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RobotX

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renaming Album Artist en mass
« on: September 23, 2006, 04:30:43 pm »

Can I select a bunch of mp3's and tell it to rename the Album Artist field based on either Artist or Album? I'd rather not do this on an album by album basis.
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Re: renaming Album Artist en mass
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2006, 04:47:19 pm »

Check the options you have with Library Tools.  Rename Files from Properties is what you want.  Try a few before you do very many.
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RobotX

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Re: renaming Album Artist en mass
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2006, 05:37:57 pm »

Hmmm. I'm not sure that's quite what I want to do. I use the Rename Files from Properties tool all the time so I am familar with it.  All I want to do is rename/fill-in the ID3 Artist-Album property, not rename the mp3 file itself.
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Re: renaming Album Artist en mass
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2006, 05:58:52 pm »

Have you tried the "move/copy field" library function?
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Re: renaming Album Artist en mass
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2006, 06:12:07 pm »

"Move/Copy Fields" should do the trick.

Also, you may want to check these threads before doing anything hastily:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=33255.0
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=32740.0


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All I want to do is rename/fill-in the ID3 Artist-Album property, not rename the mp3 file itself

The ID3v2 standard does not have a tag for Album Artist. MC uses a proprietary comment tag for that info. That file tag may not be usable outside MC.

WMP and the latest iTunes have started to use the ID3v2 "Band/Orchestra" tag for the Album Artist info. If you are seeking for compatibility with those programs you may want to copy the info to the "Band" field too.
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RobotX

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Re: renaming Album Artist en mass
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2006, 07:53:46 pm »

works great! thanks!

And I will add it band as well - just in case....
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