Having been unable to load some CD's into MP3Tag i have realised it is because the file length is too long.
When I try to edit it in Windows 10 it won't edit either. This is especially so in the case of classical music when the world and its mother seem to be added to the track.
An example of the file name-
1-23 - Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob.I94 Surprise - II. Andante - Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Joseph Haydn.
MP3Tag puts the artist tag as "Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Joseph Haydn"
MP3Tag puts the title tag as "Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise" - II. Andante"
This is where (for me it becomes difficult).
I don't need the composer in twice and I need to reduce the numbers of "extras" as singers etc.
Is there a way of sensibly reducing the artist field so that 1 artist remains? - preferably not manually 1 by 1!!!
If you cannot load these files into mp3tag, I don't know how it can be used to adjust the filenames. However Windows typically already limits the filename lengths, so I am not sure how this is happening on your system.
What program was used to create these files in the first place? Can you adjust the filenaming convention in that program to ensure no filenames are created that are not valid within the Windows environment?
When I have problems loading into MP3Tag I can edit it in a Windows 10 app called Beyond Compare
It does allow limited renaming but is not as sophisticated as MP3Tag.
I have tried loading from within MP3Tag and some files load but not all of them.
The files come from my CDs and the app I use rips with connection to MusicBrains and Discogs so MP3Tag picks the names up from there while working on the files.
This is what the changelog says:
[2018-06-29] NEW: added support for long filesystem paths (> 260 characters). (#42047)
dating back to MP3tag 2.89.
Which version do you run?
Could you please copy & paste one of this complete path and filennames from your Windows File Explorer in your answer here in this forum?
Something like (181 characters long): K:\W\Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\_CW\Complete Mozart Edition (disc 10) (Volume 1ː Symphonies)\2000\02 - Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338ː II. Andante di molto più tosto allegretto.mp3
or K:\J\Joseph Haydn\Haydn Edition (disc 29) (Symphonies Nos. 93 - 95)\2008\08 - Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. Iː94 ''Surprise''ː IV. Finale. Allegro molto.mp3
As can hopefully be seen the files reside on my "K" or music drive on my computer.
I have used a different sample from the one I gave earlier to speed up my reply as I won't have access to my computer for the next 14 days due to other commitments.
These files show multiple artists in the music though.
You made it really difficult for us that we had to type in the whole path.
But even "k:\dbpoweramp de cluttered\various artists\various artists - classic fm the no. 1 classical collection the nation's 50 favourite works cd1\1-04 - emperor piano concerto II. - stephen kovacevich, london snymphony orchestra, sir colin davis" has less than 254 characters (about 240) - which would be well inside the magic number.
obviously, these files loaded - but the more interesting file name would have been one of a file that does not load.
And please: next time issue it (also) as plain text and not (only) as a picture.
You have 2 problems:
a) File names with more than 256 characters that cannot be loaded into Mp3tag
b) Your tags ARTIST and TITLE contains both the same (redudant) COMPOSER
Please let us start with your first problem in two weeks, when you are back and can access your computer and give us a real example for a NOT loading complete filename.
Hi back again after a longer than expected break and a lot of work to sort out as a result of Storm Babet at my parents place in Edinburgh taking some of the roof off,
I think I have now resolved the long names loading issue into MP3Tag as suggested by LyricsLover by loading from within MP3Tag itself.
My concern now is reducing tags files that have the composer at each end of the title. The main problem is that I don't use the composer field in my file make up.
