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Renaming MP3s
Posted: 28 Aug 2004 19:44
by peterbonge
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+ Rename Special: added command "MP3: ID3 tag to Filename (artist - title)".
Handy feature because it applies to all selected mp3-files at once (if
no ID3 tag is found a file is not renamed).
+ Rename Special: added another ID3 tag to Filename command meeting the
following MP3 File Naming Conventions:
Artist - Album - Track# - Title.mp3
This is really useful! But I think this option should be customisable like the option to create new files/folders. My favourite file name formats are:
artist - title.mp3
track# - artist - title.mp3
And there are many other potential formats...
Re: Renaming MP3s
Posted: 28 Aug 2004 22:00
by admin
peterbonge wrote:This is really useful! But I think this option should be customisable like the option to create new files/folders. My favourite file name formats are:
artist - title.mp3
track# - artist - title.mp3
And there are many other potential formats...
A typical
peterbonge!
You really like it flexible, don't you?!
It's true, the feature just screams for a configurable interface. On the other hand, there's also this thought: the purpose of file naming conventions for files like mp3 that are massively interchanged between people is that they are, well,
conventions: different people conform to the same rules -- it's the basis of communication. Flexibility does not belong here.
What do you think?
track# - artist - title.mp3
This makes sense because it preserves the original sort order of the album. I will add this, but the hard way.
Re: Renaming MP3s
Posted: 28 Aug 2004 23:12
by peterbonge
admin wrote:A typical
peterbonge!
You really like it flexible, don't you?!
It's true, the feature just screams for a configurable interface. On the other hand, there's also this thought: the purpose of file naming conventions for files like mp3 that are massively interchanged between people is that they are, well, conventions: different people conform to the same rules -- it's the basis of communication. Flexibility does not belong here.
What do you think?
Interchanging... is that allowed?
Anyway this makes sense. But what are the best file name formats?
track# - artist - title.mp3
This makes sense because it preserves the original sort order of the album. I will add this, but the hard way.
Your format
Artist - Album - Track# - Title.mp3
also preserves the original sort order if the artist and the album doesn't change. But since it is always better to put all files of an album into its own folder (with the album as the name) the album doesn't have to be in the filename...
Posted: 28 Aug 2004 23:27
by admin
Yes, all agreed.
I found "Artist - Album - Track# - Title.mp3" somewhere in the web, and it's kind of complete and logical. But just like you, I have albums as folders, so I don't need the very long files names this pattern generates.
Anyway, now we have these 3 options in the menu (next BETA):
"MP3: ID3 tag to Filename (Artist - Title.mp3)"
"MP3: ID3 tag to Filename (Track# - Artist - Title.mp3)"
"MP3: ID3 tag to Filename (Artist - Album - Track# - Title.mp3)"
This should be enough.
Posted: 25 Sep 2004 05:32
by armin
The trouble with sticking to conventions is that there are so many different ones. You're sure to leave somebody out. If there was a standard, sure, but all we have are conventions. I see no harm in making it flexible. In fact, it almost seems wrong not to.
I use:
\Genre\Artist\(Year) Album\Tracknumber - Title
So if you can't make it flexible, at least give me "Tracknumber - Title" =)
Posted: 26 Sep 2004 13:24
by admin
armin wrote:The trouble with sticking to conventions is that there are so many different ones. You're sure to leave somebody out. If there was a standard, sure, but all we have are conventions. I see no harm in making it flexible. In fact, it almost seems wrong not to.
Alright, I'm convinced. And I gave you both: Track# - Title
and configurable templates
See new
BETA...
Posted: 27 Sep 2004 00:27
by peterbonge
Now the "ID3 tag to Filename" options are perfect. But what's about the "Filename to ID3 tag" option?
It would be a good idea if this would also be customizeable. I think 3 entries for each would be enough...
Posted: 27 Sep 2004 14:04
by admin
Your wishes are prophecies: I was already working on this...
Posted: 15 Dec 2006 04:22
by allen
admin wrote:armin wrote:The trouble with sticking to conventions is that there are so many different ones. You're sure to leave somebody out. If there was a standard, sure, but all we have are conventions. I see no harm in making it flexible. In fact, it almost seems wrong not to.
Alright, I'm convinced. And I gave you both: Track# - Title
and configurable templates 8) See new
BETA...
That link doesn't seem to work . . . how does one manage the configurable templates? My mp3 player doesn't read tags, need a way to see the title before the artist, since I know what artist I'm looking at (within a folder) :)
Posted: 15 Dec 2006 04:40
by jacky
allen wrote:That link doesn't seem to work . . . how does one manage the configurable templates? My mp3 player doesn't read tags, need a way to see the title before the artist, since I know what artist I'm looking at (within a folder)
Yeah, new link would be
this
Anyways, I beleive this is what you are looking for:
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[FilenameToID3]
1=Artist - Title
2=Track - Artist - Title
3=Artist - Album - Track - Title
[ID3toFilename]
1=Artist - Title
2=Track - Artist - Title
3=Artist - Album - Track - Title
The schemes are identical with one exception: with FilenameToID3
the templates and the filenames must use " - " as the separator,
whereas with ID3toFilename you are free to choose any other
separator (though it would be rather stupid to do so because " - "
appears to have become the standard on this planet).
Note that FilenameToID3 cannot work as expected when e.g. an album
or song title contains " - ". So, the space-hyphen-space (" - ")
combination is to be avoided within terms, as this sequence has
special meaning as a field separator.
Posted: 15 Dec 2006 04:59
by allen
Precisely what I was looking for!
...was the feature removed? I've attempted to edit the ini file . . . but none of the changes take. Further more, after I launch and close xyplorer, my changes aren't re-written to the ini file :(
Posted: 15 Dec 2006 06:33
by admin
allen wrote:Precisely what I was looking for!
...was the feature removed? I've attempted to edit the ini file . . . but none of the changes take. Further more, after I launch and close xyplorer, my changes aren't re-written to the ini file
Feature works well as advertised. Note that the INI is read at startup and written at exit (unless you exit w/out saving).
Posted: 16 Dec 2006 05:30
by allen
I found the problem, my first scan for the settings in the ini file for some reason didn't find it . . . but they were already there, so my editing later was redundant.