I'm trying to display the length of audio files in a Playlist component for an application.
I've not used Juce or C++ before, and I can't understand how to do that from Juce documentation.
I want to make a function that takes an audio file's URL and returns the length in seconds of that audio without playing that file or doing anything else with that file.
I've tried a lot of things, and all of them didn't work, and this is the last thing I've tried:
void PlaylistComponent::trackStats(URL audioURL)
{
AudioFormatManager formatManager;
std::unique_ptr<AudioFormatReaderSource> readerSource;
AudioTransportSource transportSource;
auto* reader = formatManager.createReaderFor(audioURL.createInputStream(false));
if (reader != nullptr)
{
std::unique_ptr<AudioFormatReaderSource> newSource(new AudioFormatReaderSource(reader, true));
transportSource.setSource(newSource.get(), 0, nullptr, reader->sampleRate);
readerSource.reset(newSource.release());
DBG("PlaylistComponent::trackStats(URL audioURL): " << transportSource.getLengthInSeconds());
}
else
{
DBG("Something went wrong loading the file");
}
}
And this is the PlaylistComponent header file:
class PlaylistComponent : public juce::Component,
public juce::TableListBoxModel,
public Button::Listener,
public FileDragAndDropTarget
{
...
}
juce::AudioFormatReaderSource has a method called getTotalLength() which returns the total amount of samples.
Divide that by the sample rate of the file and you have the total length in seconds. Something like this:
if (auto* reader = audioFormatReaderSource->getAudioFormatReader())
double lengthInSeconds = static_cast<double> (audioFormatReaderSource->getTotalLength()) / reader->sampleRate;
You can do this very early on in the audio file opening procedure. You only need an AudioFormatReader instance (no need to create an AudioFormatReaderSource):
// create juce::File from a path juce::String (from a drag & drop event etc).
File file{filePath};
// make sure it is a file and not a directory, etc.
if (!file.existsAsFile()) return;
// create the AudioFormatReader that contains the data
AudioFormatReader *reader = formatManagerInstance.createReaderFor(file);
// make sure a valid reader can be created (not an unsupported file)
if (reader == nullptr) return;
// log the length in seconds
std::cout << reader->lengthInSamples / reader->sampleRate << "\n";
Note: for this to work you will need to
have access to your AudioFormatManager instance and
have already registered the format(s) of the file type (usually through a .registerBasicFormats() call on your AudioFormatManager instance.
IMPORTANT: if successful the createReaderFor() method uses new to create a new AudioFormatReaderInstance, so make sure to use delete on it when you are finished using it to avoid memory leaks
I'm pretty new to using XML in C++ and i'm trying to parse a list of files to download.
THe XML file I'm using is generated via PHP and looks like this :
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FileList>
<File Name="xxx" Path="xxx" MD5="xxx" SHA1="xxx"/>
</FileList>
The code I'm using in C++ is the following, which I came up using some online tutorials (it's included in some global function):
tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
doc.LoadFile("file_listing.xml");
tinyxml2::XMLNode* pRoot = doc.FirstChild();
tinyxml2::XMLElement* pElement = pRoot->FirstChildElement("FileList");
if (pRoot == nullptr)
{
QString text = QString::fromLocal8Bit("Error text in french");
//other stuff
}
else
{
tinyxml2::XMLElement* pListElement = pElement->FirstChildElement("File");
while (pListElement != nullptr)
{
QString pathAttr = QString::fromStdString(pListElement->Attribute("Path"));
QString md5Attr = QString:: fromStdString(pListElement->Attribute("MD5"));
QString sha1Attr = QString::fromStdString(pListElement->Attribute("SHA1"));
QString currentPath = pathAttr.remove("path");
QString currentMd5 = this->fileChecksum(currentPath, QCryptographicHash::Md5);
QString currentSha1 = this->fileChecksum(currentPath, QCryptographicHash::Sha1);
QFile currentFile(currentPath);
if (md5Attr != currentMd5 || sha1Attr != currentSha1 || !currentFile.exists())
{
QString url = "url" + currentPath;
this->downloadFile(url);
}
pListElement = pListElement->NextSiblingElement("File");
}
Problem is, I get an error like "Access violation, this was nullptr" on the following line :
tinyxml2::XMLElement* pListElement = pElement->FirstChildElement("File");
Since I'm far from a pro when it comes to coding and I already searched the internet up and down, I hope that someone here can provide me some pointers.
Have a good day, folks.
I don't know if you have C++17 available, but you can remove a lot of noise by using auto* and if-init-expressions (or rely on the fact that pointers can be implicitly converted to boolean values.)
The main issue with your code is you were not using XMLElement* but instead a XMLNode. The function tinyxml2::XMLDocument::RootElement() automatically gets the top-most element for you.
