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Software Support => DOS/WinCab => Topic started by: FrizzleFried on July 03, 2009, 10:22:54 pm

Title: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: FrizzleFried on July 03, 2009, 10:22:54 pm

What can I use to edit my jukebox.db file?   There are a few entries that while the tags look fine via a tag editor,  they get jacked up when the jukebox.db file is created for some reason.

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: Chris on July 04, 2009, 01:38:15 am

Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 03, 2009, 10:22:54 pm

What can I use to edit my jukebox.db file?   There are a few entries that while the tags look fine via a tag editor,  they get jacked up when the jukebox.db file is created for some reason.

It is a plain text file; you can edit it with WordPad.

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: FrizzleFried on July 04, 2009, 01:27:22 pm

Quote from: Chris on July 04, 2009, 01:38:15 am

Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 03, 2009, 10:22:54 pm

What can I use to edit my jukebox.db file?   There are a few entries that while the tags look fine via a tag editor,  they get jacked up when the jukebox.db file is created for some reason.

It is a plain text file; you can edit it with WordPad.

I did that but the resulting file crashed the program...strange.  I'll try again.

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: FrizzleFried on July 04, 2009, 01:53:19 pm

I just tried that very same thing again... i opened JUKEBOX.DB with wordpad... I edited a few fields and then saved... crash...

So I then took the working jukebox.db file,  simply loaded it in wordpad then resaved without touching the actual data... I tried that .db file...

Guess what.  It crashed.  So there is SOMETHING being saved wrong when using WORDPAD?!?

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: xk on July 04, 2009, 05:35:23 pm

I always use notepad,never had any problems

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: Dermbrian on July 04, 2009, 09:09:27 pm

Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 03, 2009, 10:22:54 pm

What can I use to edit my jukebox.db file?   There are a few entries that while the tags look fine via a tag editor,  they get jacked up when the jukebox.db file is created for some reason.

It sounds like you have the issue that I ran into.  Take a look at this thread....

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=84719.msg891958#msg891958


Brian

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: FrizzleFried on July 08, 2009, 04:11:45 pm

For those interested...

WORDPAD is not what you want to use.  It corrupts the file somehow (perhaps it adds extra characters or something?).

NOTEPAD is what you want to use. 

Title: Re: What to Use to Edit jukebox.db?
Post by: DaOld Man on August 02, 2009, 06:58:32 pm

Could it be because wordpad, by default, saves the file in rich text format?