IDEA: MP3 HTML Generator

[DJ-Sonic]

Hi there,

I came across this software and was finding it pretty useful. Wonder if someone could code something like this.

::Software Download URL:: http://www.exacttrend.com/mp3gen.exe
::Software Description URL:: http://www.exacttrend.com/MP3Generator/index.html

Warm regards

[mouser]

there are probably too many features to code as a coding snack but maybe you could describe the minimal features you think are most important that would make a good coding snack?

[DJ-Sonic]

The thing I need is a software that can

1) generate MP3 list by tags
2) Sort it according to User defined order of Album, genre, artist, etc
3) generate an meaningful output or say organized output on html or text, html prefferd.
4) more over just go through the screenshots of the software and see how it produces lists. I just want a soft copy of my mp3s in a list just a list not want to develop a webpage as MP3 HTML Generator is good for making a webpage.

[Gerome]

Hi,

The thing I need is a software that can

1) generate MP3 list by tags
2) Sort it according to User defined order of Album, genre, artist, etc
3) generate an meaningful output or say organized output on html or text, html prefferd.
4) more over just go through the screenshots of the software and see how it produces lists. I just want a soft copy of my mp3s in a list just a list not want to develop a webpage as MP3 HTML Generator is good for making a webpage.

This can be done easily using FBSL with :
- Reading MP3s and extracting their TAGs
- Storing each MP3 tag into a, fbsl String Collection
- Once the directory has been crossed, we can Qsort our collection(s) and output the content into a CSV file or into an XML file or HTML file

[DJ-Sonic]

went through your site Gerome its a great thing you have made. I am not used to FBSL though, but i'll give it a shot. But surely I wouldnt be able to develop a code in time. Could you please code something for me?

warm regards

[Gerome]

Hi,

went through your site Gerome its a great thing you have made. I am not used to FBSL though, but i'll give it a shot. But surely I wouldnt be able to develop a code in time. Could you please code something for me?

warm regards

Ok, i'll try to make a basic skeletton, and you'll dive into the language after, as you'll probably see, it is simple to develop things like that using Fbsl

[Gerome]

Hello,

The following code will :
- Look for all .mp3 files located into 'MYDIR'
- Pipe the output of the request into a String variable
- Replace portions of directory from the string variable
- Transpose the string variable into a String Collection
- Qsort the String collection
- Output the result into a text file

It's a simple program that should show the ease that Fbsl has to manipulate external programs, string collection and IO manip...

Code

$AppType Console
Macro OEMACCENTS(s) = WideToAnsi( AnsiToWide(s, CP_OEMCP), CP_ACP )

Begin Const
    '!! Change the directory there !!
    MYDIR = "C:\Music\"
    MYEXT = "*.mp3"
End Const

? "Scan in progress..."
GetMp3List( MYDIR & MYEXT, MYDIR )
? "Done!"
Pause

Sub GetMp3List( Byval $szDir, Byval $szRemove )
    Dim $lpBuffer = OEMACCENTS( StrPipe("CMD.exe /C dir " & szDir & " /s /O /B /N" ) )
    lpBuffer = Ucase(lpBuffer)
    szRemove = Ucase(szRemove)
    lpBuffer = Replace( lpBuffer, szRemove, "" )
    Dim %Sc = Scnew()
        ScImport( Sc, lpBuffer, Lf )
    ScQsort( Sc )
    Dim %fp = FileOpen( ".\_List_Sorted.m3u", Output )
       FilePrint( fp, ScExport( Sc, Lf, 1 ) )
    FileClose( fp )
    ScFinalize( Sc )
End Sub

Enjoy

[kfitting]

Is the qsort an API call?  Does it do a natural sort?  Or does it sort like Excel by default 0,1,10,2,3,4,5 etc?  (Natural sort would go 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

Kevin

[Gerome]

Hi,

Is the qsort an API call?  Does it do a natural sort?  Or does it sort like Excel by default 0,1,10,2,3,4,5 etc?  (Natural sort would go 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

Kevin

ScQsort() internally uses QSort system API, it is aimed at qsorting SC == String Collection.

[DJ-Sonic]

Just got back home from a long trip. Glad to see your reply Gerome, with the code thanks man I will put my head into it and will try to make it work.

By the way I have something else in mind. Please contact me Gerome.