undefined Error Empty file upload result

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 1:30 pm

Hello!
I am getting the "Error Empty file upload result" message.
The file is working fine when I listen; I've signed in and out and looked for fixes through the forum, but don't see a correction.
Will someone help, please?

Thank you!

Post by **annise** » August 11th, 2018, 2:24 pm

Where are you getting the message? is it from the uploader?

Anne

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 2:30 pm

Oh, sorry, Anne. I really should have said.
Yes, the error message is from the uploader; the file is in mp3 format, so I'm not sure why it's reading as empty.

Post by **TriciaG** » August 11th, 2018, 3:11 pm

Upload the file to a site like http://ge.tt and we can take a look at it to see if there's a problem with the file itself.

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 4:20 pm

Thank you, Tricia.
That's a good resource!
The file went through there quickly and seems to be okay.

It's very odd, I think.
I will try to export it to mp3 again, but the last few times in that process haven't helped.
Hmmmm.

Post by **TriciaG** » August 11th, 2018, 4:24 pm

What's the link to the file you uploaded?

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 4:29 pm

It is:

if_kipling_agc_128kb.mp3

Post by **TriciaG** » August 11th, 2018, 4:41 pm

No, the ge.tt link. The name of the file doesn't help us find it on the World Wide Web.

It'll be something like http://ge.tt/7oVpzqo2

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 4:45 pm

Oh. Uh. *Blush*
http://ge.tt/3kbEQ0r2

Post by **TriciaG** » August 11th, 2018, 4:48 pm

I downloaded it to my computer and tried uploading it. I also got the error message:

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 	undefined 		Error Empty file upload result

It passes the Checker.

EDIT: I imported it into Audacity and exported it again. It also got the error message.

This one's beyond my pay grade.

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 4:50 pm

Hm. Just odd. I was able to upload another file with no problem; shall I rerecord it? Fortunatley, it's only 2:20 so it'll only take me another hour to do so?

Post by **TriciaG** » August 11th, 2018, 4:54 pm

That shouldn't make a difference. *shrug*

Post by **TriciaG** » August 11th, 2018, 4:59 pm

More tests:

Exported the file as FLAC; it still failed. (tried to send it to the Tests folder; the other ones were to Aradlaw)

Tried another random MP3 off my computer. THAT one worked fine.

You might as well try re-recording. Who knows??

BurgundyGrace · Post by **BurgundyGrace** » August 11th, 2018, 5:02 pm

Thanks so much, Tricia!
I appreciate that you went to so much trouble to try to fix the file!

Back to the mic! *Smile*

Post by **Kitty** » August 12th, 2018, 1:58 am

I was puzzled by this and went to check in aradlaw's folder and there I saw no less than 26 uploads for your poem, Angelique, over the course of 4 hours.

I suspect that was you trying to get it uploaded, so in fact they did upload. The file name has a strange square at the start and when I downloaded an example, it translated to
%c2yif_kipling_agc_128kb on my computer.
I suspect that was the problem, you had a sign at the start of your file name, which is not supported, either " or / or whatever this could be. Actually running it through checker I got the following message: "The following characters should be avoided in file names because they cause problems on some computer platforms: :\/*?&#$+%!`*|{}=@."

And once you renamed the new file correctly, it passed without problems.

I'm sorry you had to record twice, because the initial file actually seems to have passed.

Sonia