Renaming track title

#1

hello friends,
Greetings to you!

I need to rename MP3 Songs' Title based on following pattern of file-names.

Suppose file-names are of this pattern:
abc - xyz.mp3

now I need to rename title track as:
xyz (abc)

How can I achieve this arduous task (at least for me! :frowning: )

#2
From FILENAME: 'abc - xyz' To TITLE : 'xyz (abc)' Convert "Tag - Tag" ... or ... Action "Format value" Field: TITLE Formatstring: $regexp(%_filename%,'^(.+?) - (.+?)$','$2 ($1)') ... or ... Formatstring: $mid(%_filename%,$add($strstr(%_filename%,' - '),3),$len(%_filename%))' ('$left(%_filename%,$sub($strstr(%_filename%,' - '),1))')' ... or ... Action #1 "Format value" Field: TITLE Formatstring: $replace(%_filename%,' - ','\\\\') Action #2 "Format value" Field: TITLE Formatstring: $meta(TITLE,1)' ('$meta(TITLE,0)')'

DD.20160306.1004.CET, DD.20160306.1538.CET

#3

Thanks a lot.
It worked like a charm. :slight_smile:. It's like a magic to me.

But for a beginner like me the expression used in format string is quite intimidating. I am scratching my head thinking that what does these symbols ^ ? $ etc. are doing here in this expression: ^(.+?) - (.+?)$','$2 ($1)'.

Is there any guide/manual on this?

#4

The help? (Press F1)
http://help.mp3tag.de/options_format.html#regexp
Th ? switches off the greediness.

#5

Thanks a lot. I am trying to go through it. :slight_smile: