Genre Finder 5.0 - Updated 05/08/2012

[adamg]

yes. 4.0 is all i use now.

[TEdgeNYC]

Trix, thank you very much for your many contributions to the MediaMonkey community. I have used several of your scripts on a regular basis for years but this is my first time posting on the forum. I tried GenreFinder a while back but abandoned it because I didn't take the time to understand it. I recently revisited it and it is now a "must have".

After spending the last several days getting my lists sorted, I have discovered an issue. It's not a huge deal but is annoying. I would appreciate it if you would take a look at it for the next release.

Result: There "appears" to be duplicate genres in my database (e.g. Singer Songwriter and Singer Songwriter), one I added manually and one GenreFinder added. This happens for any genre in my white list that has a space in the value.

Windows 7, MediaMonkey 4

After closer inspection, I see that the genre I assigned manually has a x'20' for the space but what the GenreFinder script added has a x'A0'. This would, of course, be two seperate genre values. However, this only happens when I have ticked "Confirm each value individually?" in the options. Without ticking that box, all spaces are properly x'20'. I edited the log file in hex mode and found that this happens at confirmation time. Note- manual confirmation without ticking "Confirm each value individually?" works fine (x'20').

For now, I'm simply selecting those genres in MM and reassigning them.

Sample Log- line at 10:21:37 has x'20', line at 10:21:42 has x'A0'; x'A0' is written to database (copy/paste here didn't allow hex)

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10:21:37 AM Suggestions...
10:21:37 AM Multiple values...
10:21:37 AM Artist seed field is Artist (ArtistName)...
10:21:37 AM @http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getTopTags&api_key=6cfe51c9bf7e77d6449e63ac0db2ac24&artist=Carly+Simon&track=You%27re+So+Vain
10:21:37 AM Genre '70s' is acceptable
10:21:37 AM Genre 'Female Vocalists' is acceptable
10:21:37 AM Genre 'Pop' is acceptable
10:21:37 AM Genre 'Singer-songwriter' translated to 'Singer Songwriter'
10:21:37 AM Genre 'Rock' is acceptable
10:21:37 AM 'Carly Simon' contains artist name (Carly Simon)
10:21:37 AM Carly Simon - You're So Vain: Genre=70s; Female Vocalists; Pop; Singer Songwriter; Rock
10:21:37 AM Clearing up...
10:21:37 AM Seconds:0.09
10:21:37 AM Queries:1
10:21:37 AM Sec/Query:0.09
10:21:37 AM Confirmation...
10:21:42 AM Carly Simon - You're So Vain: Genre=70s; Female Vocalists; Pop; Singer Songwriter; Rock


Again, thanks for sharing the results of your hard work with the community!

[trixmoto]

Ok, thanks for letting me know, definitely sounds like a bug. I'll see what I can do in the next version.

[adamg]

One question...
I run GF according to the 'ARTIST MODE' but want to make one exception:
if a 'TRACK' is Christmas, I would like for it to be tagged Christmas. I cannot think of a way to do this except for using two or three different whitelists seperately:

1. First whitelist (ran first,) (listed below) would populate my entire library and be for all genres according to 'ARTIST MODE' populating the GENRE field.
2. Second whitelist (ran second and independent of the first,) would be an additional whitelist according to 'TITLE MODE' that only includes Christmas to the OCCASION field.
3. Third whitelist (ran independent of the others,) would be an additional whitelist according to 'ALBUM MODE' that also only includes Christmas to the [OCCASION] field without overwriting any populated fields.

Any suggestions, or is this the best way to do this?

here is my blacklist that i am not using presently, because i now use my whitelist (listed below.)
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15774&p=320444#p320444

Below is my whitelist i use, it might not appeal to some, because i tag the genre in the rock hard format instead of the usual hard rock format, so, when i sort my library by genre, all of the parent genres are grouped together. Then i can make playlists. hope this helps someone.

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[TEdgeNYC]

adamg:

First whitelist, (listed below) would be for all genres according to ARTIST MODE populating the GENRE field.
Second whitelist, would be an additional whitelist, ran at the same time, according to 'TITLE MODE' that only includes Christmas to the OCCASION field.

If you use multiple white lists, all it does is combine all lists provided as if they were one big list. Lists are not specific to the mode (track/album/artist) you are currently running. They can be made somewhat specific based on the values you include in your list (e.g only listing artist names) but they are still used for any mode you are currently running for.

Second whitelist, would be an additional whitelist, ran at the same time, according to 'TITLE MODE' that only includes Christmas to the OCCASION field.

You can only run one mode at a time (set in the options panel). Also, you can only write to one field at a time.

Any suggestions, or is this the best way to do this?

If you have "use top results" in the options panel set to 1, it is only going to give you the most popular tag. If it is more than one, you have a better chance of getting Christmas if the most popular tag for that song is Instrumental or Vocal, etc.

