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iTSfv - iTunes Store file validator


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Hi All,

iTSfv ? iTunes Store file validator is an add-in for iTunes. It is aimed for iTunes users who are keen on maintaining or having the goal of achieving iTunes Store file standard tags for all the tracks in their iTunes Music Library.

iTSfv has many number of visible and hidden features.

? Fill Track Count, Disc Number and Disc Count

? Fill AlbumArtist from Artist tag

? Add Artwork from explorer to tracks without embedded artwork

? Copy Folder.jpg to album folders

? Backup and restore play count and ratings

? Report tracks with missing tags (Artwork, Track Number, Lyrics etc.)

? Capitalize each word of tag and rename file accordingly

? Add new tracks to library (manually or by automatically monitoring)

? Delete unreferenced tracks from library

iTSfv.jpg

Latest Beta:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ckage_id=243989

http://wmwiki.com/downloads/itsfv/beta/?M=D

Latest Release:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ckage_id=243713

http://wmwiki.com/downloads/itsfv/?M=D

Source:

http://itsfv.cvs.sourceforge.net/itsfv/itsfv5/

Edited by McoreD
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Released v5.9.1. See first post.

Archived the following.

Something started as a small project to make sure I had Artwork in all of my music, it got involved to a stage which does more things.

Version 2

2.11.0.0 Set Tag complete tracks Read-Only

2.10.0.0 Add Artwork to tracks without Artwork from Artwork.jpg

2.09.0.0 Replace text in Track Title, Album or Artist

2.08.0.0 Check for missing Track Number (best to create new iTunes Library before checking)

2.07.0.0 Add new music from Music Folder to iTunes Library [however does not organize]

2.06.0.0 Delete missing tracks from iTunes Library

2.05.0.0 Capitalize first letter in each word of Artist, Album or Name

2.03.0.0 Resume from last checked track (useful for large iTunes Libraries)

2.02.0.0 Drag and drop folders or files to add music to iTunes

2.00.0.0 Tracks Report is now in XHTML 1.1 with hyperlinks for albums with missing artwork

1.01.0.0 Context menu to open Tracks Report and Error Log

0.09.0.0 Remove tracks from library that do not exist in the hard disk

Screenshots:

itsfv27demoaq4.th.jpg

Version 2.7 in Windows Vistam validating tracks.

itsfv211demoek8.th.jpg

Version 2.11 in Windows Server 2003, setting tag complete tracks Read-Only

Download:

http://wmwiki.com/mcored/downloads/itsfv/?M=D

Report:

http://wmwiki.com/mcored/downloads/itsfv/t...226-report.html

Cheers,

McoreD

P.S: Now hopefully https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=524529 won't happen to me again.

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So - can this little app monitor a folder(s) and automatically add the content to iTunes?

Hi njlouch, yes it can.

Is there any way to tell itunes that you have more than one music folder?

I want to use the synch feature, to get covers for songs that I recently added, hopefully without having to rescan the entire library. Thanks

iTunes still doesn't allow multiple library paths with the ability to organize music. You can add tracks from folders other than the iTunes music folder path but they will not be organized.

I've been experimenting with an upgrade to Synchroclean? feature to support multiple locations.

itsfv58multilibmp7.jpg

Basically iTSfv will now additionally look for all the folders you specify in the above listBox for new tracks that's not in iTunes music library and offer to add them. iTSfv will NOT copy them to the primary music folder location set by iTunes. However, as previous versions of iTSfv did, iTSfv WILL copy music added from any other location if dragged & dropped to iTSfv. This is done so that you won't accidentally edit tags of a album folder you are seeding.

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Thanks guys. Released today a version of iTSfv that will search for iTMS artwork *without* requiring an iTunes Store Account and exporting those artwork where the Albums are located.

