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There is support for that, but if you want to use scripting functions you'll have to swap your tags through the filename.
P.S.
ALBUM='%artist%' puts 'Beatles' into the ALBUM field as you would expect. The scripting functions do not work however.
'$caps("%artist%")' comes out '$caps("Beatles")'
PPS
This appears to work in the grid, but as I later found out, '%artist%' is written to the tag and not 'Beatles', although showing as such in the grid.
Actually, neither of them work! Although entering '%artist%' in the ALBUM field either on the left or in the grid translates to 'Beatles' in the grid, this is deceptive. '%artist%' is actually written to the tag! I think Florian will have to decide whether to support all, including the scripting functions, or none in this area.
It's definitely not WYSIWYG, so I would say it's a bug! Does your two-step conversion involve going through the filename? I know it can be done with an action, but that seems to be a little involved timewise unless you are working with a lot of files.
Will Florian be back soon?
Actually, neither of them work! Although entering '%artist%' in the ALBUM field either on the left or in the grid translates to 'Beatles' in the grid, this is deceptive. '%artist%' is actually written to the tag! ...
Actually, neither of them work! Although entering '%artist%' in the ALBUM field either on the left or in the grid translates to 'Beatles' in the grid, this is deceptive. '%artist%' is actually written to the tag! ...
I can't do anything about evaluating placeholders which are already written to the file (like your %artist% above) but I'll try to evaluate them before saving them to the tag when editing via the file view.
Best regards,
~ Florian
I just decided, that this is not a bug but a missing feature you're suggesting.
Best regards,
~ Florian
I don't agree that it is just a missing feature. It's a deceptive bug. Since %artist% visually translates to its value in the grid then that's what should be saved with the tag. Either it should do that or you should remove the misleading What-you-see-is-NOT-what-you-get conversion!
I understand what you mean and moved the topic back to "Bug Reports".
I'll try to fix the problem.
Best regards,
~ Florian
Rijkstra,
could you please try the latest Development Build?
Thanks!
~ Florian
Good! It is working now when you enter a placeholder in the grid. I saw 'John Lennon' where I expected to see %artist% after saving. Unfortunately entering %artist% in the grid isn't compatible with entering %artist% in the tag window. There is no direct conversion from that combobox which you would have to use on a multiselect where the feature would be most powerful. You can consider completing that entry equivalency as a feature request. Thanks for the feature/bug fix!
There is now a two-step process for translating multiple records with a common placeholder into text by a quick cell-by-cell edit in the grid once the placeholders have been written.