Playlist length

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Hello everyone,

I’m new to mAirList, but have experience with Myriad.

Having looked at the format of the .mld files I wrote a (currently very crude) piece of VB to select files, arrange them in a schedule and create a new .mld file. This works fine, but when I load it I’m only seeing the first 15-20 items (approx 60 minutes). Have I missed something really obvious, or are playlists limited to one hour each ?

Any help greatly appreciated.

John

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Can you see any Scrollbar at the right of the Playlist? Scroll down and wait one or two Seconds. It is Possible that in that time the Objects you haven´t seen get Initalized. This problem occurents at my PC! But it´s possible to, that you have a different problem.

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First of all, welcome to the forum.

There is no limit for the playlist duration. Perhaps there’s a problem in your XML, a misspelled keyword, or an unescaped special character? You should open your .mld file in a text editor and take a close look at the first of the missing items.

You can also send a copy of your file to torben@weibert.de, and I’ll have a look at it.

Torben

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If you can find a copy of Microsoft XML Notepad (freeware but sort of obsolete) or a similar XML editor, you can as Torben says double-check that your VB is writing the MLP (XML file) correctly. Don’t forget that you do need a final vbCrLf (aka Chr(13) & Chr(10)) in the file ;).

BFN
CAD

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Many thanks for your advice and offers of help.

In the end the problem turned out to be filenames with & symbols. Things like :

“Lionel Richie & Diana Ross~~Endless Love.wav”

A quick (well, not so quick with 2000 tracks) renaming exercise and all is well.

John

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Oh yes, the & sign … I should have guessed this. Someone had a similar problem a while back.