Execution ofhead.exe/tail.exe and md5sum.exe on Windows IIS

[PatPowerMan]

I have a strange problem with the demo.mysql.php:

If I try to scan the local (on the webserver) stored mp3 called
L.A. STYLE (James Brown is dead).mp3 :wink:
everything works fine - I get a green (OK).
The file size shown in explorer is 3'285kb.

Any other file tried out produces the following (example-)error:
Warning: shell exec(): Unable to execute
'C:\PathToHelperapps\head.exe -c 3624960 "C:\PathTomp3\mp3filename.mp3" | C:\PathToHelperapps\tail.exe -3582328 | C:\PathToHelperapps\md5sum.exe' in C:\PathToPHPCode\getid3.lib.php on line 681.
(The file size shown in explorer is 3'541kb.)


The line 681 ist the last line of the function hash_data.

Why can this function be executed for the one file without problem (data are written to the mysql-db) and crashes for many others?

[Guest]

I tried to scan some more mp3.

It seems that every mp3 without tags (artist, title, album, genre, comment, track) has no problems.
As soon as tags are stored in a mp3 (and written to the mysql-db) the error appears.

Can this info help?

[Allan Hansen]

I tried to scan some more mp3.

It seems that every mp3 without tags (artist, title, album, genre, comment, track) has no problems.
As soon as tags are stored in a mp3 (and written to the mysql-db) the error appears.

Can this info help?

No. md5/sha1 checksums are calculated using built in functions for tagless mp3s.

[Allan Hansen]

1. Make sure the helper apps are present in a path without spaces in them.
2. Make sure the webserver can access the helper apps files.
3. Make sure the webserver can access the audio files.
4. Make sure you are using stable versions of PHP and getID3() - i.e. PHP4.3 and getID 1.7.2.
5. Make sure PHP is not running in safe mode.

[Guest]

It seems the point 4 was the problem: Version of PHP was < 4.3

Thank you for you help!!

[PatPowerMan]

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