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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: davisford on January 06, 2008, 12:36:25 am

Title: Use Assorted on Rename Files from Properties
Post by: davisford on January 06, 2008, 12:36:25 am

I've noticed that this feature, when enabled only seems to work sometimes....

When you right-click files, and choose Library -> Rename Files From Properties a dialog pops up.

I use the following rule to re-name the directory structure:

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Mid([Artist], 0, 1)\[Artist]_-_([Date])_[Album]_-_([Comment])
I also have the box checked to use Assorted, which..when an album contains various artists for the Artist name, should pop up as something like this:

\A\Assorted\Assorted_ (etc....)

Having done this repeated times with albums, it only seems to work once in a while, with no seeming predictability.  I've just re-named about 5 albums with various artists.  The first one got named appropriately, the rest substitute the real artist name every time you find [Artist] in the rule.

Is there some way to make this work consistently?

Regards,
Davis

Title: Re: Use Assorted on Rename Files from Properties
Post by: Matt on January 09, 2008, 10:41:01 am

The album analyzer decides if an album is a mix or not.

A detailed description of the logic is in the help file on the page "Auto-Tag Multiple Artist Albums":

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Album Artist (auto)

This is a built-in automatic field.  It auto-completes as follows:

·      If something is manually typed in the Album Artist field, that content is included in the Album Artist (auto) field as well.

·      If the Album Artist field is empty, then the Album Artist (auto) field gets completed as follows:

·      Single-artist name in the case of a single-artist album.

·      (Multiple Artists)in the case of a multiple-artist album*.

* In order for (Multiple Artists) to appear automatically, the album must be in its own exclusive directory (i.e., if there are files from more than one album in a directory, the program will not label it as Multiple Artist).

Here is the logic. A track is a mix if all the files with the same [Album] value in the same directory:

·      have more than one [Artist] value among them

·      have no other [Album] values used by any other file in the same directory

·      are Audio and have a non-empty [Album] value


Title: Re: Use Assorted on Rename Files from Properties
Post by: eba on January 09, 2008, 11:07:43 am

Alternatively just use [Album Artist (Auto)] in the rule, so you know that the artist used will always be as you see in MC, and will also use any specifically set Album Artists :)