BPM ProScan V2

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It's available now :)

http://softjock.com/bpmproscan.htm

Bunch of new features: Better tag reading ability, different scan times, sorting, searching, whole or fractional, blah, blah, blah...


It is not so much free anymore, although at $4.99, I'd say it's a fair price :sqbiggrin:
 
Rick you sould make this for the macheads too.
 
Little tip/trick:

I highlight a high level folder, click Search Sub-Folders, and let it scan for a couple
thousand files or so overnight. Then when you wake up in the morning, and pop your first
beer, erm I mean coffee, you click the BPM column header to sort by BPM. Then, those weird
ones that have zeros, can be rescanned as a group at different time lengths, to try and
get an accurate reading. And, the oddballs that have heavier half or double beats, can be
changed quickly with the Make Half, or Make Double options. :)


If anybody has any suggestions for the next build, feel free to put them here...
 
Will it replace BPM numbers already put there by Prime Cuts, RPM or another BPM calculator with its newly discovered numbers?
 
dunlopj said:
Will it replace BPM numbers already put there by Prime Cuts, RPM or another BPM calculator with its newly discovered numbers?
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If you tell it to, yes.

If you don't want it to change values that are already there, just click on the BPM header to sort by BPM. The blanks will be at the top. Select them as a group, then scan and save them. The ones not selected, will not be touched.
 
dunlopj said:
Will it replace BPM numbers already put there by Prime Cuts, RPM or another BPM calculator with its newly discovered numbers?
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If I use any BPM tool, I move the 'already "BPM'd" folders to another folder temporarily (outside of the "root" of the folders I want to BPM) - and then BPM the "root" folder (and the children), then move the "BPM'd" folders back where they were. Currently, when adding media to the library, I BPM it before it goes into the library.
 
ittigger said:
If I use any BPM tool, I move the 'already "BPM'd" folders to another folder temporarily (outside of the "root" of the folders I want to BPM) - and then BPM the "root" folder (and the children), then move the "BPM'd" folders back where they were. Currently, when adding media to the library, I BPM it before it goes into the library.
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A lot of unnecessary work. Just sort by BPM, and only select what doesn't have a value. :)
 
Scott Harris said:
I typically do the inverse. I put newly imported media in a unique folder structure, run BPM scan, MP3gain and Tag & Rename on it, then move it into library folder structure and update the app database.
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I do the same - if you look at the last sentence of my post - Currently, when adding media to the library, I BPM it before it goes into the library.

I was talking about BPM scanning a library that had not been BPM'd (with the exception of a few folders). I thought the conversation was leading to entire libraries based on the discussion at the time, which is why I wrote what I wrote earlier.

SoftJock Rick said:
Little tip/trick:
I highlight a high level folder, click Search Sub-Folders, and let it scan for a couple thousand files or so overnight. Then when you wake up in the morning, and pop your first beer, erm I mean coffee, you click the BPM column header to sort by BPM. Then, those weird ones that have zeros, can be rescanned as a group at different time lengths, to try and get an accurate reading. And, the oddballs that have heavier half or double beats, can be changed quickly with the Make Half, or Make Double options. :)
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Whole Library? Some people could interpret 'high level folder' to mean entire library. I'm also pretty certain Ricky's program can do the whole library.

dunlopj said:
Will it replace BPM numbers already put there by Prime Cuts, RPM or another BPM calculator with its newly discovered numbers?
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Minus a few folders?
 
ittigger said:
Whole Library? Some people could interpret 'high level folder' to mean entire library. I'm also pretty certain Ricky's program can do the whole library.
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I define library as something different usually -- library is what I call the databases in Rockit. It's basically like the card catalog in a real library, which simply tells you where to find the book, and some other information about it.

Since BPM ProScan has no library, it has to work on real folders. Most folks I talk to have some sort of hierarchical structure to their music folders/files -- the structure I see the most, is similar to something like this:

Code: 
C:\Music
   \Blues
      \BB King
      \Janis Joplin
      \John Lee Hooker
      \...
   \Country
      \Alabama
      \Brad Paisley
      \Charlie Daniels
      \...
   \Rock
      \Aerosmith
      \Joe Walsh
      \ZZ Top
      \...
   \...

etc., with them broken down further by album name under artist.


In that case, a "high" level folder would be Blues for example, with the highest level being C:\Music.

So, if you were to scan the high level Blues folder, you would have x,xxx files to deal with in one shot, instead of xx,xxx files, if you attempted to do the whole "collection" of music. :)
 
Rick does the latest version of Rockit balance the volume level of songs played? Sorry for the off topic. Thanks for offering this scan option.
 
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