Importing actions from Windows

Mac
1

Hi,

I have imported my actions files from Windows, and my Sort tag actions don't appear to be working. Are the actions formatted differently between macOS and Windows?

2

Hard to say. You would have to show us such an action, preferably as screendump.

3 
[#9]
T=5
1=%albumartist%
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT

[#10]
T=16
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=,

[#11]
T=2
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=\u00c0,\u00c1,\u00c2,\u00c3,\u00c4,\u00c5,\u00e0,\u00e1,\u00e2,\u00e3,\u00e4,\u00e5
2=A,a
3=0|0

[#12]
T=2
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=\u00c6,\u00e6
2=AE,ae
3=0|0

[#13]
T=2
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=\u00c7,\u00e7
2=C,c
3=0|0

[#14]
T=4
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=^The (.+)
2=$1, The
3=0

[#15]
T=4
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=^\\s+|\\s+$
2=
3=0

[#16]
T=4
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=\\s{2,}
2= 
3=0

[#17]
T=2
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=[ 
2=[
3=0|0

[#18]
T=2
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1= ]
2=]
3=0|0

[#19]
T=5
1=$regexp(%albumartistsort%,'\\sfeat.?\\s',';')
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT

[#20]
T=5
1=$regexp(%albumartistsort%,'\\svs.?\\s',';')
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT

[#21]
T=5
1=$regexp(%albumartistsort%,'\\swith?\\s',';')
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT

[#22]
T=5
1=$regexp(%albumartistsort%,'\\sand?\\s',';')
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT

[#23]
T=16
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=;

[#24]
T=16
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=&

[#25]
T=4
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=^([^,[]+)\\s([^,[]+)$
2=$2, $1
3=0

[#26]
T=4
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=^([^,[]+)\\s([^,[]+)\\s(\\[.+\\])$
2=$2 $3, $1
3=0

[#27]
T=1
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=1
2=

[#28]
T=8
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=; 

[#29]
T=2
F=ALBUMARTISTSORT
1=Artists, 
2=
3=0|0
4

And which one does not work?
(I am rather reluctant to research what this code could mean - that is why I asked for a screendump)

5

#25 and #26, are the problem. They are supposed to swap First Last with Last, First.

6

I tried both in Windows and they don't work there either.
The result is in both cases the original string.

7

That is odd. Unless macOS does something to the mta format or encoding.

8

What i said was that the code that you supplied with that hard to read listing does not lead to the expected result of swapping words.

I would use 2 actions of the type "Format value" for the artistsort field:
Format string: $regexp(%artist%,'(.*) (.*) (.*)','$2, $3 $1')
and the next:
Format string: $regexp(%artist%,'(.*?) (.*)','$2, $1')

Edit: why was it necessary to import the actions from Windows as you got a solution for the Mac already: