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iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #550
... the built-in scheduler works fine too ...
Cheers,
McoreD


Hey ~*McoreD*~,

Sorry to keep bugging you - I know you're a busy guy - but I'm feeling kinda dense. I still can't get the scheduler to work. I selected 'auto adjust ratings' and set a time 1 minute in the future, but it never activates. Am I missing a step? I tried with ITSfv running and closed, with no difference. If I click 'run scheduled tasks' it works OK.

Thanks,

Ryan

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #551
Hi Ryan, sorry that it doesn't work for you. Did you remember to select the day? That's all the settings. Select day/time in Options. Select what task to be run in Scheduled Tasks (main window). I will review the command line section and get a build up and running soon.

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Reply #552
Hi Ryan, sorry that it doesn't work for you. Did you remember to select the day? That's all the settings. Select day/time in Options. Select what task to be run in Scheduled Tasks (main window). I will review the command line section and get a build up and running soon.



Hey, HEY HEY! DO NOT APOLOGIZE!!   

I'll go over everything again but I couldn't get it to work. Should I leave ITSfv open when I'm waiting for it to kick in?

I've checked 'auto adjust ratings' under the scheduled tasks tab, opened the options and checked every day, set the time for 1 minute in the future, hit OK, then manually changed a few ratings to verify it changes them back. I don't see anything happening...

No rush, take care of your important tasks first. Deal with this when you have time. No rush!!

Ryan

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #553
I'll go over everything again but I couldn't get it to work. Should I leave ITSfv open when I'm waiting for it to kick in?


Oh yeah!  I assumed you had it open. You need iTSfv running in the background for its Scheduler to work. Press F12 to let it minimize to tray.

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #554
McoreD, I love your product, but I also have the same problem as Jojo. I get those weird characters mainly on lyrics with accents, like lyrics for Spanish songs that have the á é í ó ú

Thank you for creating a great program.

[quote name='~*McoreD*~' date='Aug 29 2008, 00:26' post='585231']
[quote name='Jojo' post='574030' date='Jun 29 2008, 10:17']
just updated to the newest version. It's getting better and better

1)I get some weird cahracters when importing certain lyrics (happens quite frequently):
Her suspicions, well they’re rising high.
From "The Killers" - "Where The White Boys Dance"[/i][/quote]

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #555
MetalMessiah78

Thanks for the feedback! Could you please link me to some Spanish songs in LyricWiki that shows weird characters?

I managed to track down the cause of this. It happens because LyricWiki uses unicode characters and when you retrieve them as plain text you lose those unicode characters. Temporary workaround is to manually replace those characters with the plain text version of the same characters.

5.60.14.2 Temporary fixes for characters such as ’ in Lyrics from LyricWiki [Jojo]
5.60.14.1 Command line argument adjust_ratings did not sometimes read user settings [neonstorm]
5.60.14.0 Extended Automatic Rating system to include influence of previous rating adjustable from 0% to 99%
5.60.13.2 Fixed rare possibility where TrackCount could be not written for some mp3 files


Jojo,

Could you please try this build for
5.60.14.2 Temporary fixes for characters such as ’ in Lyrics from LyricWiki [Jojo]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jd1njy

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #556
Jojo,

Could you please try this build for
5.60.14.2 Temporary fixes for characters such as ’ in Lyrics from LyricWiki [Jojo]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jd1njy

will try, but I can't really use the program right now because of the following (at least the first one):

- Program freezes when changing lyric folder / format (import & export)
- Lyrics imported from files, still show those ’ weird MS word apostrophes
- Exporting artwork to custom set folder and format doesn't work

also, what does
"Forcing thumbnail in [path]" do? It says that in the log tacker, even though I just checked for lyrics.
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #557
Jojo,

Forcing thumbnail in [path] refreshes the Thumbnail in the music album folder so the folders can display Artwork properly in Thumbnail view.

Unfortunately I can't reproduce two of the three issues:

Exporting Artwork to a custom Artwork folder:




I also able to change the custom Lyrics folder:



When exactly does the crashing occur? Is it when as soon as you press the Browse button or after you press OK once you finish browsing?

Had the following tweak:

5.60.15.0 Importing and Export Lyrics will now make use of replace-words.txt

So now any replacements can be done externally. I already added them for the default configuration of replace-words.txt  - http://www.sendspace.com/file/qipwr1
This way the Lyrics shouldn't have the weird apostrophe and if there are other unknown characters, we have the total control to replace them.

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #558
McoreD

I'm not sure what exactly you would like for me to link, but I copied these from the lyrics tab in iTunes. This is for the song Ángel De La Muerte from Avalanch.

Code: [Select]
Alma perdida
que vagas matando
al arbol de la vida
con su raíz sin tierra.

