Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread pkfox
DJanGo wrote: > No problem :o > > i am just a poor guy that even shortens all unneeded languages from the > strings.txt - > > *That* saves a bit space and added such a huge amount of response time > you cant really count :rolleyes: > And i am quite as old as your avatar loks like- when i was

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread DJanGo
pkfox wrote: > Don't see the point all your doing is saving a bit of space which you > can achieve by deleting the copy when you're done No problem :o i am just a poor guy that even shortens all unneeded languages from the strings.txt - *That* saves a bit space and added such a huge amount of

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread steve-g
DJanGo wrote: > > But the truth behind that is just simple: > If you stop the logitechmediaserver (what reason ever you have to) the > filestamp from the library.db changes - so its tricky to find out "is > there is a reason to update the documentation?" > > I'd love to let my pcs do stuff for

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread pkfox
steve-g wrote: > Surely you know if you've added new music so know when to do a > documentation update. Precisely Steve and it takes a matter of minutes to copy the database and run the documenter - this is a classic case of *if it ain't broke fix it till it is* We can't stop here this is

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread Julf
DJanGo wrote: > > > btw: did you recon the car from my avatar? Should be some in surrey as > well > > A Mini Moke? "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread DJanGo
pkfox wrote: > Precisely Steve and it takes a matter of minutes to copy the database > and run the documenter - this is a classic case of *if it ain't broke > fix it till it is* Forget about that stripdown :eek: you see me really impressed :o I should investigate that - i (better the *tux

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread Julf
DJanGo wrote: > @julf Yapp an early MKi Excellent! Great fun! I go for slightly larger ones: 19344 That picture was taken in 1999, waiting for Harwich-Hook of Holland ferry - imagine driving up to customs and immigration like that in 2015... :)

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread DJanGo
@ dasmueller: its frustrating to see someone that has an idea realized that idea and decides to share his idea even when that means he has a lot more to to than just use his thing for his own purposes and some other jump on the train and ask for impossible or senseless things... @pkfox: I

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread pkfox
DJanGo wrote: > @ dasmueller: > its frustrating to see someone that has an idea realized that idea and > decides to share his idea even when that means he has a lot more to to > than just use his thing for his own purposes and some other jump on the > train and ask for impossible or senseless

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-28 Thread pkfox
DJanGo wrote: > Forget about that stripdown > > :eek: you see me really impressed :o > > I should investigate that - i (better the *tux wrapper i made) need ~20 > minutes for this task (refreh documentation) :confused: > > Anyway have a nice day:o > > @julf Yapp an early MKi And you :-)

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-27 Thread dasmueller
Playing around in Mp3Tag I found one can insert a column that gives the date created. %_file_create_date% it gives the date created not date modified. If there were a way to then search the database by a date range that used that tag field that would be pretty nice

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-27 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > I'd be happy to try it if I know what I might need to do. > > And thanks. All it will do is retrieve music added on or after the date you choose - as I said earlier if you ever clear your library when you scan it's not of any real use, I've tried it and honestly can't see

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-27 Thread DJanGo
dasmueller wrote: > If there were a way to then search the database by a date range that > used that tag field that would be pretty nice did you check the point? adding a idv3tag to a file to get the creation time of this file? 19339 did you ever check'd the library.db from lms? lms DOESNT

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-27 Thread dasmueller
I'd be happy to try it if I know what I might need to do. And thanks. dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104566

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-27 Thread dasmueller
DJanGo wrote: > did you check the point? > adding a idv3tag to a file to get the creation time of this file? > 19339 > > did you ever check'd the library.db from lms? > lms DOESNT store ALL tags in the DB... I'm sorry I brought it up and frustrated you so much but if people never asked for

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-27 Thread dasmueller
DJanGo wrote: > did you check the point? > > I do not understand this question > > > adding a idv3tag to a file to get the creation time of this file? > what I mentioned above displays this > 19339 > > did you ever check'd the library.db from lms? > Don't know how to-I never purported to

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-26 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > Now, if there was a way to run this with it only showing what was added > after a certain date that might be cool as well. Sort of a catalog > update function. Hi there, I've had a look at the database and the only field that I can see that might be useful for this is

