Supacon
When I first got all the Promo DVDs (I own almost all of them, except for some of the 2001s that are hard to find), I knew that I didn't want to mess around with consumer set-top DVD players, and, well... physical discs. Also, when you're paying $40 + for a DVD, you don't want it to get scratched up.
I knew that I had to go the digital route, but I looked at the thousands of tracks I had and didn't even know where to start. So I set out to create a system to automate much of the work. Here is my script that goes part of the way, at least!
http://www.fullspec.ca/misc/video/
It's a perl script, so you will need to install activePerl. Also, in this directory I have included my excel spreadsheet with the Promo Only DVD list, (including Genres that I put in by hand). You can simply copy the list from the spreadsheet, paste it into the approprate spot in my script, run it, and voila! Everything is labelled properly. There are some flaws though, and I'm sure that this could be improved.
It seems that there's been some interest in this already, and I'd love to hear people's ideas on how the script could be improved and extended. Someday I think this script will eventually be made obsolete with the mv-db, and a good specialized ripping program, but for now, this is a handy automation tool. I've documented it somewhat with the text file in this folder.
I knew that I had to go the digital route, but I looked at the thousands of tracks I had and didn't even know where to start. So I set out to create a system to automate much of the work. Here is my script that goes part of the way, at least!
http://www.fullspec.ca/misc/video/
It's a perl script, so you will need to install activePerl. Also, in this directory I have included my excel spreadsheet with the Promo Only DVD list, (including Genres that I put in by hand). You can simply copy the list from the spreadsheet, paste it into the approprate spot in my script, run it, and voila! Everything is labelled properly. There are some flaws though, and I'm sure that this could be improved.
It seems that there's been some interest in this already, and I'd love to hear people's ideas on how the script could be improved and extended. Someday I think this script will eventually be made obsolete with the mv-db, and a good specialized ripping program, but for now, this is a handy automation tool. I've documented it somewhat with the text file in this folder.
发表时间 Wed 21 Jun 06 @ 4:25 am
frd1963
Supacon,
Nice work. I wrote a similar perl script a while back and it goes to Promo Only's website to get the info, rather than having to keep a spreadsheet updated. However, it does require that you rip the entire DVD (including the intros) and keep them in the directory while you run the script, and also that the tracks (including intros) are ripped in sequential order, so that the correct order of the tracks can be determined based on timestamp.
If you want a copy of it, send me your email address and I can send you it. Hoepfully it can give you some ideas for additions to your script.
-Frd
P.S. I also wrote a 'skin stretcher' perl script which you can see in my blog.
Nice work. I wrote a similar perl script a while back and it goes to Promo Only's website to get the info, rather than having to keep a spreadsheet updated. However, it does require that you rip the entire DVD (including the intros) and keep them in the directory while you run the script, and also that the tracks (including intros) are ripped in sequential order, so that the correct order of the tracks can be determined based on timestamp.
If you want a copy of it, send me your email address and I can send you it. Hoepfully it can give you some ideas for additions to your script.
-Frd
P.S. I also wrote a 'skin stretcher' perl script which you can see in my blog.
发表时间 Wed 21 Jun 06 @ 6:36 pm
anewsome
Weird. I wrote a perl script that does the same thing,.. but with a third variation. Mine requires that you download the tracklisting text file. It parses that and renames the vob files automatically. Pretty funny how we all just reinvented our own wheels.
发表时间 Thu 22 Jun 06 @ 1:11 am
Supacon
That's funny frd1963...
Cool how it automatically gets the info. Perhaps the three of us could put our minds together and make something that is more automated and useful that anyone could use. My version can be problematic because it uses the filesize to determine if it's an intro or not, and although it works 95% of the time, there are exceptions that it breaks on.
I'll contact you, and we can trade scripts. Perhaps we've each got good ideas that the other hasn't thought of. What we really need is some of the functionality that EAC has, but for ripping DVD. (Did you know that I convinced Andre to add a function allowing you to paste all the tracktitles into EAC at once, i.e. from a text file or spreadsheet?)
Cool how it automatically gets the info. Perhaps the three of us could put our minds together and make something that is more automated and useful that anyone could use. My version can be problematic because it uses the filesize to determine if it's an intro or not, and although it works 95% of the time, there are exceptions that it breaks on.
I'll contact you, and we can trade scripts. Perhaps we've each got good ideas that the other hasn't thought of. What we really need is some of the functionality that EAC has, but for ripping DVD. (Did you know that I convinced Andre to add a function allowing you to paste all the tracktitles into EAC at once, i.e. from a text file or spreadsheet?)
发表时间 Fri 23 Jun 06 @ 10:42 am
John C
haha and now I hear about this ...LOL
Great work on finally getting this issue tackled!
14 days, 6 hours a day, 5000 titles with BPM. Hired my sister to do the data entry.
Hmmm my way may have been simpler. LOL
Great work on finally getting this issue tackled!
14 days, 6 hours a day, 5000 titles with BPM. Hired my sister to do the data entry.
Hmmm my way may have been simpler. LOL
发表时间 Fri 23 Jun 06 @ 6:55 pm
Supacon
Heh... you could have hired a programmer to develop a system that you could use infinitely.
My system is still not perfect, but it sure helped a lot. Hopefully that Music-Video database project will be finished, and you can use DVD ripping software that will automatically label everything.
My system is still not perfect, but it sure helped a lot. Hopefully that Music-Video database project will be finished, and you can use DVD ripping software that will automatically label everything.
发表时间 Tue 27 Jun 06 @ 8:10 pm