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1. 27 Text Transformations options 28 Network settings 29 Genres and templates 30 About TagScanner 31 Support 32 Introduction TagScanner is a multifunction application for organizing managing and playing your music collection It can edit tags of most state of the art audio formats rename files based on the tag information generate tag information from file names and extract text from tags and filenames It has a powerful tag editor with batch functions and special features with support for ID3v1 ID3v2 Vorbis co2. 17 List maker 18 Text transform 19 Appendices 20 Placeholders 21 Hotkeys 23 Context menu 24 Program options 26 General options 26 Tags options
3. Contact your admin User Enter user name for the proxy server Contact your admin Pswd Enter password for the proxy server Contact your admin FreeDB server List of possible hosts for FREEDB service Select a server that is located nearest to you to improve the access speed email By default freedb service require any live email address to login on server Genres and templates Custom genres You may have your own custom genres For example ghazal qawwali geet Hindustani classical Karnatic classical etc Add a new genre and then give it a new name Double click on a genre to edit its name Delete the selected genre You can also press the DEL key Templates for foldernames Templates are combinations of placeholders Add a new template and then give it a new name Double click on a template to edit its name Delete the selected template You can also press the DEL key About TagScanner This screen provides details about TagScanner In a typical Windows application such a screen would be usually found in Help menu Support TagScanner author Sergey Serkov TagScanner homepage http www xdlab ru You can send an email in English or Russian only to xdev narod ru to report bugs comments or suggestions I will do my best to respond to any mail regarding this subject However please remember that this is a freeware project therefore I cannot dedicate too much time and effort to
4. TAG Copy Copy tag information from selected files into TagScanner buffer TAG Paste Paste tag information consistently from TagScanner buffer into selected files Rename folder by TAG Rename current file folder with predefined or user template Imprort cover from file Import covers from specified files into tags within selected files Export cover to file Export covers from selected files into specified files Get info from CUE file Fill in tag data from cue file containing a list of tracks Remove Remove selected files from list Move to Move selected files to the specified folder Copy to Copy selected files to the specified folder Rename Rename selected file Delete Delete selected files from disc You can set format of cover s filename in TagScanner settings By default TagScanner uses the path of the current file as the path for covers but you can use placeholders to change this You can set filename to if you want to use any first picture from the folder when you run the Import function TagScanner supports ID3 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 tags APE v1 and v2 tags Vorbis Comments WMA tags and MP4 iTunes metadata Some files may contain several tags at the same time Table of files and tags formats combinations File Tag format Reading Saving Saving Auto Advanced Audio Coding aac ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 APEv2 Monkey s Audio ape mac ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 A
5. Format string skip artist title Results Artist ABBA Title Ring Ring Remarks The folder and path data is ignored because there is no in the Format string Example 2 Get complete data from filename Filename D MP3 Album Artist 2010 New Album promo 01 Artist Title Format string albumartist year lt album Limited edition gt promo track artist title Results ALBUMARTIST Album Artist YEAR 2010 ALBUM New Album Limited edition TRACK 01 ARTIST Artist TITLE Title Remarks We added literal text Limited edition to the ALBUM tag by using lt gt brackets Extract format and mix tag field values This module extracts existing tag data and mixes it with new strings to create new tags The workflow is as follows 1 Compose the Source string This defines the input data that will be used to create new tags The source string may consist of any literal characters and pre defined placeholders The literal characters in the source strings will be used exactly as entered The placeholders in this string will be replaced with the information from the file 2 Compose the Destination string from the same placeholders that were used in the source string For each file TagScanner will use the data extracted by the source string 3 Click Preview to check results Adjust settings if required and preview again 4 Click Run to save tag data into selected f