Version History:

5.11.3.2 Export/Import to/from folder patterns were not saved in Options [Jojo]

5.11.3.1 Application could have crash while filling DiscCount if the track wasn't found in Albums Table

5.11.3.0 Support application wide logging debug information, located in Logs directory : debug-yyyyMMdd-log.txt

5.11.2.0 Options to relocate iTSfv Logs, Artwork and Temporary directorys : Options > Advanced > Folders

5.11.1.0 Added options to always import higher resolution artwork during Library validation or Selected Tracks validation : Options > Validate > Tracks

5.11.0.2 Fixed problem with UNC paths having an extra leading slash removed [John]

5.11.0.1 For CD Singles with empty Album tag, iTSfv will look for Artwork based on Track Name [Jojo]

5.11.0.0 Ability to replace existing Artwork with higher resolution (usually 1425x1425) iTunes Music Store artwork if found

5.10.1.1 Fixed iTSfv crashing during Saving Artwork caused by: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

5.10.1.0 Statistics window tabs will show the number of Genre, AlbumArtists, Artists, Albums and Tracks count

5.10.0.2 Resume validation from last checked album checkBox setting will now be remembered

5.10.0.1 Export/Import to/from folder choices were not saved in Options [Jojo]

5.10.0.0 Support exporting selected tracks to another directory specified

5.09.4.1 Incorrectly identified folder with most music, if the iTunes music folder was within that folder

5.09.4.0 Support for dragging more music albums while iTSfv is already adding music to iTunes

5.09.3.3 Backup Ratings XML file save path defaulted to Logs Directory

5.09.3.2 Partially tagged tracks will be accounted for Top # Tracks statistics

5.09.3.1 Tweak 5.8.4.0 Tracks without at least Artist, Album and Name tags will be ignored by iTSfv is now optional in General > Validate. [bluenote]

5.09.3.0 Added Tracks statistics to Statistics window which is similar to Top Rated smart playlist in iTunes

5.09.2.0 Statistics increased to Top 10 instead of Top 5. This is user configurable under Advanced.

5.09.1.1 Fixed another [ itsfv-Bugs-1790526 ] Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow while adjust ratings

5.09.1.0 Parsing iTunes Music Library is now much faster as iTSfv now parses the XML database instead of iTunesLib. 15,000 Tracks under one minute.

Download:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/itsfv/iTS...use_mirror=osdn

New Debug Log:

20070922T021301 Export Artwork Pass 1

20070922T021301 Replace Artwork.jpg? False

20070922T021302 Replace Deftones - (2006) Saturday Night Wrist.jpg? False

20070922T021302 Replace Folder.jpg? False

20070922T021302 Searching iTMS Artwork for Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist

20070922T021302 Start fetching: http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/W...day+Night+Wrist

20070922T021305 Fetched http://a1.phobos.apple.com/r10/Music/6c/59...zi.sqhglzla.jpg

20070922T021306 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021306 Replace 1 Hole In The Earth Artwork? True

20070922T021307 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021307 Replace 2 Rapture Artwork? True

20070922T021309 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021309 Replace 3 Beware Artwork? True

20070922T021310 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021310 Replace 4 Cherry Waves Artwork? True

20070922T021312 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021312 Replace 5 Mein Artwork? True

20070922T021314 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021314 Replace 6 U, U, D, D, L, R, L, R, A, B, Select, Start Artwork? True

20070922T021315 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021315 Replace 7 Xerces Artwork? True

20070922T021317 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021317 Replace 8 Rats!Rats!Rats! Artwork? True

20070922T021318 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021318 Replace 9 Pink Cellphone Artwork? True

20070922T021320 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021320 Replace 10 Combat Artwork? True

20070922T021322 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021322 Replace 11 Kimdracula Artwork? True

20070922T021323 Old Artwork Size: 600x600, New Artwork Size: 1425x1425

20070922T021323 Replace 12 Rivi?re Artwork? True

20070922T021325 Export Artwork Pass 220070922T021325 Replace Artwork.jpg? True

20070922T021325 Replace Deftones - (2006) Saturday Night Wrist.jpg? True

20070922T021325 Replace Folder.jpg? True>

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