Import plugin chromaprint fails everytime with "TypeError: data must be bytes, buffer, or memoryview"

[Bercio]

Problem

beet import fails on some albums (even ones it imported previously without problems), raising a Type Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/beet", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('beets==1.3.8', 'console_scripts', 'beet')()
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 964, in main
    _raw_main(args)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 954, in _raw_main
    subcommand.func(lib, suboptions, subargs)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/commands.py", line 883, in import_func
    import_files(lib, paths, query)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/ui/commands.py", line 855, in import_files
    session.run()
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/importer.py", line 297, in run
    pl.run_parallel(QUEUE_SIZE)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/util/pipeline.py", line 299, in run
    out = self.coro.send(msg)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/util/pipeline.py", line 181, in coro
    func(*(args + (task,)))
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/importer.py", line 1097, in lookup_candidates
    plugins.send('import_task_start', session=session, task=task)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beets/plugins.py", line 403, in send
    handler(**args)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beetsplug/chroma.py", line 196, in fingerprint_task
    acoustid_match(item.path)
  File "/usr/share/beets/beetsplug/chroma.py", line 54, in acoustid_match
    duration, fp = acoustid.fingerprint_file(util.syspath(path))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acoustid.py", line 321, in fingerprint_file
    return _fingerprint_file_audioread(path, maxlength)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acoustid.py", line 264, in _fingerprint_file_audioread
    fp = fingerprint(f.samplerate, f.channels, iter(f), maxlength)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acoustid.py", line 206, in fingerprint
    fper.feed(block)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chromaprint.py", line 119, in feed
    raise TypeError('data must be bytes, buffer, or memoryview')
TypeError: data must be bytes, buffer, or memoryview

Here's a link to the music files that trigger the bug (if relevant):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1bawst1nb27u0a6/AAAF7Ggt_7Ljkt57PJh4ofRma?dl=0 (still uploading at the time of writing)

Setup

• OS: Ubuntu 16.04
• Python version: 2.7.11+
• beets version: 1.3.8
• Turning off plugins made problem go away (yes/no): yes

My configuration (output of beet config) is:

lyrics:
    google_API_key: AIzaSyB8yiWYKHk10wfZ8x_lF8rHHI30WJutS4s
    auto: yes
    fallback:
    google_engine_ID: 009217259823014548361:lndtuqkycfu
rewrite:
    artist Fabrizio .{0,4}Andr.[^\s]?: "Fabrizio De Andr\xE9"
library: /data/Data/musiclibrary.blb
replace:
    '[\\/]': _
    ^\.(?!\.\.): _
    '[\x00-\x1f]': _
    '[<>:"\?\*\|]': _
    \s+$: ''
    \s: _
    \.\.\.: "\u2026"
original_date: yes
replaygain:
    albumgain: yes
    backend: gstreamer
    targetlevel: 89
    auto: yes
    overwrite: no

plugins: lyrics fetchart embedart replaygain scrub lastgenre mbsync inline rewrite smartplaylist mbcollection convert info chroma fromfilename duplicates

musicbrainz:
    user: bercio
    pass: lorenzo95
per_disc_numbering: yes

paths:
    default: $creator/$album%aunique{}/$disc_and_track-${title}
    singleton: $creator/Singles/$title
    comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$disc_and_track-$title
    albumtype:soundtrack: '%if{$creator,$creator,Soundtracks}/$album/$disc_and_track-$title'
item_fields:
    disc_and_track: u'%02i.%02i' % (disc, track) if disctotal > 1 else u'%02i' % (track)
    creator: u'%s' % (albumartist) if composer == '' or composer == 'Unknown' or composer == albumartist or genre != 'classical' else u'%s/%s' % (composer, albumartist)
log: /var/log/beets.log
smartplaylist:
    playlist_dir: ~/.config/mpd/playlists
    relative_to: /data/Music
    playlists: [{query: '', name: all.m3u}, {query: 'language:ita', name: musica.m3u}]
    auto: yes
ignore: .* *~ *.txt
lastgenre:
    canonical: ''
    count: 1
    source: album
    force: yes
    min_weight: 10
    auto: yes
    whitelist: yes
    separator: ', '
    fallback:

