I have several different formulae for filing albums, based on whether to include the disc number, track artist, etc. They're all organized, at the top level, by the albumartistsort value or, if that would be the same as the albumartist, by that albumartist value. (For example, I could just use "Jour…

Followup: After the welcome help here, digging through docs, and several hours of trial and error. I think I have it working. Applying my action 'Move Files (Swap)' to an album by the ALBUMARTIST Brian Eno, with the value: Format field "_DIRECTORY":/Volumes/PublicXL/data/media/music/$regexp(%album…

There are several solutions already available in this forum. Please use the search function with words like swap firstname lastname And please be aware the many exceptions that exists beside group names, like artists with multiple parts in the name as "The Artist formerly known as Prince" or comb…

I actually hadn't remembered that I had asked before. I have used regular expressions in the past, but I'm not understanding something about the syntax here. I see that, according to the docs, regexps work like $regexp(x,e,r,c) where " $regexp(x,e,r,c)` replaces the pattern specified by the regular…

In which field do you have your example John Lennon in the ALBUMARTIST or ARTIST? To swap the firstname with the lastname you can use for example an Action "Replace with regular expression" Field: ARTIST Regular expression: (.*) (.*) Replace matches with: $2, $1 [image] As already mentio…

How do you get that dialog to appear? I've never seen it before. I have been editing my Actions from the Actions > Actions menu.

OK, I found that dialog (under a toolbar button that only had a graphic that I wouldn't have guessed would mean that and selecting "Replace with regular expression). Putting those values in that box worked for doing it for a single instance. Thanks. Now back to the question that I’m trying to figur…

Oh, you are on a Mac! Why didn't you say so? Have a look at the documentation: [image] Quick Actions and Action Groups Documentation Mp3tag for Mac provides a variety of Actions, which can be used on filenames and tags. The actions can be applied individually via Actions…

Oh! You're right, that's a significant omission on my part. I am, indeed, on a Mac.

Turning "Firstname Lastname" Album Artists into "Lastname, Firstname" Album Artist Sort

Mac

ohrenkino December 24, 2024, 7:34am 7

Oh, you are on a Mac!
Why didn't you say so?
Have a look at the documentation: