Importing CDG+mp3 files from hard drive

[Deeter]

Norton Commander has a very slick "multi-file rename" tool. You may try buying a copy of it and doing the renaming there.

[gd123]

NB: You said in Box 8 = Period. Excuse my ignorance here, what is a "period?"

A "PERIOD" is a punctuation symbol placed at the end of a sentence. <---

In files, a "PERIOD," also known as a DOT, separates the a FILENAME from its EXTENSION.
i.e. SC8107-01 - ARTIST - TITLE.ZIP or, when saying it outloud or in a text message:

SC8107DASH01SPACEdashSPACEARTISTSPACEdashSPACETITLEDOTZIP

OR

SC8107DASH01SPACEdashSPACEARTISTSPACEdashSPACETITLEPERIODZIP

You, simply set the FIELD ORDER as the FILE READS from left to right.

01 - 01 Hot hot hot - Buster Poindexter.cdg

BRANDSPACEdashSPACETRACKSPACETITLESPACEdashSPACEARTISTDOTcdg

Field 4 is where your SINGLE SPACE appears. Are you trying to TYPE the WHOLE word "SPACE" instead of entering the SPACE CHARACTER?

If you are not able to IMPORT with the above instructions, then you are using a "Degraded" version of Hoster, which is not uncommon at MTU.

I'm using v3.301, and is the ONLY version I use to IMPORT anything, and renamed one of my TRKS to match one of yours and it added correctly for importing using the above outline, which is why I posted it.

[ddouglass]

A single space will not work because it doesn't know which single space to use since there are several between the words. That is why I said it will not work that way. He did try what you said and it didn't work.

[OneEskalera]

It will not work because you have space between track space hot space hot space hot

[OneEskalera]

I had the same dilema before, I just have to add that dash between track and title on every file, but did it one disc/folder a time. Time consuming but no choice. Vista will do add the dash in the same song.

Have to highlite both cdg and pm3 file same time and add the ( - ).

for the meantime, use the mp3g/k-oke button to play those files.

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

A single space will not work because it doesn't know which single space to use since there are several between the words. That is why I said it will not work that way. He did try what you said and it didn't work.

Actually I used gd123's suggestion to import a song. The file wasn't setup like the examples in question. I just took an existing file I had and replaced the dash with a space inbetween the diskid and track and imported without any problems.

Sam

[gd123]

Thanks to those that tested this and proved it works.

Further:
01 - 01 Hot hot hot - Buster Poindexter.cdg
parses correctly because the first "Hot" is NOT a "Separator Character."

There is no "hot" listed in the Drop Down Boxes of the FIELDS.

Hoster is programmed to INCLUDE ALL until the NEXT "Separator Character" is seen, which, then, tells Hoster to STOP INCLUDING.

At Field #4, Hoster is told to see a SINGLE SPACE and perform a separation at that point. Then, Hoster INCLUDES everything after the SINGLE SPACE through Field #5 where Hoster is told to include everything as a TITLE and STOP INCLUDING at Field #6 where a SPACEdashSPACE "Separator Character" tells Hoster that the TITLE Field has ended. etc...

However, in the example above, there would be a problem parsing if there was ONLY a SPACE between the Title and Artist, as the file would appear to have ONE LONG TITLE: i.e
01 - 01 Hot hot hot Buster Poindexter.cdg

in which case, the Title and Artist may not be parsed correctly.

But, who would name any Karaoke file like that?

Norton Commander

This is now know as Total Commander and is FREEWARE that works 100%.

I have been using it since the 80's when it was DOS Norton Commander and is very good for renaming files.

The unlicensed version makes you Click a Numbered Button to OPEN the Program. But, it tells you which Numbered Button to Click.

Of course, purchasing software helps support further development.

[kiwisinger]

Hi gd123,

Quote: "Field 4 is where your SINGLE SPACE appears. Are you trying to TYPE the WHOLE word "SPACE" instead of entering the SPACE CHARACTER?"

I just pushed the space bar. Nothing I did worked.

Thank you so much for explaining what a period is and understanding how to set up files.

Ive downloaded Total Commander you've recommended and hopefully it will rename my files by putting the " - " between the 'Track & Title'.

Thank you again so much for your help everyone!! I really do appreciate it