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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: RobotX on September 23, 2006, 04:30:43 pm
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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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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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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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Have you tried the "move/copy field" library function?
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"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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works great! thanks!
And I will add it band as well - just in case....