Howto install GETID3 v1.7

[aba]

Update: As of kPlaylist 1.8, getid3 1.7.7 is recommended.

Update2: If you installed the bundle version of kP, you probably already have getid3! Look in the end of this topic for the guide to check if it's working.

As many of you know, getid3 1.7 is with the release of kPlaylist v1.6, the recommended tag reader.

If you have any problems following this howto, please feel free to reply directly.

1. You need to download getid3. Go here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=55859&package_id=50965 and get getid3 v.1.7. Recommended is the latest in the 1.7 tree, currently 1.7.7.

2. Extract getid3. If running Windows, please extract getid3 into a directory without any spaces, such as c:\getid3. For UNIXes, it doesen't matter where you extract.

Edit the kPlaylist script with a texteditor and locate
the following option:

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$cfg['getid3include']


And change it, if you extracted getid3 into c:/getid3, it should
be like this:

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$cfg['getid3include'] = 'c:/getid3/getid3/getid3.php';


And at last, change this:

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$cfg['enablegetid3'] = 0;


Till

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$cfg['enablegetid3'] = 1;


Now, check if it 's working.

Log in as a admin to kPlaylist, click Settings and then 'Filehandling'. If 'Write id3v2 with stream' is not disabled, getid3 should be working. If you are running a build newer than 420, you should see a version number in the right.

[grandars]

I did as this guide says, but the checkbox is still disabled.

It is disabled, but it says (getid3 1) next to it. Does this mean getid3 is working?

My stream does not work properly in any case, but knowing this for sure, would help.

[aba]

I did as this guide says, but the checkbox is still disabled.

It is disabled, but it says (getid3 1) next to it. Does this mean getid3 is working?

My stream does not work properly in any case, but knowing this for sure, would help.

Does not sound good, you should try to look it over again.

[saravalli]

Hi
I installed kPlaylist couple of days ago. Version v1.7 426 .
Then after going through some posts in the forum I went and installed getid3 today.
At first I got 'Parse' error then I reinstalled kPlaylist and getid3.Now i dont see the parse error, but do not see the
"Write ID3v2 with stream (getid3 0) " highlighted.
Please advise.

Thanks for the wonderful product.
Kumar

[deharper]

I get this:


Write ID3v2 with stream (getid3 0)

The check box is not highlighted?

Please help and thanks in advance.

[bmpnj]

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I get this:


Write ID3v2 with stream (getid3 0)

The check box is not highlighted?

Please help and thanks in advance.

I get the same.
If i have read the code right, it means that the version of getid3 is not recognized.

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if ($cfg['enablegetid3'])
{
   if (@include($cfg['getid3include']))
   {
      if (defined('GETID3VERSION'))
      {
         if (function_exists('GetAllFileInfo')) define('GETID3_V', 16);
      } else
      if (defined('GETID3_VERSION'))   
      {   
         if (class_exists('getID3')) define('GETID3_V', 17);
      } else define('GETID3_V', 1);
   }
   if (!defined('GETID3_V')) define('GETID3_V', 0);
}

None of the "if"s finds what they are looking for, so we end up whith a version 0, and then the checkbox is disabled.

[alcafer]

After installing it, I can't stream through windows media player. Everything was working fine before that.

I'd appreciate your help

[aba]

After installing it, I can't stream through windows media player. Everything was working fine before that.

I'd appreciate your help

Sorry for such a late answer, but are you sure you configured getid3 correctly (as described in the first post of this topic)?

[JakeNYC]

Couple of suggestions/observations with respect to the directory reference which was causing me problems but seem to work fine now. I'm using third party hosting solution (i.e. not running the software on a local box).

Absolute reference work but you need to ensure you lead with the "/":

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if (@include($cfg['getid3include']='/homepages/15/xxxxxxxx/htdocs/music/kplaylist/getid3/getid3/getid3.php')


Relative reference only work if the inital "/" is omitted, as such.

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(@include($cfg['getid3include']='getid3/getid3/getid3.php')


Hope that helps.

[yogi]

The problem is the version which you download from sourceforge.net is getid3-v1.4.1b5. Kplaylist needs , i think , getid3 version 1.7 and up. This is included with kplaylist bundle. I installed the getid3 version downloaded from sourceforge.net and installed the getid3 version from kplaylist bundle and my problem was solved.