Electronic Green Room
Hi everybody,
I have a question on setting fields in a text editor, which are bound to keys or buttons on the controller via Virtual DJ script.
I know that setting a fixed string like "Relaxed" to Field User1 to tag the song is possible doing this:
browsed_song "User1" Relaxed
This is working great! Binding this to a key like R makes it easy to tag your songs with your custom tags. But when it comes to multiple custom tags this is not working out any more.
I was wondering if it is possible to do something like
browsed_song "User1" get browsed_song "User1" + ", Intro"
to set value "Relaxed, Intro" in field User1 afterwards?
But this does not seam to work. Only "get" is set to User1.
Is there a possibility to reach what I want with some modification of the given script?
I have a question on setting fields in a text editor, which are bound to keys or buttons on the controller via Virtual DJ script.
I know that setting a fixed string like "Relaxed" to Field User1 to tag the song is possible doing this:
browsed_song "User1" Relaxed
This is working great! Binding this to a key like R makes it easy to tag your songs with your custom tags. But when it comes to multiple custom tags this is not working out any more.
I was wondering if it is possible to do something like
browsed_song "User1" get browsed_song "User1" + ", Intro"
to set value "Relaxed, Intro" in field User1 afterwards?
But this does not seam to work. Only "get" is set to User1.
Is there a possibility to reach what I want with some modification of the given script?
Inviato Mon 08 Jan 18 @ 11:57 am
Electronic Green Room
Hi everybody,
I found a solution to my issue. Here is a script snippet, that does what I want:
get_browsed_song 'User1' & param_equal '' ? browsed_song 'User1' 'Relaxed' : get_browsed_song 'User1' & param_add ',Relaxed' & browsed_song 'User1'
If User1 tag is empty, it just sets value 'Relaxed' to the field. If field User1 wasn't empty, it appends the string ',Relaxed' to the old value.
Now it is easy to use the pads to tag your songs in more detail. Lets assume you assign pad buttons with the script above with values 'Famous', 'Relaxed', and 'LongBreak'.
By pressing those three buttons in a row you tag your song with value 'Famous,Relaxed,LongBreak' in field User1. Displaying the column User1 in the song table, you see all tags of the song at a glance.
When using the pads for the task you can enable the LED of the pads by giving a query like this to the pad-button for 'Relaxed':
get_browsed_song 'User1' & param_contains 'Relaxed' ? color 'cyan' : off
The pad button will be on, if the User1 field contains the word 'Relaxed'.
Cheers
I found a solution to my issue. Here is a script snippet, that does what I want:
get_browsed_song 'User1' & param_equal '' ? browsed_song 'User1' 'Relaxed' : get_browsed_song 'User1' & param_add ',Relaxed' & browsed_song 'User1'
If User1 tag is empty, it just sets value 'Relaxed' to the field. If field User1 wasn't empty, it appends the string ',Relaxed' to the old value.
Now it is easy to use the pads to tag your songs in more detail. Lets assume you assign pad buttons with the script above with values 'Famous', 'Relaxed', and 'LongBreak'.
By pressing those three buttons in a row you tag your song with value 'Famous,Relaxed,LongBreak' in field User1. Displaying the column User1 in the song table, you see all tags of the song at a glance.
When using the pads for the task you can enable the LED of the pads by giving a query like this to the pad-button for 'Relaxed':
get_browsed_song 'User1' & param_contains 'Relaxed' ? color 'cyan' : off
The pad button will be on, if the User1 field contains the word 'Relaxed'.
Cheers
Inviato Thu 22 Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm
VDJ Monty
Wow, what a great idea ive detected 2 years after you have posted it. I like it.
Do you have found a way to remove a word from the chain of multiple tags?
As axample, if user1 contains "Relaxed,Famous,LongBreak" -> remove "Famous"
Do you have found a way to remove a word from the chain of multiple tags?
As axample, if user1 contains "Relaxed,Famous,LongBreak" -> remove "Famous"
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 6:33 am
locoDog
I don't believe that is possible.
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 7:33 am
VDJ Monty
Maybe not with param_*
But maybe with a variable...?!?
But maybe with a variable...?!?
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 10:13 am
locoDog
I have a very hazy way that it could be done but it's stupidly impractical and not worth thinking about.
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 10:25 am
Nicotux
@locodog
maybe you can add the "strings manipulation" engine (or similar) used in my test version "ArtnetDMX" to your "builder" adddon ?
maybe you can add the "strings manipulation" engine (or similar) used in my test version "ArtnetDMX" to your "builder" adddon ?
