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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: mcphzgig on March 11, 2003, 03:32:54 pm

Title: Path/file name dialogs and rules?
Post by: mcphzgig on March 11, 2003, 03:32:54 pm

I really like the flexibility you have now given us with respect to the Album Artist field, with or without (auto).  But I have a couple of questions.

Is it possible to use the Album Artist field in path and file names?  For example, using the 'Tools>Rename File from Properties' dialog.  Ditto 'Tools>Fill Properties from Filename'.

Using either [Album Artist] (with a space) or [Album_Artist] with an underscore doesn't seem to work.

Also, could the pull-down list of 'rules' in that dialog 'learn' from different rules typed in by the user?

For classical music I have been editing the directory rule in the above dialog to [COMPOSER]\[ALBUM] - it would be convenient if new options like this appended themselves to the pull-down.

I guess this would be equally useful in other dialogs, like the Burn CD 'Option>Rearrange CD folders'.

Actually thinking about it as I develop this posting, I note the dialogs for 'Rename Files from Properties' and 'Rearrange CD folders' are quite different.  Why not use the same model?

Title: Re: Path/file name dialogs and rules?
Post by: KingSparta on March 11, 2003, 03:35:39 pm

how about [AlbumArtist]

Title: Re: Path/file name dialogs and rules?
Post by: mcphzgig on March 11, 2003, 03:37:53 pm

Good idea, King.  But the answer is no - [ALBUMARTIST] goes straight into the path/filename as a text string.

Title: Re: Path/file name dialogs and rules?
Post by: KingSparta on March 11, 2003, 04:16:36 pm

albumartist= is the key

Maybe that is broken

Maybe try all lowercase

Title: Re: Path/file name dialogs and rules?
Post by: Matt on March 11, 2003, 04:23:15 pm

Album Artist isn't there right now.

Should be before release...

Title: Re: Path/file name dialogs and rules?
Post by: Jaguu on March 11, 2003, 11:28:09 pm

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Also, could the pull-down list of 'rules' in that dialog 'learn' from different rules typed in by the user?

For classical music I have been editing the directory rule in the above dialog to [COMPOSER]\[ALBUM] - it would be convenient if new options like this appended themselves to the pull-down.

Yes, I support this also. Due to classical music I have several rules of my own, which I have to type every time. I remember that it was already there in MJ8 and got lost somewhere on the way to the present build.