can fix this issue that is minor to most but kills mine within 5-10 songs on random play almost every time.
Chris, I'll send you the short one that dies. 1 1/2 minute song.
Brian
Chris:
--- Quote from: johnman001 on December 01, 2004, 11:04:15 pm ---I have a feeling that the problem may have something to do with "variable" bitrates.
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