I wish to export a list of Albums to a spreadsheet. Nothing else - I can manage without Artists, Filenames, Composers or anything else. Just Albums is fine.
I've looked through the FAQ and I see that there are export scripts but I don't understand how to use them. Is there a simple instruction that I can use to copy the list of Albums?
See the documentation:
The CSV export configuration that comes with Mp3tag is a good starting point. You can use it to create a *.csv file and import the resulting file to your spreadsheet application.
It exports more information than album only, but you can edit the export configuration as outlined in Editing Export Configurations if you need to.
Many thanks. That seems to be what I first tried, but I got a message: “cannot create xxx.csv”
This time I tried it, it has worked. I don’t know what I did wrongly the first time, but I now have the information I want.
Thank you for your prompt response!
Now that you know how to handle an export script, I come back to
I could offer this export script that does not create anything but a list of albums:
$filename(album_export.csv,utf-8)Album
$loop(%album%,1)%album%
$loopend()
Please note that if you have albums titled like "Greatest Hits" for several artists, then you need more sort criteria than just the album name.
That looks exactly what I wanted, and I guessed it would look something like that.
However, I don't know how to handle an export script, because I have no idea where to enter that text.
Is it within the Mp3tag program? In the Windows box at the bottom of my screen? Somewhere else? When I select File/Export I didn't see a place to enter a script but I don't know which other menu to look in.
Also, do I type "$Filename" or is that a placeholder for the actual name of a file?
I only got the required result by accepting the default File/Export option (second time round but not first time).
Fortunately, I am experienced enough with text handling in Excel to separate the Album names from the other fields and deal with unwanted repetition easily.