I would set "use top results" to a larger number and run the script. Then, I would do a search in MM for Genre=Christmas. Select all, edit, and make occasion=Christmas. If you don't want Christmas in your genre list, you could then go to genres in the tree, highlight the genre, hit F2 to change the name, backspace, and enter. The genre is now gone.

Another option could be to run Genre Finder multiple times with different settings and white lists. This would require you to change the options for each run. If you are running for a large number of tracks, this also doubles your "track" processing time. The first option would be much quicker.

...i tag the genre in the rock hard format instead of the usual hard rock format, so, when i sort my library by genre, all of the parent genres are grouped together.

I do exactly the same thing in the style of genre-sub genre

[adamg]

TEdgeNYC:

I would do a search in MM for Genre=Christmas. Select all, edit, and make occasion=Christmas.

good idea, but, i like to default tag everything under the 'artist mode'. And many artists will have standard songs and christmas songs, therefore the few christmas songs the artist will have would be lumped in with the standard artist genres. tracks will not be tagged at all with christmas but will be tagged under their standard. (ex: martina mcbride would be tagged under variations of country rather than variations of country with a few christmas mixed in there.) So i am trying :

run Genre Finder multiple times with different settings and white lists. This would require you to change the options for each run. If you are running for a large number of tracks, this also doubles your "track" processing time. The first option would be much quicker.

If you don't want Christmas in your genre list, you could then go to genres in the tree, highlight the genre, hit F2 to change the name, backspace, and enter. The genre is now gone.

didn't know you could do this via the tree and F2.
Thanks for tips.

[Mars74]

Hello Trix,

First, thanks for all your scripts, which I use on a regular basis.
I had to reinstall MM recently, (latest V4 version), & genre finder doesn't work anymore. Actually, I can see a little message in the status bar 'Genre finder : Script Initialising', & nothing more ; MM gets stuck.
I tried to change the log level, but couldn't find any log file after ...

Thanks in advance for your kind help.

[Watchman]

I spend a few hours to understand this Genre Finder and try it but i give it up.

The things what i can't change is for example: songs with genre love ( it should be lovesongs ), i get Rnb, R & B and r&b as genre. I wanna make it as R&B.
I have Classic Rock, Hardrock. Wanna make it all Rock.

An cd from Dean Martin was the genre before Oldies but a few songs became now Swing. What is Swing?

maybe somebody can help me with this.
Thx alot

[tommycrock]

The things what i can't change is for example: songs with genre love ( it should be lovesongs ), i get Rnb, R & B and r&b as genre. I wanna make it as R&B....

You need a whitelist - lots of examples in this thread but they will allow you to specify what values you allow and how they are interpreted. e.g. R%b=R&B. An example of a small one is here. If you want it to do exactly what you want you'll have to customise it.

What is Swing?

A genre (sub-genre of jazz)

[Watchman]

Tank you so much...It was a great help for me...it is running how i want it.

It looks so easy and maybe it is....

[mkny13]

So I'd like to be as inclusive as possible, and include results for a track based on Artist, Album, AND Song tags. Any advice on how to add tags without overwriting what's already in a field? It occurred ot me that I might be able to dump the tags into a different custom field and then use the Simple Append script, which I already have installed, but that will only take a text input, it won't append one field to another.

[kspanks04]

I can't seem to get a grip on the translation bit.

I'm trying to make it so that Hip Hop becomes Hip-Hop, but when I do this:

*+Hip Hop=Hip-Hop

It stops when it finds Hip Hop.

Example:

Electronic, Hip Hop, Rap

becomes...

Electronic, Hip-Hop

Whats going on?

[tommycrock]

So I'd like to be as inclusive as possible, and include results for a track based on Artist, Album, AND Song tags. Any advice on how to add tags without overwriting what's already in a field? It occurred ot me that I might be able to dump the tags into a different custom field and then use the Simple Append script, which I already have installed, but that will only take a text input, it won't append one field to another.

Use the Append new values to old values? option.

Electronic, Hip Hop, Rap

becomes...

Electronic, Hip-Hop

Whats going on?

Might you have 2 in the use top results box?

[mkny13]

So I'd like to be as inclusive as possible, and include results for a track based on Artist, Album, AND Song tags. Any advice on how to add tags without overwriting what's already in a field? It occurred ot me that I might be able to dump the tags into a different custom field and then use the Simple Append script, which I already have installed, but that will only take a text input, it won't append one field to another.

Use the Append new values to old values? option.

Not seeing that option--guess I have an out of date version. Is there a MM3 compatible version that has that feature (or will the latest version work with v3?)?

[tommycrock]

I would assume that since it was released a year ago it's MM3 compatible. You could always try.