I am really struggling to write the correct instructions in the "Convert Tag -Filename" dropdown.
I wish my files to be in E:\Music Library
And my file structure is: Album Artist, Album, Track, Title
I have tried many combinations ie:
E:\Music Library\Various Artists\%albumartist%\%album%\%track%title\%title%
When I check Explorer I can only get: Music Library\Various Artists\Album then nothing.
I'm sure this is a simple exercise for MP3 gurus but a struggle for me.
Any help will be appreciated.......Mark
This would produce a number followed by the word "title", e.g. 9title. Is this your intention?
The easiest way to find out what may have gone wrong: post a screenshot of Convert>Tag-Filename in which you have filled in the format string.
The preview should show what the result would look like.
And if the preview shows something else, then a screenshot of the extended tags dialogue for the same file would be nice. Open the extended tags dialogue with Alt+T.
Hi
I really dont know what I'm doing wrong. The extended tag dialogue follows:
When I use Explorer I really want to automate with MP3 my file naming.
I would like to have my folders sorted eg
E:Music Library\Album Artist\Album
The windows file should be:
E:\Music Library - Various Artists - 10th Anniversary Of Long Way To The Top - 01 - Bye Bye Baby
E:\Music Library - Various Artists - 10th Anniversary Of Long Way To The Top - 02 - I've Been Everywhere
etc etc etc
I hope you can make sense of this and give me an example of what Convert>Tag dialogue should look like.................Many Thanks
The file "E:\Music Library\Various Artists\Various Artists\10th Anniversary Of Long Way To The Top\01title\Bye Bye Baby.flac" already exists.
File "E:\Music Library\Various Artists\Various Artists\10th Anniversary Of Long Way To The Top\01title\Bye Bye Baby.flac" has not been renamed.
The file "E:\Music Library\Various Artists\Various Artists\10th Anniversary Of Long Way To The Top\02title\I've Been Everywhere Man.flac" already exists.
File "E:\Music Library\Various Artists\Various Artists\10th Anniversary Of Long Way To The Top\02title\I've Been Everywhere Man.flac" has not been renamed.
and so on
Not as long as you don't answer the questions:
and as long as you don't provide screenshots as asked.
and? are there already files with those names?
How come?
I am still missing more information about the format string that you use, what it looks like in the preview of the converter and what the tag fields look like in the extended tags dialogue.
And if you get error messages from the file system that files already exist, then a screenshot of the source folder and the target folder would be helpful.
Because: we cannot look over your shoulder to say what you are
(if at all).
This has several fixed elements to it, and is likely causing you the headache. The text “Various Artists\”, and “title\” add unnecessary folder depth.
As long as your files all have relatively complete tag details, you should be able to use those for everything except maybe the initial root directory target folder(s). From your example, I would think you may be better off using something like this.
E:\Music Library\%albumartist%\%album%\%discnumber%-%track% %title%
This will put folders defined by your tags inside of the root folder E:\Music Library\ and everything else is defined by the tag values. The disc and track tags will help sort your folder filenames in the order found on your discs. Not essential but certainly provide a more organized layout if you browse your music by folders.
EDIT: correction to my suggested format with the correct %discnumber%
Hi MotleyG
Thanks heaps I will try your suggestion.....bollie47
See my previous post that was updated for the correct tag use for disc number, if it applies in your case.