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-25 Thread d6jg
dasmueller wrote: > pkfox knew what I was speaking about. In no place did I mention > timestamp until you brought it up. What Jan means is that the only way of determining when something was added would be by way of the file timestamp. As this would not always be the date you actually added the

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-25 Thread Fahzz
pkfox wrote: > ...as to why my app works on your server but not on your workstation - > what OS do they run ? Also please mention the bitness 32/64. Thanks for > the feedback. server: windows 7 32 bit, laptop: windows 10 64 bit Living Room: Squeezebox v3 (Wired), Pioneer Elite VSX 80, KEF

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-25 Thread dasmueller
>From looking at folders in Windows Explorer they all have a date created associated w them. That does not change when one modifies the folder name. Although not perfect it is a better source of info for dating purposes than date modified. Whether there is a way to get the app to use that info or

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-25 Thread DJanGo
dasmueller wrote: > Just thought it might be nice but not that big a deal. Hmm its the same story like the "my artist count is wrong"... And if you want something like a new feature - you should know what you want. Gruss Jan

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-25 Thread dasmueller
pkfox knew what I was speaking about. In no place did I mention timestamp until you brought it up. dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread DJanGo
dasmueller wrote: > exactly ! And what is the Reason for this? I may not remember what i bought two years ago - but i know what i bought 2Months ago. And what exact do you mean? Timestamp from the File or adding time to the lib? You may know that these timestamps didnt tell the truth under

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread Fahzz
pkfox wrote: > Strange - what did you load to the server ? the library or the software > or both ? I installed the app on the server machine, copied the library to the desktop on the same machine, ran the app, and it gave me the pdf, which I then copied to my laptop. Not sure why it worked,

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread dasmueller
Now, if there was a way to run this with it only showing what was added after a certain date that might be cool as well. Sort of a catalog update function. dasmueller's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > Now, if there was a way to run this with it only showing what was added > after a certain date that might be cool as well. Sort of a catalog > update function. Hi there, do you mean produce a document showing music that was added on or after a certain date ? We can't stop

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread dasmueller
exactly ! dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104566 ___ discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread dasmueller
DJanGo wrote: > And what is the Reason for this? > > I may not remember what i bought two years ago - but i know what i > bought 2Months ago. > > And what exact do you mean? > Timestamp from the File or adding time to the lib? > You may know that these timestamps didnt tell the truth under all

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread pkfox
Fahzz wrote: > I installed the app on the server machine, copied the library to the > desktop on the same machine, ran the app, and it gave me the pdf, which > I then copied to my laptop. > > Not sure why it worked, and didn't before. Let me know if you want more > information. Keep in mind I

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-24 Thread pkfox
Fahzz wrote: > Got it to work. I loaded it on to the server box, and all is well. Nice > work on this. Strange - what did you load to the server ? the library or the software or both ? We can't stop here this is bat country. RIP Hunter S Thompson.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-23 Thread Fahzz
Got it to work. I loaded it on to the server box, and all is well. Nice work on this. Living Room: Squeezebox v3 (Wired), Pioneer Elite VSX 80, KEF Q100's, Energy Encore center, subwoofer, surrounds Dining Room: Paradigm Atom Monitor v.5 Anywhere Else As Needed: Boom Router: Asus RT-N56U

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-15 Thread Fahzz
I installed this, and when I run it, I get an accurate artist/ album /track count, but no .pdf document is produced. Any suggestions? Living Room: Duet (Wired), Pioneer Elite VSX 80, KEF Q100's, Energy Encore center, subwoofer, surrounds Dining Room: Paradigm Atom Monitor v.5 Anywhere Else As

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-15 Thread dasmueller
Where do you see the counts ? Do you have a program installed for PDF's ? I assume you have checked where you told the app to save the program ? I know, stupid questions but details help. dasmueller's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-15 Thread Fahzz
dasmueller wrote: > Where do you see the counts ? > > In the app interface. > > > Do you have a program installed for PDF's ? > > Adobe Acrobat. > > > I assume you have checked where you told the app to save the program ? > > > Yes. > > I know, stupid questions but details help. no

