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Title: search on txt content?
Post by: rjm on December 10, 2011, 05:23:30 pm

I just did a search and observed MC found txt files with the search item inside the file.

I was not aware that MC searched the content of txt files.

Is this true?

Does MC search content of any other file types?

Title: Re: search on txt content?
Post by: Matt on December 10, 2011, 06:35:29 pm

It's true.

By default, search looks inside the document (txt, rtf, html) by using the 'Text' field.

Title: Re: search on txt content?
Post by: rjm on December 10, 2011, 08:18:24 pm

Wow. Learn something new every day.

Is this a new feature? If yes, do I need to re-import old txt files?

I ask because I have 1600 txt files in my library totally 176 MB and the size of "field (text).jmd" is only 10 MB so something does not add up.

I've mentioned in the past that audiobooks need a little love for displaying info in associated txt files. The fact that search uses this data will make this feature doubly nice if it ever gets implemented. At the same time we should look at extending this idea to the mht file type which is excellent for saving web sourced info about media.

Title: Re: search on txt content?
Post by: rjm on December 15, 2011, 11:34:33 pm

Quote from: rjm on December 10, 2011, 08:18:24 pm

Do I need to re-import old txt files?
I ask because I have 1600 txt files in my library totally 176 MB and the size of "field (text).jmd" is only 10 MB so something does not add up.

bump, just wondering if I have a problem in my library

Title: Re: search on txt content?
Post by: Lasse_Lus on December 16, 2011, 03:49:17 am

Quote from: rjm on December 10, 2011, 08:18:24 pm

Wow. Learn something new every day.

Is this a new feature? If yes, do I need to re-import old txt files?

I ask because I have 1600 txt files in my library totally 176 MB and the size of "field (text).jmd" is only 10 MB so something does not add up.

it has been there for quite a while, so i dont think you need to reimport (you could update library from tags), maybe you have some textfiles with "wrong" encoding..but that is just a guess..also MC compress quite hard so the figures may look wrong, when they are actually not.

but to check, add expression length([text]) and sort..(and maybe combine that with math() and file size, ) you will then see if there are something wrong..

Title: Re: search on txt content?
Post by: Matt on December 16, 2011, 09:33:53 am

Quote from: rjm on December 10, 2011, 08:18:24 pm

I ask because I have 1600 txt files in my library totally 176 MB and the size of "field (text).jmd" is only 10 MB so something does not add up.

Large text values are compressed in the JRiver database.

Title: Re: search on txt content?
Post by: rjm on December 16, 2011, 09:42:22 am

Thanks to both of you.