Jaikoz- Discussion Forum

I am just considering the best way to add an interactive tag from musicbrainz
in addition to the fully automated tag currently available, a number of people have requested such an option.

I would be interested in your ideas on how you would expect this to work, and what additional options you would like. Bear in mind that it has to work in the same way whether you are just tagging 10 tracks from the same album or 1000 tracks from different albums.

There was an error in the initial post of Jaikoz 1.7 for OSX. if you have already downloaded Jaikoz 1.7 for OSX before this message was posted (11:50 GMT), please redownload it has now been resolved.

Anonymous wrote:

I downloaded the new version and started following your instructions. One thing has changed though. Instead of replacing the "Artist" field, I'd like to replace, what iTunes calls, the "Album Artist" field. I'm pretty sure this field is called "" by Jaikoz. So my first question is, given my change of plans, is there anything different I need to know?

The right-click "Prepend to Right" command is greyed-out for me. Could it be because I'm using the MacOSX version?

Thanks a lot for your help.

No difference, but prepend to right is only enabled when you have both columns selected, have you only selected fields in one column ?

This was fixed in Jaikoz 1.6.1

Done, release 1.7

This fix has been incorporated into the new release (1.7)

Fixed in Jaikoz 1.7, released today

Anonymous wrote:

I'm running OS X and I would really like to be able to Drag and Drop folders into Jaikoz to be loaded.

Drag 'n' drop is difficult to do well in Java at the moment. I was considering
using a browser tree open all the time, what do you think of this idea

Find & Replace on a Column Basis is now available in version 1.7

2.Grab cover art from Amazon
4. Find And Replace facility

These features are availble in version 1.7 released today

If you like Jaikoz please consider posting an honest review on a software download site such as download.com . With Jaikoz I've tried to break new ground in tag editor software, but I need more feedback. If more people are aware of the product it will help to improve the quality of Jaikoz, and generate new ideas and new functionality.

A new version was released today, this includes an album art downloader, find and replace and some improvements to iTunes compatability.

Take a look at http://www.jthink.net/jaikoz/jsp/news/start.jsp for full details.

Anonymous wrote:

I'm getting the same error with jaikoz 1.6.1
[Fatal Error] :-1:-1: Premature end of file.

This specific error is new , Ive never seen it could you please send your your full jaikozuser0-0.log and jaikozdebug0-0.log so I can analyse this properly.

Ok in your case the problem is the '!' in the Stop! value for title, remove the ! and it will work.

This is not a problem in the new version of jaikoz.

Hi, Ive just fixed this problem, it is caused by null characters within the fields being compared with musicbranz (e.g album,artist,title). On Windows these characters are displayed as a square, on OSX they are invisible, they are generated incorrectly by some tag editors/players - with Itunes being the main culprit.

You can remove them in Jaikoz by running the AutoCorrecter or the appropriate Local Correcter (Local Correct/Correct Artists, Local Correct/Correct Album ...) and making sure the setting 'Remove Undisplayable Characters' on the AutoFormat tab is checked. It is enabled by default for all columns except the Album column (this is a bug) so you need to go to 'Action Settings/Local Correct Settings/Album Settings/Auto Format Tab' and enable it.

If this does not fix your problem, please send me the file.

In the new release I am going to handle the null terminator characters before the records are displayed, and if you modify the tag they will be removed on save. This is ecause the advantages of displaying them so that you have an accurate view of what is being stored is being outweighed by the disavanatges.