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-15 Thread pkfox
Fahzz wrote: > I installed this, and when I run it, I get an accurate artist/ album > /track count, but no .pdf document is produced. Any suggestions? Weird, have you checked the directory you selected to save in ? We can't stop here this is bat country. RIP Hunter S Thompson.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-13 Thread steve-g
The idea of using the LMS cli interface is fine for those who run LMS on a PC or similar - for those of us that run it on a 'small' computer such as a pi or Wandboard this is not very practical. The approach used by pkfox of directly querying the db seems the right method in these cases as it's

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-13 Thread Michael Herger
The idea of using the LMS cli interface is fine for those who run LMS on a PC or similar - for those of us that run it on a 'small' computer such as a pi or Wandboard this is not very practical. Why not? It's what the devices do, it's what iPeng and others do. It's one of the main tasks of LMS

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-13 Thread steve-g
mherger wrote: > > The idea of using the LMS cli interface is fine for those who run LMS > on > > a PC or similar - for those of us that run it on a 'small' computer > such > > as a pi or Wandboard this is not very practical. > > Why not? It's what the devices do, it's what iPeng and others do.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Michael Herger
http://localhost:9000/html/docs/cli-api.html?player=#DB Sure, but this is not what pkfox is looking for. He needs a way to retrieve all tracks with the info on what album the tracks belong to. I would be very surprised if a CLI command, or even a sequence of CLI commands, would export the

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > pkfox- I removed all of my mp3 files from my library and then did a Look > for new and changed media scan. I then ran your app. Artist count was > still different so I am thinking it's something other than tags in mp3 > files. Also did a search for ALBUM_ARTIST and COMPOSER

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread pkfox
mherger wrote: > >> http://localhost:9000/html/docs/cli-api.html?player=#DB[color=blue]] > > No, that's definitely not the best way. It's a waste of time, because > you'd have to re-implement LMS' logic. Concentrate on your application > and let LMS deal with the gory database stuff. > I

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > pkfox- I removed all of my mp3 files from my library and then did a Look > for new and changed media scan. I then ran your app. Artist count was > still different so I am thinking it's something other than tags in mp3 > files. Also did a search for ALBUM_ARTIST and COMPOSER

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread reinholdk
Pascal Hibon wrote: > Hi Michael, > How would one let LMS do the counting; is there an SQL query that would > provide such output? There should be a CLI command to request this information from LMS. reinholdk's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Pascal Hibon
mherger wrote: > > Can anybody define how LMS actually calculates the Artist Count? > > Why would you do the counting yourself? Let LMS do it for you, then you > > don't have to know about the innards :-). > Hi Michael, How would one let LMS do the counting; is there an SQL query that would

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread BJW
i just realized that in my last post i said "app" and didn't specify! i meant LMS, not the new cataloguer! it is LMS which baffles me at being so imprecise with counts... that bug is older but it may be one Michael is willing to tackle now. perhaps i will rerun the experiments and do the

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Michael Herger
Can anybody define how LMS actually calculates the Artist Count? Why would you do the counting yourself? Let LMS do it for you, then you don't have to know about the innards :-). Because the number of artists depends heavily on your LMS settings: what are artists or contributors? Should

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread BJW
mherger wrote: > Why would you do the counting yourself? Let LMS do it for you, then you > > don't have to know about the innards :-). > > Because the number of artists depends heavily on your LMS settings: what > > are artists or contributors? Should band, conductor, composer etc. be >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread pkfox
> > If you want the real, one and only truth, you'll have to explain your > rules of truth, not try to understand LMS' :-) > Michael Good point, I don't think I realised the level of customisation ( because I leave everything set at default ) available in LMS which obviously affects counts et

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread BJW
mherger wrote: > >Please try to reproduce in 7.9 first. i will gladly do so, and i encourage others to do so. it may take me a few weeks though, i'm not home. if the effort is made, i hope this time it yields results. using: win7 64 + lms 7.9 & duet & ipads w/the logitech app, and ipeng

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Michael Herger
Michael, please look at the bug i posted. there are times LMS disagrees with itself even when settings are NOT changed. That bug report was filed more than seven years ago. LMS 7.4. We're at 7.9 now, and not only did we fix quite a few bugs in the meantime, but the whole browsing has seen a

