Is there any chance that someone has invented a (free)program that will translate the .bsmx files from hieroglyphics to American English, so that we can see what the recipe actually says? Just askin? Some of don't read all of the different programming languages!
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reading .bsmx files
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The format is beerxml and the data contains everything associated with the recipe. What would you want to see from the data file?
Keep in mind a recipe contains the ingredients and such along with the the profiles for equipment, mash, fermentation, etc.
Keep in mind a recipe contains the ingredients and such along with the the profiles for equipment, mash, fermentation, etc.
jomebrew said:
Well, I've got a whole bunch of these files, and I was wanting to see if they were a recipe that I've already tried or not. I just copied the files from a laptop that I no longer have/use (gave it to my wife), so I'm planning on transferring the good files to my other laptop so that they don't get lost. I can make out a little bit of them, but not all. Otherwise, I'll have to transfer all of them (another thread - Here ) so that I can pick and choose as I want. One reason I want to see them in plain English is that I only brew Porters, Stouts, and IPAs, so I could get rid of all the ones I'll never brew. Just a thought!
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Do you have beersmith installed? If so, you can open them and they open in a new tab. You can copy and paste to your recipes if your want to keep them or close the tab and open the next one.
If beersmith is not installed, install the 21 day free trial and load them all and delete what you don't want.
You can also rename the file to .xml instead of .bsmx then open with Internet Explorer. It is a bit of a hassle but you can decipher the beer name and style pretty easily. I've bolded my beer name and style form the IE text.
2017-01-01 Recipes 7372 1 0 7372 1 Recipes 16 2017-01-01 Phoebe Pry Rye Session IPA jomebrew 2016-12-01 1992-02-01 704.0000000 1 640.0000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016-12-01 The PW JoeA Modified 1920.0000000 160.0000000 1 0.1200000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0 1 992.0000000 60.0000000 19.3548387 1 192.0000000 64.0000000 4.0000000 0.0000000 704.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 70.0000000 100.0000000 0 0 2016-12-01 American IPA India Pale Ale (IPA) BJCP 2008 2 14 0 1.0560000 1.0750000 1.0100000 1.0180000 40.0000000 70.0000000 2.2000000 2.7000000 6.0000000 15.0000000 5.5000000 7.5000000 A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale. An American version of the historical English style, brewed using American ingredients and attitude. Aroma: A prominent to intense hop aroma with a citrusy, floral, perfume-like, resinous, piney, and/or fruity character derived from American hops. Many versions are dry hopped and can have an additional grassy aroma, although this is not required. Some clean malty sweetness may be found in the background, but should be at a lower level than in English examples. FruitineA decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale. An American version of the historical English style, brewed using American ingredients and attitude.
If beersmith is not installed, install the 21 day free trial and load them all and delete what you don't want.
You can also rename the file to .xml instead of .bsmx then open with Internet Explorer. It is a bit of a hassle but you can decipher the beer name and style pretty easily. I've bolded my beer name and style form the IE text.
2017-01-01 Recipes 7372 1 0 7372 1 Recipes 16 2017-01-01 Phoebe Pry Rye Session IPA jomebrew 2016-12-01 1992-02-01 704.0000000 1 640.0000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016-12-01 The PW JoeA Modified 1920.0000000 160.0000000 1 0.1200000 0.0000000 0.0000000 0 1 992.0000000 60.0000000 19.3548387 1 192.0000000 64.0000000 4.0000000 0.0000000 704.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000 70.0000000 100.0000000 0 0 2016-12-01 American IPA India Pale Ale (IPA) BJCP 2008 2 14 0 1.0560000 1.0750000 1.0100000 1.0180000 40.0000000 70.0000000 2.2000000 2.7000000 6.0000000 15.0000000 5.5000000 7.5000000 A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale. An American version of the historical English style, brewed using American ingredients and attitude. Aroma: A prominent to intense hop aroma with a citrusy, floral, perfume-like, resinous, piney, and/or fruity character derived from American hops. Many versions are dry hopped and can have an additional grassy aroma, although this is not required. Some clean malty sweetness may be found in the background, but should be at a lower level than in English examples. FruitineA decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American pale ale. An American version of the historical English style, brewed using American ingredients and attitude.
@ jomebrew - I'll just try to copy and paste into my BeerSmith re- install. I made a separate folder called recipes - hope that's what you meant. If it don't work, I'll be back with more questions.
UPDATE:I tried, but it failed. I could see and read the old recipes, but when I trird to move them into the new install, they wouldn't take. As well, they wouldn't go into the new folder that I named 'recipes'. I'll see if I can find a video on importing those files. THX
Sorry, I confused my two threads :-[ ! Please see my other thread here on Transferring files.
On this thread, I was just wondering about reading the raw files, didn't mean to carry over from the other thread.
TIA
UPDATE:I tried, but it failed. I could see and read the old recipes, but when I trird to move them into the new install, they wouldn't take. As well, they wouldn't go into the new folder that I named 'recipes'. I'll see if I can find a video on importing those files. THX
Sorry, I confused my two threads :-[ ! Please see my other thread here on Transferring files.
On this thread, I was just wondering about reading the raw files, didn't mean to carry over from the other thread.
TIA