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Title: I'm looking for a program to rename m4a files.
Post by: Docfxit on June 25, 2012, 10:03:07 pm

I copied a music folder from an iPod to a PC.  I'm looking for a program to rename m4a files to the song titles.

This is what the files currently look like (in multiple folders)
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F00\LSIV.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F00\LWTI.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F00\MMWG.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F00\OCRJ.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F00\PDJZ.mp3mp3
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\AKEA.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\BPAC.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\BPTP.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\CCSE.m4am4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\CDOD.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\CTFQ.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\DCFH.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F01\DJUL.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\AEPE.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\AGIQ.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\BJRO.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\BLXA.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\BRQW.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\BSZX.m4a
\MyDocuments2\My Music\Music\F02\CFZZ.m4a

There are 900 of them.

It would be great to find a program that would rename them with the artist & song title.

Thanks,

Docfxit

Title: Re: I'm looking for a program to rename m4a files.
Post by: glynor on June 25, 2012, 11:15:54 pm

Media Center can do that itself using the Rename Files from Properties tool.  It is unbelievably powerful.

You can fix those .m4am4a files too.

Title: Re: I'm looking for a program to rename m4a files.
Post by: Sandy B Ridge on June 26, 2012, 07:10:26 am

I assume the 4 letter filename is random, so you're looking for an automatic recognition and tagger?

Try MusicBrainz Picard?

SBR

Title: Re: I'm looking for a program to rename m4a files.
Post by: sunfire7 on June 26, 2012, 10:01:41 am

If the files have tags, do as Glynor said

Title: Re: I'm looking for a program to rename m4a files.
Post by: jack wallstreet on June 26, 2012, 10:56:17 am

You are a new user, so to repeat a common suggestion

 1. test on a small sample first
  2. backup your library regularly and before you make major changes
 3. wash your hands before you eat.