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killabee44
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Posted: Sep. 03 2009,22:28
Hi all,

How do you handle direct renaming when you have artist names like:

Jay-z
e-40
q-tip
ne-yo
t-pain

since tagstudio thinks that the "-" in the artist name is the separator between the track name and the artist. So, the song is renamed incorrectly.

Thanks for any input.

Killabee44

Edited by killabee44 on Sep. 03 2009,22:32
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Posted: Sep. 03 2009,23:55
That is why I always use " - " as a field separator, which is also the Mp3/Tag Studio default.  :)

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Posted: Sep. 04 2009,00:13
I also do, but when you are trying to clean up a hundred tracks and there are no spaces before or after the "-", then track names such as the ones I mentioned become a problem.

Is there anything I can do about this?
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Posted: Sep. 04 2009,01:57
You could automatically move these files to another directory by using the direct rename tool with a template containing the extra dash (all files not having it should be non-matched), and then quickly process them there with a special template containing this extra dash for the artist, and then move them back. You could even create a macro for this whole process.

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Posted: Sep. 04 2009,06:30
Damn, that would be sweet.. Thanks. I have to start reading on the steps.
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