Posted by dadiOH on 01/03/06 01:50

RyeTronics wrote:
> I'm trying to modify a TON of ID3 tags using this freeware program ID3
> TagIT. I'm having difficulty figuring out how to customize my set of
> parameters to make bulk changes (i'm talking 500 files at once).
>
> Here is an example of a file name I'm attemping to pull the tags
> from...
>
> 2005-08-17 Bob Green -Employee Assistance With Shipping Costs.mp3
>
> So from there I want to make,,,
>
> "Bob Green" the Album Tag.
> "Employee Assistance With Shipping Costs" the Title Tag.
> "2005-08-17" the Year Tag.
>
> I want to set up some parameters to apply this to every file in my
> list, which are structured identically.
>
> I understand that it's possible to do this with this program, but I
> haven't had any luck finding any tutorials or even a help file on how
> to do this. I've played around with the ID3 Funcitons / Filename - >
> Tag Ver.2 menu function, but have come up empty so far.
>
> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

I don't use the program but I'd think you'd have problems with most any
tagger. The problem is in the filename...it has no (useful) delimiters.
If, instead of...
2005-08-17 Bob Green -Employee Assistance With Shipping Costs.mp3
it was...
2005-08-17 - Bob Green - Employee Assistance With Shipping Costs.mp3
It would be easier. The differences are:

1. dash and leading space added before "Bob"
2. leading space inserted after dash before "Employee".

Now a <space><dash><space> can be used to separate filename components
(you could use any delimeter, just has to be consistent and not normally
used as part of the filename text).

Another problem is your desire to use "2005-08-17" as the year
field....it isn't a year, it's a date. Year has four digits. However,
you could stick your date into the comment field.

Assuming your filenames were properly delimited and that the comment
field was OK for the date you want to include, the id3tagit template
would be...
<B> - <T> - <C>

Maybe id3tagit can do what you want without changing your file names.
Dunno, don't use it, doubt it can. If not, maybe there is another. I
doubt that too. IMO, what you need initially is a file renamer...one
that lets you insert/remove characters according to their position in
the name. Magic FIle Renamer is good, should do what you need IIRC.
http://www.finebytes.com/


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