Share your custom Actions

General Discussion
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Just wondering if anyone has any handy custom actions they created for mp3tag. I'm instrested in looking in ways to clean up my mp3 files.

Please share.

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I've created one action to rename track in the format of 0n like from 1 to 01, 2 to 02 and so on. But I'm in my office right now. I'll bring it tomorrow. :slight_smile:

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A "format values" action applied to the TRACK field with the following format string should do what you said: $num(%track%,2). :slight_smile:

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A very easy one, huh? :rolleyes:

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The only one I got is to turn all double and triple empty spaces into a single space.

[#6]
T=2
F=_ALL
1=
2=
3=0|0

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Sebastion -

The only problem with that approach is that if the track is blank, you will end up wth ' 00 '.

Instead of only selecting those tracks that require formatting, I came up with this approach:

Type: Format Value
Field: TRACK
Formatstring:$ifgreater(%track%,0,$NUM(%Track%,2),)

This way, the TRACK value is only formatted if it is greater than zero.

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thanks for that useful info.

but well, anyway I only do this action on selected mp3s that comes with track no. :slight_smile:

p/s: sorry, forgot that i cannot post in bold, :sunglasses:

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If that is the case, then you are correct, this is not necessary.

I have a set up actions that I run when I first load up a batch of 'dirty' files that have yet to be updated to the standard that I use. With this action, I can run it blind on tracks and not worry about ending up with 00 track numbers.

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Here are some standard actions (attached) to replace common HTML 4.0 entities (specifically: ', ", &, <, >, , and ©).

Don't overwrite your Standard.mta file (in the Application Data\Mp3tag\data\actions directory) if you've added custom actions already! You will lose your custom actions. Instead, open up my Standard.mta file, copy actions #7 to #20, and paste them into your Standard.mta file (renumbering them if you have to).

Will

Standard.mta (883 Bytes)

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Thanks for this. Is it possible to add something like 01/12 if album have 12 tracks.

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You can always use the track-numbering wizard for that. :rolleyes:

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Thanks

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Here's one.

It uses a string you put in the comment field to sort selected files, and renames the selected files according to what's in the title field. The format for this string is:

genre/subgenre/cd type/disc number

For example: "jazz/bop/1/1" means genre: jazz, subgenre: Bebop, cd type: regular (not a compilation), disc: 1. Running the action would place the selected files in:

\Jazz-=Bebop & Cool=-\artist\album\Disc nr.\track + title.mp3

I made it because my MP3 player doesn't allow me to scroll through long lists easily; using subgenres considerably shorten such lists.

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I've another one custom action to trim extra spaces in the end of every field.

For example, you might notice after you apply the Tag -> Filename action, it ends up with something like this.. True Blue - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach .mp3 though you expect it to be True Blue - Madonna - Papa Don't Preach.mp3

So, this is due to the fact that there are some extra spaces after "True Blue", "Madonna" & "Papa Don't Preach" though it appears normal.

So, I use regular expression method to remove the extra spaces.

The regular expression is "\s$" replace it with nothing -"".

I hope that helps. Maybe it can be modified to trim unnecessary spaces on the front-side too.. :slight_smile:

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That's already written in the FAQ :slight_smile:

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I've created actions for translit-detranslit conversion for russian characters.
See attachment.

translit.zip (1.31 KB)

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I've created the action to convert to translit cyrillic filenames. Attached...

filename2translit.mta (3.21 KB)

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I just made a bunch of action groups, some derived from ones already available but almost all have some little change to make things more exact (at least for my collection).

  • Trim Trailing/Preceding/Extra Space
  • Spacing…(Proper, Amount)
  • Title Case (It’s a Smart Conversion)
  • Namings (O’Brian, McCarthy, MacDonald)
  • DJ, vs., MC, EP, CD, XVI. (Upper Case)
  • Contraction- Add Apostrophe’s (Can’t, let’s)

Download All (zip)

All of them are explained at my webpage

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One that I run on my whole MP3 library to standardise them...

  • Keeps all the fields I want and deletes the others
    Keeps: (TITLE;ARTIST;ALBUM;COMMENT;GENRE;TRACK;YEAR;LYRICS;COVER;COMMENT ITUNPGAP;ALBUMSORTORDER;TITLESORTORDER;PERFORMERSORTORDER)

  • Import cover art from file path (folder.jpg)

  • Add comment ("EAC/LAME ~VBR 0")

  • Adds the appropriate disc number (1/1, 1/2, 2/2)

These next ones are a case conversion using '%caps2(string...)' found here: https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting

  • Advanced case conversion on the _FileName field
  • Advanced case conversion on the Title field
  • Advanced case conversion on the Artist field
  • Advanced case conversion on the Album field
  • Advanced case conversion on the Comment field

These next ones help iTunes with sorting

  • Adds the year of album to ALBUMSORTER field
  • Adds the disc number/track number to TITLESORTER field
    (ie: 1/1/1/10; which means - disc one of one, track one of ten)
  • Adds the Artist to PERFORMERSORTER field minus the "The "
    (ie: 'The Beatles' becomes 'Beatles')

All in one simply button.
Then I just make other actions for more specific needs.

(File can be opened in Notepad.exe to view
or can be copied to: "Documents and Settings~USER~\Application Data\Mp3tag\data\actions"
[where '~USER~' is, put your user's name])

Standardize.mta (785 Bytes)

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One I just discovered now...

If you want both iTunes and your iPod to play an album gaplessly, try this:

Action - Format Value
Field - COMMENT ITUNPGAP
Format String - 1