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[KingSparta]

I Think The Program Is Coming Along Well.

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The Work I Did Today On It:

Updated: 15-Aug-2002 7:10Pm EST

Fixed A Bug A User Told Me About That Errors When You Press Transfer ID3v1 To Id3v2 And Id3v2 To ID3v1 (Dumb Mistake On My Part)

Stop Is Active When Doing A Batch, Inactive When Not

Updated Top-40 Database

If You Note From The First Picture Of The 20,000  Files Scanned It Found 291 Top 40 Files, Well This Is A Scan Of A Dir Of Files All Ready Scanned. So You Can See The New Find Is A Bit Better.

Updated: 15-Aug-2002

Better Matching Since The Last Version.

If The Song Name Tags Are Maybe Missing The Last Few Chars. The Program Will look For What It Has In The Tag And Try To Make A Match On The Partial Song name Then Check To make Sure It Is From The Correct Artist.

Deleted About 1,100 Dups From The Database

Corrected The Database where some song names had the "The" At The End Of The Song Name.

Corrected A Problem If you Click On Batch Without First Selecting A MP3 In The List

Added A Count For Exact Match, And Lose Match Hits.

The Top 40 Finder Program

[Charlemagne 8]

Thanks King,
You are THE MP3 tagging Guru.

[SeanC]

Hi King -

Is there any chance of having the program update an MJ custom database field with the top 40 info, for instance Custom 1 or Custom 2?

You see, I use the Comment field for something else, and would really like to use your program.

[KingSparta]

>> Is there any chance of having the program update an MJ custom
>> database field with the top 40 info, for instance Custom 1 or
>> Custom 2?
Don't Know... Maybe if I Know How They Are Doing It\Id3 Tag ID etc...

I Do Know I Messed Up With The Stop Button  It Is Not Enabled When Scanning. It Will Be Fixed Next Update.

[LCtheDJ]

King, it's just an amazing project!

Here are some things I found that you may want to change:

I keep losing the program while it's running with other windows open - there's no icon for it on the taskbar or the system tray.

There are some places on the GUI that say "Toped" instead of "Topped".  While on this subject, would you consider changing "Topped" to "Peaked"?  When I think of "topped the chart", I think it went all the way to number 1.

On files where I have an 'ampersand' (&), and the database has an all caps 'and' (AND), my existing v2.3 tags were deleted and only the v1.1 tags remained. (non saved selections were unchecked) [Tommy James & The Shondells / Tommy James AND The Shondells]

[Mirko]

The project is quite astonishing; so many updates in so little time. You are great!

Little suggestion: What about spelling options for "Toped The" and so on? I would like it to be "Toped the chart at 01 in 1999". Maybe you could also make it an option to include a translation like "erreichte Platz 01 in 1999" or "Chartposition 01 1999".

Thanks.

[KingSparta]

>> While on this subject, would you consider changing
>> "Topped" to "Peaked"?
Next Version Will Allow You To Select "Peaked" Or "Topped"

>> On files where I have an 'ampersand' (&), and the database has
>> an all caps 'and' (AND), my existing v2.3 tags were deleted and
>> only the v1.1 tags remained.
I Know About The an all caps 'and' And Will Fix That Today

I Will Look At The Other.

>> What about spelling options for "Toped The"
Spelling Corrected

>> Erreichte Platz 01 in 1999
Will Be In The Next Version

>> I keep losing the program while it's running with other windows
>> open - there's no icon for it on the taskbar or the system tray.
Yes I Know, I Fixed Part Of That Just Now, So Next Build It Should Show Up On The Taskbar.

About Always On-Top That Will Take A Bit Of Thinking

[Mysticeti]

I'm probably missing something obvious but how did you get it to scan so many files at once?  All my tracks are in artist/album/tracks subdirectories so batch lookup seems to only work one album at a time.

[KingSparta]

Mysticeti

right now it does not scan all the dirs under the main dir, i will be working on this this weekend (i think i can do it in a day or less).

I just wanted to try to get the Program to work fater and increase the hits.

you got to have priorities.

note: please test on backed up files\test files.

[KingSparta]

Use This Program On Test Files\MP3's Only Until You Know It Works Correctly!

Updated: 16-Aug-2002

Fixed A Few Problems One Dealing With If The ID3V2 Tag Did Have A Comment The Program Would Not Save The Updated ID3v2 Comment.

Some Users Wanted To Change There Own Comment Tags So I Had A Selection Of Them, But This Was Getting To Large. So What I Did Was Made A Comment Text Box In The Setup Tab. You Can Put In Your Own Comment. And All You Need To Do Is Place The Rule Where You Want It. (Options In The Settings Tab Are Currently Not Saved)

#POS# = Chart Position (All Caps)

#YEAR# = Chart Year (All Caps)

So If You Entered:

"Erreichte Platz #POS# in #YEAR#" = Erreichte Platz 01 in 1996

"Peaked The Charts At #POS# in #YEAR#" = Peaked The Charts At 01 in 1996

Fixed The "Stop" Button, It Is Now Enabled In Batch Mode

The "Exit" Button Is Now Not Enabled When In Batch Mode

[goPHAT]

Just a suggestion.  It would be great if the top40 finder would search subdirectories.  I have my mp3's organized in subdirectories for each artist and album, so there is no easy way for me to use this program for now.

[KingSparta]

goPHAT

Maybe you Did Not Catch This In A Previous Message.

>> right now it does not scan all the dirs under the main dir, i
>> will be working on this this weekend (i think i can do it in
>> a day or less).

>> I just wanted to try to get the Program to work fater and
>> increase the hits.

>> you got to have priorities.

