Magic Node tempo script

Philby · Post by **Philby** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:54 am

All my files are MP3, and I am using ID3v2 tags.

I am aware of the Mixmeister software. I tried it on another set of tracks on another machine, and found some gross innacuracies (but most BPM's were correct), so I didnt use it.

BTW, there is a script by onkel_enno in another thread re BPMs. that has read all my BPM values, and set the Tempo tag to one of the values "Presto", "Allegro", etc. So the BPM values are all correct.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:05 am

I am very interested in this script, got a link?

Philby · Post by **Philby** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:11 am

You are not looking very hard, it is two posts away from this thread

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5668

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:17 am

Ok, cheers!

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:21 pm

well thanks for posting the link to it as i am wanting this now also

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:22 pm

oh its that script i already knew about it but just cant use it yet will keep trying

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:29 pm

Why can't you use it?

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:07 pm

check the other post i just put the code in that i had to adjust but it just don't work.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:58 am

If you're getting the messages:

"Largo is not part of the Tempo-List"
"Andante is not part of the Tempo-List"
"Allegro is not part of the Tempo-List"
"Presto is not part of the Tempo-List"

Then it's because you don't have Largo, Andante, Allegro and Presto in your tempo list. This line looks in the MediaMonkey.mdb database:

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Set dsTemp = SDB.Database.OpenSQL("SELECT ID FROM Lists WHERE IDListType = 1 AND TextData = 'Largo'")

You either need to open MediaMonkey.mdb in Access (or other database program) and go to the "Lists" table and edit the entries (just add the names at the bottom of the list making sure the Type is entered at 1).

Or you can change the script to say

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... AND TextData = 'Slow'")

or other categories alraedy in this list.

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:51 am

in my script i posted in that other thread i changed all those to work with what media monkey had in it properties listing for the songs.

so if it worked before with the others for other people then it should work now for me with those changes.

but yet all it did was not cause an error. and not put the tempo in to the tempo area for the songs?

so how do i get it to put the tempo in to the tempo area for the songs.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:28 am

I ran the script externally. Just double clicking on the vbs file and when i rescanned my music the values were there. I have not tried running it from within MM.

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:43 pm

you mean you have to rescan the libriary?

after you run the file?

Philby · Post by **Philby** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:20 pm

You shouldnt have to rescan the library - because the script is updating the MM database (the library) directly - the track tags themselves are not touched.

rovingcowboy · Post by **rovingcowboy** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:44 pm

i have tryed the script that i got to work with out causeing any errors.
and posted in the other thread.

every which way to sunday and it just will not put the tempo's in to the tempo area.

which os's and formats are you to use it with? as it will not put the tempo on midi wav mid rmi ogg mp3.

so just what the ... ....... is wrong?

all i did in the script was to add the one for very fast. and change all them strange words? like largo to the ones used in my meida monkeys english

so i don't under stand why the words are not being put in the text area for tempo.?

i have double clicked on the vbs when monkey was off. it started monkey then closed monkey.

i then started monkey and rescaned it still did not show the tempo?

as i said every which way to sunday and i still can't get it to work.

so the only thing i can think of is the os? i am trying to use it on win98 and all the other scripts i got work with monkey on that os?

Philby · Post by **Philby** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:24 pm

I use WinXPpro.
It could be the version of Windows, but we should get an opinion on that from onkel_enno, the author of the original script. There are some powerful SQL statements being executed in this script, and there may be an issue with Win98 or the VB runtime files (I am only guessing though).

Are you looking in the Properties section of each track to see if the Tempo is there ?

Do you have your Tempo entries set up according to those defined in the script ?

All my tracks are mp3.