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Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 11:04 pm
by sallenmd87
I really like the "Just List Artists" report, but what I really want is just a list of Album Artists. When I tried to do that, it listed the album artist once for each track that artist is Album Artist for. How would I get it to only display each Album Artist once?

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 3:30 pm
by trixmoto
There probably isn't an easy way to do that with either script. You could sort the tracks you're interested in by track number and then only select track 1's before you run the report.

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:58 am
by pgrimmer
I tried your script to make an Excel XLSX file of a handful of selected files. The script stopped with the following error in a message box:

Error #1004 - Microsoft VBScript runtime error
Unknown runtime error
File: "C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Roaming\MediaMonkey\Scripts\CustomReport.vbs", Line: 1090, Column: 12

When I run the script outputting to a CSV file there is no error.

I saved the script settings. I don't know how to attach a file but the text in the .dat file is:

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[CustomReport]
Source=0
Format=7
Unicode=2
Filename=K:\_Library\Multimedia\_Audio\_Tags\MP3 Tags\MMReport.xlsx
Delimiter1=
Delimiter2=
Delimiter3=
BackCover=False
Column1=1:|:1:|:Album Artist:|:
Column2=2:|:2:|:Album:|:
Column3=3:|:3:|:Artist:|:
Column4=4:|:4:|:Author:|:
Column5=5:|:5:|:Band:|:
Column6=6:|:6:|:Bitrate:|:
Column7=7:|:7:|:BPM:|:
Column8=8:|:8:|:Comment:|:
Column9=9:|:9:|:Conductor:|:
Column10=10:|:10:|:Custom1:|:
Column11=11:|:11:|:Custom2:|:
Column12=12:|:12:|:Custom3:|:
Column13=13:|:46:|:Custom4:|:
Column14=14:|:47:|:Custom5:|:
Column15=15:|:13:|:DateAdded:|:
Column16=16:|:14:|:Encoder:|:
Column17=17:|:15:|:FileLength:|:
Column18=18:|:16:|:FileModified:|:
Column19=19:|:17:|:Genre:|:
Column20=20:|:18:|:Channels:|:
Column21=21:|:19:|:InvolvedPeople:|:
Column22=22:|:20:|:ISRC:|:
Column23=23:|:21:|:LastPlayed:|:
Column24=24:|:22:|:Lyricist:|:
Column25=25:|:23:|:Lyrics:|:
Columns=25
Summary=NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Edit from this afternoon: I have a clue as to what is going on. When I got the error earlier and just now, I had been trying to generate a report using mp3 files that weren't part of my MM library. The XLSX export failed each time whether it was one file, several files or all files. The CSV export worked okay, though. Then I tried the same thing with mp3 files that were part of my library. Not only did I not use the Explorer tree to select them, I used the main Music node and then selected them there. This worked for both XLSX and CSV. I have no idea why but it seems that your code chokes somehow on making the XLSX export when the selected file(s) are not present in the MM library.

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:59 am
by trixmoto
I'm surprised the script works at all for files which aren't in the library, as MM API is designed to work for files in the library. But I've added it to my list to have a look at why this is behaving differently for different output types.

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 5:42 pm
by MMFrLife
Can someone point me to (or tell me) a post that explains how to make it work the way you want?
How does some of the formatting work? Specifically, divide "D100" and new line character "C***".
Also, is it possible to add several formats to a single line? If so, what is the separator.

I can get a basic layout to work with a couple of formats like leading zero "Z2", Justify, add things like "|, /, -", but I need a few more tweaks to make it
a bit of sweetness :wink: .
Thanks

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 5:43 pm
by fowlesp2
Great app!

One question - is it possible to customise the Title (maybe an option to display the playlist name)?

how to use custom report by trixmoto

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 10:59 am
by Guest
Okay hopefully this is the right place to post this.

I have downloaded customreport from trixmoto and not sure how to use it. What I want to do is get the title, artist, and filename into excel so I can build a DOS batch to name my improperly named mp3 files from the artist and title.

Right now the .mmip fle looks like a binary file so do I install it and then try to modify it for what I need?

Re: how to use custom report by trixmoto

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 1:17 pm
by popsmike
Guest wrote:Okay hopefully this is the right place to post this.

I have downloaded customreport from trixmoto and not sure how to use it. What I want to do is get the title, artist, and filename into excel so I can build a DOS batch to name my improperly named mp3 files from the artist and title.

Right now the .mmip fle looks like a binary file so do I install it and then try to modify it for what I need?
The best way I find to install the .mmip is while having monkey running drag the file onto the player and it should ask if you want to install it.
once its installed then go into the Create Reports Menu which can be found under the File Menu, you can then tailor the page to how you may want it.

You could always use the built in file rename in Auto Organize.

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 10:49 pm
by pcook911
I'm finally getting around to cleaning up my mp3 collection. I was looking for a way to export a text file, maybe CSV, of all songs or maybe songs in playlists. I came across the script, CustomReport, from Trixmoto that looks like exactly what I want. I couldn't find it on the MM website under add-ons with the rest of them. I found a forum discussion about it, with recent messages, with messages from Trixmoto that have links to his website but when I go there I just get this message, "Could not connect: Access denied for user 'trixmoto_guest'@'boscustweb2605.eigbox.net' (using password: YES)."

Anyone have idea of where to download it or possibly an alternative. I couldn't seem to find much while searching.

TIA,

Paul

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 3:05 pm
by Peke
Hi,
Looks like trixmoto have issues with his site just be patient.

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:32 pm
by MMFrLife
The site is up and running now.

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:06 pm
by Peke
Trix was informed and fixed it right away.

First Post - Cannot Save .xls or .xlsx Custom Reports

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:05 am
by edwardjc
Hi Everybody,

I'm new to MediaMonkey for Windows and just learning my way around it. I really love the program and the features! I spent most of the weekend importing my music collection and tagging it.

Right now I'm burning my first CDs - almost 20 different audio CDs with a total of 300 tracks. I've entered detailed info for each track in MMW including composer name, original dates of compositions, conductors, recording dates, etc. (it's all classical music by many different orchestras and performers).

To type up all this info again in a document or spreadsheet in order to make the track list for each CD would take about 8 more hours, so I'm trying to avoid that. The Custom Reports 3.2 script I came across seems like it should be perfect to save all that time. I installed the script and it seems to be opening properly from File > Create Reports > Custom Reports.

The issue I'm having is, using the script for the first time today, I've been trying for over an hour to get it to save a report for the currently opened playlist using the file format I select. I've tried to save as .xls, .xlsx and .csv because I'm pretty sure any of these would work to load the report into Excel for quick editing. But every time I try, the report gets saved as a .dat file, and the file contains only parameters and no actual data from the tracks. I get the sense I'm supposed to be clicking a different button to save the actual report, not this .dat file, but I'm at a loss for where to find it.

This brief screencast demonstrates the issue (unlisted on YouTube)... Any advice based on what I'm doing in this screencast regarding the step or steps I'm missing in the process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH11oYCyx8Y

2 things I can think of that might be part of the problem:

1. I've left the "Format" column blank (because I don't have any specific parameters to put there and the raw unedited values will be fine for this purpose)

2. I've been getting an error message some of the time saying my file name might be longer than 32 characters or contain a disallowed character such as "/" ... Do I need to edit the file name field in the script window to change what is populated there by default? (In the final step of saving it, I've been using the file name "test1" which saves as "test1.dat")

Also, I'm trying to figure out whether to use ASCII or UTF-8 or 16 for encoding for Excel-format reports.

Really appreciate any help you can provide about this. Thanks a million!

Edward

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:38 pm
by popsmike
you need to click the OK Button
The OK button will close the window then compose the list if you look at the progress bar it will tell you, then it will ask if you want to open the file.
the SAVE button saves the dat file for recalling your settings

Re: Custom Report 3.2 - Updated 29/07/2014

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:09 am
by MMFrLife
From here

Can you provide a literal step-by-step description of what you are doing.

1. you download it.
2. ...and then what?