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+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: Autotag tracknumber started by RadioDJ
Posted by: RadioDJ on July 23 2006,08:03
Hi,
I saw in the helpfile that it is possible to autotag tracknumber like put a number after the track already in the tag.
If I have an album with 20 files and it's taged 1-20, I shall put "/20" after every number. How do I do this??
I can't find the advanced input in Filtersettings anywhere.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on July 28 2006,11:29
You can do this with a "Direct tag manipulation" operation, as follows:
* Activate "Advanced mode".
* Use the gauge to select only one manipulation operation, and set it as follows:
<TrackNr>/20 -----> <TrackNr>
Done!
Posted by: softikuss on Sep. 05 2006,08:12
I need just the other way round.
I have lots of MP3s that have 1/15, 2/15, 3/15 and so on in their <tracknr> tag.
How can I get rid of this /15 part? I only want to have the tracks numbered like 01,02,03 and so on...
I was looking through the forum but I could not find an answer to this yet.
Thanks and Salut,
Markus
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EDITED:
I have just found the answer in another posting of magnus:
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Simply activate the option "Ignore ID3v2 track number slash trails" in the "General tagging and renaming" section of the global settings. Then perform a sweep with the "Direct tag manipulation" tool with the following single translation:
<TrackNr> ----> <TrackNr>
That's it.
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Posted by: softikuss on Sep. 05 2006,09:01
Strange.
I did exactly as described above, but the "Track" field still contains 1/15, 2/15 and so on after "Direct tag manipulation" with option
<TrackNr> ----> <TrackNr>
In the preview window I can see that Track nr (v1) and Track nr (v2) fields are correct (i.e. numbered like 1,2,3...) but when I let "do it for real" the Track field still contains the old values 1/15 etc.
I also tried
<TrackNr_v1> ----> <TrackNr>
or
<TrackNr_v2> ----> <TrackNr>
Same results.
Is there any quick help?
I really would appreciate it!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Sep. 05 2006,09:45
Very strange, please send me a sample mp3 file for which this happens, and I will take a look at it.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Sep. 06 2006,11:21
I have analyzed your sample, and the problem is that the file has an old ID3v2.2 tag, which also contains an unsupported frame (PIC). This makes Mp3/Tag Studio unable to write to the file's tag until this frame is removed. This can be done from the browse tool (in the "Advanced ID3v2 info" dialog).
Posted by: softikuss on Sep. 06 2006,11:26
I have got lots of those files from an itunes user (I hate itunes!!!! ).
Is there a way to automatically delete the attached picture for all files?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Sep. 06 2006,11:42
Sure, simply use the "Mass clean up tags" tool, and select "More fields..." --> "Clear all additional ID3v2 fields".
Just be careful so that it does not remove anything you actually want to keep. A good advice would be to temporarily backup the mp3 files in question before attempting this.
Posted by: softikuss on Sep. 06 2006,13:08
Thats it! Thanks very much and keep up the good work with your very useful MP3TS !!!
Posted by: Felina on Oct. 04 2006,01:09
I'm trying to remove leading zeros from the track numbers, using a macro (in fact, I'm trying to make this part of a much bigger casefix macro.)
Just sticking with the trackno macro though, when I run the direct tag manipulation, advanced mode, <tracknr><tracknr> it removes leading zeros correctly, but when I save this procedure in a macro and run the macro, it adds the zeros back in
Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Oct. 13 2006,23:21
Macros don't contain the global settings, so you have to make sure that the global setting for the zero-padding of tracknumbers is still set correctly when running the macro.
Posted by: Felina on Oct. 16 2006,19:55
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Macros don't contain the global settings, so you have to make sure that the global setting for the zero-padding of tracknumbers is still set correctly when running the macro.
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I did that. In fact, I had the software running with a zero pad setting and would run direct tag manipulation to make sure I had it right, then I would run my macro and the macro would again zero pad the tracknos. Can you confirm that something is wrong or is there something else I should try?
Thanks!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Oct. 16 2006,20:42
I just tried the exact thing you're describing, and it works perfectly for me?
It follows the current global setting for zero-padding, no matter if you use the macro or the manual operation. So, I'm not sure what might be wrong on your end?
Posted by: Felina on Oct. 24 2006,08:38
I wish I knew what was wrong, I unchecked the zero pad, executed a direct-tag manipulate (which appropriately added padding), then rechecked and re-tested the macro scenario and it's working fine.
So if anyone else has this problem try unchecking/rechecking the zero pad option.
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