Me robaste el corazón
me robaste la razón
de mi vida.

Hoy he visto pasar
la muerte ante mi
con su manto negro
y su mirada perdida.

Me miró, me acarició
me besó y después se fue
de mi lado.

Hoy vuelvo a recordar
como temblaba mi alma
la muerte ha vuelto a hablar
¡su voz está cerca.

He tenido que bajar al infierno
para encontrar un ángel.
He tenido que caer desde el cielo
¡para encontrarte!

Alma en pena soy
desde entonces vago perdido
esperando a morir
y volver a ti.

Me miró, me acarició
me besó y después se fue
de mi lado.

Hoy vuelvo a recordar
como temblaba mi alma
la muerte ha vuelto a hablar
su voz está cerca.

He tenido que bajar al infierno
para encontrar un ángel.
He tenido que caer desde el cielo
¡para encontrarte!

(Solo)

He tenido que bajar al infierno
para encontrar un ángel.
He tenido que caer desde el cielo
¡para encontrarte!(x2)


As a clarification, I have included the original lyrics from LyricWiki that don't include those odd characters:

Code: [Select]
Alma perdida
que vagas matando
al arbol de la vida
con su raíz sin tierra.

Me robaste el corazón
me robaste la razón
de mi vida.

Hoy he visto pasar
la muerte ante mi
con su manto negro
y su mirada perdida.

Me miró, me acarició
me besó y después se fue
de mi lado.

Hoy vuelvo a recordar
como temblaba mi alma
la muerte ha vuelto a hablar
¡su voz está cerca.

He tenido que bajar al infierno
para encontrar un ángel.
He tenido que caer desde el cielo
¡para encontrarte!

Alma en pena soy
desde entonces vago perdido
esperando a morir
y volver a ti.

Me miró, me acarició
me besó y después se fue
de mi lado.

Hoy vuelvo a recordar
como temblaba mi alma
la muerte ha vuelto a hablar
su voz está cerca.

He tenido que bajar al infierno
para encontrar un ángel.
He tenido que caer desde el cielo
¡para encontrarte!

(Solo)

He tenido que bajar al infierno
para encontrar un ángel.
He tenido que caer desde el cielo
¡para encontrarte!(x2)


Let me know if you need more information from me. This program would be awesome if it would work with accented vowels often found in Spanish, as a lot of my music is Spanish Heavy Metal. Thank you.


MetalMessiah78

Thanks for the feedback! Could you please link me to some Spanish songs in LyricWiki that shows weird characters?

I managed to track down the cause of this. It happens because LyricWiki uses unicode characters and when you retrieve them as plain text you lose those unicode characters. Temporary workaround is to manually replace those characters with the plain text version of the same characters.

5.60.14.2 Temporary fixes for characters such as ’ in Lyrics from LyricWiki [Jojo]
5.60.14.1 Command line argument adjust_ratings did not sometimes read user settings [neonstorm]
5.60.14.0 Extended Automatic Rating system to include influence of previous rating adjustable from 0% to 99%
5.60.13.2 Fixed rare possibility where TrackCount could be not written for some mp3 files


Jojo,

Could you please try this build for
5.60.14.2 Temporary fixes for characters such as ’ in Lyrics from LyricWiki [Jojo]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jd1njy

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #559
MetalMessiah78

A link to http://lyricwiki.org/Avalanch:%C3%81ngel_De_La_Muerte is what I was after! 

The music was nice.

Could you try the following build:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j3yh55

This build includes support for replacing any strange characters externally using the replace-words.txt which is in Documents\iTSfv\Logs\Settings folder.



I have included my current replace-words.txt here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fi7nbl
If you don't already have a customized replace-words.txt please replace the current file using this one.



Cheers!

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #560
Oh yeah!  I assumed you had it open. You need iTSfv running in the background for its Scheduler to work. Press F12 to let it minimize to tray.


I tried that too, but still no dice...? Again, if i click 'run scheduled tasks now' it runs fine - it just never fires automatically. But that's small potatoes. I can still run it manually!

Thanks!

Ryan

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #561
neonstorm

I tried Scheduled Tasks today and it seemed to read the customized settings fine:

************************************
Job Type: COMMAND_LINE
Date and Time: * 2008-09-07 22:08:43
************************************

