-Brading Software Message Board
+--Forum: Mp3/Tag Studio Support and Bug Reports
+---Topic: Bitrate/Channel info problem started by MusicTrax
Posted by: MusicTrax on July 16 2006,00:55
Hi. I just bought your program, and have several questions:
1) I want to add the bitrate and channel mode information to the file name, like this:
<Year> - <Artist> - <Title> [<bitrate> <channel mode> <length>]
Unfortunately, your program gives me a file name like this:
1965 - Beatles - Eight Days a Week [256 kbps Joint-Stereo 2.42].mp3
I want to shorten this information as follows:
1965 - Beatles - Eight Days a Week [256K JS 2.42].mp3
Ideally, I would like for Joint-Stereo to be indicated as JS,
Stereo as S, Dual Channel as D, and Mono as M. The kbps rate should always be just K (no space).
Can you change your program to allow this? I would rather not have to do this in multiple steps, doing a find/replace on the above words with a file-renaming program to fix them.
2) Is it possible to automatically tag the UFID field within the ID3v2 tags?
I would like to automatically give this a unique number based on the
other tags, such as Year and Track Number? Ideally, I'd like to wind
up with a UFID number like this:
<Year>_<track>
with up to 6 or 7 characters in the latter.
In fact, for that matter, I'd like to have better access to the UFID field. It's very hard to get to in your program.
Other than the above, MP3/Tag Studio is a terrific program. I've recommended it to several people in the past week.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on July 17 2006,00:32
1)
You can easily accomplish this by performing an additional direct rename operation right after the initial auto rename operation. Then record these two into a macro, and you'll have the entire procedure available at the single click of a button.
2)
The UFID is currently not supported for tagging (since it is not a pure text field). It might be supported in a future version though, thanks for the suggestion.
Posted by: MusicTrax on July 17 2006,01:06
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1) You can easily accomplish this by performing an additional direct rename operation right after the initial auto rename operation.
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Yeah, I know I could always rename after the fact. But couldn't you consider not naming the modes and bitrates in this way? Your way is much longer than it needs to be, particularly for a filename. I'm naming many, many thosands of files (I believe it's 40,000+), so this is already quite a chore.
--Marc W.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on July 18 2006,01:28
There are infinitely many ways to write all these things, and there will always be someone who want it another way. That's why Mp3/Tag Studio aims to provide as generic tools as possible instead.
If you create a macro for the operations I mention above, it will be no more tedious than if Mp3/Tag Studio named them exactly as you wanted from the beginning. You still just have to perform one single mouse click to have it done on all 40,000 files!
I hope you will be able to appreciate this generic strategy taken in developing Mp3/Tag Studio, in the end everyone benefits from it!
Posted by: MusicTrax on July 18 2006,05:35
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If you create a macro for the operations I mention above, it will be no more tedious than if Mp3/Tag Studio named them exactly as you wanted from the beginning.
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OK, give me the step-by-step details on exactly how to do this. Once I have created a file name based on the tags as
<year> - <tracknr> - Artist - Title [bitrate mode length]
I need to change " kbps" to "K" (without a space), "Joint-Stereo" to "JS," "Stereo" to "S", "Dual-Channel" to "D", and "Mono" to "M".
You also have what I feel is a bug in the way that MP3/Tag Studio expresses VBR bitrates in a filename. What results is something like (~124). I need to strip out all the "(~)" symbols as well as the end parenthesis in this VBR portion of the filename, so that it simply says "124 VBR" (or whatever is appropriate).
This is frustrating to me, because neither your program, nor your competitors at Tag & Rename and UltraTagger will quite do what I want. Each comes tantalizing close, but only with a lot of user intervention (and manual file renaming) can I wind up with what I want.
--Marc W.
Posted by: Magnus Brading on July 19 2006,11:42
Macros of arbitrary operations are created by first bringing up the macro controls (from the "Macros" menu), then pressing the "Record new macro" button, then performing any operations you want, and then pressing the "Stop recording" button. In your case these "any operations you want" would be your auto rename operation, followed by the direct rename operation described below. Simple as that!
About the needed direct rename operation, use the "Direct rename files" tool, with the following templates:
Expected:
<Custom1> [<Custom2>].mp3
Output:
<Custom1> [<Custom2>].mp3
Before executing, activate the "Case fix and replace" option. Inside its settings (accessible from the "Setup..." button next to it), make sure it's applied to "Custom field 2", and finally add the following substring replacements:
" kbps" --> "K"
"Joint-Stereo" --> "JS,"
"Stereo" --> "S"
"Dual-Channel" --> "D"
"Mono" --> "M"
And presto, you have found a tagger that can do exactly what you want!
After recording the auto rename and this direct rename into the same macro, the entire operation will also be accessible at the click of a single button, forever!PS.
As you may have seen in the pinned forum announcements, I'm going on vacation today, but if you have any further problems, I'll help you again as soon as I come back!
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