Sorry for the late response, I got so frustrated myself that I had to take a long break.
"RunCoverDownloader" setting works now perfectly.
Log filename problem in track mode still exist, cover & cuefiles are working fine now.
Related to problem I reported a while ago(?); wrong numtracks when CD with DATA track (If $hasCue Or $g_track = $g_numtracks Then) in line #925.
Album & Artist = te'stin"g
- Track mode: logfile = te'stin g - te'stin g.log ... Batch var = te'stin'g - te'stin'g.log
- Image mode: logfile = te'stin'g - { 2004 } te'stin'g.log ... Batch var = te'stin'g - { 2004 } te'stin'g.log
(Tested with CD which had a DATA track ... stripped folder paths)
Tested A LOT the cuefile problem I had and I can't trust the cuefile generation at all; the problem is most probably a combination of cd-drive which has problems to read certain "difficult" CDs / EAC gap detection / REACT way of creating cuefiles (timing(?) &/ not stopping when some cuefiles are not created).
- Fixes/mods which I found that lowered problematic cases:
1. Stop extraction when cuefile is not found and give warning message.
2. Use "WinMenuSelectItem($g_eacTitle, $g_eacText, "&Action", "&Detect Gaps")" (also wait "Analyzing" window close) before calling "ControlSend()" functions to create different cuefiles.
- Here's my test notes (if somebody is interested) in codebox to minimize the post size:
- Timing issue? Analyzing window takes its time (sometimes fast, sometimes slow) REACT doesn't wait properly but instead tries constantly to "access" cuesheets??? Sometimes REACT hits correctly but sometimes not???? Too fast cuefiles creation and then move and next cuefile creation... and so on.. maybe needs little pauses?
- So, if the gap analyzing has been done, it seems that everything works fine. It's just the first rip which is problematic (sometimes!) when EAC/REACT is started. Any following rips seems to produce proper cuesheets (not closing EAC), EVEN if the first rip produced bad cuefiles. Tested with EAC "Gap Detection->Detection Accuracy" setting set to "Secure" (extracts the index several times) or "Inaccurate", no difference. Lots of "it seems". Pretty vague.
- One possible factor: cd-drive which has problems to read certain difficult CDs?! This one particular CD I'm testing gives sometimes "Detection mode not possible with this drive" error messages, and almost every time the only solution is to eject & insert it again and then try again. Sometimes some cuefiles are not created and there's NO error messages from EAC?!
- Hmm, when I start EAC/REACT and choose "Detect Gaps" manually from the menu AND after analyzing has stopped, I press F4; it seems that cuefiles are created properly everytime. Also using these steps, the gap column values in EAC window change from "Unknown" to numerical values. They don't change if I just start EAC/REACT and press F4. Maybe here's a clue how to nail this "twilight zone" phenomenon?
- All current problems were tested with A-gap setting, it works only after the first rip (which fails everytime). NOW trying B-setting: DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. What about the last one? C-setting: SEEMS TO WORK OK!? EVEN WITH ORIGINAL k-version. UPDATE ON C-setting: doesn't work; almost everytime the first cuefile (S) is NOT created but instead the second cuefile (MG) contains S-cuefile data.. M & MC are fine.
- OK, now it gets even more stranger; just witnessed cuefiles with additional pregaps & index 00's after over 200 tests with consistent cuefile contents! And this with the same CD I'm using in testing. Time to quit and give up.
- I made a difficult decision: I'm going to wait that EAC gets updated with char conversion & other requested features/fixes and use my own pre-processing batch file (or "real" program made with AutoIt or Visual Basic) for covers and other small things. I've wasted so much time and nerves testing, solving problems, reading & modifying source & cfg files that it's hard to walk away now, but I got to. Thanks a million to everyone who helped me. For those who rock (and you lot just rock), I salute you! I'm going to watch this thread for a while if you have any questions for me. Otherwise, I'm done here. May you all have a happy and long future ahead with REACT and everything else. Peace Love & Understanding. Bye.