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Posted: Feb. 18 2004,00:10 |
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| Quote (Magnus Brading @ Feb. 17 2004,22:22) | Can't you try to be just a little more specific about exactly which part you don't understand?  It would be a bit of a drag if I wrote an explanation equal to the one in the help file here, and you still didn't get it because your concern was about some certain specific detail. |
Sorry Magnus!
I thought I had, but obviously not enough.
In the help file, it explains the syntax thus:
| Quote | The general format is <fieldname-#[prefix|suffix]>, where the different parts have the following meanings:
· fieldname is any valid field (e.g. Artist).
· # is a number representing which part of a multi part sequence that the field represents.
· prefix is a string that will be inserted before the parsed-out string of this field when the final sequence is assembled.
· suffix is a string that will be inserted after the parsed-out string of this field when the final sequence is assembled.
Some examples of such fields could be:
<Artist-1[|]>, <Artist-2[|]> and <Title-1[| - ]>
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The bits I'm having trouble understanding are the prefix and suffix.
While I understand what a prefix or suffix is (something which, respectively, preceeds, or follows, some other object), I don't understand the use of the [|] sequence between <artist-1 and the > (final bracket).
In the help file example, the artist string had brackets around the part of the artist name that was to be trashed.
As an example, how would you create a template to achieve the following?
Original tag (and filename)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - blah - blah - blah.
Parsed out tag (and filename)
Bruce Springsteen - blah - blah - blah.
I know you could achieve this one with the Mass set tags tool, but I'm trying to get my head around the multipart tool. This was just an 'off-the-top-of-my-head' suggestion.
Maybe I just don't fully understand the point of the multipart tool.
Typing this, I feel like I'm getting more confused!
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Ahhh, just been looking on my hard drive at some of my MP3 files.
Here's an example. I have some spoken word stuff.
I have a series of files called....
Robert Kiyosaki - 3 building blocks to wealth 01.mp3
Robert Kiyosaki - 3 building blocks to wealth 02.mp3
etc..
Let's say I want to tag these so that the number at the end of the filename becomes the track number, and the title of all tracks is "3 building block to wealth'.
How would I perform that function, please?
Sorry if all this seems really basic to you... once I understand the syntax, I'll be fine.... honest.
Thanks for your help guys.
Cheers,
Bruce.
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