Foobar2000 1.4 Beta 9. An issue when reading files from a specific FTP server.

2018-03-14 23:05:56

It seems that the FTP reader seems to have an issue getting files from modland.com. It fails with the error "Unable to open item for playback (FTP: 220-      __  ___               __ __                      __):" when downloading files, example URL: ftp://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Uncle%20Ben/hall%20of%20decomposing%20mirror.it. This seems to occur with all files that I attempt to add from Modland, and it seems like it may be because it uses a multi line welcome message.

Re: Foobar2000 1.4 Beta 9. An issue when reading files from a specific FTP server.

Reply #1 – 2018-03-15 06:23:01

Thanks, it will be looked into for the next update.

Re: Foobar2000 1.4 Beta 9. An issue when reading files from a specific FTP server.

Reply #2 – 2018-03-15 07:42:12

Additional. It seems files from scene.org also don't download properly, possibly because it doesn't use a standard login message. It fails with the message "Unable to open item for playback (FTP error code 230-):". ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/farb-rausch/003_004-rp-raum_klang_und_design.mp3

Re: Foobar2000 1.4 Beta 9. An issue when reading files from a specific FTP server.

Reply #3 – 2018-03-15 12:48:57

This is great fun, modland FTP is practically software archeology, supporting RFC 959 level FTP, no MLSD/MLST to sanely retrieve directory listings or file stats.

Anyway, both fixed for the next update.