Audible US source does not parse consistently on portable install

[grv688]

MP3Tag v3.27a

I use MP3Tag for multiple purposes on one of my machines, so I decided to try setting up a portable install for book tagging following the guide. This would allow book-friendly customizations in the portable instance while keeping a more standard configuration for the "installed" version.

Instead of locating the various config files in the paths in my profile, I put them in the corresponding path in the portable instance's folder (e.g., "C:\mp3tag-audiobook\data\actions", etc.) and also made sure any of the necessary updates inside the files used the portable install's folder structure.

It mostly seems to work, but I notice that, while my first metadata lookup using the Audible US "by Album" provider correctly populates the associated book, the next one fails. It shows a handful of the tags, and the last one has an "error" value. Additionally, one of the other tags has the author value and narrator prefix in the same field.

Closing and reopening MP3Tag, then looking up the same title with the same provider works. Sometimes looking up another title in the list, then going back to the one that errored will resolve the issue as well, but after the first lookup there are always retries.

I grabbed the latest src for Audible from the repo here just in case an old one was linked in the instructions.

Not sure it is due to the portable install, but I do have this working reliably as a full install on another machine so it seemed like a difference to point out.

Example:

It's hard to see, but the value of ALBUMARTIST is "Victor LaValle - editor John Joseph Adams - editor Narrated by:" It looks like there are several tabs or some other character before the "Narrated by:" part.

Close and re-open MP3Tag, try some other titles, or pray to the tagging gods:

When it works, ALBUMARTIST only contains the proper author information.

It happens with multiple titles and is somewhat unpredictable beyond what I have described here as far as cajoling it to work.

Not sure how active this project is anymore, but any help is appreciated!!

[rh535]

Im seeing this as well

[monkeyguy]

I was having this same issue, but hitting '< Back' and then 'Next >' a few times would eventually populate the fields.

As of yesterday, however, the fields never populate no matter how many times I try. I even switched to a standard install rather than a portable one and still experiencing the issue. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.

[grv688]

Same here - can't get it to work at all now.

Edit: At a glance, this seems to work:
https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-audible-via-api/64347

[monkeyguy]

can confirm that one is working for me, thanks

[rh535]

Can confirm as well! Thank you @grv688 for posting the link

[grv688]

No problem! Gotta tag the things!

[sickyd]

Stopped working for me as well with standard install. Changing to the Audible API web source worked. I think it is better than the default. Much faster.