ATF Hang with $left/$right string functions

[scdlsam]

The $left() and $right() string functions will hang winamp for 30+ seconds if the tag is empty. They work just fine if the tag exists.

You can't even avoid the hang with $if / $if2 statement.

It's simple to reproduce. I wanted %year% to show up as the last two digits (ie, 2007 = 07).

Tried:
$right(%year%,2)
$right([%year%],2)
[$right(%year%,2)]
$if(%year%,$right(%year%,2),'??')
$if(%year%,[$right(%year%,2)],'??')
$IfStrEqual2(%year%,,'??',$right(%year%,2))
$IfStrEqual2(%year%,'','??',$right(%year%,2))

This error is in every version of winamp I've used, including 5.551.

[DJ Egg]

Reproduced. Thanks.

I already had %year% in my ATF string, so I replaced it with
$if(%year%,[$right(%year%,2)],'??')

and there's no problems with mp3's (and other formats) which have the Year field filled-in in the tags,
but yup, on attempted playback, I got a considerable hang for any files without Year.
Infact, it totally locked up Winamp for me on one file.

[scdlsam]

Glad you could reproduce it. I know it works for tagged material, and all my music is tagged - it's just that when I used to play wav files, winamp would freeze. I believe it will unfreeze after a while if you do an $if statement.

On a side note,
I found a non-hanging asinine workaround for displaying %year% with 2 digits:

$if(%year%,$lpad($mod(%year%,100),2,0),'??')

So:
1847 / 100 = 18.47 = 47
1900 / 100 = 19 = 00 (from padding)

This is sort of a double-post, but I didn't realize it was a $right/$left string function error when I originally posted in Tech Support.

[GAJ]

Any update on this? I have seen the same problem with 5.552.

[GAJ]

Any update on this? I have seen the same problem with 5.552.

[DrO]

the fix is in place for the next 'proper' Winamp update.

-daz