LairWare Software

[gryphonent]

I've been using MP Freaker on and off since version 1.1. It has great features, but so often it messes up my library that I have come to the conclusion not to use it anymore. Just recently it allocated "I Have A Dream" by Abba to the album "The Best of Jose Carreras." Excuse me???

Other applications like Jaikoz and SongGenie allow for manual control before applying changes. I truly think such a feature would benefit MP Freaker too.

I also would like to have a drop down menu in the genre field to correct all those wildly allocated genres. Ideally with the iTunes genre list, which covers pretty much most genres and is accepted as standard. So, when I get something like "Neo Synth Pop and Rock" I should be able to click on the genre list and have a dropdown menu with all of the default genres as provided by iTunes.

[CaptD]

Here is what I think will take MPF to the next user level:
1. Color the horz line of songs that have problems with ORANGE.
2. Provide a button to sort the main window for VIEWING just those problem songs for manual correction.
3. Allow stopping of the scrolling drawer window, without pausing the sorting process; it's a pain in the butt to try and read an error code when it keeps scrolling upward.
4. Provide a button for "Remembering" a problem song and not listing it (similar to how Song Sgt. allows for remembering dups).
5. Allowing for "skipping" a song that stalls the sorting process after a certain time period; I had one song that stalled the sort process all night for some reason! + Mark those with RED coloring for inspection/removal.
6. Add a window when MPF starts up saying that it will take a moment or two to scan the library before the program buttons become active; I thought the program kept freezing when I first starting using it...
7. Provide a button to increase the font size for folks over 40!
8. Add a "BRAIN" so that MPF will check only items/songs that have been modified since the last TOTAL scanning. This would greatly speed things up and be similar to backup programs allowing incremental or full backups. Give folks a choice of how to RESCAN...

[CaptD]

Is there a listing of error messages that we can access for MPF?
If not perhaps we could start one that is searchable.

BTW: Is this forum searchable? That would be very helpful!

[CaptD]

I'm using MPF on a Mac with latest OS and it is working VERY well!

One major improvement would be for us to be able to sort our iTunes library by date and then have MPF inspect "only" music from that group of music, instead of our entire library of music.

That way we could choose to have have MPF inspect only the latest music we have added and not "re-inspect" our entire iTunes each time we use it... :idea

[beastie]

The easiest way to do what you describe is to make a Smart Playlist in iTunes with your criteria, such as:

[Date Added] [is in the last] [ 1 ] [months]
or whatever. The possibilities here are endless.

... then choose that playlist from MPFreaker's Sources pop-up menu.

[CaptD]

I'm wondering why you do not choose to post a listing of how to's that would make your current and new users much more informed instead of having everyone ask personal questions one by one!

[CaptD]

About this post:
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:14 am Post subject: Smart Playlists to the rescue
The easiest way to do what you describe is to make a Smart Playlist in iTunes with your criteria, such as:

[Date Added] [is in the last] [ 1 ] [months]
or whatever. The possibilities here are endless.

... then choose that playlist from MPFreaker's Sources pop-up menu.

Please consider posting a couple of examples, as I'm not computer savvy enough (it seems) to know how to do what to you is very simple/trivial!
I'd love to be able to do:
1. List the last 100 songs imported in MPF's window.
2. List ONLY the songs missing:
a) Year
b) Art
c) Genre
d) Errors (like null or chunk...)
e) Items shown in RED

I bet it would take you less time to whip the above out then it's taken me to type this up and post it...

Thanks In Advance!