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ivanivienen

Member

Registered: 2008-12-19

Posts: 11

Inserting metatags for a mp3 file taken from the file name

Hi!
I have a prolem, if anybody could help.
I have some mp3 files and I need them to habe the Album Name and the Track number.
These files are named.
example_001.mp3 example_002.mp3 example_003.mpe and so on.
I need they keep the same name. I also need that these files contain in the album field of mp3 the ferst part of its name (characters until the underscore sign). I also need that the track number should be taken from the characters that come after the underscore sign.
In the example I would see the files as follows, after applying the rules I need.
Example_001.mp3 Album name Example Track number 001.
I am not sure If I explained it right. ç
Thanks in advance.

krtek

Senior Member

From: Łódź (Poland)

Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 262

Re: Inserting metatags for a mp3 file taken from the file name

Hi,
ReNamer is a tool to rename files. So it won't fit for your task.
Just as Denis I would recommend the mp3tag application for that job. You will need "Filename - Tag" option from the "Convert" menu. The format string would be %album%_%track%.

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Regular Expressions are not as hard to understand as you may think. Check ReNamer's manual or nice Regular Expressions tutorial for more info and start to use full power of applications that use them (like ReNamer, Mp3Tag and so on).