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[mrwul]

Hello here,

Am seeking a solution to rename files without changing ID3-Tag Info.

Whilst posting some users have problems with the long filenames.

Below an example of tag-info of 1 CD:

Composer: Mussorgsky, Modest
Album : Pictures At An Exhibition/Sleeping Beauty
Artist: Pletnev, Mikhail
Track#: [1]
Name  : Mussorgsky - Pictures From An Exhibition - Promenade
B-rate: 320kbps

Current POSTING filename:
Mussorgsky - Mikhael Pletnev - Pictures at an Exhibition-Sleeping Beauty - 01 -
Mussorgsky - Pictures from an Exhibition - Promenade.mp3

Same CD:
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Album : Pictures At An Exhibition/Sleeping Beauty
Artist: Pletnev, Mikhail
Track#: [16]
Name  : Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty - Introduction
B-rate: 320kbps

current POSTING filename:
Mussorgsky - Mikhael Pletnev - Pictures at an Exhibition-Sleeping Beauty - 16 -
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty - Introduction.mp3

Obviously the current filenames are too long.

I might rename the file  to:

Mussorgsky - Pletnev - Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition_Sleeping Beauty -
01 - Pictures From An Exhibition - Promenade - (320kbps).mp3

or:
Tchaikovsky - Pletnev - Pictures At An Exhibition_Sleeping Beauty - 16 -
Sleeping Beauty - Introduction - (320kbps).mp3

I am afraid it can't be shortened anymore.

Don't see a way to shorten it further without leaving away essential info. Mind, there may be 2 different composers on 1 CD, 2 different works...

I have moved some files to a temp-dir. The only way *I* know to change the filenames is to change the tag-info and copy that to the
filenames.
On the other hand, I donot want to have _both_
Mikhael Pletnev
and
Pletnev in the MC-database.

Checked out some renaming-utilities, but am afraid none of them work
that efficiently as MC (v10)

Any recommendations?
(Batch-renaming without changing tag-info)

tia

[Alex B]

What do you mean? You mentioned only one album. Just go to the filenames in MC and write what ever you like. The tags remain intact.

Or do you mean that you have lots of albums and you like to change all filenames by one command? You don't have to include information in filenames because that is preserved in the tags and in the MC database.

E.g. use just [Album]-[Track #] in "Rename Files From Properties" and let MC do the work.

You will get:
Pictures At An Exhibition_Sleeping Beauty-01.mp3
Pictures At An Exhibition_Sleeping Beauty-16.mp3
All information in the ID3 tags and in the MC database will be preserved.