database Management and Bulk editing

[dave-t]

Hi

I am still playing with RadioBoss and trying to figure out the best ay to manage my music library - and I need some help!

If, for example, I want to put together a playlist of track between 1960 and 1965 all of which had been in the top 20 I need to have some method to store that info in the database for the playlist generator to work with.

the year is easy enough and I though of using the "ratings" to determine the "chart position" eg

Rating of 10 for a No 1
Rating of 9 for a top 10
Rating of 8 for a top 20
Rating of 7 for a top 40 etc

What I am finding difficult is the bulk editing of tracks to set the "rating" (or any other field). There does not seem to be a way to bulk edit track tags or database fields.

anyone got any tips on managing the database more easily?

Regards

Dave

 

[djsoft]

You can use Music Library to bulk edit tracks: select several tracks in the list and click Track Properties. It will allow you to edit standard fields (Title, Artist etc) and some additional fields: Gender, Rating and Language.

The problem is that Playlist Generator Pro doesn't take into account any of those fields - this will be implemented in July.

 

[dave-t]

That is odd, I tried that before and it blanked the main fields that I did not edit ??

No problem about the not being implemented just yet - not planning to launch a station until next January !

 

[dave-t]

Just ried it on some FLAC files - I selected all my Kate Bush tracks, right clicked, and set the Gender to Female - messed the Database up !

 

[djsoft]

That is odd, I tried that before and it blanked the main fields that I did not edit ??

I added it to the bug list, this will be checked. If the problem exists, it will be fixed in the RadioBOSS 4.7.2 update.

 

[dave-t]

Just done some more tests, It works fine on ALE/ALAC files BUT NOT flac Files

Can you let me know if it is a bug please?

Can I also make a feautre request?

Can we have and option in the "Gender Field" for

Male
Female
Group
Female Group
Male Group
Mixed Group

instead of the current, Male/Female/Group?

Regards

Dave

 

[djsoft]

I don't know yet if it's a bug or not. This will be checked soon.

The request about new options for the Gender field has been added to the list.