Hi I have several actions to properly address classical artist tags. They all have on thing in common: they do an "artistsort" action at the end, that changes "firstname(s) surname" into "surname, firstname(s)" and creates an artistsort tag (even for multiple artists). Only downside: whenever ther…

You would have to add that condition to every action in which you want an exception. Or simply replace in the final result the "orchestra" with nothing. I would assume that the resulting string sorts well enough. Or if you find any kind of "Orchestra" in the original string, set the sort field ba…

I would suggest to use the Filter F3 first for all tracks that not include any form of orchestra names and then apply your Actions only to the listed tracks. But, to be honest, catching all possible variants will not be easy.

Maybe, I should be more specific - should have done that in the first place, sorry! Without needing to go into details about my various actions, they all have one thing in common: an artistsort-action at the end, that is as follows $regexp($regexp(%artist%,(.?) (\w|\w*-\w*)('; '|$),$2', '$1; ),; $…

Before I invest any more brainpower: Does that last bit of string really make a difference in sorting? I would assume that if all the Fischer files are grouped together and then all those that Fischer and Bernstein performed together - how may will be left over that irritatingly appear at the late…

Just a quick note: [image] dvdr: $regexp($regexp(%artist%,(.?) (\w|\w*-\w*)('; '|$),$2', '$1; ),; $,) Are you sure that this regular expression convert Annie Fischer; Leonard Bernstein; London Symphony Orchestra correctly into Fischer, Annie; Bernstein, Leonard; Orchestra, London Symphony …

[image] LyricsLover: Ahhh, I see, the Forum parser deleted some characters: I added this code without highlighting in my above post, thanks for mentioning that! $regexp($regexp(%artist%,(.*?) (\\w*|\\w\*-\\w\*)('; '|$),$2', '$1; ),; $,) Is that the proper code now?

This is my working regular expression, except for the main Orchestra problem! It looks like this (not heavily tested): $regexp($regexp(%artist%,(.+?) (\w+|\w*-\w*)('; '|$),$2', '$1; ),; $,) [image]

[image] dvdr: Is that the proper code now? See here for proper code formatting: [image] Hints for asking Support Requests Support If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or …

Create an exemption for "Orchestra" in ArtistSort

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ohrenkino July 11, 2026, 4:55pm 9

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