Because you have an xml declaration at the top, FirstChild returns that...which doesn't have any children, so the rest of the code fails.
By using RootElement tinyxml knows to skip any leading non-element nodes (comments, doctypes, etc.) and give you <FileList> instead.
tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
auto err = doc.LoadFile("file_listing.xml");
if(err != tinyxml2::XML_SUCCESS) {
//Could not load file. Handle appropriately.
} else {
if(auto* pRoot = doc.RootElement(); pRoot == nullptr) {
QString text = QString::fromLocal8Bit("Error text in french");
//other stuff
} else {
for(auto* pListElement = pRoot->FirstChildElement("File");
pListElement != nullptr;
pListElement = pListElement->NextSiblingElement("File"))
{
QString pathAttr = QString::fromStdString(pListElement->Attribute("Path"));
QString md5Attr = QString:: fromStdString(pListElement->Attribute("MD5"));
QString sha1Attr = QString::fromStdString(pListElement->Attribute("SHA1"));
QString currentPath = pathAttr.remove("path");
QString currentMd5 = this->fileChecksum(currentPath, QCryptographicHash::Md5);
QString currentSha1 = this->fileChecksum(currentPath, QCryptographicHash::Sha1);
QFile currentFile(currentPath);
if(md5Attr != currentMd5 || sha1Attr != currentSha1 || !currentFile.exists()) {
QString url = "url" + currentPath;
this->downloadFile(url);
}
}
}
}
According to the reference for tinyxml2::XMLNodeFirstChild():
Get the first child node, or null if none exists.
This line will therefore get the root node:
tinyxml2::XMLNode* pRoot = doc.FirstChild();
Meaning when you attempt to find a FileList node within the root node it returns null.
To avoid the access violation, check your pointers are valid before using them. There is an if check for pRoot but the line immediately before it tries to call a function on pRoot. There is no if check for pElement so this is why you get an access violation. As well as checking pointers are valid, consider adding else blocks with logging to say what went wrong (e.g. "could not find element X"). This will help you in the long run - XML parsing is a pain, even with a library like Tinyxml, there are always teething problems like this, so getting into the habit of checki g pointers and logging out helpful messages will definitely pay off.
I have a small C program using libxml2 for parsing xml files. Basicaly, my code is like
xmlDocPtr doc = xmlParseFile("test.xml");
if (doc == nullptr) {
return;
}
xmlNodePtr node = xmlDocGetRootElement(doc);
if (node == nullptr) {
return;
}
...
I'm getting an error situation, where doc != null and node == null. Under which conditions could that happen? I've tested with completely valid, invalid, and empty files, it happens in every case. If file does not exist, doc == null (as it should). I suspect that the program is not able to open the file for some reason, but I've checked rights, and no other program uses that file. Also, this only happens in an environment, where I cannot use a debugger.
I am trying to write a tool to compare my files but I found it difficult to interactive with. I want to support 2 operations: 1) load my files into memory 2) compare the files already loaded.
The idea is like below
while (true) {
getline(&line, &linesize, stdin);
if (strlen(line) < 2) continue;
token = strtok(line, DELIM);
if (!strcmp(token,"load")) {
puts("you want to load something");
} else if (!strcmp(token, "compare")) {
puts("you want to compare something");
} else if (!strcmp(token, "exit")) {
puts("exiting...");
exit(1);
} else {
puts("Cannot parse, try again");
}
}
In terminal, if I want to compare some MyVeryLongFileNameFile.foo and AnotherVeryLongFileNameFile.bar, I can just type diff My\tab Ano\tab \enter and it will auto completes the filenames for me.
I would like to also have these kind of features in my program, like using tab to autocomplete, using up/down to choose from previous commands, etc. How should I achieve this?
Using the ncurses.h library help you accomplish this.
In regard to Indy 10 of IdHTTP, many things have been running perfectly, but there are a few things that don't work so well here. That is why, once again, I need your help.
Download button has been running perfectly. I'm using the following code :
void __fastcall TForm1::DownloadClick(TObject *Sender)
{
MyFile = SaveDialog->FileName;
TFileStream* Fist = new TFileStream(MyFile, fmCreate | fmShareDenyNone);
Download->Enabled = false;
Urlz = Edit1->Text;
Url->Caption = Urlz;
try
{
IdHTTP->Get(Edit1->Text, Fist);
IdHTTP->Connected();
IdHTTP->Response->ResponseCode = 200;
IdHTTP->ReadTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->ConnectTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->ReuseSocket;
Fist->Position = 0;
}
__finally
{
delete Fist;
Form1->Updated();
}
}
However, a "Cancel Resume" button is still can't resume interrupted downloads. Meant, it is always sending back the entire file every time I call Get() though I've used IdHTTP->Request->Ranges property.
I use the following code:
void __fastcall TForm1::CancelResumeClick(TObject *Sender)
{
MyFile = SaveDialog->FileName;;
TFileStream* TFist = new TFileStream(MyFile, fmCreate | fmShareDenyNone);
if (IdHTTP->Connected() == true)
{
IdHTTP->Disconnect();
CancelResume->Caption = "RESUME";
IdHTTP->Response->AcceptRanges = "Bytes";
}
else
{
try {
CancelResume->Caption = "CANCEL";
// IdHTTP->Request->Ranges == "0-100";
// IdHTTP->Request->Range = Format("bytes=%d-",ARRAYOFCONST((TFist->Position)));
IdHTTP->Request->Ranges->Add()->StartPos = TFist->Position;
IdHTTP->Get(Edit1->Text, TFist);
IdHTTP->Request->Referer = Edit1->Text;
IdHTTP->ConnectTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->ReadTimeout = 70000;
}
__finally {
delete TFist;
}
}
Meanwhile, by using the FormatBytes function, found here, has been able to shows only the size of download files. But still unable to determine the speed of download or transfer speed.
I'm using the following code:
void __fastcall TForm1::IdHTTPWork(TObject *ASender, TWorkMode AWorkMode, __int64 AWorkCount)
{
__int64 Romeo = 0;
Romeo = IdHTTP->Response->ContentStream->Position;
// Romeo = AWorkCount;
Download->Caption = FormatBytes(Romeo) + " (" + IntToStr(Romeo) + " Bytes)";
ForSpeed->Caption = FormatBytes(Romeo);
ProgressBar->Position = AWorkCount;
ProgressBar->Update();
Form1->Updated();
}
Please advise and give an example. Any help would sure be appreciated!
In your DownloadClick() method:
Calling Connected() is useless, since you don't do anything with the result. Nor is there any guarantee that the connection will remain connected, as the server could send a Connection: close response header. I don't see anything in your code that is asking for HTTP keep-alives. Let TIdHTTP manage the connection for you.
You are forcing the Response->ResponseCode to 200. Don't do that. Respect the response code that the server actually sent. The fact that no exception was raised means the response was successful whether it is 200 or 206.
You are reading the ReuseSocket property value and ignoring it.
There is no need to reset the Fist->Position property to 0 before closing the file.
Now, with that said, your CancelResumeClick() method has many issues.
You are using the fmCreate flag when opening the file. If the file already exists, you will overwrite it from scratch, thus TFist->Position will ALWAYS be 0. Use fmOpenReadWrite instead so an existing file will open as-is. And then you have to seek to the end of the file to provide the correct Position to the Ranges header.
You are relying on the socket's Connected() state to make decisions. DO NOT do that. The connection may be gone after the previous response, or may have timed out and been closed before the new request is made. The file can still be resumed either way. HTTP is stateless. It does not matter if the socket remains open between requests, or is closed in between. Every request is self-contained. Use information provided in the previous response to govern the next request. Not the socket state.
You are modifying the value of the Response->AcceptRanges property, instead of using the value provided by the previous response. The server tells you if the file supports resuming, so you have to remember that value, or query it before then attempting to resumed download.
When you actually call Get(), the server may or may not respect the requested Range, depending on whether the requested file supports byte ranges or not. If the server responds with a response code of 206, the requested range is accepted, and the server sends ONLY the requested bytes, so you need to APPEND them to your existing file. However, if the server response with a response code of 200, the server is sending the entire file from scratch, so you need to REPLACE your existing file with the new bytes. You are not taking that into account.
In your IdHTTPWork() method, in order to calculate the download/transfer speed, you have to keep track of how many bytes are actually being transferred in between each event firing. When the event is fired, save the current AWorkCount and tick count, and then the next time the event is fired, you can compare the new AWorkCount and current ticks to know how much time has elapsed and how many bytes were transferred. From those value, you can calculate the speed, and even the estimated time remaining.
As for your progress bar, you can't use AWorkCount alone to calculate a new position. That only works if you set the progress bar's Max to AWorkCountMax in the OnWorkBegin event, and that value is not always know before a download begins. You need to take into account the size of the file being downloaded, whether it is being downloaded fresh or being resumed, how many bytes are being requested during a resume, etc. So there is lot more work involved in displaying a progress bar for a HTTP download.
Now, to answer your two questions:
How to retrieve and save the download file to a disk by using its original name?
It is provided by the server in the filename parameter of the Content-Disposition header, and/or in the name parameter of the Content-Type header. If neither value is provided by the server, you can use the filename that is in the URL you are requesting. TIdHTTP has a URL property that provides the parsed version of the last requested URL.
