THE ultimate cue parser

frifox · **Joined:** 2010-09-27 **Posts:** 126

just finished coding a killer cuesheet parser for the new cuenation.

upload a horrible cuesheet:

Code:

pe日rFo日RMER "  " ""Roger       Shah"   " 
    INDEX 01 
      
TITLE "Magic Island - Music for Balearic People 132 (2010-11-19) [DI.fm Streamrip]"
FILE "Roger_Shah_日本語_Magic_Island_اللغة العربية_Music_for_Balearic_People_132.mp3" FLAC

CUENATION FTW!!!
@%^&^SFGSFadfgsdf%$^$%

  T R  ACK 01 AUDIO
#%$@$&%@23456      PERFORMER "اللغة العربية"
    TI   T    LE Intro
    INDEX z01 0:hahaha   0:0
  TRA  CK 02 AUDIO
    P e R F o R m ER "7                 Skies"
            TITLE日本語 (Ben Gold Remix)"
   FILE "Roger_Shah_日本語_Magic_Island_اللغة العربية_Music_for_Balearic_People_132.mp3" MP4
    INDEX z01 1:1
  TR A CK 03 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Markus             Schulz"
 @   TIT  LE "Dark Heart Waiting ("Live" Mix)
 @   IND  EX 01 5:yooo!!!06:25
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Gregorio Styreco"
 4   TITLE "The Forgotten (ReOrder Deep Remix)"
3 4   INDEX 01 12:27:70
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    PERFORMER Matt Bukovski
    TITLE "Fresh Air (Type 41 Remix)"
IN  DEX 01 1:2:3
IND EX 01 19:2@#7:00 /// second index

let the parser do its job:

Code:

$good_cue = $cueParser->clean($bad_cue);

and we get a nice:

Code:

PERFORMER "Roger Shah"
TITLE "Magic Island - Music for Balearic People 132 (2010-11-19) [DI.fm Streamrip]"
FILE "Roger_Shah_日本語_Magic_Island_اللغة العربية_Music_for_Balearic_People_132.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 1 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "اللغة العربية"
    TITLE "Intro"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 2 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "7 Skies"
    TITLE "日本語 (Ben Gold Remix)"
    INDEX 01 00:01:01
  TRACK 3 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Markus Schulz"
    TITLE "Dark Heart Waiting ("Live" Mix)"
    INDEX 01 05:06:25
  TRACK 4 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Gregorio Styreco"
    TITLE "The Forgotten (ReOrder Deep Remix)"
    INDEX 01 12:27:70
  TRACK 5 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Matt Bukovski"
    TITLE "Fresh Air (Type 41 Remix)"
    INDEX 01 19:27:00

maybe i should also make it lowercase & auto-add ending period for vs/pres/feat/etc, lowercase all "van"/"de" in artist name, and delete all that (Original Mix) shyt as well :mrgreen:

PS: the class (including parser, compiler, & cleaner) is only 170 lines of code :lol:

https://github.com/frifox/cueParser/blo ... parser.php

m1nt · **Joined:** 2010-09-27 **Posts:** 10

dang! how much would it add to the code if you add the cleaning to actual tracklist (vs., pres. (Original Mix), uppercase everything, etc.)

frifox · **Joined:** 2010-09-27 **Posts:** 126

1 line per fix... tho i'm still debating with myself whether we should give users freedom or impose a iron first in terms of the artist/title naming format.

phool · **Joined:** 2010-11-23 **Posts:** 7

If you look at the rule for when to place a full stop at the end of abbreviations you will see that "versus" and "presents" actually should not have a full stop at the end.

I do however support the idea of a parser. It will ultimately lead to more standardised cues, especially for the "van"/"de" scenarios.

lindmik · **Posted:** 2010-11-23, 4:57 pm

frifox wrote:

maybe i should also make it lowercase & auto-add ending period for vs/pres/feat/etc, lowercase all "van"/"de" in artist name

Don't! Names can be written differently, so it's not a rule. E.g. Armand Van Helden and Manuel De La Mare.

lindmik · **Posted:** 2010-11-23, 5:00 pm

phool wrote:

If you look at the rule for when to place a full stop at the end of abbreviations you will see that "versus" and "presents" actually should not have a full stop at the end.

I think that they should, at least in US English. There is also the problem with Mr Sam and Mr. Pitt. However, I would like to see DJ always as DJ, not Dj.

My crazy idea is that the vs. and pres. would be in the database as "versus" and "presents" in a separate DB table, from which the tracklists are generated according to user preference, i.e. abbreviated or not.

Edit: To clarify, if there are multiple artist it would be possible to click on them separately, as on Discogs, with the combinatorial word separated. However, not for collabs like Kyau & Albert (or "Kyau vs. Albert").

lindmik · **Posted:** 2010-11-23, 5:04 pm

BTW, is this really allowed in a cue: "Dark Heart Waiting ("Live" Mix)"?

frifox · **Joined:** 2010-09-27 **Posts:** 126

lindmik wrote:

BTW, is this really allowed in a cue: "Dark Heart Waiting ("Live" Mix)"?

i don't think so but at least the parser doesnt crash if someone really does use that

i got an idea: once the cuesheet is uploaded but is still not live (aka, drafts) we can give user a option with be a list of all fixes that we consider valid (Dj->DJ, vs->vs., versus->vs., drop Original Mix, Van->van, etc) and user can checkbox all or just some specific ones that he wants to apply to the cuesheet. this way this Cuesheet Normalization feature will be available but won't be mandatory.

lindmik · **Posted:** 2010-11-24, 7:07 am

frifox wrote:

i got an idea: once the cuesheet is uploaded but is still not live (aka, drafts) we can give user a option with be a list of all fixes that we consider valid (Dj->DJ, vs->vs., versus->vs., drop Original Mix, Van->van, etc) and user can checkbox all or just some specific ones that he wants to apply to the cuesheet. this way this Cuesheet Normalization feature will be available but won't be mandatory.

Still, it should not be change every instance of something, but if it would highlight all possible "mistakes" and then give suggestions (JavaScript popup menu or something) that would be sweet! Could also notice (at least for me) common misspellings, like "pers." "faet.".

aranea · **Posted:** 2011-07-13, 7:26 pm

frifox, Hello
recently i used your cue parser - it looks and works great!
one little notice - using formatted track number with leading zero looks nice

Code:

154: $out.= '  TRACK '.$key.' AUDIO'.PHP_EOL;
to
154: $out.= '  TRACK '.sprintf("%02d",$key).' AUDIO'.PHP_EOL;

thanks =)

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