Icecast - Aug 2004 - [ ICES2 ] - Converted .ogg files are not played in a row

Hello,

I've succesfully set up Icecast2 and Ices2 for playlist mode, and I can
play .ogg files that I have downloaded from the Net. However, if I convert
my .mp3 to .ogg and try to play two of them consecutively, Ices returns:

[2004-06-29  20:32:09] INFO playlist-builtin/playlist_read Currently
playing "../libre.ogg"
[2004-06-29  20:35:44] INFO playlist-builtin/playlist_read Currently
playing "../cunhas/cool_tunes.ogg"
[2004-06-29  20:35:44] WARN playlist-builtin/playlist_read Skipping
"../cunhas/cool_tunes.ogg" as the serial number is the same as
previous
[2004-06-29  20:35:44] INFO playlist-builtin/playlist_read Currently
playing "../GNU/jonobacon-freesoftwaresong.ogg"
[2004-06-29  20:37:56] INFO playlist-builtin/playlist_read Currently
playing "../GNU/free-software-song.ogg"
[2004-06-29  20:39:44] INFO playlist-builtin/playlist_read Currently
playing "../cunhas/open_mind.ogg"


The two first files were converted via sox from MP3 to OGG. The third and
fourth ones do play nicely, as they were downloaded in OGG format. The
fifth, "cool_tunes", was also converted, but plays nicely, as it
follows
an original OGG.

What does "the serial number is the same as previous" mean? How can I
fix
it? Is it an Ices problem or a sox one? Are there other MP3 translation
programs that I can use that do not result in this?

Thanks in advance,
Den?s.

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>
> What does "the serial number is the same as previous" mean? How
can I fix
> it? Is it an Ices problem or a sox one? Are there other MP3 translation
> programs that I can use that do not result in this?
It's not really a problem as such, it's a check to avoid a problem some
players can experience.  To avoid the check, ices needs to rebuild the
ogg stream and that is not implemented in v2.0.

The check only kicks in when comparing the new and old streams so having
multiple files in the playlist in general does not trigger it, unless of
course most of your files have the same serial number (use ogginfo to
see for yourself).

karl.

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Message-ID: <200406301124.27346.msmith@xiph.org>

On Wednesday 30 June 2004 07:36, Karl Heyes wrote:
> > What does "the serial number is the same as previous" mean?
How can I fix
> > it? Is it an Ices problem or a sox one? Are there other MP3
translation
> > programs that I can use that do not result in this?
>
> It's not really a problem as such, it's a check to avoid a problem
some
> players can experience.  To avoid the check, ices needs to rebuild the
> ogg stream and that is not implemented in v2.0.
No, it's really a problem. Players aren't _supposed_ to deal with it.

The rest of what you said was accurate.

Anyway, this sounds like a sox bug.

Mike

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On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 02:24, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 June 2004 07:36, Karl Heyes wrote:
> > > What does "the serial number is the same as previous"
mean? How can I fix
> > > it? Is it an Ices problem or a sox one? Are there other MP3
translation
> > > programs that I can use that do not result in this?
> >
> > It's not really a problem as such, it's a check to avoid a
problem some
> > players can experience.  To avoid the check, ices needs to rebuild the
> > ogg stream and that is not implemented in v2.0.
>
> No, it's really a problem. Players aren't _supposed_ to deal with
it.
Let me be clearer on this, the check in ices is not a problem, it is
there purely as a simple mechanism to avoid a stability/playback problem
downstream, this log message just tells the user that the current file
is going to be skipped, it's then up to the playlist maintainer to
resolve any issues.

For the time being either re-order the playlist slightly (if it's just
between two files, most likely) or rebuild the ogg file in question so
that it's serial number is unique. sox may be creating duplicate serial
numbered files I don't know I haven't used it for encoding.


karl.