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Title: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: KingSparta on July 06, 2003, 12:33:18 pm
http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/downloads/mcplugins.pl?type=10&start=0&end=10&page=1

(http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/mc_data/plugins/images/artist_bios_finder.jpg)
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: Topper on July 06, 2003, 02:42:14 pm
Thanks for this one King. Just downloaded and tested it on a few artists and it found every one. Just out of interest is it pulling the bios out of AMG?
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: nila on July 06, 2003, 03:14:07 pm
King - where does it store this info?
Into the MC db or seperately?

This is why I wish MC would progress onto object orientated management.

I could have the BIOS per artist not per song. It'd be such a HUGE leap.


Would have objects for artists
with them having album entities
with those having track entities


Nice proper relationtional db instead of a flat one:)
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: KingSparta on July 06, 2003, 03:17:04 pm
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[King - where does it store this info?
Into the MC db or seperately?/quote]

If you have save Id3v2 Tags On It Saves To The MC9 Database And The Tag

If Not To The MC9 Database
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: zevele10 on July 06, 2003, 10:29:58 pm
King
It is working with both 9.0.180 and 9.1 ?

I have 9.0.180 and do not feel to use 9.1.

You are doing a fantastic job with all your plug-ins.

Thank you
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: KingSparta on July 07, 2003, 02:20:47 am
yes
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: nila on July 07, 2003, 03:54:38 am
King,

I'm trying it now.

Two points:
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: KingSparta on July 07, 2003, 05:50:02 am
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Where is it saving all the BIOS info?


See Answer Above

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If it's finding it for one song, is it automatically applying it to all the songs by that artist in my library/in the playing now window


All That Are In Playing Now.

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Is there any way to make it apply the BIOS to all the files by the artist??

Yes, Put Them In Playing Now

Sort Them by Artist, Then Use The Option To Reorder The Play List. This Will Make It Much Faster. Turn On The Second To Last Option On The Setup Page ("Read Bios From Files If Aval..........")

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Even better, is there some way MC can just store the BIOS once for each artist instead of repeating the info 300 times if I have 300 songs by that artist?


No
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: nila on July 07, 2003, 08:55:49 am
not quite sure what u mean about the id3 2 tags - turn them on where?
Title: Re: Artist Bios Finder Released (Free)
Post by: KingSparta on July 07, 2003, 10:09:35 am
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not quite sure what u mean about the id3 2 tags - turn them on where?


if you did not turn them off they are on.

plugin manager, , Input, Mp3 Plugin

there you can setup how tags are saved to MP3's