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Title: Question about tagging
Post by: matanlevy on February 08, 2008, 07:07:41 am

Hi

Is it possible that MC will auto tag my video files by the file name as a pattern?
For example:
[Series name] [Season number] [Episode number] [Episode name]

[The War at home] [1] [13] []

can i customize it as i want?

Thanks

Title: Re: Question about tagging
Post by: Doof on February 08, 2008, 09:35:19 am

You can right click on the files you want to rename and choose Library Tools->Rename Files From Properties...

Then set your folder location as you want. You can even use tag info to build the folders. For instance, for audio I typically set the base path to My Music\Albums, then I set the Directory Rule to [Album Artist (auto)]\[Album]. Then I set the Filename rule to [Artist] - [Name].

For the filename you want to construct, you could use [Series] - [Season] - [Episode] - [Name] as your filename rule.

In the example you show below, that would result in: The War at home - 1 - 13 - Unknown Name

If you want the brackets like you show there, then you'd use [[Series]] - [[Season]] - [[Episode]] - [[Name]] and you'd get: [The War at home] - [1] - [13] - [Unknown Name]

If you want to eliminate the "Unknown Name" (or Unknown Series, season, etc), then you can probably use an expression, but that's a lot more complicate and I don't know too much about it. There are others on here that are absolute wizards with expressions, though.

Title: Re: Question about tagging
Post by: matanlevy on February 08, 2008, 01:59:30 pm

Thanks, that a nice trick i didnt know.
But can i make MC to tag my video files like that when it imports them?

For example : if i have a file on my hard drive called "King Of Queens-8-4"
and now i run the auto import, and it finds it.. can i make it tag it by the rules you showed me?

Title: Re: Question about tagging
Post by: DWAnderson on February 08, 2008, 02:11:57 pm

Quote from: matanlevy on February 08, 2008, 01:59:30 pm

Thanks, that a nice trick i didnt know.
But can i make MC to tag my video files like that when it imports them?

For example : if i have a file on my hard drive called "King Of Queens-8-4"
and now i run the auto import, and it finds it.. can i make it tag it by the rules you showed me?

You can use the Library Tool "Fill Properties from Filename" to do what you want.

Title: Re: Question about tagging
Post by: matanlevy on February 08, 2008, 05:17:59 pm

ok.. thanks

now i want to change the Title that show in MC, not the file name..
is there anyway to change it by the "properties"?