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 10:49 am
locoDog
to be fair, I didn't think of builder, yes with tweaks it could do it BUT the typing on the user end would be way longer than doing it manually
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 12:47 pm
Nicotux
The other hand, string/chars extraction, tailing cut (leading cut being already possible), insert, index [retro]finding, search... may be usefull
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 12:57 pm
VDJ Monty
Or just replace "something" with "nothing"...
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 7:31 pm
Nicotux
In old testing ArtNetDMX plugin was implementing for tests:
strstr, strrchr, strchr, index, strleft, strright, strlen, substr, folder and for WINDOWS fileselect
strstr, strrchr, strchr, index, strleft, strright, strlen, substr, folder and for WINDOWS fileselect
Inviato Fri 03 Jul 20 @ 11:12 pm
Electronic Green Room
I do it the most straight forward way. I have a delete button to clear the whole field and press the buttons to set the remaining tags again. Since I do not use more than 3 tags, this is done in like 2 secs. And you do not have to open the tag-editor. For me this process to remove the unwanted tag is sufficient. 😉
Inviato Tue 14 Jul 20 @ 3:45 pm
g.crq.000
Guys -- a BIG BIG thank you for your work, explanations ... whoohoo, happy camper here!
started with the scripting couple of days ago, first thing I wanted to be able to quickly rate, be able to apply multiple tags to a song ... couldn't figure it out by myself, but you saved the day! big time.
Note .. for me "user1" didn't work and had to use "Field1" .. so my script looks like this.
get_browsed_song 'Field1' & param_equal '' ? browsed_song 'Field1' 'Funky' : get_browsed_song 'Field1' & param_add ', Funky' & browsed_song 'Field1'
started with the scripting couple of days ago, first thing I wanted to be able to quickly rate, be able to apply multiple tags to a song ... couldn't figure it out by myself, but you saved the day! big time.
Note .. for me "user1" didn't work and had to use "Field1" .. so my script looks like this.
get_browsed_song 'Field1' & param_equal '' ? browsed_song 'Field1' 'Funky' : get_browsed_song 'Field1' & param_add ', Funky' & browsed_song 'Field1'
Inviato Tue 12 Oct 21 @ 2:22 am
Nicotux
These are 'Field1' and 'Field2" or 'User 1' and 'User 2' (space is important in names)
your script is working, however it can add ',Funky' multiple times
This one does the same taking care about 'Funky' already set :
get_text `get_browsed_song Field1 & param_equal "" ? get_text 'Funky' : param_contains 'Funky' !? param_add ',Funky'` & param_cast & browsed_song Field1
(more advanced script, with interesting concepts good to figure out
- param conservation over tests
- grouping alternatives in get_text
- not match testing
- text value automatic casting )
your script is working, however it can add ',Funky' multiple times
This one does the same taking care about 'Funky' already set :
get_text `get_browsed_song Field1 & param_equal "" ? get_text 'Funky' : param_contains 'Funky' !? param_add ',Funky'` & param_cast & browsed_song Field1
(more advanced script, with interesting concepts good to figure out
- param conservation over tests
- grouping alternatives in get_text
- not match testing
- text value automatic casting )
Inviato Tue 12 Oct 21 @ 12:37 pm
Electronic Green Room
Hey Folks,
yes, the field User1 and 'User 1' was handled the same in old versions of VDJ. Now it makes a difference and you should use 'User 1'.
Btw: In my newest version of the script, I prefix the tag with a hash: `#Funky #Groovy #Relaxed`.
Like this you can take advantage of the new native tag-system of VDJ: You set the Tags very fast using the pads and can use features like dynamic filters as a feature out of the box of VDJ:
Maybe VDJ could add verbs in script to add or remove a tag 😎
Here's the snippet of my current script:
get_browsed_song 'User 1' & param_contains '#GG' ? nothing : get_browsed_song 'User 1' & param_equal '' ? browsed_song 'User 1' '#GG' : get_browsed_song 'User 1' & param_add ' #GG' & browsed_song 'User 1'
Cheers Jochen
yes, the field User1 and 'User 1' was handled the same in old versions of VDJ. Now it makes a difference and you should use 'User 1'.
Btw: In my newest version of the script, I prefix the tag with a hash: `#Funky #Groovy #Relaxed`.
Like this you can take advantage of the new native tag-system of VDJ: You set the Tags very fast using the pads and can use features like dynamic filters as a feature out of the box of VDJ:
Maybe VDJ could add verbs in script to add or remove a tag 😎
Here's the snippet of my current script:
get_browsed_song 'User 1' & param_contains '#GG' ? nothing : get_browsed_song 'User 1' & param_equal '' ? browsed_song 'User 1' '#GG' : get_browsed_song 'User 1' & param_add ' #GG' & browsed_song 'User 1'
Cheers Jochen
Inviato Sat 20 Nov 21 @ 12:01 pm