dsperber
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Posted: May 21 2010,23:58 |
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One of the MP3 organizers I use is named "MP3 Manager 32". It's actually no longer available on the author's web site, but I still have the installation file and could provide it to you. I don't know if it's still available from other general MP3-related or software download sites.
Anyway, it has a very spreadsheet-looking appearance, with rows and columns that you can arrange into your own default sort sequence, as well as clicking on column heading to force manual sorts by that column's information.
This is very very convenient, because once you've sort the collection into the desired order by the particular column information, you can then select an entire subset of rows (i.e. MP3 track files) and do a File -> move/copy to a target location.
This part is reasonably standard stuff, but made quite useful by the spreadsheet appearance and the ability to sort the rows by data in a particular column.
Anyway, as a secondary option on that file move/copy function, there is a popup that asks if you'd also like it to automatically also create two sub-folders underneath the target main folder you are moving to, with \Artist\Album as that structure of those two sub-folders.
If you didn't want to end up with the potentially multiple \Album sub-folders under the \Artist sub-folder (although personally I would WANT that structure) it is just a minor drag/drop after the fact to get all MP3 tracks from underneath all of these \Album folders moved up to the \Artist sub-folder... if you actually wanted to do that.
But otherwise, doing nothing else except sorting your collection into "Artist" column order, you could then select all "a" artists and do a File -> copy/move into your previously created <root>\a "parent" folder. Automatically, MP3 Manager 32 would build as many sub-folders (using Artist name from the ID3 ag data) as it needed to handle every one of the different artists were represented by the selected files. And underneath each artist's folder would be one or more sub-folders identifying each album (again, extracted from the ID3 tag data). And then within that \Album sub-folder would be placed all of the MP3 files themselves.
You could then take it from there if you wanted to do any further cleanup or rearranging/reorganizing. But it seems that most of what you're trying to accomplish would be done for you automatically.
I'm afraid there's no other flexibility, or customization option available here. This is what you get. You want to use it? That's how it works. Or you can disable that sub-folder building function completely. But you can't modify what it does or how it does it.
Anyway, it does sound like this would be a useful tool for you to have. It is one of several MP3 Organizer utilities I use, but this particular spreadsheet-looking appearance is actually very appropriate for many file-related functions. I also use another one named "[mp3 explorer]" as my everyday select-to-play tool.
Let me know if you're interested, and I'll get you the MP3 Manager 32 installation file.
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