Hi, I can't thank you enough for all the time and work you put in to this help. I think I got it all set up to do what I want but... <hmm> how do I tell the program to go on and perform the actions? At 02:47 PM 1/7/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, Kevin: > >On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:40:30 -0600, you wrote: > >>Can you please give some step by step help on having the mp3 tags filled in >>from the file names? > >Surely. I assume we're talking about MP3 Tag Studio here, yes? If >so, read on. > >First thing to do is put all your files on which you want to work in a >directory (single, hierarchy, it doesn't matter). > >Second, when you installed MP3 Tag Studio, you should have checked the >box that says integrate into the command menu structure or shell or >whatever it's called. That way you will find an option on the File >menu in Windows Explorer for MP3 tag Studio. If so, go into that menu >and use the first item, Edit this directory in MP3 Tag Studio. > >If you didn't do this, then you'll just run MP3 Tag Studio by pressing >the Windows key, P for Programs, then M until you hit MP3 Tag Studio >submenu or pulldown. Go into the submenu and find MP3 Tag Studio and >press enter to start it. Once inside, you must then browse to the >folder where your files are in the usual manner by pressing the Browse >button and navigating to the folder ihn question. Note that, to open a >folder, you have to position your mouse cursor on the foldername and >double-click it. > >Third, now that we're inside MP3 Tag Studio with the proper folder >selected, it's time to set up a couple important things. > >. Make sure the "Use advanced options" checkbox is checked. > >. If your files are in several directories under the directory you're >in, make sure the "recurse" or "use subdirectories" checkbox is >checked. > >. There's an additional checkbox to process both ID3 V1 and V2 tags. >If checked, both format tags are written and V2 is used to extract >data for file renames. > >Fourth, about in the middle of the screen, three or four tabs down >from the top is a horizontal list of buttons you have to click with >the mouse or mouse function in your screenreader. One of them is >called "Rename files from tags", one is called "Tag files from >filenames". It is important to understand that these two options are >the opposites of each other. One will rename your files based on the >tags, one will tag them based on the names. The names must all be in a >certain format, which you specify about two or three lines down. The >screen says "Field separator sequence", and right across from it on >the right side of the screen is an edit field. Click anywhere in the >edit field to bring the focus directly to it. > >The output format is a series of tokens--special keywords enclosed in >less-than and greater-than signs, which tell MP3TS the format in which >you want the filename built or the format the filename is in to >extract tag information. Keywords are: > ><Tracknr> -- Track number ><Title> -- track title ><Artist> -- Track recording or performance artist ><Album> -- Album name ><Year> -- Year the album was produced. ><Genre> -- Just about anything you want to put in as long as it's only >one word. ><Comment> -- any additional information to be provided ><Trash> -- Characters to be omitted when processing. ><\> -- The backslash between directories in a path. > >For instance, an output format specification for tagging MP3 files >from filenames could look like this: > ><Artist><\><Album><\><Tracknr> - Title>.mp3 > >This tells MP3TS when it finds a file to look back up the directory >structure two levels and get the artist field name from that >directory, then the album field from the name of the next directory >down, then the two-digit track number from the string of characters up >to the space dash space, then the title from the remaining set of >characters up to but not including, of course, the .mp3 part of the >filename. > >Note you can also make this string by right-clicking on it and >choosing parts of it from the drop-down menu. > >Note that you could theoretically use the same output format >specification to rename some files with good tags and put them in a >directory structure just like the one I just described--artist, then >album, then tracks within that album. > >Fifth and finally, about the <Trash> keyword, this is useful where you >want MP3TS to ignore strings. For instance, in albums that span >discs, I break them up into their individual discs into directories >with names like Disc 1, Disc 2, etc. When I want to tag these files, I >use the <Trash> keyword to tell MP3TS to ignore this and drop down to >the next lower level to find the next thing, like this: > ><Artist><\><Album><\><Trash><\><Tracknr> <Title>.mp3 > >would work if I had, say, a directory of albums by Cream, an album of >theirs called Wheels of Fire which is a two-disc album, and a >directory (Disc1, Disc 2) for each of the two discs, then the song >files in each directory. > >If you'd like to hear an audio tutorial on this program, Don "DJC" >Coco did one for Main Menu a few years ago. Go to the ACB Radio >archives and give a search for it if you want more information. > >There's lost more that MP3TS can do. I just told you about what you >wanted to know about, and its mirror operation Hope it was of >assistance. > >HTH > > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15/223 - Release Date: 1/6/2006 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.15 - Release Date: 1/6/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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