Tried ver 423, same result with error message: "Biab track injector GUI.lua:153: attempt to call a nil value (field 'BR_Win32_WritePrivateProfileString')"
It just sets Reaper Media > Video to use wmf for wma as priority, the latest version of Reaper my set that as default any way wmf ffmpeg vlc qt:mov,qt,m4v,mp4 dshow:!mov,!mp4,!m4v,!qt
Have a look in Options > Preferences > Media > Video and see if the priority is set with windows media format (wmf) first
Thank you, musocity, I'll give it a try... I think Injector is an awsome tool, I cannot wait to get it working.
Yes it is, you just need to stick with it and you will get it sorted. It may be a bit scary for some Biab users that are not used to Reaper. Again, if PG implement this it will work straight out the Box. Let's see what next month brings.
Hi musocity Thank you so much for your feedback. I managed to get the injector runing, with latest SWS and biab installations; when I try to import the track and I get the following message in the console; I cannot find a way to find the trackdata.txt, is there a methodology to generate it?:
"Error: Biab track injector GUI.lua:1316: cannot open file 'C:\bb\Data\trackdata.txt' (No such file or directory)
Stack traceback: ReaTrak_Core.lua:93: in function <...rs\avc5z\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTrak_Core.lua:84> [C]: in function 'io.input' Biab track injector GUI.lua:1316: in function 'read_lines2' Biab track injector GUI.lua:2471: in function 'import_sel_mid_trk_btn_click' Biab track injector GUI.lua:1546: in function 'import_all_chk_tracks_btn_click' Class - Button.lua:138: in method 'onmouseup' ReaTrak_Core.lua:887: in field 'Update' ReaTrak_Core.lua:440: in field 'Main_Update_Elms' ReaTrak_Core.lua:307: in function <...rs\avc5z\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTrak_Core.lua:303> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ReaTrak_Core.lua:303: in function <...rs\avc5z\AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaTrak_Core.lua:302>
Did you put the Track menu in the 923 when you went back to it from 926 make sure you are running the right version if running 2 versions rename bbw64 - 923.exe The selected track in the floating mixer will give you the C:\bb\Data\temp.txt for Audio RT/RD/UT data and trackdata.txt for Midi track data if you have BB installed on C:\
Yes, that's good, Reaper will access it via AutoHotkey to read temp.txt and trackdata.txt that Biab creates from the menu selections. This will read the current Biab audio track sections (temp.txt) or midi track data (trackdata.txt) into the Reaper track.
If these 2 functions were put into Help > Utilities by PG it would save a lot of trouble.
I'm installing on Linux trying to interpret the Windows install instructions to suit, but I get an error about which you may be able to advise. This is as I try to Run "Script: Biab track injector GUI.lua"
Last edited by Gordon Scott; 11/28/2211:54 PM.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
I'm installing on Linux trying to interpret the Windows install instructions to suit, but I get an error about which you may be able to advise. This is as I try to Run "Script: Biab track injector GUI.lua"
Sorry, Gorden. Would like to help, but over my pay-grade.
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Also In Reaper menu Extensions > Reapack > Browse packages.. in Filter paste js_ReaScriptAPI right click > Install > Apply
It just sets Reaper Media > Video to use wmf for wma as priority, the latest version of Reaper my set that as defafult any way wmf ffmpeg vlc qt:mov,qt,m4v,mp4 dshow:!mov,!mp4,!m4v,!qt
See if you have wma option in Linux else you will need to use wav or flac, wv, aiff, mp3, ogg
You will need to change the paths, there is a replace all command in the script editor to replace all occurrences.
I didn't get far with this today. I've dropped all the SWS files in the relevant places in ~/.config/REAPER I'm not sure where to check if the extensions for ReaScript are installed. I'll have to explore. I was able to Install->Apply.
I can import .wma files OK, but have no option to render .wma. I think that's sane enough.
I've still to look at the paths. I'm guessing I can remove the drive part and point at the Linux directory. I'll try that out and let you know what happens. Tomorrow (Thurs) will be a bit busy, so I may not get around to any of this very quickly.
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Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
I changed all the path definitions that used drive letters to a literal path, e.g.
Code:
[[\var\BiaB_etc\bb\..whatever..]]
and running the script now open the Biab Track Injector window, which appears fine ... time to explore.
On thing I was uncertain about in this was whether the backslash delimiters in paths would work. It seems they do, so presumably something within LUA(probably) understands that. I did wonder, though, if paths should really be written with forward slashes, which is the more usual convention.
Hmm ... or maybe it does. It's just crashed trying to open \var\BiaB_etc\bb\Data\temp.txt but that may also be because that file actually doesn't exist. I note a number of bits of code that look like they may be doing slash translations.
FWIW it used to be that Windows was perfectly happy 'under the hood' to use forward slashes for file paths. It appeared that only the command line demanded a backslashes for paths and forward slashes for command-line switches. I don't off-hand know if that's still true, but I suspect so.
