Possible solution to the Windows AtomicParsley crashes?

Shevek shevek at shevek.co.uk
Wed Oct 5 17:14:14 EDT 2011


On 5 October 2011 22:09, Shevek <shevek at shevek.co.uk> wrote:
> On 5 October 2011 20:32, dinkypumpkin <dinkypumpkin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If the patch I referenced is the root cause of AP crashes with get_iplayer,
>> the problem it addresses is something that will only manifest occasionally
>> and won't always be reproducible on another system, even with the same
>> programme.  That makes it tough to verify a solution.  Although I could
>> duplicate your original error, I could never reproduce a crash with another
>> example that Shevek sent to me.  Another complication is that I could only
>> duplicate your error from Perl, not the shell, and then only when not
>> running AP in a debugger. Makes it tough to figure out what's going on.  So,
>> I'm hoping to hear about a few more crashes that I can duplicate before
>> pushing an update through the installer, just to convince myself that
>> progress has been made.  It would definitely be helpful if, as mentioned,
>> you keep running with the intact get_iplayer script until you hit some more
>> crashes.  You might find the golden ticket sooner if you add --tag-longdesc
>> to your command line to force the long description atom to be written.
>>
>
> Well, how's that for tempting fate! I've just had AP (the alternate
> build) crap out on me:
>
> Night_Waves_-_Midnight_in_Paris_Fiona_Shaw_Madness_St_Pauls_Cathedral_b0159w8g
>

I tried again with --force and it failed again - this is the last few
lines of the log:

INFO: Downloaded Thumbnail to
'D:\Users\Cyrus\Downloads\iPlayer\Night_Waves_-_Midnight_in_Paris_Fiona_Shaw_Madness_St_Pauls_Cathedral_b0159w8g_default.jpg'
INFO: MP4 tagging M4A file
INFO: Command exit code 5 (raw code = 1280)
WARNING: Failed to tag M4A file

I'll try again with verbose and post the result



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