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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: peleton on June 06, 2002, 07:35:12 pm
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Arrgh!!
Man that sux!
I just re-imported my music collection and for some stupid reaon I selected "get info from directory/filename".
(I did this because some of my tracks have no tags)
I also had "ignor tags" UNselected.
Well anyway. I didn't notice at first that the tag info WAS ignored.
I then selected all the files and used the find replace tool to remove underscores.
Here's the killer: I clicked save to leave the File Properties dialogue, with "Update changed files" selected.
Then bang! 2000 files updated!
-Oh No!
I check my "various artists" albums. -and yep, they all now have the artist as the title of the album.
Doh!
Is this behaviour of MJ correct?
(or am I a bigger fool than I already think?) 
p.
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It sounds like any file from which an underscore was removed would have qualified as a "changed" file.
I know it won't make you feel any better, but that seems right.
How come your're re-importing?
What version?
MJ8 has some powerful tagging renaming tools that might bring things back to scratch.
Sometime that has to be done in a couple of moves - like use the tags to rename the files in a cetain way then use the filenames to update the tags in a second round manoeuvre.
Perhaps even better, got any backups?
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yeah, I don't know what I was thinking.
Oh well.
Is there a wway to use CDDB without actual CD's?
ie: query it to find the artists of my "various artists" albums?
p.
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I don't know of a way to utilise CDDB in that way but a couple of recent threads have alluded to a possible way, or a way in the future, or requested such a way or something.
Do a search of recent threads.
Good luck
PS:
I just noticed that if you are in the File Properties dialogue there is, under Tools, an option to "Get Information from CDDB". Try that.
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thanks.
I actually found it, just before I read your post.
I have tried using it but it doesn't put the track artist and album artist in the right places.
Also I have to do it one file at a time.

p.
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If you are not using MJ8, "File and MP3 Renamer" does batch processing of file names and MP3 tags so it might be useful. I can be downloaded from:
http://download.com.com/3302-2248-8287321.html?ob=0&pn=1&fb=1
Description:
"File and MP3 Renamer lets you rename multiple types of files with ease. This program can rename several files or create a file series, and it is fully configurable. With the Rename From List feature, you can create a list with all the files in a directory, modify the filenames on that list, and then rename the original files with the names on the list."