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<blockquote data-quote="metalla_nz" data-source="post: 534011" data-attributes="member: 52586">NEW TEST VERSIONJust uploaded a new dll to google-code for testing. It has the new parsing algorithm which should be faster, and will deal with _'s and with more than one artist in a video.&nbsp; e.g for video &quot;Elton John &amp; George Michael - Blah Blah Blah&quot; you will have the song blah blah blah under both Elton John and George Michael. The new algorithm specifically expects filenames to be in the form artist - titleIf some people can test and let me know any issues.<a href="http://mp-musicvids.googlecode.com/files/Music%20Videos.dll" target="_blank">http://mp-musicvids.googlecode.com/files/Music Videos.dll</a>Hi Justus...nine_inch_nails-closer_(uncensored)-dvdrip-xvid-1994-lcf.aviAs my code stands now that would become nine inch nails-closer (uncensored)-dvdrip-xvid-1994-lcf.avi, now the code could decide that the band was called nine inch nails by the placement of the first '-'. however that would break, for example, static-x who would become only static. As a default the code assumes a seperator of ' - ' (notice the spaces either side. This works for most people. As I download files, I rename them to a decent convention, makes it a quick simple task.In your case, I would use the new parsing algorithm when it is released. All the files it cannot pick up, will be marked. The config window allows you to rename files very simply, by clicking on them in the parsing test window, and changing the filename. I dont mean to be a dick about this, but the amount of time I spend coding a way for you to parse your files, will be significantly more than the time you would spend changing the filenames.Until someone comes up with a system to apply tags to videos in a common way, this is going to be difficult. There seems to be a standard convention among videos, of the simple &quot;artist - title&quot;, which is very easy to work with. Ive gone through and done it to all my videos, all 600 of them, and it doesnt take that long</blockquote>

[QUOTE="metalla_nz, post: 534011, member: 52586"] [B]NEW TEST VERSION[/B] Just uploaded a new dll to google-code for testing. It has the new parsing algorithm which should be faster, and will deal with _'s and with more than one artist in a video. e.g for video "Elton John & George Michael - Blah Blah Blah" you will have the song blah blah blah under both Elton John and George Michael. The new algorithm specifically expects filenames to be in the form artist - title If some people can test and let me know any issues. [url]http://mp-musicvids.googlecode.com/files/Music%20Videos.dll[/url] Hi Justus... nine_inch_nails-closer_(uncensored)-dvdrip-xvid-1994-lcf.avi As my code stands now that would become nine inch nails-closer (uncensored)-dvdrip-xvid-1994-lcf.avi, now the code could decide that the band was called nine inch nails by the placement of the first '-'. however that would break, for example, static-x who would become only static. As a default the code assumes a seperator of ' - ' (notice the spaces either side. This works for most people. As I download files, I rename them to a decent convention, makes it a quick simple task. In your case, I would use the new parsing algorithm when it is released. All the files it cannot pick up, will be marked. The config window allows you to rename files very simply, by clicking on them in the parsing test window, and changing the filename. I dont mean to be a dick about this, but the amount of time I spend coding a way for you to parse your files, will be significantly more than the time you would spend changing the filenames. Until someone comes up with a system to apply tags to videos in a common way, this is going to be difficult. There seems to be a standard convention among videos, of the simple "artist - title", which is very easy to work with. Ive gone through and done it to all my videos, all 600 of them, and it doesnt take that long [/QUOTE]

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