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Michael Herger
There should be a CLI command to request this information from LMS. info total artists ? http://localhost:9000/html/docs/cli-api.html?player=#DB -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Michael Herger
I just wanted my document to mirror the *actual* content of anyone's collection - if I just use LMS CLI calls for counts they would not be an accurate reflection of the document That's not true. Because there's no such thing as the "actual" content, other than the number of files on your disc.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread dasmueller
pkfox wrote: > Hi there, as I said in another post I noticed that mp3 files have extra > tag info that might affect how they are classified. pkfox- I removed all of my mp3 files from my library and then did a Look for new and changed media scan. I then ran your app. Artist count was still

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread Pascal Hibon
mherger wrote: > > There should be a CLI command to request this information from LMS. > > info total artists ? > > http://localhost:9000/html/docs/cli-api.html?player=#DB > > -- > > Michael Sure, but this is not what pkfox is looking for. He needs a way to retrieve all tracks with the

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-12 Thread DJanGo
pkfox wrote: > I just wanted my document to mirror the *actual* content of anyone's > collection - if I just use LMS CLI calls for counts they would not be an > accurate reflection of the document sorry but i didnt get the point? You using the library.db of a App called Logitechmediaserver and

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-11 Thread pkfox
ply3908 wrote: > What font is used for generate the PDF file? The Chinese characters are > not displayed. Helvetica We can't stop here this is bat country. RIP Hunter S Thompson. pkfox's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-11 Thread pkfox
BJW wrote: > don't want to drag this OT but this is related to the last few posts i > think: > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8764 > > i don't understand why this is difficult? the app should be able to > easily count artists, album artists, and albums, and delineate easily >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-11 Thread dasmueller
I haven't really watched in awhile what LMS reports on a daily basis. I do recall 5that I did so awhile back and the numbers changed even though I had added nothing or made any revisions. I have a Looked For new And Changed Media Files scheduled to run daily overnight. I guess my point is perhaps

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-11 Thread DJanGo
pkfox wrote: > The problem is , my app gets all my counts correct , some other folks > here get some counts correct and others get all counts correct - it's > not as simple as running a few SQL queries , what I need is the code to > see how LMS decides what and how to tag a contributor, album

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-10 Thread BJW
don't want to drag this OT but this is related to the last few posts i think: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8764 i don't understand why this is difficult? the app should be able to easily count artists, album artists, and albums, and delineate easily imo. using: win7 64 + lms

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-10 Thread RussellMrgn
Downloaded this to give it a try, works great for me. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this. Squeezebox: Classic/SB3, Duet,(Controller x2) Boom x3, Radio and Touch x3 Server: Noah Blk Mini-ITX Case, Intel D945GCLF2 Atom 330 Motherboard, 2 GB 667 RAM, X2 Western Digital Scorpio Blue

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-10 Thread pkfox
RussellMrgn wrote: > Downloaded this to give it a try, works great for me. Thank you for all > the hard work you put into this. Hi there and thank you - do your counts match with LMS ? We can't stop here this is bat country. RIP Hunter S Thompson.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-10 Thread ply3908
What font is used for generate the PDF file? The Chinese characters are not displayed. ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-09 Thread d6jg
Can anybody define how LMS actually calculates the Artist Count? It isn't the number of lines in "contributors" in my DB although in Pascal's case it was. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s -

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-09 Thread pkfox
d6jg wrote: > Can anybody define how LMS actually calculates the Artist Count? > > It isn't the number of lines in "contributors" in my DB although in > Pascal's case it was. I think it depends on whether you rip them yourself or download something We can't stop here this is bat country.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-09 Thread d6jg
It must be the sum of something identifiable. I think it may be Album Artists (role 5 or is it 6) plus Artists (role 1) but I can't be sure without lots of testing. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-09 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > I am not at all familiar with working with PDF files. I was thinking > earlier today that there should be some way to do a search of a PDF file > so I did a search on the web. If one clicks edit and then selects Find > one can do a search. The point being I did so today and