6. can click If you click on any button the value displayed in that edit box is locked this field s value will not be changed if you select another file The Title button and its data entry box are shown below as an example Normal Pressed This trick is useful to apply the same value to multiple files After entering the new text in the tag field lock the value by clicking the button and then select the other files that are supposed to have that same text in that field Note that the new value is not actually applied to the other file s until you press the Save button The Track box is an exception If you click on the Track button the value of the track will increment by one when you move to another file Effectively all tracks are automatically numbered in a sequence Click the Remove button to remove tags from the selected files Click the Save button to save new edited tags into the selected files When you select a file in the File list pane its details are displayed in the right side bottom of the screen The details include size of the file play duration codec used compression standard e g MP3 sampling rate type of tags recording type mono stereo joint stereo etc Right click on file list to see additional functions TagScanner shows a large list of tags on the right However for ease of operation this long list is divided into different sections so that you can expand each section at a
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8. name Delete the selected script Duplicate the selected script and then edit and rename that copy Fields Select the fields that will be affected by the script you can select ALL also Case change Select if you want to change the case in the selected field s If you tick the check box select the type of case change ALLCAPS Sentence etc Text replacement Select this option if you want to replace some characters strings with others If you select this option then add your original and replacement strings Add a new set of original replacement strings The case and word checkboxes reflect the settings at bottom Delete the selected set of original replacement strings Duplicate the selected set and then edit that copy Case sensitive Check if you want to replace only when the case of the search string matches Whole words only Check if you want to replace only when the whole word matches the search string Convert codepage Check if you want to change the codepage For example you can read Russian music on your PC without Cyrillic support Just activate this function and set encoding to Cyrillic Now you will see normal titles in Russian instead of junk characters like Network settings Use proxy In case you are behind a proxy server e g In a office LAN select this option Proxy Specify the IP address of your proxy server Contact your admin Port Specify the port used by your proxy server
9. the track mono stereo etc Returns the number of channels in text form returns the strings mono and stereo instead of numbers 1 and 2 _codec Codec name _codec_profile Returns a information about encoder i e aoTuV b5 20061024 based on Xiph Org s libVorbis _filesize Returns the filesize formatted as Kilo or Mega bytes _filesize_bytes Returns the filesize in bytes _filedate Returns the date and time of file modification _length Returns the length of the track formatted as hours minutes and seconds _length_sec Returns the length of the track in seconds _samplerate Sample rate of the track in Hz _tagtype List of tag types in the file _counter Global digital counter for any operation Filenames filename File name without extension fileext File extension filenameext File name with extension filepath Full path to file fullfilenameext Full file name with path and extension foldername Name of folder wich contain current file workpath Current working path conditional section If the expression between and evaluates to true its string value and the Boolean value True are returned Otherwise an empty string and Boiolean value False are returned Example artist returns the value of the artist tag if it exists Otherwise it returns an empty string Note that both and characters are used in file and folder names Bu
10. B free space on the hard disk Connection to the internet to use the online feature License TagScanner is provided as FREEWARE for private and commercial use TagScanner may be freely distributed with exceptions noted below provided the distribution package is not modified Disclaimer Tagscanner is distributed as is basis The author makes no warranty of any kind expressed or implied By using tagscanner you agree to use it at your own risk The author will not be liable for data loss damages loss of profits or any other kind of loss while using or misusing this software Getting to know the TagScanner interface The TagScanner interface is shown below numbers are given in counterclockwise direction The different parts work as follows Sl Remarks 1 TagScanner has four main modules accessible through these tabs 2 Toolbar provides most repeated functions for the list pane see 3 below 3 File list panel shows all files Various columns show different tags of these files 4 Use player to check out the media files 5 Paste a path here to scan for media files or browse the file system to look for media files 6 Preview and Rename Save buttons for any file renaming or tag editing operation 7 The control panel has all controls Its layout changes based on which module see 1 above is selected 8 Text Transformation panel lets you clean up and re format the tags quickly 9 The Settings tab sho
