This is a playlist builder for the Wolverine ESP (any model) or the Vosonic (probably any model, please tell me if you have problems). What it does is this:Wolverine ESP/Vosonic Playlist Builder
Copyright © 2007 M. Scott Gartner
Version 0.1 (BETA)
Use this at your own risk.
You can always find the newest version on this page.
This is a playlist builder for the Wolverine ESP (any model) or the Vosonic (probably any model, please tell me if you have problems). What it does is this:
1) It reads all of the MP3 files that you have on your Wolverine.
2) It parses all of the ID3 data as well as looking at the directory structure on the drive.
3) It builds one or more playlists from the ID3 data (by artist, by album, by genre, by year, and by directory).
4) It then writes these playlists back onto the drive.
If you run the program directly from the Wolverine, it will figure out the directories for you and pre-fill the source and destination text boxes.
The builder requires that you have .net 2.0 installed on your machine. If you do not already have .net 2.0, you can get it from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads.
This is how I have my drive organized, but it is not required that you do the same:
Note that I have an extra "Music" directory within the one created by the Wolverine. This is so I don't have to go scrolling through the MP3s or directories to find the playlists. Since I don't use the MP3 files directly anymore at all, it doesn't matter that they are now deeper on the drive. You could, in fact, put the MP3 files anywhere you like and my re-use of "Music" is purely arbitrary. Mainly I didn't want the terrible ID3 tags of the Podcasts, books, etc. to dirty up the generated playlists.
Installation:
I created a new directory in the root of the Wolverine drive called "PlaylistBuilder" (you can call it anything) and I put the two program files in that directory:
Then I created a shortcut to the exe in my start menu. You can also just double-click on it directly on the Wolverine drive.
Any time I update the drive with new music, I simply run the tool and regenerate all of the playlists. I usually click the checkbox marked, "Clear Destination before writing new playlists (erase all old playlists, will not delete any other file type)".
Note that any Wolverine-generated playlists will be created directly in the "playlist" directory and therefore will not be deleted by the tool (it only deletes files in its own subdirectories):
/Media/Music/Playlist/byAlbum
/Media/Music/Playlist/byArtist
/Media/Music/Playlist/byDirectory
/Media/Music/Playlist/byGenre
/Media/Music/Playlist/byYear
That's pretty much the long and the short of it. If you like it, please drop me a line. If you have ideas for new features, likewise. If you don't like it, keep it to yourself.
ID3 class courtesy of Hamed_ji:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/library/Do_Anything_With_ID3.asp
Scott
April, 2007
For more information about this program contact: Scott Gartner
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