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-09 Thread pkfox
ModelCitizen wrote: > I think the artist account disagrees with that of LMS for pretty much > everyone who's tried the software. PKFox is aware of it (read back > through thread). > > last.fm/user/modelcitizen Hi there, I'm working on a way to improve the accuracy of the artist count will put

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-09 Thread dasmueller
I am not at all familiar with working with PDF files. I was thinking earlier today that there should be some way to do a search of a PDF file so I did a search on the web. If one clicks edit and then selects Find one can do a search. The point being I did so today and plugged in tofu-from Bela

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread garym
dasmueller wrote: > I got it to work a few hrs. ago but had to go out for a bit. I had to > add a .db to the library folder and then it worked. > > Searching for how to open the file I inadvertently changed how that file > type opens to Adobe Acrobat Reader and do not know how to change it to >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > I am not making myself clear-sorry. While trying to figure out how to > get things to work w the app yesterday I could not open the file to look > at it. So, being a dumb rookie I t changed what program opens that type > of file. The 2nd time I did that I selected Adobe

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread garym
dasmueller wrote: > I am not making myself clear-sorry. While trying to figure out how to > get things to work w the app yesterday I could not open the file to look > at it. So, being a dumb rookie I t changed what program opens that type > of file. The 2nd time I did that I selected Adobe

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread pkfox
dasmueller wrote: > gary thanks. I know that. What I do not know is what the correct program > is to open a .db file. Doing a web search did not help either. If you are using a Windows box use SQLiteBrowser We can't stop here this is bat country. RIP Hunter S Thompson.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread dasmueller
Issue resolved. I used a system restore. I had a restore point of 11/4. The system restore did run completely successfully but it resolved my issue. LMSDocumenter was missing most everything so I deleted and reinstalled. Thanks to all for your help

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread dasmueller
Took a quick look through the list of artists and found 4 entries w errors, spelling, punctuation and capital vs lower case letters-just the type of things I have been working on ! dasmueller's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread dasmueller
Continuing on w my tag revision today I then ran a Look For New And Changed media files scan. Total Artists still is off. Perhaps a Clear And Rescan will be different. Anyone else have any input as to their results of various types of rescan ?

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread dasmueller
I am not making myself clear-sorry. While trying to figure out how to get things to work w the app yesterday I could not open the file to look at it. So, being a dumb rookie I t changed what program opens that type of file. The 2nd time I did that I selected Adobe Acrobat which did not work

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-08 Thread ModelCitizen
I think the artist account disagrees with that of LMS for pretty much everyone who's tried the software. PKFox is aware of it (read back through thread). last.fm/user/modelcitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread pkfox
ModelCitizen wrote: > Has anyone an idea of why this discrepancy with Artist count? > > PKFox Cataloger reports: > You have 715 Artists > With 1899 Albums > Containing 25855 Tracks > With a total runtime of: 2032h:15m:0s > > LMS Reports: > Total Tracks: 25,855 > Total Albums: 1,899 > Total

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread ModelCitizen
Has anyone an idea of why this discrepancy with Artist count? PKFox Cataloger reports: You have 715 Artists With 1899 Albums Containing 25855 Tracks With a total runtime of: 2032h:15m:0s LMS Reports: Total Tracks: 25,855 Total Albums: 1,899 Total Artists: 896 Total Playing Time: 2032:13:58

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread reinholdk
Pascal Hibon wrote: > I'm running 7.9. > If there are differences in the db between LMS versions then it will be > hard to sustain such an application. > > Yes, I do like the fact that it has "presets" so that the user can > generate different output data / reports. Of course, not everyone >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread garym
epoch1970 wrote: > (I don't want to hijack the thread, but I simply have to ask...) > > One thing puzzles me: in the various catalog apps or generators I've > seen, I've never found the option to actually consume the contents that > are being catalogued. Never a "play" button. Why is that? >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread garym
dasmueller wrote: > When I navigate to the cache folder and try to open it I get a msg that > windows cannot open this file cache.db. I assume the library.db is > inside this file ? > > Thanks for helping no, go to cache folder, then look for the file named "library.db". Copy this file to your

