No matter what I do, it goes to the next song and stops. I'm using all the latest versions of everything, but have tried earlier versions - no luck. Any ideas? It really looks like this is the only real playlist solution for D7, so I'm really stuck here - any help greatly appreciated...

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DRIVE commented

I came across the same problem a couple times. I found that while many of the files my clients sent me were fine, there were quite a number that I had to re-encode. Even running an mp3 or 4 back through the encoder fixed the issue. The "corrupt" files would play fine across various computers and devices but stop at "x" file(s) in a jPlayer playlist.

A good test would be to take a troublsome playlist and re-encode the file where it is failing to play. Good luck!

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DRIVE commented

Supplement: I also found that explicitly using m4a (audio) and m4v (video) file extensions solved many of the jPlayer playlist-stopping issue. Many files I simply renamed from "x.mp3" to "x.m4a" and that solved the issue with no re-encoding, and same with "x.mp4" to "x.m4v". Many I DID have to re-encode but many also worked with simple renaming of extension.

In additon, I used File (Field) Paths module so that after I turned the site over to a client, mp3's and mp4's would be renamed on upload to m4a and m4v respectively: https://www.drupal.org/project/filefield_paths

*You can read online docs that it is perfectly acceptable to use explicit m4a and m4v renaming.

~enjoy! :)

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DRIVE commented

*"x.mp3" to "x.m4a"
*"x.mp4" to "x.m4v"

**for non .mp* files, I simply re-encoded them (I use Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/) and kept original file extension.

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bcobin commented

Thank you so much for the suggestions - and for the quick response! After two days of messing with this, I decided to punt and coughed up $60 (yearly) for a PodSnack HTML player - the free version has a nasty audio "watermark" at the beginning.

I will circle back to this and try re-encoding, probably tomorrow. In the meantime, thanks again for your help and happy playlisting! :)

UPDATE: Well, I'll be danged… just renaming the files to m4a worked! No re-encoding necessary. Thank you SO much for the tip - absolutely brilliant - hopefully this will help others. Be well, thanks again and rock on! :)

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DRIVE commented

If you live 100 more years, I tossed you $6,000 :D LOL (psnack $60x100)

hmmm... wonder how many brain cells I saved you and what one of those might be worth ::::grinn::::

~enjoy