However, since you are creating the file locally before sending your download request, you will have to create a local file using a temp filename, and then rename the local file after the download is complete. Otherwise, use TIdHTTP.Head() to determine the real filename (you can also use it to determine if resuming is supported) before creating the local file with that filename, then use TIdHTTP.Get() to download to that local file. Otherwise, download the file to memory using TMemoryStream instead of TFileStream, and then save with the desired filename when complete.
when I click http://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.2.1/win32/vlc-2.2.1-win32.exe then the server will process requests to its actual url. http://mirror.vodien.com/videolan/vlc/2.2.1/win32/vlc-2.2.1-win32.exe. The problem is that IdHTTP will not automatically grab through it.
That is because VideoLan is not using an HTTP redirect to send clients to the real URL (TIdHTTP supports HTTP redirects). VideoLan is using an HTML redirect instead (TIdHTTP does not support HTML redirects). When a webbrowser downloads the first URL, a 5 second countdown timer is displayed before the real download then begins. As such, you will have to manually detect that the server is sending you an HTML page instead of the real file (look at the TIdHTTP.Response.ContentType property for that), parse the HTML to determine the real URL, and then download it. This also means that you cannot download the first URL directly into your target local file, otherwise you will corrupt it, especially during a resume. You have to cache the server's response first, either to a temp file or to memory, so you can analyze it before deciding how to act on it. It also means you have to remember the real URL for resuming, you cannot resume the download using the original countdown URL.
Try something more like the following instead. It does not take into account for everything mentioned above (particularly speed/progress tracking, HTML redirects, etc), but should get you a little closer:
void __fastcall TForm1::DownloadClick(TObject *Sender)
{
Urlz = Edit1->Text;
Url->Caption = Urlz;
IdHTTP->Head(Urlz);
String FileName = IdHTTP->Response->RawHeaders->Params["Content-Disposition"]["filename"];
if (FileName.IsEmpty())
{
FileName = IdHTTP->Response->RawHeaders->Params["Content-Type"]["name"];
if (FileName.IsEmpty())
FileName = IdHTTP->URL->Document;
}
SaveDialog->FileName = FileName;
if (!SaveDialog->Execute()) return;
MyFile = SaveDialog->FileName;
TFileStream* Fist = new TFileStream(MyFile, fmCreate | fmShareDenyWrite);
try
{
try
{
Download->Enabled = false;
Resume->Enabled = false;
IdHTTP->Request->Clear();
//...
IdHTTP->ReadTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->ConnectTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->Get(Urlz, Fist);
}
__finally
{
delete Fist;
Download->Enabled = true;
Updated();
}
}
catch (const EIdHTTPProtocolException &)
{
DeleteFile(MyFile);
throw;
}
}
void __fastcall TForm1::ResumeClick(TObject *Sender)
{
TFileStream* Fist = new TFileStream(MyFile, fmOpenReadWrite | fmShareDenyWrite);
try
{
Download->Enabled = false;
Resume->Enabled = false;
IdHTTP->Request->Clear();
//...
Fist->Seek(0, soEnd);
IdHTTP->Request->Ranges->Add()->StartPos = Fist->Position;
IdHTTP->Request->Referer = Edit1->Text;
IdHTTP->ConnectTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->ReadTimeout = 70000;
IdHTTP->Get(Urlz, Fist);
}
__finally
{
delete Fist;
Download->Enabled = true;
Updated();
}
}
void __fastcall TForm1::IdHTTPHeadersAvailable(TObject*Sender, TIdHeaderList *AHeaders, bool &VContinue)
{
Resume->Enabled = ( ((IdHTTP->Response->ResponseCode == 200) || (IdHTTP->Response->ResponseCode == 206)) && TextIsSame(AHeaders->Values["Accept-Ranges"], "bytes") );
if ((IdHTTP->Response->ContentStream) && (IdHTTP->Request->Ranges->Count > 0) && (IdHTTP->Response->ResponseCode == 200))
IdHTTP->Response->ContentStream->Size = 0;
}
#Romeo:
Also, you can try a following function to determine the real download filename.
I've translated this to C++ based on the RRUZ'function. So far so good, I'm using it on my simple IdHTTP download program, too.
But, this translation result is of course still need value improvement input from Remy Lebeau, RRUZ, or any other master here.
String __fastcall GetRemoteFileName(const String URI)
{
String result;
try
{
TIdHTTP* HTTP = new TIdHTTP(NULL);
try
{
HTTP->Head(URI);
result = HTTP->Response->RawHeaders->Params["Content-Disposition"]["filename"];
if (result.IsEmpty())
{
result = HTTP->Response->RawHeaders->Params["Content-Type"]["name"];
if (result.IsEmpty())
result = HTTP->URL->Document;
}
}
__finally
{
delete HTTP;
}
}
catch(const Exception &ex)
{
ShowMessage(const_cast<Exception&>(ex).ToString());
}
return result;
}