Topic: Move Copy Fields (Read 5371 times)

KingSparta · « **on:** November 01, 2003, 07:11:23 pm »

J River

How About A "New" (Sort Of) Option for Move Copy Fields?

How About A "New" (Sort Of) Option for Move Copy Fields?

An Option To Append To The Front Or Rear Of A Field To Include A Seperator?

From Field: "Album": 1956-10-17
To Field "Name" : Soldier Boy

Afer Change:

Name: 1956-10-17, Soldier Boy

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Add In Clean Options (Maybe Remove "-")

Name: 19561017, Soldier Boy

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Also Move\Copy From Pos1 To Pos2

Move Pos:
Pos1: 1
Pos2: 9
From Field: Name
To Field: "Album"

Name: 19561017, Soldier Boy

Results

Name: "Soldier Boy"
Album: "19561017, "

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Add In Clean Options Like Remove ", "

Name: "Soldier Boy"
Album: "19561017"

dragyn · « **Reply #1 on:** November 02, 2003, 12:27:56 am »

I also want to use stuff like [Artist] [Album] etc and have it convert on copy.

Maybe have an option to use calculated fields in copy too.

Luigi1943 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 02, 2003, 12:31:55 am »

I think it would be very useful, and would like to have also the possibility to remove characters from certain positions.
Example:

Before: 01 Danny Boy
After: Danny Boy

Go on with your great job
Luigi

KingSparta · « **Reply #3 on:** November 02, 2003, 03:58:43 pm »

Well Today I Started A New Project

Old Time Radio (OTR) Tagger

Still Playing With It But

It Will Look In All Fields And File Name For Program Dates

Like

Lone Ranger - 1941-07-30 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 41-07-30 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 1941.07.30 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 41.07.30 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 1941_07_30 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 41_07_30 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 19410730 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3
Lone Ranger - 410730 - The Line Through Red Rock.mp3

In The Fields It Will Look For All The Above And

41/07/30
1941/07/30

I Currently Have The Info Saved To The "Album" Field Like 1941-07-30

And Then It Also Corrects The Date (Year) Field

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Along With The Above It Corrects Common Spelling Mistakes Made By Users Who Type Info Into The Fields

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It Also Changes The Genre To "Old Time Radio"

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As I Perfect This Program I Will Add More

Anyone Have Any Ideas? (If You Collect OTR Files)

nila · « **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2003, 05:41:27 am »

King - I requested the 'Merge Fields' be added to move copy fields several times - no luck, Dont think they have any plans to add it

KingSparta · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2003, 05:44:49 am »

Quote from: Nila on November 03, 2003, 05:41:27 am

King - I requested the 'Merge Fields' be added to move copy fields several times - no luck, Dont think they have any plans to add it

sure would come in handy about now

nila · « **Reply #6 on:** November 03, 2003, 05:50:02 am »

Yeah I agree, was thinking of making a plugin to do it myself but I'm really getting fried off with the problems I'm having setting them up so they just install correctly on systems

Making this plugin would take two seconds

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #7 on:** November 03, 2003, 06:39:24 am »

The easiest and quickest solution to this I would think would be simply to allow calculated fields to be copied using the copy/move dialog. That way you could set up a temporary field with the calculated data you want to show/merge and then copy it across to the correct field and remove the temp one...

Adam

KingSparta · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2003, 07:45:25 am »

Quote from: NoCodeUK on November 03, 2003, 06:39:24 am

The easiest and quickest solution to this I would think would be simply to allow calculated fields to be copied using the copy/move dialog. That way you could set up a temporary field with the calculated data you want to show/merge and then copy it across to the correct field and remove the temp one...

Adam

why not

copy to : Name
From: [YEAR], [NAME] - [ARTIST]

1941, MY GUNS ARE SHOT - LONE RANGER

ETC.....

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #9 on:** November 03, 2003, 05:33:56 pm »

I'm not saying that wouldn't work just thats its a complete new feature whereas copy/move fields is already there it just doesn't allow calculated fields to be copied at the moment...

Adam

nila · « **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2003, 03:14:12 am »

NoCode

lol - just to be picky - technically yours doesn't exist either and would have to be 'added' - Both yours and King's have the underlying code in place already and just need to have the ability to do it added.

For yours all you need is the ability to copy Calculated fields.
For King's all he needs is the ability to have the same function that calculates the 'Rename from properties' filename set up to instead of renaming the file - to save the same string it makes into a field.

Underlying code for both exist and his is definitely an easier solution!! lol.

King : 1
NoCode : 0

Let the games begin!

