Your Naming Scheme

[msb]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

OK,

I have a fairly complex formula that works for me:

[IFCOMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[IFEQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,Various - [genre][][IF!EQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,[album artist][],Various - [genre][][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][][]\[album] ([IFMULTI][disc_total] []CD[IFMULTI] Set[])\[IFMULTI]Disc [SETLEN]2,48,,[disc][]\[][track] [title]

Generally, here's how I have my collection stored on my hard drive:

Artist
...Album One (CD)
......01 Track One
......02 Track Two

If I've got a Multi-Disc set, it goes like this:

Artist
...Album One (2 CD Set)
......Disc 01
.........01 Track One
.........02 Track Two
......Disc 02
.........01 Track One
.........02 Track Two

For Compilations with multiple artists, I like to file them by genre:

Various Artists - Blues
...Album One (CD)
......01 Track One
......02 Track Two
...Album Two (CD)
......01 Track One
......02 Track Two

However, if there is a Compilation album, but there is an "album artist" tag (sometimes albums will feature a single artist but have multiple performers... for example, The Band on the album The Last Waltz) then I will file it under that artist's folder.

You may also notice that I add the (CD) value to the Album name. That's because I have a lot of music from non-commercial CD sources (i.e. bootlegs, etc..), so I like to differentiate the collection that way, too.

Finally, I'd like to be able to strip off the word "The" in the artist name, so that the folders are more alphabetical-friendly (i.e. The Rolling Stones -> Rolling Stones), but I haven't been able to acomplish that. I've posted that quesiton here, so I'll look for some help over in that thread.

[kupje]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFCOMP]VA[][IF!COMP][artist][] - [album] ([year])\[IFMULTI][disc][][track] - [title]

Log: [rippedtopath]\[IFMULTI][disc][]00 - [album].log

Album: Some artist - Some album (1997)\09 - Some track.wv
Compilation, disc 1: VA - Some compilation (2001)\104 - Another track.wv

[Paul.C]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

Mine is currently:

[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[IF!COMP][artist][][IFCOMP]Various Artists[][]\[album]\[artist] - [album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [title]

Paul

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

I understand what you are saying. Frankly I don't remember exactly why I wrote it like that, but it does work.

[LtData]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

Yes, it does put Various Artists, but my point is that "[IFVALUE]Various Artists[]" is the same as an if-statement with nothing to do if the condition is true or false. Normally, it is [IFVALUE]condition,if-true,if-false[].

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFVALUE]Various Artists[]Various Artists\[album]

should create a folder called "Various Artists" with a folder inside that with the album name - correct?

Just try putting it in the dBpoweramp system. It works!

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

here is a good thread:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=11568

[LtData]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFVALUE]Various Artists[]Various Artists\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [artist] - [title][]
This looks odd, as the [IFVALUE] statement doesn't have an "if true" or "if false" option. Also, the statement is skipped, as "various artists" isn't a tag name and is therefore always false.

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFCOMP][IFVALUE]Various Artists[]Various Artists\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [artist] - [title][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[artist] - [album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [title][]



For the log:

[rippedtopath][IFCOMP][album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[].txt[][IF!COMP][artist] - [album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[].txt[]

[LtData]

This thread is for everyone to post their naming scheme and then how it works (aka "decoded" and in plain text). I'll go first:
[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[][album][IFMULTI] - Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title]

Compilation CDs end up:
album\track - artist - title
Normal CDs end up:
artist\album\track - artist - title

Need some help? Try the tutorial first: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=13928

Whoops, forgot the log path, which actually lacked [IFCOMP] and such, thanks EliC:
[rippedtopath]\[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][] - [][album].txt
Non-compilation: artist - album.txt
Compilation: album.txt