Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2015-02-09 Thread Dogberry2
venus light wrote: This looks like an awesome tool. What would be a good resource to discover how to write different SQL queries on this database? I'm not super versed on SQL, but am pretty computer-savvy, so I think I could figure it out if someone pointed me in the right direction.

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2015-02-08 Thread venus light
This looks like an awesome tool. What would be a good resource to discover how to write different SQL queries on this database? I'm not super versed on SQL, but am pretty computer-savvy, so I think I could figure it out if someone pointed me in the right direction. The pre-sets are great, but

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2015-01-04 Thread d6jg
I can confirm that should work on a QNAP QNAP TS419P 4TB LMS7.7.2 *Living Room* - SB3 - Onkyo TS606 connected Digitally - Celestion Ditton F20s - and connected Analogue for Zone 2 - Sony TA FE 320 - Sennheiser RS 130 *Office* - SB3 - Sony TA FE320 - Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* - SB

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-30 Thread Dogberry2
treefern wrote: I would like to try your program but I have a problem in that I migrated my LMS database from WHS 2011 to Linux on QNAP NAS and I cannot get under the bonnet to get to /opt/ssods4/var/home/SqueezeboxServer/Cache/library.db. I guess best option is to copy database to

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-27 Thread treefern
I would like to try your program but I have a problem in that I migrated my LMS database from WHS 2011 to Linux on QNAP NAS and I cannot get under the bonnet to get to /opt/ssods4/var/home/SqueezeboxServer/Cache/library.db. I guess best option is to copy database to windows and run the program.

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-15 Thread Dogberry2
stereoptic wrote: Is there a flag that indicates which contributor is the album artist? I don't have the schema in front of me, but I think there is a role field in the contributor_album table. Try adding another filter on the WHERE clause: AND co.role = 1.

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-15 Thread JJZolx
Here are the contributor roles: 1 Artist 2 Composer 3 Conductor 4 Band 5 Album Artist 6 Track Artist They may be a little difficult to use in a single query, however, unless you've tagged every album with an explicit album artist. Otherwise, the defacto album artist for an album will have a

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-15 Thread stereoptic
Thanks guys. I'll give that a try when I get home. stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101600

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-14 Thread stereoptic
Dogberry2 wrote: I think something kinda like this should get you started:... Thanks for taking the time for that! I'll give it a try! stereoptic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=53162 View

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-13 Thread stereoptic
I need to brush up on my SQL. What would be an example of listing the albumname, the sort album name , album artist and sort album artist from the albums (?) table? I would be using the database query function in LMS, I don't have any other SQL loaded on this PC right now. Thanks!

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-12-13 Thread Dogberry2
stereoptic wrote: I need to brush up on my SQL. What would be an example of listing the albumname, the sort album name , album artist and sort album artist from the albums (?) table? I would be using the database query function in LMS, I don't have any other SQL loaded on this PC right

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-06-03 Thread Mnyb
Dogberry2 wrote: I don't know about MP3Tag's Export configurations, so I can't answer that. It seems that to sort and filter the data, MP3Tag would first have to read all the track files and build its own internal database from the tags. Since LMS has already scanned the track tags and built

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-06-02 Thread JohnB
For a while I've been periodically extracting the LMS db tables (to CSV format) using sqlite3.exe before importing them into Access (which I am more familiar with). However, before I do that I always clear the cache and do a complete rescan to ensure that all the data in the db is live and

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-06-02 Thread DJanGo
JohnB wrote: For a while I've been periodically extracting the LMS db tables using sqlite3.exe before importing them into Access (which I am more familiar with). However, before I do that I always clear the cache and do a complete rescan to ensure that all the data in the db is live and

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-31 Thread Dogberry2
JJZolx wrote: Does this do anything that Mp3tag's Export configurations can't do? I don't know about MP3Tag's Export configurations, so I can't answer that. It seems that to sort and filter the data, MP3Tag would first have to read all the track files and build its own internal database from

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-31 Thread Dogberry2
get.amped wrote: I thought it might be useful to know the table structures. Here's some screen shots from SQLite Expert: Nice of you to post those shots. There used to be some basic table structure info in the Wiki, but that was from back in the MySQL days, and I'm sure nothing has been

