Topic: Lyrics Editor 1.2.2 (See top post) (Read 35842 times)

dlone · « **Reply #100 on:** May 10, 2006, 02:19:56 pm »

OK, just checked out the clean option in MC

I was thinking of a slightly more intelligent version
eg
Their 'capitalize first letter' works, but not in a very good way for lyrics
It ignores things that really should be uppercase like 'I' etc
Doesn't remove multiple blank lines
Leaves those pesky quote characters alone

@Deivirt
I was thinking on an 'Audio Only' checkbox on the form
Or possibly a combo box of audio/video/picture/all ?

Deivit · « **Reply #101 on:** May 10, 2006, 02:44:51 pm »

Quote from: dlone on May 10, 2006, 02:19:56 pm

@Deivirt
I was thinking on an 'Audio Only' checkbox on the form
Or possibly a combo box of audio/video/picture/all ?

Both solutions are good. Actually, anything that does not prevent from getting the lyrics for a video file would be fine for me.

Thank you.

ferent · « **Reply #102 on:** May 10, 2006, 05:10:47 pm »

It´s possible to do the interface a bit smaller? I have a 17' monitor and the buttons are too big...

mesue · « **Reply #103 on:** May 10, 2006, 05:11:47 pm »

Quote from: dlone on May 10, 2006, 02:01:37 pm

Multiple blank line removal?

Yes… that would be handy.

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I love this plugin, i've been adding lyrics like there's no tomorrow

Me too!

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Just wish some of the lyrics sites would quit trying to install adware on my pc!

I haven't had much of a problem with Firefox + AdBlock Plus. There is one site that throws Avast Antivirus into a tizzy but I have learned to avoid it.

jgreen · « **Reply #104 on:** May 10, 2006, 05:38:08 pm »

Doof--
I agree, it would be possible to fit the same functionality into a smaller space. As it is, though, I do a 75/25 split view with playing now and it fits fine. That's not to say we can't dream up additional functionality to wedge into the GUI.

I like the idea of some cleanup buttons, and it actually might not be as horrendously complex as it seems. (Mostly because you'd be doing the work, not me.) Some potential cleanup buttons:

--Remove top space. This would take out white until it hits words, not going into the lyrics to remove blank lines, however. You see, I'm busy cutting everything up into stanzas . . .

--Capitalize first word in line. Not only that, it would uncapitalize all other words.

--Capitalize all. This would do as promised, while offering a whitelist of articles that you might not want capitalized unless they start the line.

--Select whole line. Some way to right-click or otherwise select the entire contents of a line, so you could backspace it up to the previous line, cut/paste, etc.

Sorry to dump this all on ya, man. Your program is so good at what it does, I can't help thinking, what if it did more? I think you only really get to the end of the nightmare if you pretend to have fallen off the planet.

Doof? Doof?

Doof · « **Reply #105 on:** May 10, 2006, 09:47:45 pm »

New build up: 0.9.9.0.

Info is in the first post of this thread.

Doof · « **Reply #106 on:** May 10, 2006, 09:50:24 pm »

Quote from: ferent on May 10, 2006, 05:10:47 pm

It´s possible to do the interface a bit smaller? I have a 17' monitor and the buttons are too big...

It resizes to fit into the total window size. The actual size of the plugin interface is much smaller. Check out the screenshot posted in the first post and you can see what it looks like in the designer.

ferent · « **Reply #107 on:** May 11, 2006, 01:22:27 am »

Quote from: Doof on May 10, 2006, 09:50:24 pm

It resizes to fit into the total window size. The actual size of the plugin interface is much smaller. Check out the screenshot posted in the first post and you can see what it looks like in the designer.

Not yet, the perfect size is 760, like websites. Now the size is 879.

Doof · « **Reply #108 on:** May 11, 2006, 07:37:30 am »

What is it that you're seeing? I'm running it on a 17" monitor too and it looks fine. Are you having to scroll or anything to see it all? What resolution are you running at?

"The buttons are too big" is a bit vague.

ferent · « **Reply #109 on:** May 11, 2006, 09:41:26 am »

Can you see it in a 800x600 resolution?

Doof · « **Reply #110 on:** May 11, 2006, 10:02:53 am »

Quote from: ferent on May 11, 2006, 09:41:26 am

Can you see it in a 800x600 resolution?

People still use 800 x 600?

ferent · « **Reply #111 on:** May 11, 2006, 10:11:21 am »

I´m not, but in my screen I´ve got on the right the playing now plugin. This night, when I´m home, I will post my screen and you will understand... I can see all the plugins ok, but yours not.

Doof · « **Reply #112 on:** May 11, 2006, 10:17:15 am »

Thanks. Screenshots are always much more helpful.

But what resolution are you using?

ferent · « **Reply #113 on:** May 11, 2006, 10:25:35 am »

I´m using 1024*768 but 1024 less the MC tree (Playing Now, Audio, Video...) and less the Playing now plugin.

Doof · « **Reply #114 on:** May 11, 2006, 10:52:21 am »

Are you using the Playing Now plugin like a sidebar or something? Mine just pops up and disappears and doesn't chew up any screen real estate.

I just posted build buil 0.9.9.6. It's shrunk the size of the form down to 760 x 570. Let me know if it's better for you.

jgreen · « **Reply #115 on:** May 11, 2006, 11:25:43 am »

Doof--
Just going to dump a couple bugs on ya, sorry.

--"Return" in builds .9.5 and .9.6 will effectively START play in playing now, if you left with nothing playing. This is different than prior builds. However, if you left with something playing, it takes you back to where you were when you left, same as prior.

--Don't hit "Preview," if you don't have anything selected. The app runs over to the railing and blows chunks.

--"Create Database Field" Anything? Anything?

FWIW--I'm not sure that "Viewed (has...)" and "Viewed (no...)" are doing much for world knowledge. I ended up making them the same color as "Has" and "No". I think think the trigger will turn out to be "save count", or some such.

Doof · « **Reply #116 on:** May 11, 2006, 11:34:52 am »

Quote from: jgreen on May 11, 2006, 11:25:43 am

--"Return" in builds .9.5 and .9.6 will effectively START play in playing now, if you left with nothing playing. This is different than prior builds. However, if you left with something playing, it takes you back to where you were when you left, same as prior.

Yeah, I noticed that, too. I'll look into restoring the playback state as well as the other stuff when you click on "Return".

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--Don't hit "Preview," if you don't have anything selected. The app runs over to the railing and blows chunks.

D'oh! Should be an easy fix, though.

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--"Create Database Field" Anything? Anything?

Um.. what? It works here. What are you expecting it to do that it's not doing?

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FWIW--I'm not sure that "Viewed (has...)" and "Viewed (no...)" are doing much for world knowledge. I ended up making them the same color as "Has" and "No". I think think the trigger will turn out to be "save count", or some such.

I'm not following you...

jgreen · « **Reply #117 on:** May 11, 2006, 11:40:33 am »

Doof, create Database Field is permanently greyed out on my machine. Is there something this is supposed to do?

As for Viewed. . ., the fact that I've viewed a lyric doesn't tell me if I've fixed it. If I've overwritten it, there's a better chance that it's right.

Doof · « **Reply #118 on:** May 11, 2006, 11:44:39 am »

Quote from: jgreen on May 11, 2006, 11:40:33 am

Doof, create Database Field is permanently greyed out on my machine. Is there something this is supposed to do?

1. Have you installed the latest version?
2. Have you checked the box that says "Save Viewed Status"?
3. Is the database field "LTEStatus" already in your database?

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As for Viewed. . ., the fact that I've viewed a lyric doesn't tell me if I've fixed it. If I've overwritten it, there's a better chance that it's right.

You know.. I actually started working down that road and then for some reason I decided it wasn't a good idea. So I decided just storing whether or not you've viewed it was probably going to have to be good enough. Let me re-look at it, though. I may have been over-thinking it before.

jgreen · « **Reply #119 on:** May 11, 2006, 12:01:21 pm »

Er, "the database field 'LTEStatus'? When were you planning on telling me?

jgreen · « **Reply #120 on:** May 11, 2006, 12:03:20 pm »

Actually, D, there is such a field, LE made it for me. Save viewed status is checked, Create Database field is grey.

Doof · « **Reply #121 on:** May 11, 2006, 12:13:34 pm »

Quote from: jgreen on May 11, 2006, 12:01:21 pm

Er, "the database field 'LTEStatus'? When were you planning on telling me?

All of this has been detailed in the posts that list the new changes at the beginning of the thread.

Doof · « **Reply #122 on:** May 11, 2006, 12:16:39 pm »

Quote from: jgreen on May 11, 2006, 12:03:20 pm

Actually, D, there is such a field, LE made it for me. Save viewed status is checked, Create Database field is grey.

Right. If the database field is there, then you won't need to click the button, hence it being disabled.

You must have clicked on it yourself at one point because it won't create the field on its own.

ferent · « **Reply #123 on:** May 11, 2006, 12:54:06 pm »

How are you saving the tracks in database? I said that because if I edit the artist name or the track name, maybe I can lost data in Lyrics Editor.

Doof · « **Reply #124 on:** May 11, 2006, 01:06:16 pm »

Quote from: ferent on May 11, 2006, 12:54:06 pm

How are you saving the tracks in database? I said that because if I edit the artist name or the track name, maybe I can lost data in Lyrics Editor.

Are you asking me if you can lose data or saying you have?

ferent · « **Reply #125 on:** May 11, 2006, 02:25:50 pm »

I´m asking you. Sorr for my bad english

jgreen · « **Reply #126 on:** May 11, 2006, 02:34:41 pm »

Ferent--
I have not seen data loss. Be cautious with altering data. If you alter or remove data in "Artist" "Album" or "Name" and save it, those changes are made to your library fields.

ferent · « **Reply #127 on:** May 11, 2006, 02:42:45 pm »

Ok, thanks for the reply.

The size is perfect now too. Thanks a lot.

Doof · « **Reply #128 on:** May 11, 2006, 02:50:50 pm »

I could easily add little buttons next to any of the fields to enable editting of that field if anybody's worried about accidentally wiping stuff out.

Or even add an option to prompt on changes.

If anybody's interested.

Doof · « **Reply #129 on:** May 11, 2006, 02:51:55 pm »

Quote from: ferent on May 11, 2006, 02:42:45 pm

Ok, thanks for the reply.

The size is perfect now too. Thanks a lot.

No problem. Glad it worked out.

Doof · « **Reply #130 on:** May 11, 2006, 04:40:00 pm »

New build, 0.9.9.9 Beta is up.

It's pretty much what a more glorious application would call a release candidate. The features are done (for this version). Only bug fixes from here on until I get some work done on the Captionater (marko's been waiting patiently).

jgreen · « **Reply #131 on:** May 12, 2006, 10:09:31 am »

1.0, my friend. (She's ready for her closeup, Mr. DeDoof).

Next stop: Sparta. I'm going to lay some clean lyrics on the King (shout if you want them also, D). Should only take 2 or 3 years to get it done.

LonWar · « **Reply #132 on:** May 12, 2006, 08:27:41 pm »

I have .9.9.9 installed and have noticed that the tops of the following writing is cut off.

Search Aids
Options
Status
File Coloring
Navigation
File List
Get File List From

Here is a pic.

www.uppit.com/dl/LeNulBbg

Doof · « **Reply #133 on:** May 12, 2006, 08:52:09 pm »

Hey, how'd you get it to look like that? It looks skinned like the rest of MC...

LonWar · « **Reply #134 on:** May 12, 2006, 09:28:57 pm »

Quote from: Doof on May 12, 2006, 08:52:09 pm

Hey, how'd you get it to look like that? It looks skinned like the rest of MC...

hmmm Maybe that's why the text is a little off...

I'm using Windowblinds

Edit... The text problem stems from the skinning that Windowblinds does... If I turn it off, the text looks fine.

Sorry for the trouble.

Doof · « **Reply #135 on:** May 12, 2006, 09:49:47 pm »

hehe... no biggie. I've just been struggling with how to get MC to skin the plugin and I was hoping that you'd stumbled upon the trick somehow.

dcwebman · « **Reply #136 on:** May 13, 2006, 07:38:01 am »

I'm having great luck using Lyrics Editor. At one time the playlist selection box had no limit and it scrolled off the screen and it was shrunken down to 8 rows (at least on mine). Since it's pulling playlists from all the MC standards plus anything I have created plus some things I have no idea what they are, it's a lot of scrolling now. Can the size of the box be increased at least double? In addition there doesn't seem to be any order in the playlists, like alphabetized would be, so it's very hard to find the file list I want.

During editing I went and created a new playlist. I went back to LE, refreshed the box, but the new playlist was not in the drop down. The only way I could get it to appear was to close MC and restart.

I just tried the LTEStatus. I like it.

Doof · « **Reply #137 on:** May 17, 2006, 12:16:27 pm »

Hey, guys... Just wanted to give you a status report since it's been a while since I've posted anything.

I got the plugin to now alphabetize the playlists combox. It was actually a lot of fun because I got to learn something new.

I also doubled the size of the playlist dropdown, so hopefully between that and the alphabetizing, the whole dropdown should be much friendlier now.

I also started a semi-rewrite of the code that should make the individual routines more portable into other plugins. I'm planning on using several of them in the Captionater plugin and maybe another one I just thought of the other night. In the process, I introduced a really nasty bug that's proving to be extremely elusive. If not for this bug, version 1.0 would be available for download.

So... just wanted to let you know what's going on and that I haven't stopped working on it.

dlone · « **Reply #138 on:** May 17, 2006, 12:52:15 pm »

Thanks for the update

Doof · « **Reply #139 on:** May 21, 2006, 01:06:15 am »

Ok, 1.0 is out. It underwent a pretty significant re-write, but it appears to be bug free (I think). Beat on it a while and let me know if anything bad happens.

Details are in the first post of this thread.

Doof · « **Reply #140 on:** May 22, 2006, 09:37:34 am »

Just posted 1.0.1 which fixes a minor crash-inducing bug.

Doof · « **Reply #141 on:** May 22, 2006, 10:12:44 am »

Just posted a new build (1.0.2). Nothing major - just added tooltips for the file list. May stay, may not, will probably wind up an option.

It was just something I noticed I could do so I did it.

phoenix91 · « **Reply #142 on:** May 22, 2006, 10:40:41 am »

Thank you very much for the great plugin. Was already a big help for me.

Sometimes I would like to skip the changes I made in the main window. Is there a way to proceed to the next file or exit the plugin without saving?

U.

Doof · « **Reply #143 on:** May 22, 2006, 11:00:44 am »

Quote from: phoenix91 on May 22, 2006, 10:40:41 am

Sometimes I would like to skip the changes I made in the main window. Is there a way to proceed to the next file or exit the plugin without saving?

Not yet, but I was thinking of a couple of different ways to do this... I'll probably do both..

1. Add an option to either save on file change (llike it currently does) or require you to click Save for changes to be saved
2. Add a "Skip To Next Without Saving" button

I personally like how it allows you to very quickly make changes and move on without having to click save every time. It makes it a kind of inline tag editor for Lyrics, similar to what we have for most of the other, simpler, fields. But I could easily add the options I listed above.

phoenix91 · « **Reply #144 on:** May 22, 2006, 11:23:08 am »

Quote from: Doof on May 22, 2006, 11:00:44 am

2. Add a "Skip To Next Without Saving" button

Personally would prefer this idea. The workflow remains fluent (less clicking) for normal editing.

U.

jgreen · « **Reply #145 on:** May 22, 2006, 11:45:13 am »

Doof--
Thanks again for all your hard work. Not sure why you would continue to sign up for so much pain, but I'm glad you do!

--In file list, colors no longer update if "Just save data" is pressed to save, rather than "next", which works as expected. LTEStatus field is updated properly in either case.

--Somebody mentioned pre-screening for audio tracks only. This might be a enhancement.

--I think #2 is most important, although you could introduce #1 at the same time.

jgreen · « **Reply #146 on:** May 22, 2006, 12:00:34 pm »

Here's another one: If you select "Playing Now" in "Get file list from", and then "preview" a track, rather than play in PN, the selected track overwrites PN and all other tracks are cleared from PN. Refreshing via "Get File List From"/PN confirms this.

Doof · « **Reply #147 on:** May 22, 2006, 12:30:28 pm »

Ok, 1.1 is now available for download.

I added the "Next (No Save)" button, and fixed the bug where it wouldn't update the status color when using the "Just Save Data" button.

phoenix91 · « **Reply #148 on:** May 23, 2006, 04:49:23 am »

Thank you again! Can now skip my entries, when I messed something up.

Minor problem:
There is a .NET message when you press the <Next (No Save)> key on the last track.

Doof · « **Reply #149 on:** May 23, 2006, 10:22:17 am »

Just posted build 1.2, which fixes that bug and adds a couple of new things.

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