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many Unable to read metadata for album directory

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% sacad_r -i . 600 AlbumArt.jpg
Analyzing library: 1038 dirs [00:00, 2377.86 dirs/s, files=7576, albums=623, missing covers=623, errors=576]
Unable to read metadata for album directory '.'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Bee_Selwood__Janine_Porral_Gibson/Bee_Selwood__Janine_Porral_Gibson-1997-11-Spirit_Of_Meditation_(Disc_3_of_3)_Aboriginal'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Floorfilla/Floorfilla-2001-Megamix'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Rodgers__Hammerstein/Rodgers__Hammerstein-2008-10-05-The_Sound_of_Music_(1965_film_cast)'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Chris_Coco__Rob_Da_Bank/Chris_Coco__Rob_Da_Bank-2002-08-The_Blue_Room_(70_Mins_Of_Lazy_Space_Grooves)'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Damien_Rice/Damien_Rice-2003-O'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './VHS_Or_Beta/VHS_Or_Beta-2005-07-Night_On_Fire'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './VHS_Or_Beta/VHS_Or_Beta-2004-The_Melting_Moon'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Mogwai/Mogwai-1997-Young_Team'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Lo_Fidelity_Allstars/Lo_Fidelity_Allstars-2003-Abstract_Funk_Theory'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Fabio__Grooverider/Fabio__Grooverider-2004-Drum__Bass_Arena_Fabio__Grooverider_(Disc_1,_Fabio)'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Fabio__Grooverider/Fabio__Grooverider-2004-08-02-Drum__Bass_Arena_Fabio__Grooverider_(Disc_2_of_2)'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Fabio__Grooverider/Fabio__Grooverider-2004-08-02-Drum__Bass_Arena_Fabio__G
...
Unable to read metadata for album directory './South_Oxhey_Choirs/South_Oxhey_Choirs-2009-In_My_Life'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Front_242/Front_242-1995-Mut@gE.Mix@ge'
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Open_Door/Open_Door-2002-Whats_Behind_Door_#1'
Searching covers: 100%|β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ| 47/47 [00:42<00:00,  1.38 covers/s, ok=0, errors=0, no result found=47]
Unable to find cover for 'Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 In C Major, KV 515 / String Quintet No. 4 In G Minor, KV 516' by 'Smetana Quartet & Josef Suk' from './Smetana_Quartet__Josef_Suk/Smetana_Quartet__Josef_Suk-1982-Mozart_String_Quintet_No._3_In_C_Major,_KV_515__String_Quintet_No._4_In_G_Minor,_KV_516'
Unable to find cover for 'Mixmag Presents: Party Bombs' by 'HervΓ©' from './HervΓ©/HervΓ©-2008-08-20-Mixmag_Presents_Party_Bombs'
Unable to find cover for 'Italienisches Konzert / Partita Nr. 1 / Toccata D-Dur' by 'Johann Sebastian Bach; Dubravka Tomőič' from './Johann_Sebastian_Bach_Dubravka_Tomőič/Johann_Sebastian_Bach_Dubravka_Tomőič-1988-Italienisches_Konzert__Partita_Nr._1__Toccata_DDur'
Unable to find cover for 'Muzik Magazine Dance Awards 2001, Volume 2: The Future' by 'Various Artists' from './Various_Artists/Various_Artists-2001-12-Modern_Sound_Files_(Disc_1)'
...

Then it finishes not long after.

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  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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1reaction
desbmacommented, Jan 17, 2019

Thanks, I did reproduce, and I’ll look into into it.

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mxmilkiibcommented, Jan 17, 2019

Aaah, it’s the presence of a file that matches what is given to the album art name flag that causes it.

12:20:45 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice/Damien_Rice-2003-O master* Β± ll
total 314M
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  38K Jan 17 12:20  AlbumArt.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk 158K Jan 17 12:20 'cover (1).jpg'
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  33K Jan 17 12:20  cover.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  27M Jan 17 12:19  Damien_Rice-2003-O-01-Delicate.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  27M Jan 17 12:19  Damien_Rice-2003-O-02-Volcano.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  28M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-03-The_Blowers_Daughter.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  28M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-04-Cannonball.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  26M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-05-Older_Chests.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  30M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-06-Amie.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  30M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-07-Cheers_Darlin.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  26M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-08-Cold_Water.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  32M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-09-I_Remember.flac
-rw-r--r-- 1 milk milk  65M Jan 17 12:20  Damien_Rice-2003-O-10-Eskimo.flac
12:20:52 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice/Damien_Rice-2003-O master* 1 Β± rm *.jpg
12:20:54 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice/Damien_Rice-2003-O master* Β± ..

12:20:57 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice master* Β± sacad_r -i . 600 AlbumArt.jpg
Analyzing library: 2 dirs [00:00,  3.34 dirs/s, files=10, albums=1, missing covers=1, errors=0]
Searching covers: 100%|β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ| 1/1 [00:15<00:00, 15.44s/ covers, ok=1, errors=0, no result found=0]
12:21:25 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice master* 20s Β± sacad_r -i . 600 AlbumArt.jpg
Analyzing library: 2 dirs [00:00, 2513.82 dirs/s, files=11, albums=1, missing covers=1, errors=1]
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Damien_Rice-2003-O'
Searching covers: 0 covers [00:00, ? covers/s, errors=0, no result found=0, ok=0]

12:23:33 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice master* Β± cd Damien_Rice-2003-O/
12:23:39 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice/Damien_Rice-2003-O master* Β± mv AlbumArt.jpg AlbumArt2.jpg
12:23:40 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice/Damien_Rice-2003-O master* Β± ..

12:23:43 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice master* Β± sacad_r -i . 600 AlbumArt.jpg
Analyzing library: 2 dirs [00:00, 26.12 dirs/s, files=11, albums=1, missing covers=1, errors=0]
Searching covers: 100%|β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ| 1/1 [00:01<00:00,  1.33s/ covers, ok=1, errors=0, no result found=0]
12:23:52 milk@rose:~/tmp/Damien_Rice master* Β± sacad_r -i . 600 AlbumArt.jpg
Analyzing library: 2 dirs [00:00, 2969.42 dirs/s, files=12, albums=1, missing covers=1, errors=1]
Unable to read metadata for album directory './Damien_Rice-2003-O'
Searching covers: 0 covers [00:00, ? covers/s, errors=0, no result found=0, ok=0]

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