johnmeckley Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I won't know until tonight's "version" of the show runs, however here is the situation:I sequenced the Chipmunks song to everyone's liking (don'tcha know we gotta keep the KIDS happy!)... when I run the song from the sequence editor, it works PERFECTLY. Even attaching my LOR laptop to the controller network, it drives the lights PERFECTLY.Then I try to drop it into the show. Have tried both the simple show editor AND the hardware utility MP3 tab... when the show runs (from my SD chip in the MP3 director card), EVERYTHING but Chipmunks works... we just get to the song before and when it finishes, it skips INSTANTLY over to the following song...As in year's past, I have re-run the mp3 back through Audacity and re-exported is as a constant bit-rate (128 kbps) mp3... then re-associated it as the media file for the sequence... re-saved the sequence... and as of last night, re-formatted the show onto the SD card from the MP3 tab in the hardware utility (I just can't seem to get the days/times to work from the simple show builder! another problem for another day).Is there ANYTHING ELSE anyone can think of out there in PC/LOR Land that I may very well have missed?!- JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Sounds like it is not able to find the audio associated with the sequence..Before your show runs tonight, open the "Status" log and watch what happens when that sequence comes up...it should tell you why it was not able to play (if in fact it does not play) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 jimswinder wrote:Sounds like it is not able to find the audio associated with the sequence..Before your show runs tonight, open the "Status" log and watch what happens when that sequence comes up...it should tell you why it was not able to play (if in fact it does not play)Jim, since he is running his show from the SD card mp3 director unit, he will not have a status log.He did say it works from his laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 JBullard wrote: Jim, since he is running his show from the SD card mp3 director unit, he will not have a status log.oh...well that's not good!! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Run you audio file thru audacity set at 128 constant bit rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Yep - did the 128 bps/constant thru Audacity last night and re-wrote to the SD... so we'll see tonight when it goes live! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something else.As a side note, when I review the SD after writing the show to it, I can SEE all the sequences and mp3s... 13 in all (includes those pesky Chipmunks)... it was just that the sequence/song got skipped. Hopefully, tonight's run will get it right.THANK YOU ALL and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!- JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 ROFL - wellllllllllllllllllllll....... Chipmunks worked....... then I immediately noticed the Grinch did NOT. Back to Audacity and the Sequence Editor!(sigh)128 bps/constant re-exported via Audacity and re-associated with the sequence did it.As always, I can't thank our LOR "family" enough - y'all ROCK!- JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkuntzcpa Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Jim, reformat your SD card. I had the same problem and reformatted the card and recreated the show and it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 OK - going to try that tonight. Re-saved Grinch (again - so re-re-saved?) in 128 kbps constant and rewrote the show... no luck.So tonight after close, I'll pull the card and reformat and rewrite the show AGAIN.(sigh)- JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 OK - that was NOT it... Grinch still is NOT working.Have re-formatted the SD card... re-ran the MP3 through Audacity and re-saved in 128 kpbs/constant-rate MP3 format... re-associated that MP3 file with the sequence... re-wrote the show to the SD card... every song EXCEPT the Grinch is working.Frustrating to say the least. Any OTHER ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 johnmeckley wrote: OK - that was NOT it... Grinch still is NOT working.Have re-formatted the SD card... re-ran the MP3 through Audacity and re-saved in 128 kpbs/constant-rate MP3 format... re-associated that MP3 file with the sequence... re-wrote the show to the SD card... every song EXCEPT the Grinch is working.Frustrating to say the least. Any OTHER ideas anyone?What version of software are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 S2 v 2.8.12Funny thing is I just did the same for Chipmunks and that "fixed" it... Grinch, however, no bueno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 johnmeckley wrote: Funny thing is I just did the same for Chipmunks and that "fixed" it... Grinch, however, no bueno...that Grinch can be a grinch sometimes... :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Benedict Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I have had problems with certain brands of SD cards.If available, try using the original LOR SD card that came with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 LoL - did THAT too! It seems, Mr. Grinch's heart just grew THREE sizes too SMALL this season! Where is Cindy Lou Who when you NEED her the most?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Cherry Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 johnmeckley wrote: S2 v 2.8.12Funny thing is I just did the same for Chipmunks and that "fixed" it... Grinch, however, no bueno...If my memory is correct, versions earlier that 2.9.4 does not have the audio file check feature when building the show. Found this out in 2009 that a bad audio file will load OK but not play the sequence.With 2.9.4 or later the audio file is now checked for correct format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 I remember that as well however, when I "build" the show via the hardware utility/MP3 tab, it DOES check/validate each sequence loaded in... and the Grinch "appears" to load ok.We just get into the show, up comes Hippo (the song right before) and when it ends, the sequence right AFTER Grinch loads/runs.Very frustrating. Especially when I *know* I can run the songs individually from the sequence editor and they ALL run perfectly well... argh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSedg Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 johnmeckley wrote: I remember that as well however, when I "build" the show via the hardware utility/MP3 tab, it DOES check/validate each sequence loaded in... and the Grinch "appears" to load ok.We just get into the show, up comes Hippo (the song right before) and when it ends, the sequence right AFTER Grinch loads/runs.Very frustrating. Especially when I *know* I can run the songs individually from the sequence editor and they ALL run perfectly well... argh.Have you run the verifier? I had this same exact problem and found out the sequence that wouldn't play was looking in the wrong location for the media file, so the show skips over it and goes to the next sequence. I went in and fixed that and it has run perfectly since. The verifier is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmeckley Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Thanks CKS... I'll try that tonight. When I loaded the songs one by one, it showed "checking" and "ok" in green for each one, inclusive of his Grinchiness - however, I'll give El Verifier a shot as well - can't hurt!At this point, I figure I'll get it running ok before 12/24...LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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