11. PEv2 Free Lossless Audio Codec flac Vorbis Comments Vorbis Comments Vorbis Comments MPEG Audio mp1 mp2 mp3 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 MPEG 4 mp4 m4a m4b MP4 iTunes metadata MP4 iTunes metadata MP4 iTunes metadata Musepack mpc mpp mp ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 APEv2 Ogg Vorbis ogg Vorbis Comments Vorbis Comments Vorbis Comments OptimFROG DualStream ofr ofs ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 APEv2 Speex spx Vorbis Comments Vorbis Comments Vorbis Comments True Audio tta ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 ID3v2 Windows Media Audio wma asf WindowsMedia metadata WindowsMedia metadata WindowsMedia metadata WavPack wv ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv1 APEv2 ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 APEv2 You can select the desired mode to write or read information to from multi tagged Reading ID3v1 Use only ID3v1 ID3v2 If field value exists in ID3v2 then use this value else use value from ID3v1 APE TagScanner first reads an ID3v1 tag and after that the ID3v2 tag and after that the APE tag Saving ID3v1 Write or remove only ID3v1 tag ID3v2 Write or remove only ID3v2 tag APEv2 Write or remove only APEv2 tag ID3v1 ID3v2 Write or remove ID3v1 ID3v2 tags APEv2 ID3v1 Write or remove APEv2 ID3v1 tags Complete Write or remove all TAGs at once Auto Write or remove TAGs depend on stream format AUTO mode uses tag formats
12. TagScanner Version 5 1 594 User Manual Table of Contents Introduction 3 Key features 3 Miscellaneous 3 System requirements 3 License 3 Disclaimer 3 Getting to know the TagScanner interface 5 Basic operation 6 Fil
13. c files in the mail pane at left 2 Select one of the templates in the right pane 3 Enter a name for the exported file You can also browse and select an existing file This file will be overwritten when the data is exported 4 Select encoding for most cases leave the default 5 BOM Byte Order Mark required for some software to detect the Unicode data in a file 6 The HTML compatible option replaces all special characters like amp with special html friendly equivalents 7 If you select the Use relative paths option the absolute path starting from the disk partition e g D till the folder that contains the files will be ignored Only the folder and its subfolders will be used 8 Click on the Export button to actually create the data file Text transform The Text transform pane is useful in cleaning up your tag data and changing its format This pane is provided in all TagScanner modules at top right corner of your screen This means you can clean up your tags in addition to using the basic functions of your current module Just click on any check box to select that option You can select multiple options at a time When you press the Save button TagScanner edits the tags as per the settings of the current module and the Text transform pane and then saves the tags The following options are available by default Case change Convert case of text e g ALLCAPS Sentence case lowercase etc Stan
14. dard values This script makes some standardization for English rules Transliteration Convert non English characters to equivalent English characters strings FTP format if you FTP a music file some characters in its name can block the transfer Replace such characters with an acceptable alternative Untransliteration Convert English strings to equivalent non English characters Discogs cleanup This script removes some technical data from tags when you use discogs service General Latin Remove accent marks from non English characters and replace them with the near equivalent English character Actually these are just preset options Each option has multiple setting within it for example you can choose if the option affects only a selected tag or all of them You can edit the setting in each option and even add your own options to the Options list You can also rename the options To edit these options dounble click on any option or click the button Further settings are explained in Program Options section of the manual Tip You can also click on the Program Options button and then select the Text Transform section To add new options press on the button Appendices Placeholders A placeholder is a field tag name enclosed in percent signs for example artist Field remappings Metadata title Title of the track artist Name of the artist of the track album Name of the alb
15. e is explained in its own section click on the links shown in red above File renamer This module renames files based on the tag data and other characteristics of the file The controls on this screen work as follows Format Enter a string here which defines the new file name You can compose the format string using literal characters and pre defined placeholders The literal characters are placed in the file s name exactly as you entered them The placeholders are replaced with the actual information from the file Use backslash in the format string to create subfolders in the folder that contains the file Restructure files on disk based on tag information Create new folder structure based on tag data Move files to new root location Specify any path here for example D Music Jazz The restructured files see above will be moved to that directory Also move nonmusic files Select this option to move the non music files e g Doc xls ppt pdf also Delete empty folders Deletes any empty folders you don t have to clean them up separately Trim file for max length Truncates the file name to specified name The workflow is as follows 1 Select the file s by using the mouse or the keyboard 2 Press Preview to check the results Adjust the settings if required and press Preview again Note that the files are not renamed yet 3 Click the Rename button Now the files are actually r
