I'm very new to MP3 Tag and am really enjoying it so far - so much more flexible than other programmes I have looked at. However, I have hit a brick wall with the Export Configuration and have spent the whole day trying to work this out to no avail (a programmer I am not!)...
What I'm trying to do is create a personalised Export Configuration to include some new Custom field as well as standard fields not already included in the basic templates.
If I take the csv Export template, which is:
$filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename;
$loop(%_filename_ext%)%title%;%artist%;%album%;%track%;%year%;%_length_seconds%;%_file_size%;%_file_mod_date%;%_folderpath%;%_filename_ext%;
$loopend()build on %_date% with %_app% - the universal Tag editor - http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
and create a new template and add just one new field for ISRC to create the following command:
$filename(csv,utf-16)Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename;ISRC
$loop(%_filename_ext%)%title%;%artist%;%album%;%track%;%year%;%_length_seconds%;%_file_size%;%_file_mod_date%;%_folderpath%;%_filename_ext%;%isrc%,
$loopend()build on %_date% with %_app% - the universal Tag editor - http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
When I run the new template I get the following error message:
"$filename only allowed at the beginning of export configuration"
The weird thing is if I then go back and re-edit my new template to be the same as the original programme eplate file, I get the same error message…
All help very grateful appreciated as it is driving me crazy...
This is the output I get for a single file:
Title;Artist;Album;Track;Year;Length;Size;Last Modified;Path;Filename;ISRC
Sky never die;Fresh Moods;Ambient Diary.One;002;1997;465;17,79 MB;19.10.2019;C:\Music\Ambient Diary.One - 1997;Ambient Diary.One _ 002 _
Still not working for me - I've tried moving the file source folder to the desktop to simplify the path, moved the ISRC field into the middle, tried using a standard field (Comment) instead of the custom ISRC field - completely baffled???
The weirdest thing is if I then go back and copy and paste the template code into my newly created template so they are exactly the same, when I try and run my new template I still get the same error message, which is:
$filename only allowed at the beginning of export configuration
Instead of copying and pasting code to the forum, upload the complete MTE file for the export that fails, found here: "%APPDATA%\Mp3tag\export\Your Failed Export.mte"
The file that works is "csv"
The file that doesn't work is "csvtest"
As you will see they are now both exactly the same as I have copied and pasted the data from "csv" into "csvtest". I can run "csv" with no problem but "csvtest" gives me the error message
$filename only allowed at the beginning of export configuration
@ryerman - once again thank you so so much - I have edited the Notepad code to remove the quotation marks and it now works fine. I didn't think to look into opening with Notepad and will remember that for the future. Tomorrow I will try and work out why/how the quotation marks got into the code and repost back as this might help others.
That means that you have set a different editor for plain text documents. MP3tag does not do anything but call the default plain text editor when you click on "new" or "Edit" in the export configuration dialogue.
@ohreniko - thanks very much - I must have reset this the first time I opened the document as I checked and Notepad is set as my default plain text editor?? I will remember to keep an eye on this in the future.
I have one more question please? When I save the data, how do I specify the file extension for the data file please?
Many thanks for your help - it is really appreciated!
