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nimfakie

27 Oct, 2009 11:03 AM

Is there a file of tags somewhere that can be edited?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by hendrik on 28 Oct, 2009 01:38 PM

   

   No - the tags are in the internal database only.
   What are you trying to achieve... maybe there is another way to do it.

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by nimfakie on 28 Oct, 2009 01:49 PM

   

   Correct a typo. I've thought of simply adding the correct spelling as a separate tag, but then I can't get rid of the misspelled tag, unless I remove it from each song. Haven't found a way to remove a tag from a batch.
   Tags are brilliant, by the way!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 28 Oct, 2009 02:00 PM

   

   Right now, there is no way supported by beaTunes that would let you do that.
   If you know your way around with SQL databases you could manipulate the database itself like this:

   • Shut down beaTunes.
   • Find out where your database file is (in ~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/Database on OS X).
   • Run java -jar /Applications/beaTunes2.app/Contents/Resources/Java/h2-1.0.79.jar or java -jar C:\Program Files\tagtraum industries\beaTunes-2.0.17\lib\h2-1.0.79.jar from the command line
   • Enter the JDBC URL to your database in the browser window (e.g. jdbc:h2:/Users/[username]/.beaTunes/database/beaTunes-464523537abc)
   • Use SQL to update the tag in question.
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4. 4 Posted by nimfakie on 28 Oct, 2009 02:10 PM

   

   Perfect! Thanks

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by hendrik on 28 Oct, 2009 02:16 PM

   

   Just re-read my post... of course you need to adjust all paths. They are just examples.
   Good luck!

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by hendrik on 28 Oct, 2009 02:17 PM

   

   And... this usually goes without saying, but please make a backup of the database before you mess with it....

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7. hendrik closed this discussion on 22 Feb, 2010 02:30 PM.