061 for Helena Paparizou - Αν Ειχες Ερθει Πιο Νωρις
060 for Helena Paparizou - Gigolo (Hellenic Version)
059 for Helena Paparizou - Υπαρχει Λογος
059 for Helena Paparizou - The Game of Love
058 for Helena Paparizou - Μη Φευγεις
057 for Helena Paparizou - Που Πηγε Τοση Αγαπη
055 for Helena Paparizou - Μαζι Σου
055 for Helena Paparizou - Why (Greek Version)
055 for Helena Paparizou - Le Temps Des Fleurs
054 for Helena Paparizou - Matia Mou (Greek Version)
053 for Helena Paparizou - Με Θελουν Κι Αλλοι (Hellenic Version of 'Heart of Mine')
051 for Helena Paparizou - Moro Mou (Greek Version)
041 for Helena Paparizou - Pes Mou
036 for Helena Paparizou - Welcome to My World
003 for Helena Paparizou - Φως (Shine)
003 for Helena Paparizou - Τυψεις
003 for Helena Paparizou - Ποτε Σ'ενα Αντιο
003 for Helena Paparizou - Παραδειγματος Χαρη
003 for Helena Paparizou - Αν Εσυ Μ' Αγαπας (Pour Que Tu M' Aimes Encore)
003 for Helena Paparizou - Mambo
001 for Helena Paparizou - Zise (Vive La Vida Loca)
001 for Helena Paparizou - Why (Live)
001 for Helena Paparizou - Ti Na Tin Kano Tin Signomi
001 for Helena Paparizou - Taxidi Gia to Agnwsto
001 for Helena Paparizou - Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi
001 for Helena Paparizou - I Zoi Sou Zari
001 for Helena Paparizou - Galana
001 for Helena Paparizou - Anamniseis
001 for Helena Paparizou - (Exeis Kairo Na Mou Fereis) Louloudia

PlayedCount: 30%, SkippedCount: 0%, LastPlayed: 65%, DateAdded: 5%
Maximum Played Count: 351, Maximum Track Duration: 6000, Average Track Duration: 267.902980399177

By default they were set to 20%, 0%, 70% and 5%.


I hope you had it set up this way:



Please find the latest build here in SF for you to try at your next opportunity:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...kage_id=243989#

Thanks,
Mcore

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #562
If you to Tools menu and click iTunes Artwork Grabber... a separate window will show up, which lists the steps you need to setup so iTunes will automatically download the artwork when a new song is added. You need an iTunes Store account for this and you can create one for free with a CC using the URL in that window.

Could this be automated? I know that iTunes can download albumart, but iTSfv has the advantage to run filters on the filename to omit stuff like [CDM] and would therefore would find more album art itunes otherwise skips.
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #563
Thank you so much ~*McoreD*~'. I'll try it as soon as I get home from work. I'm glad that you liked the music. They are one of my favorite bands. Have a great day and thanks again!

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #564
first of all thanks for this great program!
but i have one question =) if i let itsfv adjust my ratings none of my songs get 5 stars. the highest rating is 4 stars, but i dont understand why...

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #565
Jojo

The best that could be done was if you browse the iTunes Store:

Have iTSfv open
Select a track in the iTunes Store
In iTSfv, press Ctrl+Down (or in Selected Tracks > Download iTunes Store Artwork...)

Now iTSfv will read the iTunes Store track tags and download the artwork.

It is not yet possible to automatically retrieve the iTunes Store artwork otherwise.


lixe

Thanks for the feedback! That means the default settings determined your play count, recently played factor etc. were not sufficient enough for a 5 star rating. The more you play songs with time, it will start picking up 5 stars. You can alternatively adjust the settings using iTSfv > Options (by pressing F2) > OneTouch > Library



If you guys find errors with iTSfv after iTunes 8 installed....

Try closing iTunes and iTSfv
Start > Run > type

itunes /regserver


Press OK

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #566
~*McoreD*~', you are awesome. That replace text feature works great. You got most of them in the text file you sent me, but I was able to figure out how it works, and now it works flawless. Thank you so much again.

 

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #567
MetalMessiah78

I am really glad it worked out for you!

Jojo 

I forgot to mention iTSfv also has a iterative feature that scans your  music library and auto imports iTunes Store artwork... May be this is close to what you meant by automation?

To access this feature go to iTSfv > OneTouch > File System : Export iTunes Store Artwork using external music folder.

You can actually choose your music folder there, even though it says browse for the lossless folder.

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #568
Hi,

A friend gave me an ipod touch and I am trying to set up itunes. I have a very large library 400 GB+ of music and I have it set up in the following manner:  C:\Music Collection\Artist\Album  or for some parts I have it set up as C:\Music Collection\Various Artist\mixed pop\album

I know that Itunes - checks your library against theirs and then adds the artwork in a separate directory.  In reading and in use - itunes isn't able to get a lot of covers for albums that I have or the ones they have are wrong.

So all I want to do is utilize (at least to start - to see if I can learn to like Itunes) your add in to add the album art I have in my folders to the itunes database.  C:\Music Collection\Artist\Album\folder.jpg

I don't consider myself technically challenged but for the life of me I can not figure out how to configure this add in so that it doesn't change any of my current tags or embed anything in my tags.  If you could please tell me the best way to set your program up in order to add my folder.jpgs to itunes that would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks in advance.

