merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

there are a number of good tag editing programs. I use mp3tag (which I think has a Mac version). There's also BLISS and others.

[GVCCbob]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

Free app for Mac, Tag Editor Free, was able to change title for all tracks to same name for both disc.

App creates spreadsheet of MetaData to edit.

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

So how do I do that without redoing the disc set? After looking at the manual I do not see a way of opening the flac file folder and redoing the metadata.

Is it possible?

any tag editing program. For dbpa, if you go to windows explorer, highlight the files you want to edit, right click and then select "Edit ID Tag" or "dbpoweramp Edit ID Tag" and a window will pop up that allows you to change the tag fields for the album as a whole. If you want to edit the tag for a single file, you'd highlight just that file and right click.

[GVCCbob]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

So how do I do that without redoing the disc set? After looking at the manual I do not see a way of opening the flac file folder and redoing the metadata.

Is it possible?

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

Where is the arrange audio? What does that do?

its a utility DSP. It can reorganize/rename files based on metadata values in a batch manner. You don't need this for changing a few files, as you've done. But you install it from here:

https://www.dbpoweramp.com/Help/dMCOSX/utility.htm

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

I just renamed the disk and moved the titles and music into the same folder on my NAS.

Any problems with that?

I know that did not change the metadata on the file, but does it matter.

Thanks for the response.

fixing the metadata is probably the MOST important thing to fix. Many servers/players use the metadata rather than file or directory name.

[GVCCbob]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

Where is the arrange audio? What does that do?

[GVCCbob]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

I just renamed the disk and moved the titles and music into the same folder on my NAS.

Any problems with that?

I know that did not change the metadata on the file, but does it matter.

Thanks for the response.

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

When ripping Phantom of the Opera, box set,2 disc. It put one into LLoyd Weber folder, and one into compilations folder. I noticed name tags on the disc were different, with disc 1, and disc 2 in the names. I just reorganized myself into one folder and renamed the Name Tag.

Is there a way to auto do this?

metadata in the online databases is a mess bascially. Best that when you're ripping you insure that the ALBUM name is exactly the same, that the disc numbers are correct (1/2, 2/2), the ALBUM ARTIST is the same for all discs, and that the COMPILATIONS tag is not ticked.

If you don't notice this until after the fact, you can edit the ID tags and use ARRANGE AUDIO to automatically rename the files following the new tag info.

[GVCCbob]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

When ripping Phantom of the Opera, box set,2 disc. It put one into LLoyd Weber folder, and one into compilations folder. I noticed name tags on the disc were different, with disc 1, and disc 2 in the names. I just reorganized myself into one folder and renamed the Name Tag.

Is there a way to auto do this?

[daleyb]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

Many Thanks garym your support and like Oggy points out Patience .Though One thing that connects us all (apart from a love of music-of course) Is Patience....To spend hours Ripping, tagging, correcting....It must be in our DNA!

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

UPDATE: I am now using Your (garym) naming string:
[IFCOMP]Compilations\[album] [IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title] - [artist][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]

and I can see it covers both Single Artist CD's and Comps. In *my* Folders it mirrors your above example perfect.(just artist/ Album Title/ Then track listing only.(I will continue using this naming string now) In SBT/ squeeze play menu in Album /Artist Etc..I Can see it still pulls in both Artist Name-Title. I Can only assume you take Artist Name away via the web Control/menu-settings. This worked great leaving me just Track titles.

My Comps in Squeezeplay/Controller settings are now reading : No. Track Title By Artist.
I again Assume in Menu Settings it pulls in Various Artists and sorts it. Great.


I have Stopped all ripping to sort my folders Now.I need to Use the Format String IN MP3TAG Given by you (garym) to batch up and correct number/title folders/Albums.
I also think I have too many sub headers (i.e. Jazz -Female,Artist Comps Etc..-about 25 in all!) I need to streamline them . Do you have any (garym) In your folders or just go A-Z.??

