Is is possible to have mp3tag do a "walk"?

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@ohrenkino

For me a "walk" looks a lot like scrolling through the data. That is why I gave that answer.

I guess I should've been clearer since a "walk" AFAIK typically means a command/task will be executed on each item on a list.

Here, the "list" is the tracklist in mp3tag's main window and the task to be executed on each track in sequential order is a websource script querying a unique SONG_ID associated for each track. So, I cannot select-all and run the websource script because the results will only reflect that of what mp3tag queries from the first track on the list.

I forgot that I asked a similar question last year (in greater detail) at a time I was coming to grips with mp3tag's scripting language: Any way for 1) batch and/or 2) no-confirm running of a websource?

Your reply back then, even if it was honest, wasn't too helpful and I gave up and found a way to tie keystroke sequences to mouse gestures. Unfortunately, I still had to manually press the down arrow to process the next track. It was fine for a single artist album, but I balked at doing it for large box sets (>100 songs each). The autohotkey idea came from troubleshooting someone's issue in another forum and I decided to try it out and it appears to have worked.

@Florian

Selecting the next file (i.e., "walk") can be done via the [Ctrl+N] keyboard shortcut (or via Edit > Select next file).

By the way, you can disable the notification message after saving tags at Options > Messages.

Kind regards
– Florian

Hi Florian,

That's good to know. You are correct that confirmation messages can be disabled under settings (I found the information here via google). I didn't know about the CTRL+N shortcut. Thankfully, the 3P programs I used support sending [down arrow] keystroke inputs to mp3tag.

I had a problem delaying the [down arrow] keystroke when assigning a keystroke sequence to run a web source script via a mouse gesture (strokeit). The [down arrow] input when the sequence is executed is washed out since the metadata lookup takes a second or two. StrokeIt's documentation doesn't say if certain keystrokes can be delayed.

However, this is not a StrokeIt support forum and thankfully I found out just the other day that Autohotkey does support delays between strokes (see the 1st post). As you probably guessed by now, I believe I answered my own question with the help of Autohotkey. I just wanted to share the autohotkey hotkey I wrote in case somebody else finds it useful.

For example, someone might use it to call a last.fm websource run through the tracklist to obtain per track moods and other song-specific metadata as the hotkey works its way down the entire tracklist.

Cheers