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Guide: Data Fiddler (MC Library <-> Spreadsheet Import/Export/Update)

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jmone:
Thanks!, also you have a day for any serious bugs for me to look at then I'm off to China and the Harbin Ice Festival (among other things)... at -25C it should be "brisk"!

Edit - Opps: "January is the coldest with the lowest temperature dropping to -38 C (-36 F)" very Brisk!

8139david:

--- Quote from: jmone on January 31, 2016, 03:27:06 am ---Using Dummy Files:  Before I ripped all my disks to HDD, I too used dummy files to get entries into MC... but now we can create entries without actual dummy files I've been pondering if it is worth the effort and complication at all, and it has some downsides.  I've been just playing with dummy files and one of the issues is that MC will try to parse them to populate data fields (which will all be the same and not reflective of your actual library should you want to use these tags).  Important things like Duration as well as technical details like Dimensions, FPS, Compression, Audio Tracks etc.  These will all be wrong if you use Dummy Files.
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That's true, this information is incorrectly populated with dummy files.

When I have time, maybe I'll use your tool to clean up my library of "dummy" movies:
export mpl from JRiver for this selection
suppress the corresponding movies from the library (after a backup)
convert it to tabbed txt fil using your tool
open in excell and suppress columns containing false information
convert back to mpl and import

The only thing is that currently, the cover art of each movie is in a special folder with its dummy file (ifo or bdmv), eg:
Inception > VIDEO_TS > VIDEO_TS.jpg
I would need to rename the covers and move them around in some way or other (all cover art back to JRiver's default folder for covert art).

jmone:
I found that MC will store the Coverart in it's Coverart Folder if the filename does not exist (or next to the file if it does), so no probs there (plus you can can always get it again with the "Get Info" tool). 

The more I think about it the less I'm liking using Dummy Files, it all seems hard, gives wrong info, and it's not used by MC anyway.  The only "downside" is not being able to create a sidecar file using "Update Tags from Library", and what does that give you anyway (well just an individual copy of the meta data from the library) and in reality what are you every going to use it for Vs a Library Backup or a full MPL pull?

jmone:
...another thought, the "Export the Library from MC" option dumps the entire library in MPL format to memory that I then use to create the TXT file.  I could also write this entire file out in it original form as "MC_Library_YYYYMMDDHHSS.MPL" and then you would have all data for all fields (including the File Key) in MPL format.

jmone:
Update: 31JAN16b
- Changed: The "Export the Library from MC" option will save the full library as "MC_Library_YYYYMMDDHHSS.mpl" and optionally ask if you want to convert it to a Tab Delimited TXT file for easier editing in Excel etc

Note: Unlike the internal MC GUI option to export as an MPL this will also output the "Key" information for all items.

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