I have a lot of mp3s that are all named in this pattern:
Examplefilename episode (number) .mp3
ETA there are no brackets in the actual file names
With “example file name” being any number of different phrases, and the “episode” followed by the number that should be in the “track number” metadata. There is nothing in the “track number” metadata field.
At the moment, the files play out of order as they get sorted alphabetically according to whatever the text in the “Examplefilenam” is. I’d like to take that number after “episode” and place it at the beginning of the filename, and also, if possible, insert it in the “track number” metadata for each track.
So for example, the following filename:
The quick brown fox Episode 1.mp3
should be renamed something like
001 The quick brown fox.mp3 with “1” in the track number metadata
I see now 2 patterns in the filenames:
one with brackets, the other without.
Each would need a different treatment.
So: how do the filenames really look like?
Wouldn't it be easiest to import the track number first into TRACK and then rename the files?
Could get the data into the tag fields with Convert>Filename-Tag
Format string: %title% Episode %track%
Could be treated with Convert>Filename-Tag
Format string: %title% episode (%track%)
Where the River Goes Critical Role Campaign 2, Episode 15
Well Beneath Critical Role Campaign 2, Episode 54
Whispers of War Critical Role Campaign 2, Episode 18
With Great Power... Critical Role Campaign 2, Episode 94
Within the Nest Critical Role Campaign 2, Episode 28
I just randomly chose a bunch that start with “w” as my file explorer lists them alphabetically but they start with all kinds of different letters.
