Dynamic Naming Help: Creating a Very Specific Folder

[Buck Swope]

Hey, y'all,

This is my current naming scheme, which almost works perfectly for my desired folder structure…

[extension]\[IFCOMP]Compilations\[GRAB]1,1,[tag]album sort[][]\[tag]album sort[] ([year])\[IFMULTI][disc].[][track]. [artist][][IF!COMP]Album Artist\[GRAB]1,1,[tag]album artist sort[][]\[tag]album artist sort[]\([year]) [album]\[IFMULTI][disc].[][track]. [artist][] – [title]

This string outputs something like this, for example…

D:\Music\Lossless Audio\flac\Album Artist\R\Radiohead\(1997-07-01) OK Computer\04. Radiohead – Exit Music (for a Film).flac

The problem I'm trying to solve pertains to album artists whose name begins with a number, i.e. 2Pac, 30 Seconds to Mars, 808 State.

My current naming scheme handles these artists like this…

D:\Music\Lossless Audio\flac\Album Artist\2\2 Bad Mice\(1995-09-19) Kaotic Chemistry\15. 2 Bad Mice – Bombscare (E94 US mix).flac

I would like these artists to be funneled into a folder named '0-9' and then a placed into a sub-folder of the first digit, basically like this…

D:\Music\Lossless Audio\flac\Album Artist\0-9\2\2 Bad Mice\(1995-09-19) Kaotic Chemistry\15. 2 Bad Mice – Bombscare (E94 US mix).flac

I know I could just manually create the '0-9' folder and then move the numbered folders into it, but I would prefer to just have the naming scheme handle it when ripping the CD.

Is this even possible? Has anyone ever attempted something similar to this? And if so, how did you accomplish it?

Thanks in advance!

Buck

[simbun]

Have you tried the GROUP action?

[GROUP]1,[album artist][]

[Buck Swope]

Have you tried the GROUP action?

[GROUP]1,[album artist][]

That works! Thank you, my friend!

I had to alter my original thinking and ditch the additional numbered folder inside the main '0-9' folder as it felt a bit redundant, but your suggestion solved my problem…

D:\Music\Lossless Audio\flac\Album Artist\0-9\2Pac\(1996-02-13) All Eyez on Me\1.07. 2Pac – No More Pain.flac

And numbered compilations output like this…

D:\Music\Lossless Audio\flac\Compilations\0-9\21st Century Ska (2000-04-24)\02. Hardwire – Conskank.flac

In your opinion, is there any place I can trim some fat on my naming scheme? I think it looks good, but I never even knew about the [GROUP] function before you recommended it.

[extension]\[IFCOMP]Compilations\[GROUP]1,[album sort][]\[tag]album sort[] ([year])\[IFMULTI][disc].[][track]. [artist][][IF!COMP]Album Artist\[GROUP]1,[album artist sort][]\[tag]album artist sort[]\([year]) [album]\[IFMULTI][disc].[][track]. [artist][] – [title]

One more question, and it isn't a big deal, but when using [GROUP], it seemingly labels the grouped folder with a small case letter as opposed to uppercase when using the [GRAB] function. Is there something I'm missing there?

Thanks again for your help!

[simbun]

In your opinion, is there any place I can trim some fat on my naming scheme? I think it looks good, but I never even knew about the [GROUP] function before you recommended it.

Most users tag their compilation albums with 'Various Artists' so use AlbumArtist as the first level, but there's nothing wrong with what you're doing, especially if you're browsing by folder.

Personally I use:

..\%AlbumArtistSort%\%OriginalReleaseDate% - %Album% (%ReleaseDate%)\%DiscNumber%.%TrackNumber%.flac

(%ReleaseDate%) is only used when different to %OriginalReleaseDate%

One more question, and it isn't a big deal, but when using [GROUP], it seemingly labels the grouped folder with a small case letter as opposed to uppercase when using the [GRAB] function. Is there something I'm missing there?

Wrapping it in UPPER should work:

[UPPER][GROUP]1,[album artist][][]

[Buck Swope]

Wrapping it in UPPER should work:
Code:

[UPPER][GROUP]1,[album artist][][]

That works perfectly. Thank you!