Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I try to upload a file; after a few moments I'm told that the title and artist fields (metadata) are required. I supply both of those and then I'm told "A file must be provided. If you tried uploading a file, make sure it's less than the upload size limit." (I did provide a file -- it's a 1.3MB file.)

Any idea what's causing this error?

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drewish commented

not sure, try up loading a file less than 1mb in size and take a screen shot. i'd like to see what you're actually seeing.

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mrtoner commented
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Okay, found a small (88KB) mp3 and uploaded it. I still get the "A file must be provided..." error upon submitting the node.

(I disabled the required artist and title fields. Being new to the module I didn't immediately realize what was happening there. Now I know.)

Screenshot attached.

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cjwysong commented

I'm using version 5.1 of the drupal install. Got same problem. I just disabled the required stuff you mentioned. Still same problem. Have you solved it? If so, please let me know how you fixed it. Thanks.

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drewish commented

humm, that is strange. i'd check drupal's files and temp paths.

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mrtoner commented

I'm using a private file system, with my paths at /home/username/files and /home/username/files/tmp. The audio settings page is not reporting a problem with the /tmp path and the audio module created the /tmp/audio directory. All of the files I have attempted to upload are in that /tmp/audio directory.

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cjwysong commented

I still have the same problem. I pretty much installed it "out of the box" just like the instructions stated. I've even done it before. I don't know where I did wrong.

My index.php for the drupal site is at the mail level i.e.:

"www.mysite.com/index.php"

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Inside the Drupal Site under: Home › Administer › Site configuration

The File system is...
File system path: Files
Temporary directory: /tmp
Download method: Public-files are available using HTTP directly.

File uploads is...

Maximum resolution for uploaded images: 0 WIDTHxHEIGHT
List files by default: Yes
Default permitted file extensions: jpg jpeg gif png txt html doc
xls pdf ppt pps avi mpeg mpg mov rm flv wmv 3gp mp4 dir dcr
mp3
Default maximum file size per upload: 100 MB
Default total file size per user: 1000 MB

Your PHP settings limit the maximum
file size per upload to 2 MB.

The getID3 library was found and is listed as: 1.7.7

I ensured cron.php was run just in case too.

Are there any other trouble shooting tasks which could help?

Sincerely,
Chris

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tunesmith commented

I got this once too.

In my case, problems only seem to happen when I'm trying to upload two files at once in different browser windows. In this case I did:

1) Initial filling out of form of mp3 #1, "choose file", and preview (file uploads)
2) mp3 #1 finished uploading (to /tmp/audio/filename), and I let the page sit there
3) Initial filling out of new form for mp3 #2, "choose file", and preview (file uploads)
4) While mp3 #2 was uploading, I filled out the missing "artist" field for mp3 #1 and pressed submit to publish
5) I got the "A file must be provided" error for mp3 #1. the mp3 still existed in /tmp/audio though.
6) mp3 #2 uploaded fine. I was able to submit/publish.
7) I reuploaded mp3 #1 and successfully published.

Hope that helps.

I thought I noticed a couple of other concurrency issues - less success finding the id3 tags (all my mp3s have all tags, but only once out of 25 times now has it found all the relevant ones), and a timeout once while I was trying to actually upload two at once... but I thought they might have just been network problems of my own.

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drewish commented
Title: Error On Upload » Error uploading files simultaneously

Uploading files at the same time will cause that problem and there's really not much that can be done simply. If you've got a bunch of files you want to upload, consider using the audio_import module.

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drewish commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)
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tanoshimi commented

I've just had this problem too, but (although I did have multiple tabs open on the same drupal site), I'm sure I'd only ever had one instance of the 'create content->audio' node.
Now it seems that everytime I try to upload an audio file I'm getting this problem - is there something I have to clear in the cache somewhere?

Thanks for any help.