Renaming Options

[i_edgars]

Please tell me.
How I can change (replace) the file names with the following mask:
Albumartist, if it is empty then the Artist, but if it is Compilaton then Various Artist \ Album \ Track Number - Title

ABBA\Waterloo\07 - Honey, Honey.mp3
Various Artist\Romantic Collection Vol 5\01 - Besame Mucho.mp3

[ohrenkino]

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Albumartist, if it is empty then the Artist, ...

why do you only set the albumartist in the filename and not first in the file. then you do not have the trouble to deal with two cases.
Second: how do you know, it is a compilation.
And if you know it: then the same applies: set the albumartist first and then manipulate the filename.

[i_edgars]

I wrote the wrong time!
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How can I change massively (thousands) and automatically change (replace) the folder (path, directory) names with the following mask:
Albumartist, if it is empty then the Artist, but if it is Compilaton (or Albumartist is Various Artist) then Compilaton \ Album \ Track Number - Title
Or a simplified version of the:
Artist, but if it is Compilaton => Compilaton \ Album \ Track Number - Title

C:\My Music\...\ABBA - 1974 - Waterloo\07 - Honey, Honey.mp3 =>
C:\My Music\...\ABBA\Waterloo\07 - Honey, Honey.mp3
C:\My Music\...\Romantic Collection Vol 5\01 - Besame Mucho.mp3 =>
C:\My Music\...\Compilation\Romantic Collection Vol 5\01 - Besame Mucho.mp3

I.e. on the same principle as does the organization of the iTunes media library.
p.s.
http://content27-foto.inbox.lv/albums/i/i_...Compilation.jpg

This post has been edited by i_edgars: Apr 5 2013, 08:28

[ohrenkino]

The general advice stays the same: first get your tags right and then manipulate the filename / foldername.

Looking at your screendump I think, you you should per haps consider to create a column that shows the ALBUMARTIST (btw. iTunes works better if you have that field filled).

So: filter all the albums that are compilations with the filter
COMPILATION PRESENT
then Select all and either enter "Various Artist" as ALBUMARTIST or "Compilation" straight away if that is the preferred term.

To copy all Artists to the Albumartist, set a filter
ALBUMARTIST MISSING
Create an action of the type "Format value" for ALBUMARTIST and the format string %artist%.

If you want to do these 2 steps in one go and you are sure that all compilations have the field COMPILATION set then create an action of the type "FOrmat value" for ALBUMARTIST and this format string:

$if($eql(%compilation%,1),Various Artists,%artist%)

Then use an action of the type "Format value" for _directory and enter the full qualified path, e.g.
C:\My Music\...\%albumartist%\%album%\

Or, if you still insist on only manipulating the folder name:
Use an action of the type "Format value" for _directory and enter the full qualified path, e.g.
C:\My Music\...\
$if($eql(%compilation%,1),Various Artists,%artist%)\%album%

[i_edgars]

Or, if you still insist on only manipulating the folder name:
Use an action of the type "Format value" for _directory and enter the full qualified path, e.g.
C:\My Music\...\
$if($eql(%compilation%,1),Various Artists,%artist%)\%album%

Thank You.

This post has been edited by i_edgars: Apr 5 2013, 13:17