16. e pull down menu Scan last active folder on startup If you have a folder that keeps getting new songs select this option Now you will be able to edit the tags of new songs as soon as they arrive Check for updates on startup Keep this selected so you get a message as soon as a new version is available Use natural sorting in file list If you select this option TagScanner will sort like this 8 9 10 11 This is how we naturally count But if you unselect this option the default sorting is lexicographical sorting In this case the sorting is done based on left to right characters as in a dictionary Thus TagScanner will sort 10 11 8 9 Auto rename support files with the same name as at a musical file Yoy have additional files to support the media file These files form a set with each file serving a different purpose For example we can have the following files as a set Waterloo mp3 Media music file waterloo cdg karaoke file waterloo txt lyrics This option allows you to auto rename all support files when you rename the media file Tags options IDV3 Write Unicode data to ID3v2 If your player cannot display Unicode data uncheck this option OGG Vorbis Embedded cover art format Globally two separate mutually incompatible formats are used for the covers of OGG vorbis files Unfortunately many players can read only one of these formats Therefore you may have to convert the cover of some OGG Vorb
17. e renamer 7 Tag editor 9 Tag processor 12 Get album information from online source 12 Freedb and Tracktype 12 Amazon and Discogs 13 Generate Tag data from file directory name 14 Extract format and mix tag field values 15 Get tag data from text file
18. enamed The results are shown in a second tab of the interface as shown below Example 1 Simple renaming Format string track artist title New name 01 ABBA Ring Ring Remarks We used a literal string in the format string Example 2 Rename files using tags and then move albums to new location Format string albumartist year album CD disc track title Restructure files on Selected New root folder D MP3 New names D MP3 ABBA 1973 Ring Ring 01 Ring Ring D MP3 ABBA 1973 Ring Ring 04 People Need Love D MP3 ABBA 1974 Waterloo CD1 01 Waterloo D MP3 ABBA 1974 Waterloo CD2 01 Honey Honey Remarks The part enclosed in is optional The first two files didn t have a disk tag Therefore their new path does not have a disk based subfolder Tag editor This module is for manually editing tags You can create new tags or edit the existing tags Select the file s to edit by using the mouse or the keyboard The tags of the selected file s will be displayed in the entry fields in the right pane of the window Enter new data or edit the existing data in the entry fields If the selected files have dissimilar values in any field TagScanner shows lt varies unchanged gt in that field This means TagScanner will retain the current content of this tag field for each file when saving the new tag The field names are actually buttons that you
19. eration The results are shown on a different tab Click Save to save the selected information into selected files Generate Tag data from file directory name In this mode the tags are generated from the file s name and path To extract the values of tags from files name and path you have to first a Format string using various tag placeholders and literal text Some additional rules are as follows 1 Use the angular brackets lt gt to save a combination of a placeholder and literal text in a tag 2 Use the backslash to mark folders in the Format string 3 Use special placeholder skip to ignore some parts of filename TagScanner compares each file s name and path with this Format string If any text matches with a given placeholder it is entered as data for that tag for the given file Some tags may already have some data stored in them You have the following options about how to handle them Leave Don t change existing values Update Update tag data with generated values Overwrite Deletes all data completely and then saves the newly generated values In this way data for multiple tags is created simultaneously Click the Preview button to check the results Adjust the settings as required and re check the results Finally click on the Generate button to save the newly generated data in the respective tags Example 1 Get Artist and Title from filename Filename D MP3 Pop 01 ABBA Ring Ring
20. he selected tracks For manual searches use other services You can choose between different methods for getting information Calculate DiscID from selected files Select all tracks in correct order Note Only one album at a time Search in database Enter the artist or album name in the Search box Manual query Enter a DiskID by yourself Tip You can search for the DiskID from www freedb org Click Search to get the information from the online database TagScanner uses UTF 8 codepage by default However if the online database uses any other codepage the names will not be redable Select such files by clicking on their checkboxes and then try different codepage options from the pull down menu till the names are readable In case of compilations you may want to enter the artists names in each file separately instead of entering VA various artists in the Artist tag of all files To do this just uncheck Compilations Click Save to save the information into selected files Amazon and Discogs These services allow you to get text information and cover art for all types of media They also support multidisc albums and compilations Enter the search parameters and click Search to get the information Then select the album or any track from the album You can choose what to save into a file The album information and or cover art Caution Do not forget to preview the results before completing any op
21. iles Example 1 TITLE field contains data in Artist Song Title form Source title Destination artist title Results ARTIST Artist TITLE Song Title Example 2 swap ARTIST and TITLE Source artist title Destination title artist where is just any unique symbol insert your own character here Results ARTIST Song Title TITLE Artist Example 3 Append text to TITLE field Source some title text Destination title Results TITLE some Title text Get tag data from text file This module allows you to import tag data from a text file The workflow is as follows 1 Select Filename of the source text file 2 The Format string describes the format of one line in the text file The placeholders used to mark the parts of the source string which are copied to the tag Sometimes the beginning of the text file contains remarks and other miscellaneous information rather than tag data You can skip a few lines from the beginning of the file Click Run to save tag data into selected files Example 1 Get data from CSV file Format string artist title track Results ARTIST Artist TITLE Title TRACK 01 List maker Use this screen to create playlists and export information about your music collection to any format Use CSV Comma Separated Values format if you want to work with database software like Access or MySQL workflow 1 Load the musi
22. is files from one format to another Select the format required for your player and then tagscanner will convert the cover to that selected format Filename for cover art Default filename for cover art Used in import export cover art functions Custom size of covers Larger physical size of art cover gives better quality of picture but also increases the file size Album Artist Vorbis APE Vorbis and APE tags don t have strongly specified list of field names But in practice most of fields carry commonly used names like TITLE But one exception is the field that contains the artist of the album This fields is named differently by different software Unfortunately some media players need a specific field name they are not able to handle any other field name This option allows you to set the name of this field as required by you favourite player Preserve file modification time when saving tags Check this option if you want the file modification date time to refers to the time when the musical content of the file was last altered If you deselect this option the Modification date time will refer to the time when the tags were last edited Text Transformations options Scripts Manage a list of scripts here Scripts that are checked here will appear in the Text Transform panel The buttons work as follows Add a new script and then define it using the controls given at the bottom of the box and give it a new
23. mments APEv2 WindowsMedia and MP4 iTunes tags You can also import album information from online databases like FreeDB or Amazon It also has a playlist maker with ability to export playlists to HTML or Excel Easy to use interface TagScanner has a built in player so that you can check out any media file before editing their tags Key features You can do the following with TagScanner Rename files based on the tag and file information Edit tags of multiple files at a time Import tag information and album art from online databases like freedb or Amazon Search in freedb Generate tag information from file or folder names Re format and re arrange the tag fields Replace text and convert case in tags and file names Resize cover art for portable devices on the fly Convert tag versions Create playlists quickly Export information to HTML XML CSV or any user defined format Change the interface language Play files with the built in multiformat player Miscellaneous Full support for Unicode Supports MP3 OGG Musepack Monkey s Audio FLAC AAC OptimFROG SPEEX WavePack TrueAudio WMA and MP4 Supports ID3 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 tags APE v1 and v2 tags Vorbis Comments WMA tags and MP4 iTunes metadata Support for embedded lyrics and cover art System requirements Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista 2008 Win7 5 M
24. recommended by developers of media format Note that TagScanner reads the tag information only once It does NOT refresh it when you switch to another Tag mode Press F5 to update the view TagScanner never deletes any unrecognized or unused tag fields Since version 4 9 TagScanner fully supports Unicode tags data file names on Windows NT 2000 XP systems and higher All tag standards except ID3v1 ID3v2 and APEv1 always save data in Unicode ID3v1 and APEv1 tags don t support Unicode at all and ID3v2 tags can optionally save Unicode data Always ON by default If your portable players or car audios have problems with Unicode tags just select the Never option for ID3v2 unicode saving control ID3v2 tags are stored in the beginning of the file that s why it takes long time to write it for the first time because TagScanner needs to move the entire file data OGG WMA MP4 files are recreated anew in most cases that s why it takes long time to write it any time Program options You can access the TagScanner program options by clicking on the button in the top menu bar A small window pops up in the middle and offers the program options in five different sections These sections can be accessed by clicking on the six large gray buttons on the left The last button shows the Help gt About screen for TagScanner so it is not really counted as program options button General options Interface language Select your language from th
