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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: jctcom on July 30, 2013, 12:34:54 am
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Is there a comprehensive list somewhere of what we can or rather should use for the "Mask" field names to create our folders \ files etc?
Thank you.
Carl.
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Do you mean templates for folder paths and file names?
Otherwise, can you explain your meaning in a different way?
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Yes kind of.
The "Mask" Words to create my own templates.
There are a few basic examples listed in the option in the program with [Album], [Artist] etc...
But I would like to see the whole list. For example what is used for "Release year" or "Recording Year" "Disc #" etc etc...
Carl.
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In the Options > File Locations area, and in the Rename tool, you can use any valid expression, combining Fields (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/File_Properties_%28tags%29) and Expressions (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language).
Many folks use simple arrangement such as:
[Album Artist (auto)]\[Album]\[Track #] [Name]
but more elaborate arrangements are possible, including adding [Disc #] when neeeded, etc.
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Ok Great.
Thank you.
btw. I currently use Helium Music Manager usually to tag and move my files. They have a great system for creating templates which use the id tags to automatically rename the file and also move it to a specific location.
I can see that MC has the ability to do this during the ripping process. Do you know if there is a tool to do this for already existing files?
I generally rip to a temporary folder and only when I have checked all the tags do I move them to my "Organized" folder.
Thanks again for your help.
Carl.
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Set your Audio templates first in Tools > Options > File Locations. Set the Base, Folder and Filename rules there. These affect new files created by MC.
Then, use the Rename, Move & Copy tool to rename your media files according to the template. At the bottom of the dialog, there is a Preset button. Use it to call up these settings, or other presets you'll create over time.
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Ok 2 more questions.
1. I see the "File Location" Options. But there is only one setting there. As I mentioned previously I used to Rip to a temporary location and only move to the "Organized" location once I have verified tags etc. (Especially for batch ripping). So I guess there is no way for me to RIP to one location and then "Rename / move" to another?
2. In the file name "Mask". I see that we can add our own fields. Can these be used in the File / folder naming schemes?
Thank you.
Carl.
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Ok I think I found the place to create seperate "Rename / Move" templates or rules.
Will have to play around with it a bit.
Carl
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Ok I'm getting lost with these expressions.
I think I have my formats for most everything I want but I would like an example of a simple expression that will put a disc number at the beginning of the file name only if there is more than one disc in the album.
So I would like my file names to look like this:
Multiple disc sets: D[Disc #] - [Track#] - [Track Title] - [Track Artist] - [Album Title]
If only a single disc in the album then I would like it to omit the "D[Disc #] - "
Thank you.
Carl.
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If there is only a single disc, then leave disc # empty and use:
Delimit([disc #,0], / -/ , D)
in front of [Track #].
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If there is only a single disc, then leave disc # empty and use:
Delimit([disc#], / -/ , D)
in front of [Track #].
Ok I must have misunderstood something. I tried this 2 ways.
When I did:
Delimit([disc#], / -/ , D)[Track #] - [Name] [Artist] [Album]
I got this:
D[disc#] - 01 - Ri Na Cruinne Clannad Anam.flac
Then I noticed that in the actual field list there is a space between the "Disc" and "#"
So I tried this:
Delimit([disc #], / -/ , D)[Track #] - [Name] - [Artist] - [Album]
and got this:
DUnknown Disc # - 04 - The Hunter - Clannad - Pastpresent.flac
Am I missing something or is there a typo in the instructions somewhere?
Carl
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Would this help?
Here is what I use:
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Directories:
[Album Artist (auto)]\[Album]
When I have many albums from the same "album artist" I may add the year value:
[Album artist (auto)]\[Year] - [Album]
I prefer to use [Album Artist (auto)], because then I need to tag the [Album Artist] field only if the album has more than one [Artist] value and I want to override the automatic "(Multiple Artists)" value.
Filename:
If(IsEmpty([Disc #],1), [track #], CD[Disc #] - [track #]) - If(IsEqual([Album Type], Multiple Artists /(complete/), 1), [Artist] - [Name], [Name])
Some examples of the resulting filenames:
Single Artist, no disc number:
\The Cure\Japanese Whispers\06 - Speak My Language.mp3
Single Artist, disc number:
\Bob Marley & The Wailers\Burnin' (Deluxe Edition)\CD2 - 08 - Kinky Reggae.mp3
Multiple Artists, tagged Album Artist, no disc number:
\Tiësto\Elements Of Life\03 - Tiësto feat. Julie Thompson - Do You Feel Me.mp3
Multiple Artists, automatic Album Artist value, disc number:
\(Multiple Artists)\Champs-Élysées Café\CD2 - 04 - Chateau Flight feat. Beretta 9 - Down At The Rotisserie.mp3
-- The text string "CD" will be added if the "Disc #" field has a value.
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I have a few boxsets that have over 10 discs. For them I have used this:
If(IsEmpty([Disc #],1), [track #], CDPadNumber([Disc #],2) - [track #]) - If(IsEqual([Album Type], Multiple Artists /(complete/), 1), [Artist] - [Name], [Name])
For example: \Sviatoslav Richter\The Complete EMI Recordings\CD09 - 05 - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37, II. Largo.mp3
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Marko has posted a nice example of a comprehensive renaming rule here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=51475.msg351347#msg351347 ;)
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Thank you very much. This is just what I needed.
In your example for Box Sets:
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I have a few boxsets that have over 10 discs. For them I have used this:
If(IsEmpty([Disc #],1), [track #], CDPadNumber([Disc #],2) - [track #]) - If(IsEqual([Album Type], Multiple Artists /(complete/), 1), [Artist] - [Name], [Name])
For example: \Sviatoslav Richter\The Complete EMI Recordings\CD09 - 05 - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37, II. Largo.mp3
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How does it know that "PadNumber" is a command and not just part of the word "CD" + "PadNumber"?
Is "PadNumber" something that can only be used in expressions?
Carl.
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PadNumber is an expression language function as explained here:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language#PadNumber.28....29:_Adds_leading_zeros_to_any_given_number
To actually output the text string PadNumber you would need to use /PadNumber. "/" is the escape character.
From: http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_expression_language#Overview
Occasionally, you will find that you want a space, or parenthesis character to be treated literally as part of your instructions, rather than expression syntax, and in these cases, the character is "escaped" by using a preceding forward slash.
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I thought it might be something like that.
I am a computer hardware person and an in depth user of programs. But I never could get into the actual programming languages. Even anything more than basic HTML drives me bonkers.
I think it's the syntax. It's worse than English. lol
Carl.
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I've corrected my reply above. Sorry for the typo - tablet typing before bed is not advised.
The expression works differently in various areas of MC unfortunately. Try the correction above.
The difference between using [disc #] and [disc #,0] is that in the raw format (former) MC won't output Unknown Disc when Disc # is empty. In some cases, the first form works fine (like in a file list), but when generating a file path like in the Rename tool, MC always wants non-empty output from field evaluations by default, so the latter form is required.