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johnnytaco
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Posted: Nov. 30 2002,21:55
First off.... Magnus, I wish I would have found your app earlier. I've been using some very cheesy rename apps to get my mp3s named exactly how I like them and they all suck compared to yours! I then parse through a list of my files with a Perl script I wrote to populate a database. It looks like your app can help out my script even further while saving me tons of renaming time. Maybe. ;)

Here's my goal: rename all of my mp3s in various directories to this format: c:\artist - album\track#. trackname.mp3 (ex: c:\The  Beetles - Red Album\04. Yellow Submarine.mp3).

My first crack at this is to use the rename from mp3tags function of your software. This works pretty well except for when tags are missing from the files - in most cases the track number. I end up with a ton of 00 named files. I can't figure out the filtering but believe I can filter on this - if a tag is missing for any field I need in the rename process, fail for that file. (ie, if the track number is missing in the mp3tag, don't rename the file). Is that possible?

Also, is there a way to mass-fix mp3 tags for things like track numbers? Perhaps a template that matches the file name then populates the tag with just one part of the filename?

Apologies if any of these questions are obvious. Your app just has SOOO many features (I LOVE IT), it can be a bit complex!

Thanks in advance.
JT
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johnnytaco
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Posted: Nov. 30 2002,22:27
Update...

Been messing with more of the filters and they don't seem to work right with track numbers. There isn't a specific tag called "Track numbers" under "Tag Contents" in the filtering section. And under "Tag Properties" it seems to filter out too much or too little, even when track numbers are present in the tag.

I figured out how to add the track numbers to the tags though. Still a fairly manual process when going through 100's of directories of MP3s. :(

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ken
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Posted: Dec. 01 2002,17:31
The tracknumber field was left out from the filter by mistake in the current version, it should be there in the next update.


And a tip to make the auto-tracknumber-writing become not-so-manual:

For every directory (album) that has the same format of the tracknumber in the names, move these directories to a temp directory, and then process them all at the same time, by setting the temp directory as working dir, and using the "include subdirs" option of the auto tag tool.

The following templates should cover most common name formats, which means that you will only need to do a couple of sweeps to tag all the files correctly:
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<TrackNr>-<TRASH>.mp3
<TrackNr>.<TRASH>.mp3
<TRASH>-<TrackNr>-<TRASH>.mp3

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