-Brading Software Message Board
+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: Folder renaming started by Richard Griffiths
Posted by: Richard Griffiths on Oct. 05 2002,12:17
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew of anyway to do this. Tag studio seems to be able to do most things so...
Is there any way of renaming a directory stucture using ID3 information.
Specificly, I have my collection organisted: ArtistName\AlbumName\mp3's and I want to rename all my album directorys using the 'YEAR' field in the corresponding ID3 tags. For example:
C:\The Stone Roses\The Complete Stone Roses
C:\The Stone Roses\The Stone Roses
becomes:
C:\The Stone Roses\1995 - The Complete Stone Roses
C:\The Stone Roses\1989 - The Stone Roses
Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks in advance.
Richard
Posted by: Magnus Brading on Oct. 05 2002,19:17
It is not possible to rename the folder directly, but using the absolute path mode you can create a new directory structure to where the files will be moved, which will practically have the same result.
In that case, use the following auto-rename template:
---------------------CODE SAMPLE-------------------
c:\tempdir<\><Artist><\><Year> - <Album><\><OldFileName>
---------------------CODE SAMPLE-------------------
All mp3 files will then be moved to this new directory structure, and the old empty one can be deleted (just make sure that there are no non-mp3 files left in it before deleting it though).
You might also find some interesting related info in this thread:
< http://www.magnusbrading.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=45 >
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