Another bit of "info overload" is On my SBT GUI , when playing(with Artwork track title, Album name) a Comp on artist Name I get: Various Artists, Artist Name.
I dont really need to know its "Various Aritists" (I know that its a Comp already).....Maybe I need to remove this in Album Artist(where I always put in "Various Artists" via Mp3 tag...???
Once done I can back up and Continue..

your last point, where it shows various artists and the track artist, I don't know how to get rid of that. I see that too on my squeezebox display.

regarding sub headings (jazz-female), I don't use ANY subfolders like this (like your or like A-Z). I just have:

music/flac/artist/album/01 - tracktitle.flac
or
music/mp3AAConly/artist/album/01 - tracktitle.mp3

in both cases, where it is a compilation, there is no "artist" folder, just "Compilations"
ie
music/flac/Compilations/album/01 - tracktitle - trackartist.flac

regarding what the squeezebox controller shows. I'm not exactly sure what you're looking at. there are lots of places to see your music library on your squeezeboxes (LMS, via web browser), on the screen of the touch itself, on a smart phone controller app (I use ipeng for iOS), etc. Some of these are modifiable. For example, for LMS web browser, you can change what shows. Go into LMS > SETTINGS, then see the pic below. (edit, you can type in whatever things you want in these display settings, but correct "variable names" are required. You can see examples in my picture.

[daleyb]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

agree. That's why my naming string, uses "track number - track title - artist name" for compilation albums but only "track number - track title" for regular albums (as adding artist to file name is redundant because the entire album subdirectory is already under the ARTIST subdirectory.
EDIT: And ultimately, the important part is having good and complete metadata (tag info). Because with good tag info one can always completely change the file naming, directory structure, etc. with a "batch" approach on hundreds of thousands of files.

UPDATE: I am now using Your (garym) naming string:
[IFCOMP]Compilations\[album] [IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title] - [artist][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] \Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]

and I can see it covers both Single Artist CD's and Comps. In *my* Folders it mirrors your above example perfect.(just artist/ Album Title/ Then track listing only.(I will continue using this naming string now) In SBT/ squeeze play menu in Album /Artist Etc..I Can see it still pulls in both Artist Name-Title. I Can only assume you take Artist Name away via the web Control/menu-settings. This worked great leaving me just Track titles.

My Comps in Squeezeplay/Controller settings are now reading : No. Track Title By Artist.
I again Assume in Menu Settings it pulls in Various Artists and sorts it. Great.


I have Stopped all ripping to sort my folders Now.I need to Use the Format String IN MP3TAG Given by you (garym) to batch up and correct number/title folders/Albums.
I also think I have too many sub headers (i.e. Jazz -Female,Artist Comps Etc..-about 25 in all!) I need to streamline them . Do you have any (garym) In your folders or just go A-Z.??

Another bit of "info overload" is On my SBT GUI , when playing(with Artwork track title, Album name) a Comp on artist Name I get: Various Artists, Artist Name.
I dont really need to know its "Various Aritists" (I know that its a Comp already).....Maybe I need to remove this in Album Artist(where I always put in "Various Artists" via Mp3 tag...???
Once done I can back up and Continue..

[garym]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

the "$num" part is just typed"...thats easy enough, but I would never got that on my own...Iam Still not 100% Which way I want to do it..But need to make my mind up quickish as I dont want to have to keep re tagging, changing folder layout etc...With Single artist Albums Its O.k. to have just track listing under Album/Artist Folder. But with Comps You really need all The artists names too with track listing.

The SBT is great. My Turntable/ CD player have been made redundant.My House no longer looks like a CD warehouse.It looks like a CD ripping factory/warehouse instead!.....(but hopefully that will change too...)

agree. That's why my naming string, uses "track number - track title - artist name" for compilation albums but only "track number - track title" for regular albums (as adding artist to file name is redundant because the entire album subdirectory is already under the ARTIST subdirectory.
EDIT: And ultimately, the important part is having good and complete metadata (tag info). Because with good tag info one can always completely change the file naming, directory structure, etc. with a "batch" approach on hundreds of thousands of files.

[daleyb]

Re: merging double/boxsets into 1 folder

the "$num" part is just typed"...thats easy enough, but I would never got that on my own...Iam Still not 100% Which way I want to do it..But need to make my mind up quickish as I dont want to have to keep re tagging, changing folder layout etc...With Single artist Albums Its O.k. to have just track listing under Album/Artist Folder. But with Comps You really need all The artists names too with track listing.

The SBT is great. My Turntable/ CD player have been made redundant.My House no longer looks like a CD warehouse.It looks like a CD ripping factory/warehouse instead!.....(but hopefully that will change too...)