I started through the "Basics 1" section of the video "Band In A Box Track Injector for Reaper", importing chords form an MGU file. At present going on to they Export chords to Biab, gives the log, but fails to transfer any data. This is, of course, pushing some fairly outrageous tasks though this chain ... running in Reaper for Linux a large script written for Reaper on Windows trying to communicate with a Windows program running in Wine on Linux. What could possibly go wrong :-D
Suspending for a while ... I have some work to do.
Edit: Oh yes, I have not so far tried to do the "Add track menu to Biab".
Last edited by Gordon Scott; 12/03/2204:29 AM.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
\var\BiaB_etc\bb\Data\temp.txt yes you need the track menu for that to get Biab to make the txt also for midi data \var\BiaB_etc\bb\Data\trackdata.txt
You copy paste the chords from the log console window to Biab Ctrl+Shift+V or Edit Paste Special. It can be made to do it automatically but this gives more control. Yes most scripts use / or \\ so they work on Mac to but didn't bother as I don't think I can edit that function on the Mac menu to give the track data ? haven't looked into it, will be easier if PG just give menu function to give these temp trackdata txt like it gives with all drum txt all realtrack txt all styles txt etc..
Ah ... copy & paste. Yes, OK. I didn't register that in the video.
Do let me know whether you're OK with me continuing with this as we could be chasing bugs for ages for just me or just us.
Following on in the video I reached only to "Import selected tracks" before getting an error:
Code:
Stack traceback:
ReaTrak_Core.lua:93: in function </home/gordon/.config/REAPER/Scripts/ReaTrak_Core.lua:84>
[C]: in function 'io.input'
Biab track injector GUI.lua:1334: in function 'read_lines'
Biab track injector GUI.lua:2694: in function 'gen_cur_track_sec_btn_click'
Biab track injector GUI.lua:2617: in function 'import_sel_trk_btn_click'
Biab track injector GUI.lua:1545: in function 'import_all_chk_tracks_btn_click'
Class - Button.lua:138: in method 'onmouseup'
ReaTrak_Core.lua:887: in field 'Update'
ReaTrak_Core.lua:440: in field 'Main_Update_Elms'
ReaTrak_Core.lua:307: in function </home/gordon/.config/REAPER/Scripts/ReaTrak_Core.lua:303>
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
ReaTrak_Core.lua:303: in function </home/gordon/.config/REAPER/Scripts/ReaTrak_Core.lua:302>
Lokasenna_GUI:
v2.16.8
Reaper:
6.71/linux-x86_64
Platform:
Other
That presumably means that function io.input failed. I had a look in the local scripts for the function itself, but didn't find it.
An aside to this, which may be related; if I try to run the BiaB VST, in Reaper or the BiaB standalone, I get an error dialog that just says "I/O error 103.".
FWIW, I changed the generic paths to use / in case that was an issue, but it appears not. All the windows commands I left with backslashes.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
Not sure why the Plugin is not working as I don't have a linux install to try at the moment.
Do you have the C:\bb\Data\temp.txt trackdata.txt temp.txt or for midi track trackdata.txt
I did think I'd previously had the plugin working. I'll do some more exploring, maybe I'll find something.
I seem not to have either text file, not in in C:/bb/Data, nor in F:/bb/Data where I'd probably expect it on my setup.
Something I have discovered is that something has gone slightly awry with the Resource Hackered change, because instead of a "Track" menu I have an additional "Help" menu before the real one. I'll explore that tomorrow. I'm pretty I put in the correct text as I still have the text in a file. Maybe I didn't put it in quite the right place or some such. Resource Hacker doesn't seem to offer the data to modify on Wine, so I had to change to Win10, which has long been a nuisance on this machine. :-(
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
That track menu was for 923, so edit that menu out first and add another. This will add as an item in the Help > Utilities so it's out of the way without making a new Main menu item "Track" In Resource editor in TBANDWINDOW search Tag = 2759 You will see
Code:
object RunDownloadInstallManagernow1: TMenuItem
Tag = 2759
Caption = 'Run Download/Install Manager now...'
OnClick = RunDownloadInstallManagernow1Click
end
paste this directly under that item by hitting enter after "end"
Code:
object TrackMenuItemID1224: TMenuItem
Tag = 1224
Caption = 'Get Track Info'
end
so you have
Code:
object RunDownloadInstallManagernow1: TMenuItem
Tag = 2759
Caption = 'Run Download/Install Manager now...'
OnClick = RunDownloadInstallManagernow1Click
end
object TrackMenuItemID1224: TMenuItem
Tag = 1224
Caption = 'Get Track Info'
end
end
object TMenuItem
Caption = '-'
end
When I try to use "Get track info"->"0 Save all ....", I get an message dialog: "Files are written to c:\a\trk" That path doesn't appear to exist on my setup, which is likely a clue. I searched the Scripts directories for things that might match that path, but found nothing that looked useful.
FYI, I created empty files temp.txt and trackdata.txt in the likely locations, but they remain untouched.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
It seems to have been in several .exe files since at least 2019.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
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