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #569
Broncodan

There are two ways to import artwork into the iTunes artwork database:

1. Having embedded artwork in the music files
2. Retrieving artwork from iTunes Store

Artwork is a standard tag in both MP3/AAC files. If you are not willing to use that tag and embed the Artwork into the music file, currently there is no way to externally inject artwork into the iTunes Artwork database.

I wish being wrong as this is one of the most asked questions, but still I don't understand why.


P.S:

You could try this http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...006100111071871 as suggested by one of our members here.

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #570
Thanks for the reply - i have been doing more searches and found this:

Anyone who has tried using their music collection on both iTunes/their iPod and with Windows Media Center they will know that the way iTunes embeds the Album Art into the files separately may allow the iPod to display the Album Art, but does not allow Media Center to show it.

Do not fear, I have the solution.

I went to the full extent of doing a re-tagging my entire music collection, not a small task and also unnecessary, the only thing you truly need to do is the following:

Make sure that each mp3 file has not got any embedded Album Art. You can use many applications to do this (iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc); I used Tag&Rename.

Have your music sorted into a folder per album structure, personally I have the following structure:
[Music Library Folder]/[Artist]/[Album](/[Disc #])

Make the music 'Read-only'. To do so, select the music, right-click and tick the 'Read-only' checkbox.
This is probably the most important step!

Make sure your iTunes library is empty, then drop all the Read-only music into iTunes.

Go through each Album in iTunes and use the 'Get Album Artwork' feature.
Must be iTunes 7 or later.

Once you have got all the Album Artwork download a program called 'iTunes Store file validator (iTSfv)', either from here or search for it.

Run iTSfv using only the 'Copy Folder.jpg to Album Folders' setting.
iTunes must be running for this step.

Your music should now have working Album Art in iTunes, your iPod and Windows Media Center now.
If you have albums that can't get the Album Art from iTunes, you can just download the artwork elsewhere and save it as Folder.jpg in the relative folder.

Hopefully this information helps someone out there as when I first came accross this issue I spent a few weeks looking for information, posting on forums, etc, and I was offered no solution at all.

If this works or does not work for you, let me know, I kind of rushed this post and could have possibly missed something.



The guy said it worked for him - I am just not sure where the Copy folder.jpg to Album folders option is loctated in  ITSFV

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #571
The guy said it worked for him - I am just not sure where the Copy folder.jpg to Album folders option is loctated in  ITSFV


Broncodan

The "Copy folder.jpg to Album folders" feature he is referring to, is now called:

"Export Artwork to Album folder as Artwork.jpg" in the iTSfv > File System tab. You can press F2 for Options and change the file name from Artwork.jpg to something else like Folder.jpg. Then the feature would say

"Export Artwork to Album folder as Folder.jpg"

Hope that works!

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #572
Jojo 

I forgot to mention iTSfv also has a iterative feature that scans your  music library and auto imports iTunes Store artwork... May be this is close to what you meant by automation?

To access this feature go to iTSfv > OneTouch > File System : Export iTunes Store Artwork using external music folder.

You can actually choose your music folder there, even though it says browse for the lossless folder.

I've tried that and it started to export stuff, but I couldn't figure out where the album art went.
It also scanned songs that already have album art attached to them, so I'm not sure if that's the right way to do it.

I was primarily looking for a function that would look at a bunch of songs I select and try to download album artwork from iTunes using my iTunes account.

I'm not sure why this can't be automated. iTSfv is already able to download album art manually when entering artist and album, by creating a dummy file. Instead of me having to enter artist and album name manually, why couldn't the program fetch these variables from the selected files and fill this information in automatically - one after one?
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'

iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #573
I'm not sure why this can't be automated. iTSfv is already able to download album art manually when entering artist and album, by creating a dummy file. Instead of me having to enter artist and album name manually, why couldn't the program fetch these variables from the selected files and fill this information in automatically - one after one?


Jojo

Sorry! I was in the impression that this behavior was already there using Selected Tracks : Export iTunes Store Artwork... but it was locked to the firstly selected track.

Thanks to you I extended it today to support more than one file:

5.60.15.2 Selected Tracks : Export iTunes Store Artwork... always exported artwork of the firstly selected track [Jojo]

Could you please

Download http://www.sendspace.com/file/ji9uic and install

Select a few random tracks in iTunes
Press Ctrl+Down in iTSfv

Let me know if that was the expected behavior?

You might like to uncheck this prompt:


iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator

Reply #574
5.60.15.2 Selected Tracks : Export iTunes Store Artwork... always exported artwork of the firstly selected track [Jojo]

I still don't understand this function.
It says that it downloaded covers, but it is not embedded in the file nor can I find it anywhere on my hard drive.
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'