Posted by Don M. on 09/21/06 15:49

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message news:jZUPg.9496$2P3.1878@trnddc02...
> Anthony J. Bertorelli wrote:
> > I am looking for an application that will batch edit my track tags
> > ONLY . . . or at least give me the option. For the most part, my
> > tags are perfect and can be left alone. However, I have several
> > track tags that are in the xx/xx format. Others are in the standard
> > xx format. I want to have everything consistent.
> >
> > I normally use Tag & Rename. I think this application will do what I
> > want if I use the "write tags from file name" feature. The only
> > problem I face with this option is that it would overwrite existing
> > tags. This would not be a problem if it were not for several of my
> > song titles containing characters that can be used in tags, but
> > cannot be used in filenames (such as quotation marks, slashes, and
> > question marks). Since those characters are not present in the file
> > name, they would not be written to the tag.
> >
> > Is there a workaround that I am overlooking?
>
> As Don M. said but if you should ever want to write tags from the file
> name and ignore some portion that would normally go to a tag field use
> %0 to skip that portion.
>
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That's very good to know. It beats dumping all unwanted portions into comment or another
blank field, and then deleting it.


Don

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