Hi,
I need software and looked at MP3TAG to retag my videos.
They are downloaded from the site with various words added next to the song title. EG “(Clean) (Extended) (HD)”.
I can retag them individually but now have 1,000’s that needs retagged collectively.
I downloaded the trial version of MP3TAG and noticed that I can’t remove the additional words added, without blanking the song title. Is there a way to do this on MP3TAG that I’m not aware of before I buy the full package?
ps Although using Mac to typing this, my back up Windows laptop will be used, to hopefully retag the videos.
Thanks
Are all the unwanted words at the end of a title, preceeded by opening parenthesis?
Then try an action of the type "Replace with regular expression" for TITLE
Regular expression: (.*)\s*\(.*
Replace with: $1
Hi, thanks for replying.
I added 3 songs to work on but I’m new to the language used here.
I did get one song replace the added words, ( Clean) (Extended) (HD) with $1, but unsure how that would help me change 1,000s of titles.
Will MP3tag be able to replace 1,000s of titles at once?
Thanks
Are you using the correct action "Replace with regular expression"?
You should not see $1 as a result but the remaining string.
It would help a lot if you could show the complete sample title.
Screenshots also help better in many cases than only verbose descriptions.
Thank you for the screenshot.
If the action is a a little strange for you at the moment, then try Convert>Tag-Tag for TITLE
Format string: $regexp(%title%,'(.*)\s*\(.*',$1)
The preview should show the result.
Hi, thank you for that. It was partially successful. After a couple of attempts, I managed to remove the unwanted words and overwrite the previous versions on my hard drive.
The problem was, when it was loaded into my dj software, the titles had moved a couple of spaces in the tag box and had to be moved back, manually.
Not sure how mp3tag would handle trying to do that with 10,000 videos!
I might have to look for another option but tackle small amounts at a time until I do. This has been very helpful though.
Thanks
If you find that a suggestion does not work then it would be nice if you could show us (possibly with a screenshot) which function you have used to solve the problem and also the files and their properties for which the suggestion did not work.
