Magic Nodes 4.2 w/ 380 masks & real GUI (2011-07-01)[MM2+]

[tatoosh]

I had some problems with my Web provider, I think that it works now. Please try again with the download.

Oh great, thank ZvezdanD - the link worked for me!

[Sven]

Thanks for the update - it's working fine for me

[windcrest77]

I just downloaded "MagicNodes-4.1.1.mmip" file, it came down to my computer as a .zip file, so I renamed it to have an .mmip extension as per the PDF file there. But when I double click the mmip file it launches a MM pop up good so far, so I press the Install Now button. Then I immediately get an error pop up that says "Product installation error" with no further info. But when I go to Tools / Extensions, Magic Nodes is listed as the only script there, but it does not seem to be really installed because there is no "Create Magic Node" option in the Edit menu like the PDF says to click. Can someone help me get this installed?

[nohitter151]

http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... ticleid=59

[windcrest77]

http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... ticleid=59

That worked, thanks. That error message should probably remind people about admin, my ID is the admin on the box but apparently the program does not get launched with full admin.

[Darryl_Gittins]

Hi folks!

I love using Magic Nodes but for some reason, I can't get this one to work. It doesn't show any error when I add it ut when I try to open the node, MM just hangs.

Mask7=Top albums by genre|Child of:Library\<Custom 1>\<Album|Sort by:Avg(Rating) Desc|Min tracks:4>


Any suggestions?

Many thanks!!


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[ZvezdanD]

It doesn't show any error when I add it ut when I try to open the node, MM just hangs.

Thanks for the report. There is the new release, v4.1.2 - 2011-03-07:
* Fixed: long execution time when opening nodes with Album field on some sub-level and Min/Max Tracks qualifier (broken since v3.0).

[rrfpacker]

I'm having the hardest time figuring out how to write a particular node. I would like a node with three random complete albums from artists who have at least eight albums, not to include any songs the artist has on compilation (various artist) albums.

Thank you in advance for the help.

[ZvezdanD]

I would like a node with three random complete albums from artists who have at least eight albums, not to include any songs the artist has on compilation (various artist) albums.

You could try this:

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<Group|Name:Random|Show tracks:No>\3 Random complete Albums from Album Artists with at least 8 albums excluding compilations|Icon:0|Filter:Songs.IDAlbum || '@' || Songs.Artist IN (SELECT ID || '@' || A1.Artist FROM Albums, (SELECT DISTINCT Artist FROM Albums) AS A1 WHERE Albums.ID IN (SELECT ID FROM Albums WHERE Albums.Artist = A1.Artist AND ID IN (SELECT IDAlbum FROM Songs GROUP BY IDAlbum HAVING Count(TrackNumber) = Max(Cast(TrackNumber As integer)) AND Count(TrackNumber) > 3) AND Albums.Artist <> 'Various Artists' AND Albums.Artist IN (SELECT Artists.Artist FROM Songs, ArtistsAlbums, Artists WHERE Songs.IDAlbum = ArtistsAlbums.IDAlbum AND ArtistsAlbums.IDArtist = Artists.ID AND Songs.IDAlbum > 0 AND Songs.Album <> '' AND Songs.IDAlbum IN (SELECT IDAlbum FROM Songs GROUP BY IDAlbum HAVING Count(TrackNumber) = Max(Cast(TrackNumber As integer)) AND Count(TrackNumber) > 3) GROUP BY ArtistsAlbums.IDArtist HAVING Count(DISTINCT Songs.IDAlbum) >= 8) ORDER BY Random() LIMIT 3))

[Darryl_Gittins]

Awesome, thanks ZvezdanD! That fixed it!!

[rrfpacker]

ZvezdanD,

You are a genius. I'm going to have so much fun with this one. Thank you.

On a side note, can created nodes be moved up or down? I modified some that came with Magic Nodes and want them together, but now they are at the bottom of their respective main node.

Thank you again.

[rrfpacker]

Once again, thank you for this add on and all the help you give.

I saw this request a few pages back and tried to modify it in order to get 10 random albums with average rating of 3-3.5. I figured out how to change the number of albums (change Top:1 to Top:10 or anything else) but I can't figure out the rating part. Seems to me I just need to change >= 70 to Between 60 and 69 but that doesn't work. I could use some guidance here. Also, I noticed when I modified your solution below, the results are fine but the tracks appear randomly in the main window. I have to click on Album column header to get them sorted by album. Is that because the original mask I'm modifying was meant for a single album only?

Zeke129 wrote:
I can't wrap my head around this so I'll bother you guys. How would I go about making a node that'll give me one random complete album with an average track rating of 3.5 or higher? Explain as though you were explaining to a chimpanzee.

Your solution;
<Group|Name:Random|Show tracks:No>\One random complete Album with average rating >= 3.5 stars|Icon:16|Filter:Songs.IDAlbum In (SELECT IDAlbum FROM Songs WHERE IDAlbum > 0 AND Rating >= 0 GROUP BY IDAlbum HAVING Count(TrackNumber) = Max(Cast(TrackNumber As integer)) AND Count(TrackNumber) > 3 AND Avg(Rating) >= 70)\<Album with album artist|Sort order:Random|Top:1|Show nodes:No>

Thank you again.

[Guest]

I apologize if this has been answered before, but I haven't been able to find the answer.
I used the "split" feature to create separate nodes for the many values I have in "custom1" and I would like to use it to delete some that I don't want. Is there a way to edit or delete individual split nodes so that I don't have to go to each track individually and take out the one value I don't want? For example, MM allows you to go down the nodes for mood and delete the ones you don't want and it removes that "mood" from all of the tracks that had that mood in it.

Thanks for your time and thank you for creating Magic Nodes. Its capabilities are quite impressive.

[ZvezdanD]

can created nodes be moved up or down?

Of course it can. You have two possibilities, one by using Move Mask spin-edit control in the MN Settings dialog box and another by using Up/Down buttons in the MN Export/Import dialog box.

Seems to me I just need to change >= 70 to Between 60 and 69 but that doesn't work.

Yes, that would be the right syntax. How that it is not working?

I noticed when I modified your solution below, the results are fine but the tracks appear randomly in the main window. I have to click on Album column header to get them sorted by album. Is that because the original mask I'm modifying was meant for a single album only?

It is because the first sub-node has Random qualifier turned on. You could remove that qualifier or you could remove whole <Album with album artist> sub-node.

By the way, thanks for the kind words.

[ZvezdanD]

Is there a way to edit or delete individual split nodes so that I don't have to go to each track individually and take out the one value I don't want?

No, the Magic Nodes add-on cannot modify parts of some field (although, you could modify whole Custom X field). If you want to modify parts of some field for all selected tracks, maybe you could use the RegExp Find & Replace add-on.