Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-23 Thread itm
oyvindo wrote: > Sorry to butt in I run LMS 7.9 in Docker on a QNAP NAS and I have > approx 140k MP3 files. > I too decided to clean out all tags, remove unnecessary tags, perform > volume leveling, delete all APE tagging etc. etc. > After a lot of trial and error, using MediaMonkey,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-23 Thread oyvindo
Sorry to butt in I run LMS 7.9 in Docker on a QNAP NAS and I have approx 140k MP3 files. I too decided to clean out all tags, remove unnecessary tags, perform volume leveling, delete all APE tagging etc. etc. After a lot of trial and error, using MediaMonkey, ID3Tag and many others, I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-23 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > Is there a version of that code that will run on all of my mp3 folders > and subfolders? (I have up to 90,000+ tracks which may require it). > Alternatively, how could I generate a command file which would identify > all tracks which currently have ID3V1 tags and only execute the

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-22 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > I dont think so - i dont like mp3tag for some tasks... > > > Code: > > find ./ -name *.mp3 -exec eyeD3 --remove-v1 --preserve-file-times {} \; > > > should be (AFAIK) better cause you only run it once for a track. > mp3tag only

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-22 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. Getting rid of the ID3V1 tags sounds like a > good idea. Would mp3tag be the best tool to use for that? I dont think so - i dont like mp3tag for some tasks... Code: find ./ -name *.mp3 -exec eyeD3 --remove-v1

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-22 Thread itm
Thanks for the suggestions. Getting rid of the ID3V1 tags sounds like a good idea. Would mp3tag be the best tool to use for that? itm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17437 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-21 Thread emalvick
In terms of tackling your whole collection, one of the ways I quickly assess my tags is actually using MediaMonkey, which is my main file manager for audio. In Media Monkey, I've used a plug-in called "MagicNodes" to create some queries and menu items by various tags. It has a simple user

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-21 Thread emalvick
I probably shouldn't jump in as I can't even imagine having to go through the effort for 90,000 tracks (I have 25,000 tracks and that gets to be a handful with similar efforts). But a couple of things I note. MP3Tag on its main windows doesn't show all the tags that are there. If you click on

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-14 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > Since i am not using id3v1 tags for a looong time - i cant reproduce the > issue. > > Please > > Code: > > apt-get install id3v2 > > > > and go to one of the folders and test one of the files: > > > Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-14 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > The tags look pretty clean in mp3tag: > 24020 Since i am not using id3v1 tags for a looong time - i cant reproduce the issue. Please Code: apt-get install id3v2 and go to one of the folders and test one of the files: Code:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-14 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > Similar problem (all tracks being written to album.txt) but now with > square brackets around the album/folder names: > > Code: > > ./Euphoria Morning/01.Can't Change Me.mp3 is in [Euphoria Morning] but tag is [Euphoria Morning [1myear[0m: 1999]

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-14 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > lokks like.. > please change > from > > Code: > > echo $file is in $album_folder but tag is $album_tag>>/tmp/album.txt > > > to > > Code: > > echo $file is in [$album_folder] but tag is

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-13 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > So the job completed but for some reason it dumped pretty much every > track to album.txt (all, 90,000+ of them). Here's an example of one line > of the output: > > Code: > > ./Chris Cornell/Euphoria Morning/01.Can't Change Me.mp3 is in Euphoria Morning

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-13 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > that was quite near - 25 lines... > > > Code: > > #!/bin/bash > > SAVEIFS=$IFS > IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") > > if [ -f /tmp/album.txt ] > then > rm /tmp/album.txt > fi > > for file in $(find ./ -iname *.mp3) > do >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > Many thanks for that. So I got eyeD3 installed and managed to run the > script. I'm seeing alot of these errors: > > Code: > > 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 1127: ordinal not in range(128) > Genre string cannot be parsed with '^([A-Z

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > that was quite near - 25 lines... > > > Code: > > #!/bin/bash > > SAVEIFS=$IFS > IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") > > if [ -f /tmp/album.txt ] > then > rm /tmp/album.txt > fi > > for file in $(find ./ -iname *.mp3) > do >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > I really don't want to perform large scale modifications to my files or > folders . mee too :p itm wrote: > I don't know how reliable EyeD is with large collections, but I'd be > nervous about letting it make alot of changes. > . - doesnt matter - each file is handled

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
DJanGo wrote: > > looks like its possible but something that ends in 30 or more lines. that was quite near - 25 lines... Code: #!/bin/bash SAVEIFS=$IFS IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") if [ -f /tmp/album.txt ] then rm /tmp/album.txt fi for file in $(find

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > i am using 'eyeD3. > ' (https://eyed3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html) > a quick test ... > > > Code: > > dirname 36Grad/2raumwohnung\ -\ 36Grad\ -\ 01\ -\ Besser\ gehts\ nicht.mp3 > 36Grad > eyeD3 36Grad/2raumwohnung\ -\ 36Grad\ -\ 01\

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > What software would you use to do something like that? Ideally I'd like > to perform some sort of non-destructive query like that (i.e. without > actually modifying any files or tags), just to find the problem > albums/songs i am using 'eyeD3. '

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > > Maybe (means untestet) you can run something like > Get current the foldername and set foldername as albumname ->compare > albumname with the id3tag and show non matches. > But these kind of scripts always needs an exact structure thats > everywhere in your library. What

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > Haha I know what you mean. Actually my collection is probably 99% > "clean" from the tagging perspective, but I keep finding the odd anomaly > which I'd like to weed out and correct once and for all. In my mind I > imagined dumping a list of all the artist/album data from LMS to a

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > I cant recomend using a bulk change over two or more Systems - eg.when i > previously mass tag some new ripped tracks in mp3tag and the files are > stored on my lms - some tracks are not touched by mp3tag. Since i am a > Network/Computer engineer i knew its not because my network

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > My primary LMS server is now on Lubuntu 16.10, but I also have a backup > server running on Windows 2008 Server. My collection is organised in > \Artist\Album folders. 90,000 tracks, c.6,000 albums. I can access the > music data on my Lubuntu server from Windows (it's on an NTFS >

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread Julf
DJanGo wrote: > Please add some infos about your system !?! I really wouldn't nag about this if it wasn't for your constant use of the term. English might have started out as a Germanic language, but I guess it achieved linguistic escape velocity / free fall long ago - so while “Informationen”

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread itm
DJanGo wrote: > Yapp - me ;-) > > Please add some infos about your system !?! > > Otherwise i would answer somthing like - with a script that runs eyeD3. > BTW: A Sampler always has differents artists and is recon as a single > album! > Please take some time to ask your question... Ah

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Querying/cleaning up LMS library

2017-11-12 Thread DJanGo
itm wrote: > Does anyone know of a way of doing the following for LMS libraries: > - Listing duplicate albums (i.e. albums which have the same artist and > album name but which occur more than once in the LMS library) > - Bulk removing tags from a large library (e.g. deleting all TPE2 tags >