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JIm
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Posted: Nov. 17 2002,19:22

First, kudos.  I've tested ~20 mp3 tag editors and this one seems the best yet.  

However, I haven't been able to figure how to make the program do exactly what I need for audio books.

I use CDex for ripping and to use a specify example, I ripped "I Heard the Owl Call My Name" by Margaret Craven from 3 CDs.  I create a directory structure as:
Craven, Margaret
  I Heard the Owl Call My Name - 1973
     I Heard the Owl Call My Name - Disc 1
     I Heard the Owl Call My Name - Disc 2
     I Heard the Owl Call My Name - Disc 3

and by default for each CD the files are named:
AudioTrack 01.mp3, AudioTrack 02.mp3, AudioTrack 03.mp3 and so on.  For each disk the file name increment starts over at 01.  The MP3 ID Tag Title also has the same name.

What I'd like to do is rename file names, the title tag and the track tag so that:
Disc 1 has names Trk-01,   Trk-02,   Trk-03 .... Trk-nn
Disc 2 has names Trk-nn+1, Trk-nn+2, Trk-nn+3 .... Trk-oo
Disc 2 has names Trk-oo+1, Trk-oo+2, Trk-oo+3 .... Trk-pp
... And so on...

Many audio books that I encode are unabridged and usually 10-15 disks long.  Having unique titles and track numbers would really help keep my place when looking thru ~160 different tracks for the spot that I left off.

So far, what I've been able to figure out is:
1) use another tool to rename the file in the Trk_01.mp3 form
2) use "Tag/Rename From List" to set the track number
3) use "Direct Tag Manipulation" to set the title with the track number
4) Use "Mass Set Tags/Flags" to prepend Trk_ to the title
5) repeat for each disk, say 15 times
6) repeat for each book, say 50 times
7) there has got to be an easier way....

Thanks,
Jim
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Posted: Nov. 17 2002,20:13

I would probably do like this:


1.
Prepare a text-file of the following format:
Code Sample
Trk-01 : 01
Trk-02 : 02
Trk-03 : 03
...
Trk-nn : nn

(where nn is the highest number you will ever need).

Also, you will only have to prepare this file once, and then use it every time you want to perform this process.


2.
For each directory, use the list above to tag the files using the following template in the "Tag/Rename From List" tool:
Code Sample
<Title> : <TrackNr>

(to get the correct start number for each directory, either use the parse trigger setting of this tool (can be found in the extended settings), or use copies of the original file that you cut off the first lines of)


3.
Finally, process all the files (only once using the "include subdirs" option, not once for each directory) with the auto rename tool, using the following template:
Code Sample
<Title>.mp3



Done!

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Jim
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Posted: Nov. 17 2002,21:45

Thanks,

What a quick response!

I tried your approach and it worked good until I got to 99.  For some reason 100 and above didn't work.  

Is that a limitation of the field with for the TrackNbr field for tags version 2?
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Posted: Nov. 17 2002,21:55

And,

I meant to mention in the prior post that I've registered and properly purchased your tool.  It looks/works great.  I encourage you to keep developing as time permits.  Code on.
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Posted: Nov. 17 2002,22:19

After further playing around it seems that there is some kind of internal issue with leading zeros and three digit numbers vs leading zeros and two digit numbers.

This works...
Trk_01 : 01
Trk_02 : 02
Trk_03 : 03
...
Trk_98 : 98
Trk_99 : 99
Trk_100 : 100
Trk_101 : 101
...

Where as this doesn't for some reason..
Trk_001 : 001
Trk_002 : 002
Trk_003 : 003
...
Trk_098 : 098
Trk_099 : 099
Trk_100 : 100
Trk_101 : 101
...
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Posted: Nov. 18 2002,00:00

Hmm, strange, could you please clarify exactly how, where and when it "didn't work", and I will look into it. Thanks.

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I appreciate your honesty in registering the program, thanks!

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