@TITLE  track-time.pl
@DES    track-time.pl is useful for planning **tape recording sessions...** ;)









=  track-time.pl

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== DESCRIPTION

track-time.pl is useful for planning **tape recording sessions...** ;)

it takes text file with track-lists and calculate tracks time.
it can recognize tape side labels similar to:
    
    side A
    side B
    tape 1
    tape 2
    etc.

it looks for minutes:seconds pattern on each line, sums them and report
at the end of the file or at the end each "side"/"tape" chapter.

== SAMPLE INPUT

Sample input file could look like this:

    side A: rock

    threshold -- ashes -- 6:49
    spock's beard -- something very strange -- 8:23
    the tangent -- tech support guy -- 5:50
    anathema -- untouchable part 1 -- 6:14
    rush -- the wreckers -- 5:01
    ozric tentacles -- lemon kush -- 6:15
    arena -- one last au revoir -- 4:37

    side B: slow

    the tangent -- skipping the distance -- 8:55
    van der graaf generator -- house with no door -- 6:03
    arena -- what if -- 4:34
    jethro tull -- budapest -- 10:05
    eureka -- going home -- 5:10
    syn -- city of dreams -- 9:38

    side C: extra

    van der graaf generator -- killer -- 8:07

== USAGE

    track-time.pl progressive-tape-1.txt


== SAMPLE OUTPUT


    side A: rock
    =============
             6:49 -- threshold -- ashes -- 6:49
             8:23 -- spock's beard -- something very strange -- 8:23
             5:50 -- the tangent -- tech support guy -- 5:50
             6:14 -- anathema -- untouchable part 1 -- 6:14
             5:01 -- rush -- the wreckers -- 5:01
             6:15 -- ozric tentacles -- lemon kush -- 6:15
             4:37 -- arena -- one last au revoir -- 4:37
            43:09

    side B: slow
    =============
             8:55 -- the tangent -- skipping the distance -- 8:55
             6:03 -- van der graaf generator -- house with no door -- 6:03
             4:34 -- arena -- what if -- 4:34
            10:05 -- jethro tull -- budapest -- 10:05
             5:10 -- eureka -- going home -- 5:10
             9:38 -- syn -- city of dreams -- 9:38
            44:25

    side C: extra
    ==============
             8:07 -- van der graaf generator -- killer -- 8:07
             8:07

== WHY?

I've never believed I will return to cassette tapes in 2013 :) and for some reasons... et voila!

I dusted off my **SONY TC-K590** 3-head tape deck, changed the wide belt and the main motor, 
found forgotten, brand new **TDK SA90** cassette and recorded few songs from the CDs on my desk.

planning track-lists for both sides led to creation of track-time.pl and the next 
90 minutes for the web site and listening yet again of the songs mentioned in the 
SAMPLEs chapters.

so "never" seems to happen a bit frequently... :))

== DOWNLOADS

@LS files *

== AUTHOR

    Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski "Cade"

    <cade@noxrun.com> <cade@bis.bg> <cade@cpan.org>

    http://cade.datamax.bg