GBS playlists, foo_gep, and frustration. by Electric Keet at 10:53 PM EST on January 7, 2012
As noted in the topic, I'm creating M3U playlists for GBS files – well, one in particular, perhaps more to come – and trying to test them in foo_gep, and getting somewhat frustrated. Why?
1) For some reason, when I load a GBS file in fb2k for the first time, it seems to refuse to forget whatever the associated playlist happened to be in that instance. If I edit the M3U and try to load it in fb2k again, none of the changes will appear. If I move both GBS and M3U to another directory, however, they load fine... one time. And then that sticks. Any idea how I can keep that from happening so I can efficiently edit these M3U files?
2) For some other reason, foo_gep doesn't seem to recognise all the fields of the playlist entries properly. For example, here's my current bit of work: Tetris Attack GBS+M3U, work in progress Notice the line in the M3U which reads: Tetris Attack [Yoshi no Panepon] (1996)(-)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,29,Staff Roll,0:03:25.784,0:00:25.714,0:00:06.428,0 That's right, it takes nearly three and a half minutes for this track to get to where it loops, but that loop is only twenty-five seconds long. Now load the GBS file in fb2k, and watch as it the time is interpreted as... thirty-two seconds, being the loop length plus the fade length. Am I missing some bit of necessary magic here?
3) Also, why is foo_gep ignoring the loop count? Am I specifying it wrong?
If anyone has insights for how to overcome any of these, I'd be most appreciative. (If the answer to 2 and 3 are simply "stuff the intro in with the loop timing and be happy", I'll be annoyed, but at least I'll be able to make it work....)
foo_gep doesn't support the extended M3U properly and that doesn't look to change in the future, so both the loop_time and loop_count values are ignored.
If you want the track to work both in NEZPlug and in foo_gep, stick with
Tetris Attack [Yoshi no Panepon] (1996)(-)(Nintendo).gbs::GBS,29,Staff Roll,03:51,,10
format.
If you right click the tunes in foobar playlist, you can select their properties, click the tools button then and choose reload info - this will reread the M3U.
How on earth did I forget about the "Reload info" bit? That helps immensely, Knurek. Thanks a million.
So, it works now. Tracks are named and ordered according to the Tetris Attack SPC, and the M3U has both standard and "baked-loop" lists, with the former commented out.