match:
    strong_rec_thresh: 0.11
    medium_rec_thresh: 0.6
directory: /data/Music
acoustid:
    apikey: XLwkkco7
scrub:
    auto: yes
mbcollection:
    auto: no
duplicates:
    album: no
    full: no
    format: ''
    keys: [mb_trackid, mb_albumid]
    move: no
    tag: no
    path: no
    copy: no
    count: no
    checksum:
    delete: no
pathfields: {}
album_fields: {}
embedart:
    auto: yes
    maxwidth: 0
fetchart:
    cautious: no
    maxwidth: 0
    auto: yes
    remote_priority: no
    google_search: no
    cover_names:
    - cover
    - front
    - art
    - album
    - folder
convert:
    never_convert_lossy_files: no
    format: mp3
    dest:
    auto: no
    threads: 4
    max_bitrate: 500

    paths: {}
    pretend: no
    quiet: no
    formats:
        alac:
            command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec alac $dest
            extension: m4a
        aac:
            command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libfaac -aq 100 $dest
            extension: m4a
        opus: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libopus -ab 96k $dest
        mp3: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -aq 2 $dest
        flac: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec flac $dest
        ogg: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libvorbis -aq 2 $dest
        wma: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec wmav2 -vn $dest
    embed: yes

[sampsyo]

It looks like you're using beets 1.3.8, which is quite old. Could you please try the latest version?

[Bercio]

beet 1.3.17 produces the same error.

[sampsyo]

OK, thanks for checking!

It looks like this is the same as #1829, which was resolved by also upgrading to a more recent audioread release. Any chance you could give that a try? If that fixes it, the solution may be to get the more recent release into the Debian repositories.

[Bercio]

Yes, that does seem to fix it, thank you for the responsive care.

[sampsyo]

Great! We'll keep this in mind for others with the same problem.

[interfect]

I'm having the same problem and the linked solution didn't help. I have Beets 1.3.19, audioread-2.1.4, and pyacoustid-1.1.2, all from pip, on Ubuntu 16.04.

My config looks like:

directory: ~/Music/beets/library
library: ~/Music/beets/musiclibrary.blb

import:
  move: yes

plugins:
    ftintitle chroma

ftintitle:
    drop: yes

My error looks like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/beet", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('beets==1.3.19', 'console_scripts', 'beet')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1266, in main
    _raw_main(args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1253, in _raw_main
    subcommand.func(lib, suboptions, subargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/ui/commands.py", line 967, in import_func
    import_files(lib, paths, query)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/ui/commands.py", line 944, in import_files
    session.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/importer.py", line 320, in run
    pl.run_parallel(QUEUE_SIZE)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/util/pipeline.py", line 301, in run
    out = self.coro.send(msg)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/util/pipeline.py", line 183, in coro
    func(*(args + (task,)))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/importer.py", line 1257, in lookup_candidates
    plugins.send('import_task_start', session=session, task=task)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/plugins.py", line 457, in send
    result = handler(**arguments)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets/plugins.py", line 123, in wrapper
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beetsplug/chroma.py", line 143, in fingerprint_task
    return fingerprint_task(self._log, task, session)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beetsplug/chroma.py", line 212, in fingerprint_task
    acoustid_match(log, item.path)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beetsplug/chroma.py", line 65, in acoustid_match
    duration, fp = acoustid.fingerprint_file(util.syspath(path))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acoustid.py", line 321, in fingerprint_file
    return _fingerprint_file_audioread(path, maxlength)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acoustid.py", line 264, in _fingerprint_file_audioread
    fp = fingerprint(f.samplerate, f.channels, iter(f), maxlength)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/acoustid.py", line 206, in fingerprint
    fper.feed(block)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/chromaprint.py", line 119, in feed
    raise TypeError('data must be bytes, buffer, or memoryview')
TypeError: data must be bytes, buffer, or memoryview

I'm trying to import MP3 files.

[interfect]

It looks liken the underlying problem is that chromaprint.py has bytearray when it wants to have a bytes. Since one is just a mutable version of the other, I hacked my chromaprint.py to do the conversion, but I suspect that that's inefficient because now it runs but runs really slow.

[interfect]

I've put in a PR to pyacoustid that should work around the problem, but really it's probably beets's fault for feeding pyacoustid types that it is documented not to take.