I'd love to see an automated way of:
1. Importing a text playlist into virtual DJ
2. Having Virtual DJ scan each line of text and match that artist and title to a file in the database.
3. Create a VDJ playlist based on the results of the scan and match.
4. Present it for pre-approval in the case that any false matches need to be manually corrected.
Is this already possible using 3rd party soiftware or VDJ itself? I have 235 episodes of a podcast that need to be converted from text to VDJ playlist. I'm doing it manually and everytime I do one episode I think "there's got to be a better way..."
1. Importing a text playlist into virtual DJ
2. Having Virtual DJ scan each line of text and match that artist and title to a file in the database.
3. Create a VDJ playlist based on the results of the scan and match.
4. Present it for pre-approval in the case that any false matches need to be manually corrected.
Is this already possible using 3rd party soiftware or VDJ itself? I have 235 episodes of a podcast that need to be converted from text to VDJ playlist. I'm doing it manually and everytime I do one episode I think "there's got to be a better way..."
Posted Sat 10 Sep 22 @ 3:51 am
I'm pretty sure there's an app available which one forum member created after I requested the very same thing in the past (ten years ago it seems).
Ah here it is. Summonizer by PachN.
https://www.virtualdj.com/plugins/index.html?addonid=80364
Ah here it is. Summonizer by PachN.
https://www.virtualdj.com/plugins/index.html?addonid=80364
Posted Sat 10 Sep 22 @ 8:17 am
Incredible!!!!!! I'm on macOS but I do have Wine CrossOver installed so hopefully I can get it working with that. Thanks so much for the quick follow up and solution!!
Posted Tue 13 Sep 22 @ 10:54 pm
groovindj wrote :
I'm pretty sure there's an app available which one forum member created after I requested the very same thing in the past (ten years ago it seems).
Ah here it is. Summonizer by PachN.
https://www.virtualdj.com/plugins/index.html?addonid=80364
Ah here it is. Summonizer by PachN.
https://www.virtualdj.com/plugins/index.html?addonid=80364
Darn it. It looks like I won't be able to use this after all. If it was a standalone app it might be possible with Wine but it looks like I can only access it as an extension from Virtual DJ run from a windows machine :-S
Posted Tue 13 Sep 22 @ 11:00 pm
I would probably just create a simple m3u (std playlist format) file manually, and have VDJ check and then use it
The format is so simple and "forgiving" (it doesn't have to be perfect to work) that it's easy to do, and if something is missing, you can use VDJ "locate missing file" function to fix any mistakes
Basically this content (just a list of files) in a text editor:
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\In Utero\Nirvana - 03 - Heart-Shaped Box.mp3
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 01 - Smells like teen spirit.mp3
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 03 - Come As You Are.mp3
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 05 - Lithium.mp3
... saved with .m3u extension will work - so for instance saved as:
Nirvana.m3u
... gives you a playlist called "Nirvana" in VDJ (where ever you save it), and when you click it, you get the 4 tracks listed in the file list window, ready to load and play
If you then want to be more thorough you can add a middle step
VDJ won't change the m3u file, so it won't correct that the format is "simplified"
But other players that support the .m3u format will, so as a middle step you can open it in for instance WinAmp, and simply save it again, overwriting the existing file
Then it'll look like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:281,Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\In Utero\Nirvana - 03 - Heart-Shaped Box.mp3
#EXTINF:301,Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 01 - Smells like teen spirit.mp3
#EXTINF:219,Nirvana - Come As You Are
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 03 - Come As You Are.mp3
#EXTINF:257,Nirvana - Lithium
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 05 - Lithium.mp3
... meaning that winamp will have understood it, but also made it a "real" .m3u format
It will also have made the paths relative where relevant
And it will of course still work in VDJ - it won't care one way or the other :)
The format is so simple and "forgiving" (it doesn't have to be perfect to work) that it's easy to do, and if something is missing, you can use VDJ "locate missing file" function to fix any mistakes
Basically this content (just a list of files) in a text editor:
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\In Utero\Nirvana - 03 - Heart-Shaped Box.mp3
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 01 - Smells like teen spirit.mp3
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 03 - Come As You Are.mp3
C:\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 05 - Lithium.mp3
... saved with .m3u extension will work - so for instance saved as:
Nirvana.m3u
... gives you a playlist called "Nirvana" in VDJ (where ever you save it), and when you click it, you get the 4 tracks listed in the file list window, ready to load and play
If you then want to be more thorough you can add a middle step
VDJ won't change the m3u file, so it won't correct that the format is "simplified"
But other players that support the .m3u format will, so as a middle step you can open it in for instance WinAmp, and simply save it again, overwriting the existing file
Then it'll look like this:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:281,Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\In Utero\Nirvana - 03 - Heart-Shaped Box.mp3
#EXTINF:301,Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 01 - Smells like teen spirit.mp3
#EXTINF:219,Nirvana - Come As You Are
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 03 - Come As You Are.mp3
#EXTINF:257,Nirvana - Lithium
\privat\Grab\Nirvana\Nevermind\Nirvana - 05 - Lithium.mp3
... meaning that winamp will have understood it, but also made it a "real" .m3u format
It will also have made the paths relative where relevant
And it will of course still work in VDJ - it won't care one way or the other :)
Posted Wed 14 Sep 22 @ 7:46 am
Thanks for the suggestion. I’m using macOS so it won’t work with Winamp. I’ll keep searching for a third party program that might do what I’m looking for. There’s plenty on the windows side but nothing yet for macOS that Ive found.
Posted Wed 14 Sep 22 @ 8:04 am
gabrieldiggs wrote :
Thanks for the suggestion. I’m using macOS so it won’t work with Winamp. I’ll keep searching for a third party program that might do what I’m looking for. There’s plenty on the windows side but nothing yet for macOS that Ive found.
You don't need it
Like I posted.just use your text editor, put in the file list, save with m3u extension, and you are done
Posted Wed 14 Sep 22 @ 8:10 am
Like this:
Posted Wed 14 Sep 22 @ 8:19 am