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Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 #121996 07/19/11 12:06 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157 L LBL OP Apprentice
OP LBL Apprentice L Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157	Just installed 2011.5. But just tried to add a new song to the Song Picker. When I hit "rebuild list" it goes up to about 88 songs and stops. Then I get an access violation message. I'm guessing this a bug in the new program. Tried closing and reopening BIAB. Didn't work. Larry

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #121997 07/19/11 12:26 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	Did you install BIAB in the default folder, C:/BB ? What is your OS? Windows 7? BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 Matt Finley #121998 07/19/11 03:40 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley Veteran
John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	There must be a bad file there. I have 8000 files in one folder and made the mistake of sticking a new one in there and then rebuilding. It worked but I had to go for several coffees. John Conley Musica est vita

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 John Conley #121999 07/19/11 04:03 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,831 PeterGannon PG Music Staff
PeterGannon PG Music Staff Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,831	Yes, the songlist routine needs to load in each song, so if you have a corrupt song file, it might stop the process. Note that this is the same behaviour in BB for the last 5 years or so, no change in 2011.5. Recommend trying a different folder, and then if you do the same folder, try adding in half the songs to id the bad song. Have Fun! Peter Gannon PG Music Inc.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 PeterGannon #122000 07/20/11 07:06 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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OP LBL Apprentice L Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 157	It was a bad file. The rebuild counter would counter up to 88 and then stop there. I went into the folder and counted to that number to find the file. I opened it played it and then resaved it. It works fine now. Thanks Larry

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #122001 07/20/11 07:24 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY Matt Finley Veteran
Matt Finley Veteran Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,033 Hudson Valley & Lake George NY	Good to know. Thanks for posting your solution so others can benefit. BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #122002 07/22/11 06:19 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 61 U Ulrich Enthusiast
Ulrich Enthusiast U Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 61	Hello Larry, thank you for posting the solution for this song list building problem! I faced the same problem before and posted it days before. You've got the solution! I don't know what kind of corruption to one of the song files had happened. The former version of BIAB (build 318) didn't have - and still has! - no problem with that same file. But opening it in build 325 - and re-saving it actually solves the problem. The new 2011.5 version seems to be somehow more sensitiv to whatever the 'corruptedness' of a song file may be. I had thought the problem file was the one which was indiacated as the last one in the building process; the one on which the process stopped and stuck 'frozen'. But the next(!) file (in alphabetical order) is the 'corrupted' file! So - for those having the same problem - remember the name of the song file which is the last one when the error occurs, then open the next file in alphabetical order. (Most easily done by the "Open song"-Dialog). Press the "Save"-button - that's it! Now the building process will continue. (Well - when there's another 'corrupted' file, it might stop again. But now you know what you can do ... :-) Thanks again, Larry! Greetings from Germany Ulrich

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 Ulrich #122003 07/22/11 08:52 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 368 J jphillips Journeyman
jphillips Journeyman J Joined: May 2008 Posts: 368	I also have been having problems with the song list in BIAB 2011.5. Never had a problem before. I tried going to the problem song, playing it and saving, but it made no difference. The song list builder still hangs up on that one file and then after I quit the song builder I get access violation notice. John

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 jphillips #122004 07/22/11 12:54 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,831 PeterGannon PG Music Staff
PeterGannon PG Music Staff Joined: May 2000 Posts: 15,831	Please email the corrupt song file to beta@pgmusic.com, and I will try to duplicate that issue. In the meantime, please remove that song from your folder, and rebuild the song list. Have Fun! Peter Gannon PG Music Inc.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 PeterGannon #122005 07/22/11 04:59 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 368 J jphillips Journeyman
jphillips Journeyman J Joined: May 2008 Posts: 368	Peter: Thank you. I have sent the file. I'd be interested to know what in that file causes problems. John

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #504937 11/29/18 04:29 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19 francoise Enthusiast
francoise Enthusiast Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19	Hi, I don't know if I'll be allowed to benefit from your experience with the Song Picker. I'm having a problem with Song Picker since the 1809 Windows 10 update. Rebuilding data base after deleting the .BIN file is fine. I tried with 8,000 songs and 400 songs. But once done, when I click on the Song Picker button, BB freezes. The BB window grays and becomes inaccessible as long as I don't delete the BB process in Windows Task Manager. I reinstalled BB 2018 (with patch) twice, once as administrator. The Song Picker is broken. I can still load files directly and BB works. Intel i7 windows 10 1809. Francoise On windows, I am experienced, to quote Jimi Hendrix.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #504984 11/29/18 08:07 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,831 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,831 Australia	Francoise, What version of BIAB do you have? Also, has Songpicker worked for you in the past or has it always not worked? Regards, Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2025 audios on Soundcloud

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 Noel96 #505086 11/29/18 01:31 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19 francoise Enthusiast
francoise Enthusiast Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19	Hi Noel, thank you for answering quickly. It's version 2018 (520). Song Picker worked without problem in the 2016 and 2018 versions. I use it regularly to generate comping tracks for sax and guitar. I noticed this strange behavior after Win 10 1809 (November) update. I should say Song Picker rebuilds without problem. I can load files individually without problem. I can get around the issue avoiding Song Picker. But it's strange that I should be the only one with this problem. I tried rebuilding on the BB demos folder (presumably sane). It rebuilt instantly and immediately froze.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #505089 11/29/18 01:51 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19 francoise Enthusiast
francoise Enthusiast Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19	I should add I discovered I can simply assigned the Song Picker button to open the "personnal dialog" option and there a search option. So I can easily work around the faulty Song Picker.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #505143 11/29/18 10:12 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,831 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,831 Australia	francoise, I don't have an answer for your problem (I have Windows 7) but I encourage you to create a new thread with a heading something like "Help please... Windows 10 update stopped Songpicker working". The fact that this thread refers to BIAB 2011.5 means that many people will not look at it. I suggest simply copying your last two posts to start the thread. If you do this, I'm pretty sure that someone who has Windows 10 will help. All the best, Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2025 audios on Soundcloud

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #505172 11/30/18 03:14 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19 francoise Enthusiast
francoise Enthusiast Joined: May 2018 Posts: 19	Thank you, Noel, for your advice. I'm not familiar with the PG forum practice.

Re: Song picker rebuild not working with 2011.5 LBL #505177 11/30/18 03:29 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,114 Cornwall UK Mike Head Expert
Mike Head Expert Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,114 Cornwall UK	hi Francoise I have Windows 10 1809 update and BIAB 2018 ultra and the song picker rebuilds fine from any folder that contains songs. i know not that doesn't help you but thought you should know Mike BIAB2021 UltraPlus,AsusN55S1Tbssd, W10/64,Akai EIEpro Yamaha CVP405,SquireStrat, CoolsoftVMidSynth Novatation Impulse61 Ctr kbd, Cwalk blab Kontakt http://mikesmusic.byethost16.com/

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