Sync Folder Structure

[sevekeve]

Hey guys, I am using an Artist/Album folder structure for my usb drive, works great but I would like the albums listed by year. Tried putting the year on the album folder (1980 Album Name) that did not work. Only thing I found that worked was adding the year before the album title in the metadata. That is a long process with hundreds of albums. Using Flac files. Any other ideas?

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[RangerBill]

If you are using a Windows computer, see this link to rename files in a directory.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-rename-multiple-files-bulk-windows-10#rename_filename_explorer

 

[sevekeve]

If you are using a Windows computer, see this link to rename files in a directory.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-rename-multiple-files-bulk-windows-10#rename_filename_explorer

 

[Highlander]

Hey guys, I am using an Artist/Album folder structure for my usb drive, works great but I would like the albums listed by year. Tried putting the year on the album folder (1980 Album Name) that did not work. Only thing I found that worked was adding the year before the album title in the metadata. That is a long process with hundreds of albums. Using Flac files. Any other ideas?

foobar2000 might help. I use it for my music meta data. I haven't tried to do what your asking.

Frank

 

[Big Blue]

Have you tryed disabling gracenotes? I had to do this because SYNC kept messing up lesser known artists on my USB chip. Once I did that it used the metadata info in the files.

Also I know, at least for MP3s there are Windows programs that will globally edit metadata within and album. I have used one to insert album art when ripping CDs.

Right now I have about 175 artists on my chip, continually growing. With multiple albums on many, a lot of files.

 

[sevekeve]

Thanks Bill, Not trying to rename all files at once. Just looking for a simple file structure that will list albums by year without having to change meta data for each album.

 

[sevekeve]

Is there an easy way to disable gracenotes?

 

[sevekeve]

Found the Gracenotes management setting in media player settings. That was simple. Still looking for some different folder structures.

 

[fslec]

Been using Tag and Rename for 20+ years for changing metadata. If the year is anywhere in the id3 tag or file name it will move it anywhere you want.
www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
Will also rename files based on metadata, fix and complete file tags using freedb.

 

[FunInTheSun]

Hey guys, I am using an Artist/Album folder structure for my usb drive, works great but I would like the albums listed by year. Tried putting the year on the album folder (1980 Album Name) that did not work. Only thing I found that worked was adding the year before the album title in the metadata. That is a long process with hundreds of albums. Using Flac files. Any other ideas?

Free program to help with mp3s. TigoTago
Has a load of convenient features for organizing and re-organizing mp3 files, especially all the special metadata fields. The UI is a little quirky, but once you get the hang of it, you can fly.

Or there's always Python, if you are feeling adventurous...

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