I have thousands of tags showing the full name for composers in the normal conversational way, such as Maurice Ravel. However, for various reasons, I've decided that I'd like that field to have a different format: either as "Ravel, Maurice," or, if that's not possible, just "Ravel." How can make one…

[image] MP3TaggingJ: Ludwig von Beethoven Try an action of the type "Format value" or use Convert>Tag-Tag for COMPOSER Format string: $regexp(%composer%,(.*) (.*),'$2, $1') On a footnote: see also this discussion about the pros and cons of swapping name parts plus the option to use the ~SOR…

Please check out the FAQs first: [image] Regular Expressions Howto Few tips can help reduce complexity of Regular Expressions and likely make them run faster (see point 5). Mp3Tag uses Perl Regular Expressions. $ vs \ in replacement section. e.g. swap artist name. Mer…

I didn't realize MP3Tag has a FAQ's section. That's not one of the categories in the left panel of the general community page, or the "support" section. I'm afraid the article you referenced is way beyond my capabilities. I don't have any experience or understanding of "regular expressions," Perl o…

[image] MP3TaggingJ: However, for various reasons, I've decided that I'd like that field to have a different format Are you sure that you really want to use the COMPOSER field for this purpose? There would be a field called COMPOSERSORT . Of course it depends on your use case and if your pla…

Rather than trying to find a player that uses the "composer" tag, I've standardized on treating the composer as the "artist," and I display their name in the conventional way there. I want to have the "composer" field formatted differently so I can sort and find my tracks more easily. Finding what I…

[image] MP3TaggingJ: I've standardized on treating the composer as the "artist," and I display their name in the conventional way there. It's your collection - feel free to use it however you like! I'm just curious: Where do you fill the information that Artur Rubinstein or Claudio Arrau or…

For the performers, I use the Album Artist field, and have a fixed sequence in there of CONDUCTOR/ ORCHESTRA/SOLOIST. For instance: Martin Turnovský, Orchestra Of The Wiener Musikverein, Ivan Moravec.

Well, this is amazing! I don't know what I'm doing, but I select the tracks, choose a quick action, bill in your values--and it does the job! Since it came from you, I expected this would work to transform Maurice Ravel, but don't understand how the same formula can also properly transform Wolfgang …

[image] MP3TaggingJ: but don't understand how the same formula can also properly transform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Explanation for: $regexp(%composer%,(.*) (.*),'$2, $1') This regular expression tries to match "everything until - but not including - the last space" in COMPOSER and put it i…

Thanks for your explanation. I now understand how that strange looking string of characters worked its magic. It's funny that you'd mention "Johann Strauss II," because, sure enough, the process failed there. Fortunately, I didn't have many tracks of his work, and it was an easy manual fix. I avoi…

How to make bulk changes to the name format in the composer tag field

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And then use the search function with search words like "swap name"