Change tag from tag

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#1

Hi there. It's my first post so... sorry if I'm doing something wrong :slight_smile:
I'm experimenting with tag and I have a question for you.
I have some artist tags arranged in this way.
artist1; artist2; artist3
and i want to convert this into
artist1 / artist2 / artist3

Is there any way to do this?
Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

#2

You can create an action of the type "Replace" for ARTIST
(see FAQs /t/967/1 on that)

Enter as search string: ;
(which is actually semicolon-blank)
Enter as Replace string: /
(which is actually blank-slash-blank)

A note:
Adding slashes to fields may play tricks: the slash is not legal for filenames. SO if you want to use the Tag-Filename converter with %artist% as part of the mask then the slash will be removed.

Also: the Windows Mediaplayer sometimes interprets the / as field separator, so that you get a group call ac and one called dc instead of AC/DC.
So: be careful with that - the semicolon was not so bad after all.

#3

Thanks for this, it works :slight_smile:

You're right, I was just trying to comply with the IDv3.4 standard for multiple artists, but I don't know if it's the rigth mode.

#4

The ID3 V2.4 tags are not read by Windows Explorer or Windows Media Player.
You reach best compatibility with most devices with ID3 V2.3 tags.

#5

I know, but I mostly use Foobar for audio files.
So, there isn't a way to convert "artist1 / artist2" in something like "artist1 - artist2" in filenames?

#6

Checkout the function $validate() to avoid illegal characters in filenames.

#7

Hey, thanks for your help :slight_smile:
Where I can find this function and how can I change the way it replace illegal characters?

#8

The $validate() function is a scripting function.
http://help.mp3tag.de/main_scripting.html#general
So if you want to create a filename with the function Convert>tag-filename then enclose the whole mask with the $validate():
$validate(%artist% - %album% _ %title%,-)