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Reply #550 –
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... something as corruptable as the foobar2000.cfg ...[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=377408"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
  So you prefer an external sql database or do you want to have the playback statistics tagged to your files?
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In the tags of the files.

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Reply #551 –
I would like them in the tags of the files as well. Lets say that i copy my music over to my external hd or ipod, then my main hard drive crashes. Then if i recover my music from my ipod, i still have the play_count information.

It just makes sense to me that file specific information should be contained in that file. Too many wierd things can happen if it isn't.

Either way someone has to set their foot down and finalize this discrepancy between playcount tags in files vs in a database.

It would also be nice if someone could come up with a method for combining play_count and play_counter tags.

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Reply #552 –
I also prefer them in the tags of the files because my music is on a network share so it is accessible from any computer in the house, and keeping it in the files makes the most sense for me.

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Reply #553 –
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I would like them in the tags of the files as well. Lets say that i copy my music over to my external hd or ipod, then my main hard drive crashes. Then if i recover my music from my ipod, i still have the play_count information.
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Sorry for off-topic, but if my main hard drive crashed, the last thing on earth I would care about would be my playback statistics...

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Reply #554 –
I made a seperate thread with some suggestions for a new foo_playcount:http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=42625&hl=foo_playcount

Ultimately, I think it would be to everyone's advantage to merge this with foo_quicktag, so as to allow ratings info to be stored in the same place as the playcount data.

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Reply #555 –
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I made a seperate thread with some suggestions for a new foo_playcount:http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=42625&hl=foo_playcount

Ultimately, I think it would be to everyone's advantage to merge this with foo_quicktag, so as to allow ratings info to be stored in the same place as the playcount data.
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that would be almost perfect.. the tags stored on the files should never change. things like statistics, ratings and other metadata (at the users discretion) should be stored in a separate file, but there should be a way to retain these values when you move or rename audio files.

another thing that i find myself doing all the time, if i have an MP3 album that i like, i buy the CD, and then rip it to flac. replacing the mp3's with the new flac copy. if there is a way to get the statistics and ratings for the mp3's to merge with the flac files it would be perfect.. maybe a little bit of user interaction would be necessary.

i'm slowly learning c++. if something like this is not out, it may be one of my first projects.

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Reply #556 –
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... something as corruptable as the foobar2000.cfg ...[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=377408"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
:blink:  So you prefer an external sql database or do you want to have the playback statistics tagged to your files?
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Anyone know where I can find a copy of kode54's mod of foo_playcount for .83 that uses an external SQLite database?  kod54's website no longer has any 0.83 plugins and all of Googles links are dead.

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Reply #557 –
I have it, and I can email it to you. Either leave your email address here or send me a private message by clicking on my name at top left.
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Reply #558 –
Quote from: gob on
another thing that i find myself doing all the time, if i have an MP3 album that i like, i buy the CD, and then rip it to flac. replacing the mp3's with the new flac copy. if there is a way to get the statistics and ratings for the mp3's to merge with the flac files it would be perfect.. maybe a little bit of user interaction would be necessary.


Mark both albums, the old one on top. Then:
Tagging -> Copy info between files

Voila.

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Reply #559 –
how can i reset playcount tag?

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Reply #560 –
masstagger: play_count=0

should work

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Reply #561 –
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Quote from: gob on

another thing that i find myself doing all the time, if i have an MP3 album that i like, i buy the CD, and then rip it to flac. replacing the mp3's with the new flac copy. if there is a way to get the statistics and ratings for the mp3's to merge with the flac files it would be perfect.. maybe a little bit of user interaction would be necessary.


Mark both albums, the old one on top. Then:
Tagging -> Copy info between files

Voila.



nice. i cant think of a better way to that.
 

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Reply #562 –
this is a great plug
why don't add this feature

this is an example
TAG 5 stars ,mp3 played x times
for example if i play a song for 50 times , it could be great that play count plug stores 5 stars in the rating tag!

is a good idea for you?

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Reply #563 –
Quote from: francesco on
this is a great plug
why don't add this feature

this is an example
TAG 5 stars ,mp3 played x times
for example if i play a song for 50 times , it could be great that play count plug stores 5 stars in the rating tag!

is a good idea for you?


you don't need that you can just put some code in your colum ui for you rating, something like :

Code: [Select]
$if($greater($add(%play_count%,%play_counter%),20),?????,
$if($greater($add(%play_count%,%play_counter%),12),???? ,
$if($greater($add(%play_count%,%play_counter%),5),???,
$if($greater($add(%play_count%,%play_counter%),2),??,
$if($add(%play_count%,%play_counter%),?)
Sorry for the bad english, I'm french .

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Reply #564 –
yes i know but this did not tag the mp3
it would be great that the plugin automatically tag the mp3 every x played times

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Reply #565 –
I use the 0.9-plugin. Everytime the plugin writes the counter to the tag, the music is interrupted for a short time and a small window pop up for a very short time.
What's wrong?

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Reply #566 –
Nothing, the window you see is the regular tag writing progress window. The interruption occurs because foobar2000 has to reopen the playing file when it updates tags on it.

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Reply #567 –
Hm, but why is the music in 0.83 not interrupted. This version cached the data and writes after finished playing the track.

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Reply #568 –
Sorry if I've missed something obvious but is it possible to continue using the old play_counter in 0.9?  I don't really want to use the new play_count system.

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Reply #569 –
Yup. That's really irritating... Any way to make it cache the data until the end of playback?

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Reply #570 –
Only if you code that yourself, including a way to cache the data if the user closes the player after the play count is logged, but before the track finishes playing. Sounds like fun. :D

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Reply #571 –
What i meant to say, is there any way to revert it to the 0.83 behaviour?

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Reply #574 –
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Quote from: Punio.4 on

What i meant to say, is there any way to revert it to the 0.83 behaviour?


Here's a link to the unofficial play counter
http://stephan.kochen.nl/proj/foo_playcoun...o_playcount.dll


Is there info somewhere about this file? What is it? Does it behave differently?

It's just the original play_counter plugin, that adds the tags to the files.