Can ID Tag DSP effect put Artist name in the Album field?

[IrishPub]

I'm trying to get CD Ripper to automatically put the Artist name into the Album tag field using the ID Tag Processing effect. (The reason for this is stupid behavior of my car's iPod interface.) Ideally, I want both the Artist name and the Album name in the Album field, such as "The Beatles-Abbey Road". But I can't get it to work.

If I try, for example, to use ID Tag Processing to replace the Album tag with "Album-Artist", "[album]-[artist]" or "<album>-<artist>", all I get are those exact words ("album" and "artist") in the tag.

Anybody know a way to do this? Anybody know if it's even possible, such as with a script line somewhere?

[Spoon]

Re: Can ID Tag DSP effect put Artist name in the Album field?

Make sure you have the latest DSP effects and add to Rule based manipulation (under manipulation tab):

IF Artist=[anyvalue]
SET Album=[album]-[artist]

[IrishPub]

Re: Can ID Tag DSP effect put Artist name in the Album field?

Thanks. I'll give that a try.

[IrishPub]

Re: Can ID Tag DSP effect put Artist name in the Album field?

Make sure you have the latest DSP effects and add to Rule based manipulation (under manipulation tab):

IF Artist=
SET Album=[album]-[artist]

I needed to update DSP effects to get Rule based manipulation. After I updated, your suggested rule initially did not work. That is, the resulting Album tag just contained the usual [album] name. Eventually I found the help file with syntax for the rules. Since the Artist tag was not empty, I changed the rule to be:

IF Artist=[anyvalue]
SET Album=[album]-[artist]

Works like a charm. Thanks.

[Spoon]

Re: Can ID Tag DSP effect put Artist name in the Album field?

modified my post also to include [anyvalue]