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Title: Appending "Name"
Post by: bigcuedaddy on January 01, 2007, 11:22:59 am

I want to append all my "live" track names with the phrase "(Live Version)" after the name, to avoid mixing them with studio versions. I have about 2,000 concert files, so appending them one by one isnt a great answer. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Appending "Name"
Post by: jgreen on January 01, 2007, 11:34:52 am

#1.  King Sparta has a great plugin, "Data master", which will do this in about 30 seconds.  I believe you can also do it using "rename files from properties", on a somewhat more limited basis.

#2.  I would not do this to the "Name" Tag, but rather just the filename, if you're determined to do this.  I tried doing this to some of my tracks as "Name" and found that MC would not by default bring up "Layla (Live)" when searching for "Layla".  So I instead created custom fields to hold info such as "version" or "mix".

#3.  I do think it's important to append indicators to your tracks to prevent one version from overwriting a different version when doing things like "copy disk files".  Currently I'm messing around with adding the track length, although it looks really messy.

Title: Re: Appending "Name"
Post by: KingSparta on January 01, 2007, 01:37:37 pm

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#1.  King Sparta has a great plugin, "Data master", which will do this in about 30 seconds.

No Cigar, Nice Try However

Title: Re: Appending "Name"
Post by: BartMan01 on January 01, 2007, 02:34:51 pm

Quote from: jgreen on January 01, 2007, 11:34:52 am

#2.  I would not do this to the "Name" Tag, but rather just the filename, if you're determined to do this.  I tried doing this to some of my tracks as "Name" and found that MC would not by default bring up "Layla (Live)" when searching for "Layla".  So I instead created custom fields to hold info such as "version" or "mix".

You HAVE to use the name tag if you want to see this distinction on a portable device.  If I have 3 copies of Layla (for example), then I need the modifier as part of the name to be able to tell them apart on my iPod.

What I did was create a custom field called "Name (Base)" that has the 'base' name of the track.  So for example if I have "Layla", "Layla (new version)", and "Layla (Live)" in my library then my "Name (Base)" field for all three is Layla.  I then use the "Name (Base)" field for tasks like duplicate finding.

Title: Re: Appending "Name"
Post by: jgreen on January 01, 2007, 06:01:53 pm

I meant to say King's plugin, "REPLACE Master", which WILL do this.