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[ghoniba]

Hi Gang

I have some CD's I made up years ago from vinyl. Obviously when I convert to mp3 there is no track/album information available, the songs just come up as Track 1 etc.

Can someone please tell me the best approach to this? I can name the songs manually in the Windows folder from where the reside, but I noticed that these names don't show up in MJ, MJ still lists them as Track 1 etc.

If I right click them in MJ, yes I can rename them, but noticed it only changes the name in the program itself and not the actual file in Windows. Basically it seems I have to name them twice.

Is there a way around this?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Glenn

[Mirko]

Select the files with the "renamed" filename, rightclick and properties. There you find an option (in the tool-menu) to tag by filename.
If you, for example, named you files "Mr. Scruff - Get a move" you could easily setup a rule to transfer "ARTIST - NAME" into the tags.

HTH.
Mirko

Listening to: '!Keep It That / !Keep It That' from 'Techno Club Vol. 09 CD1' by 'DJ Jamx' on Media Jukebox

[KingSparta]

>> Can someone please tell me the best approach to this? I can
>> name the songs manually in the Windows folder from where the
>> reside, but I noticed that these names don't show up in MJ, MJ
>> still lists them as Track 1 etc.
well you need to update MJ by reimporting them, and also delete removed (there is an option for this). this is because you renamed them outside of MJ, and MJ does not Know what you renamed them too.

>> If I right click them in MJ, yes I can rename them, but noticed
>> it only changes the name in the program itself and not the actual
>> file in Windows. Basically it seems I have to name them twice.
select file(s)
right click
select properties
select tools
select the rename option
[X] what you need, select Rule

and mj will rename the file(s) in the format selected

>> Is there a way around this?
yes see above

[ghoniba]

Great information thanks! I'll give it a go.

Glenn