25. t since TagScanner uses them to denote the conditional strings you have to put single quotes around these characters like this and to use them as literals in file names and paths Hotkeys If you are using TagScanner frequently the following key combinations will make you much more productive F1 TagScanner help Ctrl O Open Select folder dialog Shift Ctrl O Open playlist Ctrl R Rename files Ctrl G Generate tags Ctrl S Save tag TAG editor Shift Ctrl Z Undo last operation Note that TagScanner does not use the usual Ctrl Z Ctrl F Filtering panel Esc Cancel any ongoing operation Ctrl 1 Open Music renamer Ctrl 2 Open TAG editor Ctrl 3 Open TAG processor Ctrl 4 Open List maker Alt Up Move file up Alt Down Move file down Ctrl A Select all Shift Ctrl Expand all Shift Ctrl Collapse all Ctrl Drop Append files to current file list Context menu When you right click anywhere in TagScanner you get a contextually sensitive menu that offers the most relevant options You can do additional operations with tags and files using this menu Play Playback current file with internal player Open Open file with default application Open file location Find file in windows explorer Autonumbering Set Track value for selected files with format counter number of files TAG Cut Cut tag information from selected files into TagScanner buffer
26. time and see its tags When all sections are collapsed the display looks like this Click on any section to expand collapse it When you play the songs these fields will be displayed in the player depending on the settings the display may scroll or cycle through these fields The first two fields are applicable to remixed songs BPM Beats per Minute tempo of the song ISRC International Standard Recording Code a unique number allocated to each professional recording your private recordings would not have a ISRC alloted to them Shows the cover image for the CD DVD Tag processor This module automatically fills the tag data in batch mode using various data sources There are four different options which are selectable from the Actions toolbar at the top Click on any link below shown in red to see details Get tag information from online sources in different ways Generate tag information from file folder names Extract format and mix tag fields Insert tag information from a text file Get album information from online source This option obtains album information from internet databases The workflow differs depending on which database is selected Freedb and Tracktype These online services allow you to get only textual information Another limitation If the album consists of mutiple discs data is provided for one disc at a time Use these services only for automatic search of data for t
27. um specified track belongs to albumartist Name of the artist of the album specified track belongs to track Index of specified track within the album totaltracks Total number of tracks within the album disc Index of disc specified track belongs to within the album totaldiscs Total number of discs within the album year Release date of the track genre Genre of the album comment Comments for specified track composer Returns the name of the music composer bpm Returns the beats per minute of the track publisher Returns the name of the company that published the content contentgroup Returns a description of the content group Grouping field encodedby Returns the name of the person or software that encoded the track copyright Returns a copyright message for the track origartist Returns the name of the artist who originally produced the content www Returns the address of a Web site conductor Returns the name of the conductor isrc Returns the international standard recording code ISRC remixedby Returns the name of a person or group that modified the track subtitle Returns the subtitle of the track lyricist Returns the name of the writer who wrote the words of the track hascover Returns the cover if file has embedded art Technical information _bitrate Bitrate of the track in kbit s _channels Number of channels in
28. ws all settings and the Results Renamed tab shows the preview 10 Quick settings Used for quick selection of necessary tag formats when you read or save metadata A special control for resizing the embedded covers is included 11 Choose number of digits 1 to 3 for track and disk numbers 12 The Settings button to access Program Options Basic operation The common workflow is explained below refer to the numbers on the previous page 1 Add files to the list panel 3 for name editing or tag editing You can do this through various methods drag n drop file selection from explorer into file panel 2 paste a path in the input box 5 Click on the Browse button at 5 and locate the files It has option to include contents of all subfolders 2 Double click on a file to play it in the built in player 4 Double click on sorting group title to select all files in that group All files in list are grouped by current sorting mode i e filename or artist 3 Now select the file s you want to process by using the mouse or the keyboard 4 Select the appropriate module 1 For this purpose select this module Rename music files based on the tags and file information Music Renamer Edit Tags add covers Tag Editor Fill change and format tag information in different ways Tag Processor Create playlists and export infromation about your music collection to any format List Maker Further workflow of each modul
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