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread dasmueller
When I navigate To C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache I see a file called library, and one named library.db-shm, and one named library.db-wal. I am running version 7.7.4 if that makes a difference. dasmueller's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread dasmueller
When I navigate to the cache folder and try to open it I get a msg that windows cannot open this file cache.db. I assume the library.db is inside this file ? Thanks for helping dasmueller's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread epoch1970
(I don't want to hijack the thread, but I simply have to ask...) One thing puzzles me: in the various catalog apps or generators I've seen, I've never found the option to actually consume the contents that are being catalogued. Never a "play" button. Why is that? To me a catalog is a great way

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread garym
dasmueller wrote: > When I navigate To C:\ProgramData\Squeezebox\Cache I see a file called > library, and one named library.db-shm, and one named library.db-wal. I > am running version 7.7.4 if that makes a difference. > > What program is supposed to be able to open these files ? Maybe you've

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-07 Thread dasmueller
I got it to work a few hrs. ago but had to go out for a bit. I had to add a .db to the library folder and then it worked. Searching for how to open the file I inadvertently changed how that file type opens to Adobe Acrobat Reader and do not know how to change it to what it should be. Told you I

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread Pascal Hibon
reinholdk wrote: > Just tried and it worked for me, using a LMS 7.8 library file. Don't > have a current 7.9 installed. > But the good thing with this application is, you can adapt the SQL > statements yourself, if necessary. I'm running 7.9. If there are differences in the db between LMS

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread ModelCitizen
Thanks PK. Latest version worked for me on a 32 bit system. Will have a closer look at the output this evening. Thanks very much. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread Pascal Hibon
w3wilkes wrote: > @Pascal, > LMS does store BPM in the database if... It is an integer. Yes, I found the bpm value in the tracks table. I'm using Mixed In Key to generate the bmp and key values. My bpm values are in "Denon" format and are indeed numeric. 'M-DAC'

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread pkfox
Pascal Hibon wrote: > hm... that certainly suggest that the way of tagging influences the way > LMS stores the data. > Hope that Michael comes to the rescue :-) Don't know what I've started here :-) Using my database as a test piece I've noticed that I have missing contributors for mp3 files

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread reinholdk
d6jg wrote: > In contributor_albums and contributor_tracks it seems that the role > (appears to be 1 to 6) is dependent on which tag LMS read. > > I -think- I have identified that role 6 equates to AlbumArtist whereas > role 5 is TrackArtist BUT if there is no AlbumArtist in the file it is >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread pkfox
reinholdk wrote: > See 'this post' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103454-Sort-order-forms-for-names=816429=1#post816429) > for a list of contributor roles. Very useful thanks We can't stop here this is bat country. RIP Hunter S Thompson.

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread pkfox
d6jg wrote: > In contributor_albums and contributor_tracks it seems that the role > (appears to be 1 to 6) is dependent on which tag LMS read. > > I -think- I have identified that role 6 equates to AlbumArtist whereas > role 5 is TrackArtist BUT if there is no AlbumArtist in the file it is >

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread d6jg
In tracks look at primary_artist - it's a contributor ID. It is the equivalent of Artist as opposed to AlbumArtist. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s - Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser RS

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread reinholdk
See 'here' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101600-LMS-Extractor-Is-Now-Available=781353=1#post781353) for an other application that exports data from LMS (didn't try it myself). reinholdk's Profile:

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread d6jg
pkfox wrote: > Don't know what I've started here :-) Using my database as a test piece > I've noticed that I have missing contributors for mp3 files that I've > bought, all my personally ripped flac files are ok ( they have a > contributor , track and album id ) the mp3 files have different

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread Pascal Hibon
reinholdk wrote: > See 'here' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101600-LMS-Extractor-Is-Now-Available=781353=1#post781353) > for an other application that exports data from LMS (didn't try it > myself). Just gave it a try and it always reports an SQL error. This probably due to

Re: [slim] Document your collection

2015-11-06 Thread reinholdk
Pascal Hibon wrote: > Just gave it a try and it always reports an SQL error. This probably due > to some changes in the db over time(?) Just tried and it worked for me, using a LMS 7.8 library file. Don't have a current 7.9 installed. But the good thing with this application is, you can adapt

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