Multiple Artists to Title (...\\...\\...) to (... ft. ..._...). But ignore "Various Artists"

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Having read all but over a dozen topics about roughly the same issue (or the other way around), I just can't seem to discover an answer to my question.

I have only a few albums where this is necessary, but I would love to be able to have an action to:

  • Write my multiple artists to the song title.
  • Ignoring the "Various Artists" artist.
  • If there are more than 1 artists (more than Various Artists + 1) separated by "_"
  • Write the names inverted (so from Last Name, First Name to First Name Last Name) without the comma.

Example:

Album: A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova
Title: Desfinado
Arist: Various Artists\\Getz, Stan\\Byrd, Charlie
Album Artist: Various Artists

Desired outcome:

Album: A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova
Title: Desfinado ft. Stan Getz_Charlie Bird
Arist: Various Artists\\Getz, Stan\\Byrd, Charlie
Album Artist: Various Artists

Thanks a lot for any help on this!

I have used this forum for a great deal of help on my big cleaning project and am finally almost done after months of work, but this is the last hurdle.

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Give this a try ...

TITLE <== 'Desfinado' ARTIST <== 'Various Artists\\\\Getz, Stan\\\\Byrd, Charlie' ... or ... ARTIST <== 'Getz, Stan\\\\Various Artists\\\\Byrd, Charlie' ... or ... ARTIST <== 'Getz, Stan\\\\Byrd, Charlie\\\\Various Artists' TEMP <== %TITLE%' ft. '$trim( 
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TEMP ==> 'Desfinado ft. Stan Getz_Charlie Byrd'

DD.20150724.2159.CEST

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%TITLE% ft. $trim($regexp($replace($meta_sep(ARTIST,''),'Various Artists',)'','?(.+?), (.+?)','$2 $1'),'')

Worked perfectly! Thank you very...VERY MUCH!!!