11-13-2014, 08:55 PM
Hi All,
I've spent a fair time using various pdf editors and renaming tools to get all pages of a Real Book (Vol 1, 6th Edition) stored as separate pdf files in a large directory (folder) tree as specified by the MS manual, but I'm having one particular problem.
So my data is in the following folder structure on my PC:
\Lead Sheet\Antonio Carlos Jobim\Realbook 1, 6th Ed\Bossa\How Insensitive_181.pdf
\Lead Sheet\Charlie Parker\Realbook 1, 6th Ed\Bop\Anthropology_29.pdf
\Lead Sheet\Pat Methany\Realbook 1, 6th Ed\Med Fast Samba\Uniquity Road_421.pdf
etc...
where:
'Lead Sheet' is the Home directory
'Antonio Carlos Jobim' is the composer (Artist)
'Realbook 1, 6th Ed' is the source book (Album)
'Bossa' is the style of music (Genre)
and 'How Insensitive_181.pdf' is the file name (the number suffix refers to the page number in the physical Realbook, so that I can tell my bass player which page he needs.)
The batch import using MS Companion reported no faults, and all the pdf files imported successfully. However, the genre was not picked up during the import, and all the songs have a default genre of 'Instrumental'
Why were the genres not picked up? I need to be able to search by genre (when requested to "play something latin", for example) and this one one of the main reasons I chose MS.
Also, when I look at the actual database, I see that the files have a number suffix (not the one I created, but a different one). For example, 'How Insensitive' is stored as 'How Insensitive_181_1.pdf' and Anthropology is stored as 'Anthropology_29_54.pdf'. Does anybody know what these second numbers are?
Regards,
Miles Forman
Musical Director
P&O Cruises (Australia)
I've spent a fair time using various pdf editors and renaming tools to get all pages of a Real Book (Vol 1, 6th Edition) stored as separate pdf files in a large directory (folder) tree as specified by the MS manual, but I'm having one particular problem.
Quote:From the MS manual:
Use subdirectories for metadata (Artist/Album/Genre) –
.....If you were batch importing from the “Sheet Music” directory, you could create:
Sheet Music/Beethoven/My Classical Book/Classical
and place both “Fur Elise” and “Moonlight Sonata” under this directory. The batch import would automatically assign all of the folder names into the fields.
So my data is in the following folder structure on my PC:
\Lead Sheet\Antonio Carlos Jobim\Realbook 1, 6th Ed\Bossa\How Insensitive_181.pdf
\Lead Sheet\Charlie Parker\Realbook 1, 6th Ed\Bop\Anthropology_29.pdf
\Lead Sheet\Pat Methany\Realbook 1, 6th Ed\Med Fast Samba\Uniquity Road_421.pdf
etc...
where:
'Lead Sheet' is the Home directory
'Antonio Carlos Jobim' is the composer (Artist)
'Realbook 1, 6th Ed' is the source book (Album)
'Bossa' is the style of music (Genre)
and 'How Insensitive_181.pdf' is the file name (the number suffix refers to the page number in the physical Realbook, so that I can tell my bass player which page he needs.)
The batch import using MS Companion reported no faults, and all the pdf files imported successfully. However, the genre was not picked up during the import, and all the songs have a default genre of 'Instrumental'
Why were the genres not picked up? I need to be able to search by genre (when requested to "play something latin", for example) and this one one of the main reasons I chose MS.
Also, when I look at the actual database, I see that the files have a number suffix (not the one I created, but a different one). For example, 'How Insensitive' is stored as 'How Insensitive_181_1.pdf' and Anthropology is stored as 'Anthropology_29_54.pdf'. Does anybody know what these second numbers are?
Regards,
Miles Forman
Musical Director
P&O Cruises (Australia)