create Playlist using a script
create Playlist using a script
I would like to create a script which searches the entire library looking for entries (e.g. Artist is a single word/letter) which match some criteria and add them to a (acceptably: already existing) Playlist for manual examination. As a simple example, search the entire Library for every entry whose Artist is exactly "A" and add that entry to an existing playlist "Playlists:Alpha".
–Edgar
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64-bit Windows 10 MediaMonkey Lifetime Gold 3, 4 & beta5
Asus ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe motherboard
sound system: Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK mixer, JBL Eon 15 G2 speakers as mains and mains subs, and JBL Eon610 mains with Tascam LF-S8 sub as near field monitors at the computer
Re: create Playlist using a script
Obviously, my example could be easily accomplished using the Advanced Search function; I only proposed it as a simple example. I'm more interested in the general case of searching the Library database and finding all Artists whose name is a single letter (and/or a single word) then adding that entry to a custom Playlist. I could then manually scan the playlist to repair malformed entries/tags.
MediaMonkey occasionally gets it wrong when it automatically identifies an artist. If you have a file name which looks like:
it will identify the artist as: Hey. Another file name might look like:
it will identify the artist as: Hey. This file name might also cause problems:
in this case it might inappropriately add different entries to both the Artist & Album Artist fields.
MediaMonkey occasionally gets it wrong when it automatically identifies an artist. If you have a file name which looks like:
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D:\A\Z\Zen Alpha\Mixes EP\Dance (Hey).flac
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D:\A\Z\Zen Alpha\Mixes EP\Dance - Hey.flac
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D:\A\Z\Zen Alpha\Mixes EP\(It's A) Dance - Hey - Ho (He).flac
–Edgar
64-bit Windows 10 MediaMonkey Lifetime Gold 3, 4 & beta5
Asus ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe motherboard
sound system: Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK mixer, JBL Eon 15 G2 speakers as mains and mains subs, and JBL Eon610 mains with Tascam LF-S8 sub as near field monitors at the computer
64-bit Windows 10 MediaMonkey Lifetime Gold 3, 4 & beta5
Asus ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe motherboard
sound system: Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK mixer, JBL Eon 15 G2 speakers as mains and mains subs, and JBL Eon610 mains with Tascam LF-S8 sub as near field monitors at the computer
Re: create Playlist using a script
I'd use the auto-generated (if enabled) recently added Playlists or an AutoPlaylist sorted on Added. This way you can quickly go through the newly added files identifying any that need fixing.
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Lowlander (MediaMonkey user since 2003)
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