mp3 tagging is a minefield. Like all metadata, one has to balance obsession with detail against ease of acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nwget -O- http:\/\/host:port\/rsp\/db\/1 | perl -pwe 's,<(?![\/\\?]),\\n<,g;' > firefly.xml
\nxmllint --noout firefly.xml
\n<\/code>
\nYou’ll likely get a few lines like:
\n
\nfirefly.xml:463415: parser error : PCDATA invalid Char value 65535
\n<title>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdSinging in the Bathtub<\/title>
\n<\/code>
\nIn this case, the song title tag has some junk characters in it that you’ll need to fix. After cleaning up the tags and rebuilding the database, try this process again to see if you’ve caught all the errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"