Phydeaux · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2003, 04:39:20 am »

KingSparta, can't you already do some of the clean options using find and replace?

Find "," replace with ""?

Just a thought -- haven't tried it.

P.

KingSparta · « **Reply #12 on:** November 04, 2003, 05:27:28 am »

Quote from: Phydeaux on November 04, 2003, 04:39:20 am

KingSparta, can't you already do some of the clean options using find and replace?

Find "," replace with ""?

Just a thought -- haven't tried it.

P.

we are talking about combining fields and apending to the front and back of whats already in the field not just search and replace.

where you can do basic search and replace you can not do anything more complex.

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #13 on:** November 04, 2003, 07:56:49 am »

Well if the underlying code is there for both then I would say that is 1 - 1. And I can see merits for both options. So why not implement both?

Adam

nila · « **Reply #14 on:** November 04, 2003, 09:00:44 am »

Oi - no argueing - I'm the ref!! I say his works better cause it just saves a step!!

He wins - Score is:
King : 1
NoCode : 0

Any more argueing and you get a red card!

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #15 on:** November 04, 2003, 10:23:46 am »

Oohh you're a tough cookie... I will remember this the next time there is a debate involving one of your feature suggestions

I can still see places where copying calculated fields is useful aside from Kings suggestion. I agree in this case Kings is more practical if it could be implemented I just thought it would be easier to implement using calculated fields. I bow to your superior knowledge of the MC source code

Next time you are hacking it could we have some DJ features added in too

Adam

nila · « **Reply #16 on:** November 04, 2003, 12:10:36 pm »

LMAO!!

Ooopsss - I'm sorry!!!
Dont vote against me

Once I finally work out how to make installers for plugins I'll try make some basic advanced playback controls and build them into 'Auto Equaliser' - call it 'Playback Control' or something original - will that do?

I'll give us A-B looping between spots (presuming the SDK lets me)!

No red card!!

I'm thinking of making a plugin to do this anyway (the actual plugin is going to be designed mainly to allow fields to have a default value (any time new files are found without the value it will fill them in) - so I'll just extend that to do this too.)

Just gotta work out how to make the plugins install properly!

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #17 on:** November 04, 2003, 12:23:44 pm »

Sounds good. I considered trying to do this myself until I saw how the SDK worked and balked at it...

One of these days I will get round to understanding it...in the meantime I'll let the real coders get to work

Adam

KingSparta · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:20:44 pm »

I guess this being moved means that it will not be coming to a MC9 near you any time soon.

nila · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:23:52 pm »

That makes it:

King : 1
Nila : 1 (I said I didn't think it was gonna get added)
NoCode : 0

Let the games continue!

lol

sraymond · « **Reply #20 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:24:20 pm »

Quote from: Nila on November 04, 2003, 09:00:44 am

Oi - no argueing - I'm the ref!! I say his works better cause it just saves a step!!

He wins - Score is:
King : 1
NoCode : 0

Any more argueing and you get a red card!

What's this I read? Nila is against adding two features instead of one? I think JRiver might have finally got around to adding subliminal messages to their visualizations!

Scott-

nila · « **Reply #21 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:38:30 pm »

lol - They got Rhino to add them into PlayingNow instead as that's the main thing I see - he hid them into it and it's brainwashing me really badly!!

KingSparta · « **Reply #22 on:** November 04, 2003, 02:40:23 pm »

Quote from: Nila on November 04, 2003, 02:38:30 pm

lol - They got Rhino to add them into PlayingNow instead as that's the main thing I see - he hid them into it and it's brainwashing me really badly!!

Nila make a plug-in i can use that does this above.

nila · « **Reply #23 on:** November 04, 2003, 04:01:34 pm »

What?

Merges two fields together into one??

Lol - ur asking me to do it? My installers never work and it'd take like all of two seconds to throw together.

If u want me to though I will - I take no responsibility for faulty installers

lol

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #24 on:** November 04, 2003, 06:37:17 pm »

Okay Nila...I am afraid it has come down to nasty tactics. I am deducting your point for the misspelling of arguing. It has no e... you should remember the rhyme from school, take off the e and add ing...

Adam

P.S. Sorry, the primary teacher in me still rears its ugly head occasionally

nila · « **Reply #25 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:00:12 am »

k

So you get a point for spelling correction then!

It's:

King : 1
Nila : 1
NoCode : 1

It's a draw!! Game over (quit before the arguements start!!) - nice diplomatic time to end it

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #26 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:15:15 am »

LOL

Truce it is...

Adam

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