I have a Music collection, some tracks of which I have tagged as "Best Of". I would like to copy all these tracks to a new folder so I can apply a normalise routine (using MP3Gain) for my mobile device, independent of the original source.
This is simple enough; sort by the tag, select, Ctrl-left-drag with the mouse into a folder open in Windows Explorer. Or I can use the Edit/Copy File option (toolbar or right-click etc).
However, just to note, the Edit/Copy File is not documented in the Help (/help/main_commands.html#mnuedit).
But the question is this, please; is there any way to copy directly from MP3Tag to another folder location but maintain the relative folder structure?
Thanks,
Mark
Added : changed from left-drag to Ctrl-left-drag (the former moves, the latter copies)
Added more (for completeness)! I forgot to check, but the mouse drag action depends on the target drive.
If the same drive, a simple left-drag moves
If a different drive, a simple left-drag copies
etc etc. This is normal Windows. I have been using right-drag (which gives options) for so long I forgot. Unfortunately, right-drag is not supported in MP3Tag.
So the message is, be careful! Or use the Edit/Copy File option
I think there is no way to use copy in Mp33Tag with any parameters.
There are 2 possible workarounds:
If your relative folder structure was created by MP3tag with an action from tags or if the folder-structure complies with tags, you can easily sort the copies from the selected files to it's original folder-structure.
Instead of using the mp3tag-copy you could define a tool-action with an externel copy-program.
No. Mp3tag does not copy files if copying is used in the meaning that after the process you have 2 files.
Mp3tag can move files to new folders.
Either individually by renaming the filename.
Or in a bulk all the files in a folder by renaming the folder.
This should show that MP3tag does not create duplicates.
But: once you have created a list in MP3tag you use the report function to create a (text) file with copy-instructions for the command shell...
By the way, as I'm new to the Forum, I got an email notification as requested for the first reply, but not for any other ones. Is that expected behaviour? I was hoping to received an email when anybody responded to this thread.
I'm confused, or missing something. MP3Tag has a copy file function built into the menu, so I do indeed end up with 2 files.
However, it does seem, then, that maintaining a folder structure after the copy is not possible.
If your folder structure is derived from the tags (e.g. artist\year-album\title) then it is very easy to recreate that structure once you have copied the files to the special target.
Use the convert>tag-filename function and enter a mask with a fully or partially qualified filename where the filename also contains parts of the path.
So it would be possible to get all files for one album back into a folder with the name of the album.
Yet, the copying cannot not be done with actions or the convert functions.
Or you write a little batch-procedure that does the copying and incorporate this as a "tool" where the current filename is one of the handed-over parameters.
Interesting. I'm not familiar with batch files within MP3Tag (I assume you do mean that). Could you please point me to something that explains such a procedure, please?
if a batch file with the name (e.g.) mycopy.bat has a content like this:
copy %1 %2
and you add a tool under
File>Options>Tools
mycopy.bat
and add as parameters
%_filename% f:%_directory%\%_filename%
it should copy the currentfile to drive f: and a folder that has the name %_directory% ...
I am not sure what happens, if the folder does not exists ... whether you have to provide an error routine within the batch file that creates the folder first ...
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