BPM column in media library

JPRG · 9th November 2004, 00:15

A BPM column display option for songs in ML

JonnyMac · 9th November 2004, 00:58

Do you mean Beats Per Minute? I don't think that would be feasible. As far as I know BPM is a guesstimate and not part of the tag data.

MostAwesomeDude · 13th November 2004, 08:09

It's a part of the MP4 tag and the ID3 2.4x spec, but Winamp's tag-reader is only up to 2.2 or 2.3 or something like that. Winamp can't check the disc number, compilation flag, or BPM field in an MP3...yet...

qwert73 · 21st November 2004, 22:09

Take a look in a tageditor like Helium2! There are so many columns that can be stored in mp3s and there are useful: BPM, involved persons-function, musicians-instruments, albumartist, feat. artist, releasetype, mediatype, mood, situation and so on... A dream would become true if somedays this great player could read and write them and use them in the ml.

MostAwesomeDude · 24th November 2004, 08:32

Instruments used? Mood and situation? I thought those were proprietary tags. Anyways, we don't need anything better than 2.4.x ID3 and better (read: less bugs) MP4/AAC tag reading.

Helium's wiggy tags are NOT readable by most other programs. Even MMJB, the ruler of all that is proprietary and tweaked, does not support all those fields. Although, they ARE part of the WMA standard tag...hmm...but who wants to use WMA?

~ Dude

qwert73 · 24th November 2004, 12:34

I am confused!

I don't know much about ID3 tags, only what columns wich editor can write. Is it not the same standard in every programm??

Akufen · 28th January 2006, 13:34

I found a free utilty that calculates BPM's from my mp3's and inserts them in the ID3 tag.
(http://www.mixmeister.com/download_freestuff.html)
How hard can it be to let winamp read that? Don't make us switch to iTunes just for this

timm5 · 23rd November 2006, 13:12

FOr what it is worth, this would be top on my winamp wishlist.
There are alot of columns "hidden" under the ML Customized Columns section. But BPM is not one of them.
We can use other programs to populate the BPM field, but we would like Winamp to allow us the option to arrange the tracks via the BPM column.

timm5 · 23rd November 2006, 13:36

Winamp 5.32:
* New: [ml_local] new filters for three pane view (album artist, genre, publisher)

They added a whole bunch of ID3v2.4 columns in latest release.
But (argh!) not BPM for some reason.
With any luck this will be done next release.

DJ Egg · 23rd November 2006, 14:07

You can use %bpm% in your Advanced Title Formatting string (Prefs > Titles) to show bpm values in the Playlist window (assuming all your files have a bpm tag). Maybe there'll eventually be a column for it in the Media Library, but note that it's not at the top of the to-do list...

Besides all that, please don't revive old threads or crosspost

9th November 2004, 00:15	#1
JPRG Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 17	BPM column in media library A BPM column display option for songs in ML

9th November 2004, 00:58	#2
JonnyMac Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 14,385	Do you mean Beats Per Minute? I don't think that would be feasible. As far as I know BPM is a guesstimate and not part of the tag data. Please do not PM me for tech support. Any request for tech support through PM will be ignored. Read the Stickies ---> \| \| \| \| <--- Knowledge is power

13th November 2004, 08:09	#3
MostAwesomeDude Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Home Posts: 128	It's a part of the MP4 tag and the ID3 2.4x spec, but Winamp's tag-reader is only up to 2.2 or 2.3 or something like that. Winamp can't check the disc number, compilation flag, or BPM field in an MP3...yet... "Be excellent to each other." ~ Bill & Ted Member of the ml_www project. 4G 20GB iPod w/ Winamp 5.05 and ml_ipod 1.12

24th November 2004, 08:32	#5
MostAwesomeDude Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Home Posts: 128	Instruments used? Mood and situation? I thought those were proprietary tags. Anyways, we don't need anything better than 2.4.x ID3 and better (read: less bugs) MP4/AAC tag reading. Helium's wiggy tags are NOT readable by most other programs. Even MMJB, the ruler of all that is proprietary and tweaked, does not support all those fields. Although, they ARE part of the WMA standard tag...hmm...but who wants to use WMA? ~ Dude "Be excellent to each other." ~ Bill & Ted Member of the ml_www project. 4G 20GB iPod w/ Winamp 5.05 and ml_ipod 1.12

23rd November 2006, 13:12	#8
timm5 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 6	I strongly agree. FOr what it is worth, this would be top on my winamp wishlist. There are alot of columns "hidden" under the ML Customized Columns section. But BPM is not one of them. We can use other programs to populate the BPM field, but we would like Winamp to allow us the option to arrange the tracks via the BPM column.

21st November 2004, 22:09	#4
qwert73 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 118	Take a look in a tageditor like Helium2! There are so many columns that can be stored in mp3s and there are useful: BPM, involved persons-function, musicians-instruments, albumartist, feat. artist, releasetype, mediatype, mood, situation and so on... A dream would become true if somedays this great player could read and write them and use them in the ml.

24th November 2004, 12:34	#6
qwert73 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 118	I am confused! I don't know much about ID3 tags, only what columns wich editor can write. Is it not the same standard in every programm??

28th January 2006, 13:34	#7
Akufen Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	I found a free utilty that calculates BPM's from my mp3's and inserts them in the ID3 tag. (http://www.mixmeister.com/download_freestuff.html) How hard can it be to let winamp read that? Don't make us switch to iTunes just for this

23rd November 2006, 13:36	#9
timm5 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 6	Winamp 5.32: * New: [ml_local] new filters for three pane view (album artist, genre, publisher) They added a whole bunch of ID3v2.4 columns in latest release. But (argh!) not BPM for some reason. With any luck this will be done next release.

23rd November 2006, 14:07	#10
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,875	You can use %bpm% in your Advanced Title Formatting string (Prefs > Titles) to show bpm values in the Playlist window (assuming all your files have a bpm tag). Maybe there'll eventually be a column for it in the Media Library, but note that it's not at the top of the to-do list... Besides all that, please don't revive old threads or crosspost Playlist -\|- Twitter

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