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Elbow
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Posted: Sep. 24 2002,08:42
Recently Ive found some of my files names are not the same as my tag fields.
Maybe this happened when I first started using mp3 ts and didnt remember to untick some boxes.
Or maybe they were like that when I downloaded them.

Anyway my question is this:
What parsing template would I need to find files that didnt match their artist.
Ex. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage.mp3
the artist tag field actually says Michael Jackson.

How can I filter out all my mp3`s with mis-matched artist names?

Thanks in advance.

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Posted: Sep. 24 2002,18:15
If I were you, I would just do an auto rename on all of them, with the desired template. This is probably the easiest way, and I see no disadvantages with it. Right?

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Elbow
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Posted: Sep. 25 2002,01:59
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I would just do an auto rename on all of them, with the desired template


So do you mean to just auto rename tag artist based on file name?
Yes that would work.
Problem is I may have done more than just change the artist, Im thinking that the genre has been changed and the album.

But I suppose a rename of all the 'loose non album ' files wouldnt hurt.

Ill give it a try and let you know.

cheers me dear :)

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Posted: Sep. 25 2002,02:22
You can always try it in preview mode first if you are uncertain about the results. That is always a good idea.

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Posted: Sep. 25 2002,04:53
Problem is I have about 2 thousand 'loose files' :(

:shocked:  :shocked:
Fun fun fun

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Posted: Sep. 25 2002,13:34
Well, the preview mode should handle that too, but I guess you only need to test it on a few of them if you don't feel like reviewing the preview results of all 2000 files. :) And you'll always have the undo function if things were to go terribly wrong anyway. ;)

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