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drc

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Finding / Renaming Folders
« on: April 25, 2017, 01:51:34 pm »

Not sure if this a function of MC

in my library, database... I have Sub-Folders labeled Artwork.

I want to rename thhem all to the Directory Name.  Ex:

d:\my music\Rolling Stone\Emotional Rescue\Artwork

Becomes

d:\my music\Rolling Stone\Emotional Rescue\Emotional - Artwork
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BartMan01

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Re: Finding / Renaming Folders
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2017, 02:40:25 pm »

Two tools that might help you get where you need:
First - use the "fill properties from filename" function to populate your file tags (including the 'name' tag).
Second - once your tags are populated with the values that you want, use the "rename, move, and copy files" function to rename the actual files.

Depending on your exact needs, you may be able to do it all with just that second function.
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lepa

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Re: Finding / Renaming Folders
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2017, 01:30:37 pm »

You can also manipulate path by editing the filename (path) field with "=" character

for example:
Assuming that your Artwork files have tags set  and in this case like this Artist=Rolling Stones and Album=Emotional Rescue

If you then select all the artwork files and enter following to the Filename (Path) field
Code: [Select]
=d:\my music\[Artist]\[Album]\[Album] - Artwork
That would result a path structure like this for the selected files:
Code: [Select]
d:\my music\Rolling Stones\Emotional Rescue\Emotional Rescue - Artwork
As always experiment with few files so you don't mess up your library and of course if you do you can use Undo command to restore original tag value (file path)
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