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread Dogberry2
amey01 wrote: Frikin' awesome. Works perfectly. Thank you! You're welcome! I'm glad to hear it's of some use to other people. I hope anyone who has a cool query will share it, maybe by posting it in this thread, so others can make use of it. Everybody has their own ideas/needs/approaches to

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
I thought it might be useful to know the table structures. Here's some screen shots from SQLite Expert: 15973 15974 15975 15976 15977 More in next post (5 image/post limit) +---+ |Filename: contributors.jpg

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
15978 15979 15980 15981 15982 continued in next post... +---+ |Filename: metainformation.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15982|

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
15983 15984 15985 15986 15987 continued and completed in next post... +---+ |Filename: scanned_files.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15987|

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
15988 15989 15990 15991 That's all folks! Of course, there are other database files. Not sure how much more value there is in querying them. +---+ |Filename: years.jpg|

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread JJZolx
Does this do anything that Mp3tag's Export configurations can't do? One thing about working directly with LMS' data is that you have to work around the shortcomings of the LMS database and LMS quirky scanning logic. If you've witnessed the struggles they've had over the years doing (what you

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread get.amped
JJZolx wrote: Does this do anything that Mp3tag's Export configurations can't do? One thing about working directly with LMS' data is that you have to work around the shortcomings of the LMS database and LMS quirky scanning logic. If you've witnessed the struggles they've had over the years

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-30 Thread garym
get.amped wrote: I wonder if/when mp3tag chokes on the number of entries? I'm not sure it how it will handle 300K+ tracks... Dont know but I've had 225,000 tracks selected in mp3tag... *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) LMS 7.8 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-29 Thread amey01
Frikin' awesome. Works perfectly. Thank you! amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101600

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-27 Thread Dogberry2
Audiotic wrote: OK, I'll run it in Parallels :-) Great initiative! Thanks. Hope it runs OK for you in Parallels. Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread:

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread usbethjim
I've installed and tried your extractor - simple and speedy. I know nothing about SQL so I used your built-in queries. However to be of use to me, I would have to either have you change a couple of basic things in the queries, have you tell me how to do it myself or I need to learn SQL.

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Dogberry2
usbethjim wrote: _Here's_the_thing_-_Every_album_I_have_has_an_\ARTIST_SORT\_tag:_ Bob Dylan's is Dylan, Bob - he show's up in the D's not the B's as Bob Dylan in LMS listings. Led Zeppelin's is Led Zeppelin - they show up in the L's as Led Zeppelin in LMS listings. So any SQL query

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Apesbrain
Thank you for this. It works well and makes the whole SQL query thing a lot less intimidating. Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread:

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
Sometime a little nudge is what we need :) I had been meaning to install and get familiar with SQLite Expert but have found any number of reasons not to. But when I decided to try LMS Extractor it was immediately obvious that I would need something to reveal the table structures if I wanted to

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread garym
stupid question. How do I create a new SQL extract. I wanted to try the one above, but when I copy it I can't seem to paste it into one of the SQL extract windows in the program. I can paste it into a text document, not into the LMS extractor appropriate window. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Dogberry2
garym wrote: stupid question. How do I create a new SQL extract. I wanted to try the one above, but when I copy it I can't seem to paste it into one of the SQL extract windows in the program. I can paste it into a text document, not into the LMS extractor appropriate window (i.e., the window

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
garym wrote: stupid question. How do I create a new SQL extract. I wanted to try the one above, but when I copy it I can't seem to paste it into one of the SQL extract windows in the program. I can paste it into a text document, not into the LMS extractor appropriate window (i.e., the window

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Dogberry2
get.amped wrote: Sometime a little nudge is what we need :) I had been meaning to install and get familiar with SQLite Expert but have found any number of reasons not to. But when I decided to try LMS Extractor it was immediately obvious that I would need something to reveal the table

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread garym
I said it was stupid. ;-) I forgot to try Ctrl-V (which worked perfectly). (I was simply trying to right click my mouse to get the popup menu containing paste. get.amped's extract works nicely (I too like to see the genre and file type). Only odd thing I noticed in running this extract was

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
garym wrote: I said it was stupid. ;-) I forgot to try Ctrl-V (which worked perfectly). (I was simply trying to right click my mouse to get the popup menu containing paste. get.amped's extract works nicely (I too like to see the genre and file type). Only odd thing I noticed in

