I've been searching for this kinda tagging - using a text file . . i found a thread but its all too confusing out there.
Well atleast i came to know tht i need a delimited text file. well i have a "tab delimited" text file which looks like this
# Title Artist Album Genre BPM Rating Duration
1 Clash (Original Mix) Alesso Clash House 126 6:11
2 En Route (Original Mix) Daleri En Route Web House 127.99 4:46
3 Lift Off! (Original Mix) W&W Lift Off! Progressive House 128 5:00
4 Spectrum (Armin Van Buuren Remix) Zedd Feat. Matthew Koma Spectrum Ep (00602537108343) House 130 6:30
I'm just using 4 tracks for testing it first.
Ok so now is this text file correct for using it in MP3tag ??
I have read tht its ok if the tracks in the textfile r not in the same order as in mp3tag list. Only the number of tracks in the textfile should match the number of tracks in mp3tag. Is it correct ??
I have the BPM information in there, so how to use this textfile in Mp3tag to tag only the BPM & the other tag fields should not get affected.
Yes, you can import data - but not the way you described it.
First of all, you would need a file that is separated by printable characters as you have to enter them in the Convert>Textfile-Tag dialogue - the tab would invoke a jump to the next control ... better use ";" as separator.
The sequence of the records in the text files does not have to match the one in the mp3tag files list if you supply the fully qualified filename ... your example does not have a filename so it is no good or you have to sort the text file records so that they match the sequence in the mp3tag files list.
The number of records then (without the fully qualified filename) has be equal to the number of selected (not loaded) files in Mp3tag.
Now, if you want to import only one field you either prepare the text file accordingly so that it contains only the data for one field or you enter a %dummy% for each field you want to skip.
So, in your example it could look like this:
%dummy%;%dummy%;%dummy%;%dummy%;%dummy%;%BPM%;%dummy%;%dummy%
Ah yes: the textfile should contain only data, no headers. So cut the line "# Title Artist Album Genre BPM Rating Duration"
Considering all this I would let BPMAnalyzer have a round at the tracks.
@ poster
Same question bro . . .are u aware of any analyzers which tags BPM in ID3 ?
I'm very specific bout my BPMs .. so i wud like an accurate tool ....
I use the Mixmeister BPM analyzer at the very first step when tagging.
MM BPM only writes ID3v2.3 tag, ...
... sometimes embedded cover images will be damaged, when using files having ID3v2.4 tag. http://www.mixmeister.com/download-bpmanalyzer.php
Note: BPM means "beats per minute" and this is an integer value in general.
For data exchange resp. import you may use any separator character or sequence of characters as you like it how to separate the data columns.
I like to go the safe way and use the full path to the target file for each data line.
So you may build a text file of lines like ... 126.00###M:\MyMusic\ROCK\A\Air\2004 - Talkie Walkie\01_Venus_Air_TW_2004.mp3
... and use it together with the import format ...
%BPM%###%_PATH%
When using the full target file path within the import data file, then empty lines or lines which cannot be evaluated (e. g. a header line), will trigger Mp3tag to display an error message at end of the import session, about the failing lines within the import file.
All matching lines will be processed by Mp3tag.
It might work.
In case you use a relative file path, e. g. the filename only, you have to make sure that the Mp3tag working folder is set as the import target folder, in order to let Mp3tag find the named files.
working folder means the folder from which mp3tag is loading files ??
and how to set it to import target folder .. . i'm sorry but im a noob in using mp3tag .. i just started using it a couple of days back . .. .
And i made a textfile with only filenames & BPM coz ohrenkino said tht it is possible by using only relative filenames .. . u can read his post
Yes ofcourse u did tht as well brov .. but this is wht i was referring to . ..
dont take me wrong .. im not complaining or anything . . i just wrote to explain my point to him ..
Ok forget it peeps, i think i got a work around . .
Its all too confusing importing text files correctly if u r new to this whole thing . . but i really appreciate ur patience for helping me get thru it .. .. Thnx a ton . . cheers
