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More => Old Versions => Media Center 17 => Topic started by: twebb72 on May 02, 2012, 12:01:23 am

Title: How to use the expression editor to correct MP3's my car won't play...
Post by: twebb72 on May 02, 2012, 12:01:23 am

My really fancy, really expensive in-car USB supported audio system won't play mp3's with an '&' (ampersand) in the directory structure.
I'm not willing to forego my perfectly tagged library (thanks J River) just to get these edge cases working.
Is it possible to do some expression editor magic to change the files containing an ampersand to "And" when syncing? I'm able to customize the file/folder structure, based on [Artist]\[Album] but that's it.
More or less, I'm wishing there was a [Artist].Replace("&", "And") function.

Sorry, there are no available firmware upgrades for the head unit.

Help me Obi-Wan-J.R.M.C., you're my only hope!

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Title: Re: How to use the expression editor to correct MP3's my car won't play...
Post by: twebb72 on May 02, 2012, 12:12:22 am

I used the force and found my own answer in the wiki..
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language#Replace.28....29:_Replace_or_remove_strings_from_a_value. (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language#Replace.28....29:_Replace_or_remove_strings_from_a_value.)

You guys are awesome.