I understand this is an old topic but it is relevant to the issue I'm having. I have MP3 and JPG files that start with the syntax YEAR_TRACK where YEAR is 4 digits representing the year and TRACK is a three digit track number . Beyond the first 8 characters in the JPG filename I don't really care ab…

I've added wildcard support * and ? at action Import Cover with Mp3tag for Mac v1.10 .

[image] Whitburn_Collector: It seems like it doesn't work on the Mac version 1.8.2 (105) See the documentation on the action to import covers on a Mac: [image] Quick Actions and Action Groups Documentation Mp3tag for Mac provides a variety of Actions, which can be u…

Thanks for the response, I did follow the proper filename/path syntax as I got the import cover action to work. In my previous post, I omitted the path specific info but will include it here for clarity: /Volumes/MUSIC/tunes/Whitburn70/%year%_%track%.jpg <<< WORKS! /Volumes/MUSIC/tunes/Whitburn7…

In MS Windows environment you can use AREN to prepare the picturenames accordingly. The tool can be found this website. Maybe there is something similar for MAC available.

I wrote a short shell script in LINUX that renamed the scan files into the %year%_%track%.jpg, and from there, I was able to use the import cover art action to update the MP3 files with missing cover art. MP3Tag did most of the work on this task which would have been tedious to do manually given th…

You've observed correctly: wildcards like * and ? are currently not supported for the filename in of the Import Cover action and I've added a corresponding note to my internal wishlist.

Import covers with wildcards in filename

Mac

ohrenkino October 15, 2024, 7:11pm 2

See the documentation on the action to import covers on a Mac:

You would have to use the conventions for filenames on a Mac.