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[risingdamp]

E.g.
This track name

becomes

This track name (Live)

Is there a way i can do this quickly to multiple files?  At the moment I'm doing a rename files using:
[Name] (Live)  ...and then filling properties from filename with: [Name] ...before renaming my files back again.  I feel sure there must be an easier way.  Maybe using expression evaluators?

Listening to: 'Du Kennst Die Liebe Nicht' from 'Definitive Collection' by 'Nena' on Media Center 11

[pank2002]

Do you have it in a separate field? I.e occasion or something like that. I know some people have a field where they specify if it's Live, Studio or whatever, which is smart when you use the search engine.

Digging around I can't seem to find any options for doing this in an easier way than yours. However what would be ideal was, if you could use tag info in the action window. When having selected many files it will say <varies> in the name field and if you could than type <varies> (LIVE) it would be great. Unfortunately it will just change the name of all the selected files to <varies> (LIVE)... that would however be interesting if the J River enabled that feature.

If you use Windows Commander you could use the filename tool to add live and update tags from filename, but I guess that wouldn't be any different from what you're already doing

[risingdamp]

Yes I already have a custom field to indicate if it's live or not so I can exclude live tracks from certain smartlists but I also like to have it in the track name too for when I'm browsing all tracks by an artist.  I think the easiest way for this to work would be if field names were allowed in the Find / Replace dialog e.g. apply change to name field, find [Name], replace with [Name] (Live).

Or I suppose what I'm asking for here is a 'Fill properies from properties' function.

[pank2002]

Use Move/Copy Fields... under Library Tools.

[hit_ny]

Digging around I can't seem to find any options for doing this in an easier way than yours. However what would be ideal was, if you could use tag info in the action window. When having selected many files it will say <varies> in the name field and if you could than type <varies> (LIVE) it would be great. Unfortunately it will just change the name of all the selected files to <varies> (LIVE)... that would however be interesting if the J River enabled that feature.

Top suggestion , i second that. But its also easy to make an error, since its many files, might have to think this through.

Would it better instead to have find & replace do it in the form [Name] (LIVE) ?

Having faced this situation a few times i resorted to doing it manually.

It's easy to rename files from properties tho, using the tags - <TEXT> ,

You can reanme tags from properties by using tags - <TEXT> where <TEXT. acts like a mask and is ignored.

But i don't think its possible atm to just add <TEXT> at the end of the tags w.o doing what the original poster is doing.

[DJ_Hazelwood]

What about the following way:


create a library field with calculated data: [Name] ([Version])

where Version is the name of your custom field.

Then use this library field in 'move/copy fields'.



I think this should work

[risingdamp]

Spot on DJ.  Knew it was there somewhere.

[pank2002]

What about the following way:


create a library field with calculated data: [Name] ([Version])

where Version is the name of your custom field.

Then use this library field in 'move/copy fields'.


I think this should work

Nice DJ! Good thinking there!