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Dogberry2
garym wrote: I said it was stupid. ;-) I forgot to try Ctrl-V (which worked perfectly). (I was simply trying to right click my mouse to get the popup menu containing paste. get.amped's extract works nicely (I too like to see the genre and file type). Only odd thing I noticed in

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
Replace the last line with: ORDER BY UPPER(Artist), UPPER(Album Title) Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.7.3 - Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 - Cambridge Audio DacMagic - NAD C160 - 2 x NAD C272 - Quad 22L2

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread garym
get.amped wrote: Replace the last line with: ORDER BY UPPER(Artist), UPPER(Album Title) works perfectly thanks. Now I'm trying to understand why it shows more than one listing per album (other than the fact that there are multiple disks, which I understand). For example, on a Bob Dylan

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
garym wrote: works perfectly thanks. Now I'm trying to understand why it shows more than one listing per album (other than the fact that there are multiple disks, which I understand). For example, on a Bob Dylan tribute compilation (4 CDs), it shows a listing of 8 albums. For the other

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread garym
get.amped wrote: Probably has something to do with my cheat of pulling the genre, codec and bitrate from the the first track of the album. I was reasonably sure that wouldn't be an issue in my database because I don't use any disc numbering tags. For example, AC/DC - Live (Collector's

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
garym wrote: I've narrowed it down a bit. This only seems to happen on a compilation where it is multidisk and there is an ALBUM ARTIST entered. And it exactly doubles the number of albums listed. Most of my compilations have ALBUM ARTIST blank. Note that the Genre, ALBUM ARTIST, codec,

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Audiotic
Nice. But in what language is it written, i.e. can it be made to run on a Mac as well? MacMini CoreDuo, 600 GB of mostly ALAC lossless music (iTunes ripped) - Black Transporter (analog digital out), and Marantz DV8400 vM mod for SACD + DVD-A, via Siltech Paris to Harman Kardon AVR 8500 HK

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Dogberry2
Audiotic wrote: Nice. But in what language is it written, i.e. can it be made to run on a Mac as well? Well, as I said up front, the way it stands for now it's gonna have to be strictly a Windows program. I threw it together using the compiler I had available at the company I work for, during

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread garym
get.amped wrote: So for those compilations, what is displayed in the Artist column? ALBUM ARTIST is displayed in artist column (in this case Bob Dylan). And in this case Bob Dylan is also the composer but is not track artist. (and I've NOT ticked composer or conductor or band/orchestra to

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread Audiotic
OK, I'll run it in Parallels :-) Great initiative! MacMini CoreDuo, 600 GB of mostly ALAC lossless music (iTunes ripped) - Black Transporter (analog digital out), and Marantz DV8400 vM mod for SACD + DVD-A, via Siltech Paris to Harman Kardon AVR 8500 HK PA2200 Signature - 6 x Mission 780SE

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-26 Thread get.amped
garym wrote: ALBUM ARTIST is displayed in artist column (in this case Bob Dylan). And in this case Bob Dylan is also the composer but is not track artist. (and I've NOT ticked composer or conductor or band/orchestra to show up in artists in my LMS Settings. I can't say I'm surprised that

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-25 Thread DJanGo
Dogberry2 wrote: Let me know if you have problems installing or using it (or even if you don't have problems). Hi, qtintf70.dll is missing:confused: Gruss Jan DJanGo's Profile:

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-25 Thread Dogberry2
DJanGo wrote: Hi, :confused:My apologies. Please re-download the .zip file and try again. Should be OK now. Dogberry2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18883 View this thread:

[slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-24 Thread Dogberry2
I decided to put together a little program to extract data from the LMS database and put it out in some useful formats. Specifically, it can create HTML pages, Excel spreadsheets and comma-separated-value (CSV) files suitable for loading into other spreadsheet or database-type software. This

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-24 Thread Dogberry2
Here are a couple of sample HTML pages created by LMS Extractor. These are just simple examples; you can extract any data you want to see. http://thecosyns.com/lms/albums.html http://thecosyns.com/lms/playlistnames.html

Re: [slim] LMS Extractor Is Now Available

2014-05-24 Thread get.amped
Very nice. Looking forward to taking it for a test drive. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.7.3 - Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 - Cambridge Audio DacMagic - NAD C160 - 2 x NAD C272 - Quad 22L2