[Philip]

Is it possible _not_ to update the genre to "top 40" as described? Or, for that matter, to choose which tags you want updated?

[KingSparta]

Philip

Yes, Did You Look Under The Settings Tab?

[KingSparta]

I Think I Have Recursive File Search Working (Searches All Sub Dirs). It uses API Calls To Windows So It Gives Better Performance Than The Normal VB Code.  

The Song Name Must Be At Least 3 Chrs Long

The Artist Name Must Be At Least 3 Chrs Long (It Still Will Lookup Artist "U2").

When It Gets Done Searching The Dies\Files It Will Automatically Switch to Tab 2.

The Stop Button Should Work Better.

Fixed The Spelling Of "Loose"


Tomorrow I Will Work On Saving The Settings In The Settings Tab.

Any More Ideas, you Guys\Gals Want To See In It?

Top 40 Chart Finder Program

[KingSparta]

Ok, Just Rebuilt My MJ Database It's Kind Of Clean Now.

You Can See All Of My 6300|PLS| MP3s On The Top 40 List from 1940 - 2001 By Using Media Server, Built Into Media Jukebox.

My Media Server IP Address: 24.88.229.242.:80
Note: Use The Latest Media Jukebox 8.0.348, Media Server Version 1.0.135 Older Versions May Have Problems With Compatibility.

[KingSparta]

The Program Now Saves The User Settings.

[LCtheDJ]

I just downloaded and tried the file from your site. I got beta version 0.35 and found that it still says "Settings: (Currently Not Being Saved)".  Then I found the buttons below the settings to load and save the settings.

When I install, the program tells me the file being installed is not newer than the one I have; maybe you want to get a newer version of the file to install?  It says the one I have is mscomctl.ocx version 6.1.83.41.

[KingSparta]

>> I got beta version 0.35 and found that it still says
>> "Settings: (Currently Not Being Saved)".
Just Fixed That, Will Be Fixed In Next Build


>> maybe you want to get a newer version of the file to install?
>> It says the one I have is mscomctl.ocx version 6.1.83.41.
I May Not Have Upgraded To Service Pack 5 When I Installed Visual Studio On This Computer (Got It Last Month). Downloading It Now.

I Will Check It When It Is Installed, And Post A New Build.

[KingSparta]

LCtheDJ

Would You Mind Sending That mscomctl.ocx File, I Can't Find A New One, It Is Not In The Update For Visual Studio

[LCtheDJ]

I sent the file you wanted.

Question: How is a track handled by your program if the title has a comma in it?  Ex: "ABBA - Money, Money, Money.mp3" "K. C. & The Sunshine Band - Shake Your Booty, (Shake, Shake, Shake).mp3"

Another question: Since I already had this information in my collection of mp3 files; have you considered a variation of this program to work with .ogg files?

[KingSparta]

All Non A-Z Chrs Are Striped Out Of Both The Database And MP3 Tag.

ABBA - Money, Money, Money

Is

MONEYMONEYMONEYABBA

In Both The Database And The MP3 File A Search Is Done On

MONEYMONEYMONEYABBA

This Would Result In A Exact Match

If The MP3 Had The Song Taged As

MONEYMONEY

It Would Not Match But The Program Will Do A Loose Search For

MONEYMONEY

Then With The Results Retured From The Database

MONEYMONEYMONEYABBA

The Program Will Search The Returned Data For ABBA

Since ABBA Is Present, It Is Counted As A Loose Match.

On All Loose Matches The Song Name Is Corrected To Match The Database, then The New Tag Is Saved.

By The Way If The Song Name Is A Number Like "17" From Rick James If After Striping the Song Or The Artist Name = "" Then The Artist And The Song Name Are Set To The Orginal Tags.

[KingSparta]

LCtheDJ

That mscomctl.ocx 6.1.83.41 File you Have Is Dated 1998 In The File Properties.

The mscomctl.ocx That Is Included In The Package Is Dated 2000 In The Properties. And Is The Latest In The Visual Studio Update Package SP5.

They May Have Screwed Up The Version Numbers.

So you Should Let It Update (Keep A Backup Just In Case).

By The Way, I Fixed That Text Problem You Stated On That Frame, New Version Is Up Now.

[Gatobrit]

King - I downloaded the new version and the recursive directory search works well. So far, my only grumble with it is that as it scans my library and does the batch lookup it seems like it wants to be the focus / on top.

I use Outlook to read email at work and I could click on Outlook but Top 40 still pops to the top, I click on Outlook again etc. etc.

It doesn't do it with Mozilla so I don't know what's going on...

[KingSparta]

What Is Next?

[X] Correct Artist Name
[X] Remove "The" From Artist Name On The Fly ("The Beatles" Or "Beatles, The" ---> "Beatles")
[X] Correct Song Name
[X] Always On Top

Any Other ideas?

[KingSparta]

>> it seems like it wants to be the focus
Maybe it has an ego problem.

[Gatobrit]

King - could your program be removing the MJ Rating info in the tag? I use (I know) v3 tags.

I ran the program against my whole library, deleted the whole of my library in MJ and reimported. Most of the songs are rated as they were before but approximately 778 have lost their rating tag information against 781 that were "touched" by your program.

I guess something to look at?

[KingSparta]

Gatobrit

I don't think that can be fixed, not sure.

only the tags shown on the tabs will be transfered when an update is done.

if i knew what Tag they were using maybe i could fix that along with the custom 1 - custom 3. i have not tryed to hunt thru a mp3 yet to see if i can finger it out.

the only possable way around this right now is to allow it to write only id3v1.1 tags (you can turn off id3v2 tags in the settings, i think that works, don't remember right now).