Adding file type or bit rate to Folder name (IF function)

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Hi. I'm a new user to MP3Tag and I'm trying to figure out how to rename my folders a certain way. I've created an action with the default value of "_DIRECTORY" and then trying to use a format string for the naming convention.

Basically what I want to do is have the folder name be "Year - Album [FLAC or Bitrate)

I want to do this so that if the file is FLAC, it obviously shows FLAC. But if it's an MP3, I want it to show the bitrate. So I'm assuming this is done using an IF function, but I can't get it right. I've played around with a bunch of variations (few below) but I keep getting errors and I'm obviously not a coder. :slight_smile:

I based this off the $if(x,y,z) if x is true, y is returned, otherwise z

%year% - %album% $if(%_extension%=flac,%_extention,%_bitrate%)

%year% - %album% $if(%_extension%=flac,FLAC,%_bitrate%)

%year% - %album% $if($eql(%_extension% IS 'flac'),%_extention,%bitrate%)

%year% - %album% $if($eql(%_extension%, 'flac'),FLAC,%bitrate%)

I can get Year - Album [%_extention] to work perfectly, but I'm lost of the IF statement and can't get it work. Is this even possible? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

THANKS!!
Linus

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THis is almost right

Try
%year% - %album% $if($eql(%_extension%,flac),FLAC,%_bitrate%)

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Wow, that was fast. THANK YOU so much!! And this is why I stick to graphics and not coding :smiley:

You're the man.

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Here is what I ended up with.

%year% - %album% $if($eql(%_extension%,flac),'(FLAC)','('%_bitrate%'kbps)')

Example of what you the outcome is:

1994 - The Downward Spiral (FLAC)
or
1994 - The Downward Spiral (320kbps)

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How would you also incorporate WAV into this? So the output is either FLAC, WAV, or bitrate

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Try
$ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%_extension%)),0,$upper(%_extension%),%_bitrate% kbps)

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That works, but missing the [ ], so it comes out as WAV instead of [WAV] etc

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It says nowehre in the thread that the square brackets are needed.
And if you need them, Use '[' and ']' to insert them, where you like them.

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Think i got it
$ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%_extension%)),0,$upper'[%_extension%]','['%_bitrate%'kbps]')

Thank you!

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This would be shorter:
'['$ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%_extension%)),0,$upper(%_extension%),%_bitrate% kbps)']'

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That works also!
I image adding a VBR variable to bitrate would be a stretch? :upside_down_face:

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You can add whatever information you want, like %_VBR%:

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If the bitrate is variable ... it varies from file to file. So which value would you like to see?

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So for CBR the actual [bitrate], for variable i'd like to see just [VBR] instead of the actual

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Before I invest any more brainpower, please note that MP3tag looks at every file individually and then renames the folder.
So if you have a mixture of VBR and CBR files, you will see only one of the properties in the folder name (depending which file won).
So, I doubt that this information is really beneficial.
And why not make it easier and simply add the property %_VBR% to the bitrate output so that you know how to interpret that data.

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No mixtures. My folders are same CBR bitrate, or VBR - V0, V1 etc, I was not talking about having a mixture of different bitrate files in same folder. Sorry for confusion.
And no worries, I appreciate your efforts!