another gem related problem

[djbikeerrob]

I got the new gem series.... ok so who can tell me why they (sound choice) typed all their titles like this "the_ way_we_were" all those underlines of nothing means that I cant use but one word for a search. the minute i put an underline separator in the search i know i will only be searching in the gem series cause no other manufacturer does that. so now I have to search both ways to get all the variations of mfg's. How to i go about replacing all those underlines with plain old spaces so my searching is easier? By the way anyone know how to do it with the songbooks too? Quickly i mean, not one by one. I just spent four days putting in discs. I'm a bit grumpy...lol

[Roy Dennis]

This program will do as you ask and it's free: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

You will have to load all the files onto your hard drive first then use this to rename them before importing.

Might look a little daunting on first inspection but once you get into it it is very powerful, suggest you experiment on just a small test file first.

If you have a problem with it I should be able to help.









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[djbikeerrob]

are you saying i have to go back and rename/ rework all those 4800 files before i import them with hoster? so i will have to delete the importing i have already done? just to get rid of "_" ?

[Roy Dennis]

Are all the files you have imported kmh files ?
Let me know if you have imported them as Zip files or as 2 seperate files MP3+G with CDG

I will do a test on my computer and see if it will work on the already imported kmh files and change those alright. I expect you may have to rebuild the database after editing them because you are editing them outside of Hoster's edit function but that wouldn't take long.

[Roy Dennis]

I can answer my above post already. You can't use the Bulk rename program to change the contents in the kmh file that is already imported, this can only be done in Hosters edit dialog.

The bulk rename program changes the original file names that can then be imported and will set the kmh info to the same name as the imported file.

Sorry but I can't see any other way but to re import them other than manually alter them one by one in the edit dialog.

[djbikeerrob]

that's what i was afraid of lol i also have noticed that when printing out song books i get the artis names both ways
example: beatles , the and the , beatles and somtimes even just ...beatles.

Is this due to mfg's using different parameters in nameing or is hoster just being obtuse? again thanks. it sure would be great if hoster had a bit more flexibilty to correct or rename things. now that would be a fantastic feature.

[ddouglass]

No program is going to be able edit the songs database file except for Hoster itself. To use any of the file renamers you will need to remove the songs from the database, rename the files without the underlines, then re-import them.
There is no way around this unless you want to keep editing them one at a time in Hoster.
The songs database is not the only thing needs to be changed. Each file has a header in it with this information too. So even if you could open and make changes in the database it would not completely solve the problems.
It really is not as difficult as you think it is. Just search in the edit by bookid or diskid using the multiple search and delete those from the database, then do the renaming and re-import again. The importing for MP3 is very quick.