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  • husker
    dBpoweramp Enthusiast

    • Dec 2013
    • 62

    Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

    I've used the following naming convention for years with no issues:

    [IFCOMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],Various Artists[]\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title][]\[IF!COMP][artist]\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]

    The dynamic naming field is correct, and the example it provides base on the dynamic naming is also correct.

    However, on actual rip, it is not working correctly. It is creating a folder for each song.

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    See attached screenshots.
  • husker
    dBpoweramp Enthusiast

    • Dec 2013
    • 62

    #2
    Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

    FYI - the problem is for compilations only. Non compilations work OK.

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    • garym
      dBpoweramp Guru

      • Nov 2007
      • 5902

      #3
      Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

      Originally posted by husker
      FYI - the problem is for compilations only. Non compilations work OK.
      try this. Your part of the string for a compilation also included creating a subdirectory if the ARTIST or ALBUM artist tag was filled in. That created a new folder for each track artist. I've fixed that but moved that part of the code to the noncompilations so it will use ALBUM ARTIST if it exists, otherwise it will use ARTIST. For some reason, there is an underline at the very end of the file name with your code (and mine) and can't figure out why. Typically that's when an extra space is at the end of the string, but that's not the case here.

      [IFCOMP]\Various Artists\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title][]\[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]
      Last edited by garym; February 07, 2021, 09:10 PM.

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      • garym
        dBpoweramp Guru

        • Nov 2007
        • 5902

        #4
        Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

        Originally posted by garym
        try this. Your part of the string for a compilation also included creating a subdirectory if the ARTIST or ALBUM artist tag was filled in. That created a new folder for each track artist. I've fixed that but moved that part of the code to the noncompilations so it will use ALBUM ARTIST if it exists, otherwise it will use ARTIST. For some reason, there is an underline at the very end of the file name with your code (and mine) and can't figure out why. Typically that's when an extra space is at the end of the string, but that's not the case here.

        [IFCOMP]\Various Artists\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title][]\[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]

        was an extra space. use this and make sure no space or line return at very end after pasting in:

        [IFCOMP]\Various Artists\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title][]\[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]
        Last edited by garym; February 07, 2021, 09:10 PM.

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        • husker
          dBpoweramp Enthusiast

          • Dec 2013
          • 62

          #5
          Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

          Originally posted by garym
          was an extra space. use this and make sure no space or line return at very end after pasting in:

          [IFCOMP]\Various Artists\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title][]\[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[year] - [album][IFMULTI] - [disc_total] CD[]\FLAC\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][]
          Appreciate your help Gary, but no go. Same issue. I thought it may be a multiencoder issue again, so I just chose Flac. Even the filename column shows incorrectly. I'm sure there is no space or return after the trailing "]"

          Any more ideas? I'm really confused, as I've used this naming for years.

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          • garym
            dBpoweramp Guru

            • Nov 2007
            • 5902

            #6
            Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

            Originally posted by husker
            Appreciate your help Gary, but no go. Same issue. I thought it may be a multiencoder issue again, so I just chose Flac. Even the filename column shows incorrectly. I'm sure there is no space or return after the trailing "]"

            Any more ideas? I'm really confused, as I've used this naming for years.
            odd. testing on my machine the naming string works. But I'm not using multiencoder. In multiencoder you have to set the naming string for each encoder in separate places (from what I read).

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            • husker
              dBpoweramp Enthusiast

              • Dec 2013
              • 62

              #7
              Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

              Originally posted by garym
              odd. testing on my machine the naming string works. But I'm not using multiencoder. In multiencoder you have to set the naming string for each encoder in separate places (from what I read).
              I set up just a single Flac encoder. Do you see anything here?

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              • garym
                dBpoweramp Guru

                • Nov 2007
                • 5902

                #8
                Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                Originally posted by husker
                I set up just a single Flac encoder. Do you see anything here?

                [ATTACH=CONFIG]3062[/ATTACH]
                click the "compilation" box on the settings screen then post that jpg. And then click both compilation box and mulidisk box and post that jpg too.

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                • husker
                  dBpoweramp Enthusiast

                  • Dec 2013
                  • 62

                  #9
                  Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                  Originally posted by garym
                  click the "compilation" box on the settings screen then post that jpg. And then click both compilation box and mulidisk box and post that jpg too.
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                  Thank you for your help Gary.

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                  • garym
                    dBpoweramp Guru

                    • Nov 2007
                    • 5902

                    #10
                    Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                    The "examples" (results of applying naming string") on each of these is correct. You said it was only not working on compilations, correct? But yet, the example shows it being handled correctly, with the compilations showing up in a "Various Artist" folder (rather than an album artist or artist folder). Maybe step back to the beginning and provide another clear example of what it is incorrectly doing for your compilations. I thought it was putting each track in a different artist folder (and in fact, the naming string you posted would have produced that outcome).

                    Another thing you could do is put a compilation CD in your ripper, then click on the "current CD metadata" in the naming screen and post that.

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                    • husker
                      dBpoweramp Enthusiast

                      • Dec 2013
                      • 62

                      #11
                      Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                      Originally posted by garym
                      The "examples" (results of applying naming string") on each of these is correct. You said it was only not working on compilations, correct? But yet, the example shows it being handled correctly, with the compilations showing up in a "Various Artist" folder (rather than an album artist or artist folder). Maybe step back to the beginning and provide another clear example of what it is incorrectly doing for your compilations. I thought it was putting each track in a different artist folder (and in fact, the naming string you posted would have produced that outcome).

                      Another thing you could do is put a compilation CD in your ripper, then click on the "current CD metadata" in the naming screen and post that.
                      This should make it more clear.

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                      What is odd is the example screen shows correctly, but the file naming clearly isn't. And correct, it is only NOT working on compilations.

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                      • garym
                        dBpoweramp Guru

                        • Nov 2007
                        • 5902

                        #12
                        Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                        Originally posted by husker
                        This should make it more clear.

                        [ATTACH=CONFIG]3065[/ATTACH]

                        What is odd is the example screen shows correctly, but the file naming clearly isn't. And correct, it is only NOT working on compilations.
                        strange. it seems to be working correctly regarding putting things in the "various artists" folder, except this shows it is adding a separate "flac" directory at the very end. Or is it adding "\flac" as part of the file name itself.

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                        • garym
                          dBpoweramp Guru

                          • Nov 2007
                          • 5902

                          #13
                          Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                          Originally posted by husker
                          This should make it more clear.

                          [ATTACH=CONFIG]3065[/ATTACH]

                          What is odd is the example screen shows correctly, but the file naming clearly isn't. And correct, it is only NOT working on compilations.
                          You still haven't done this: Another thing you could do is put a compilation CD in your ripper, then WITHIN THE SET NAMING OPTIONS click on the "current CD metadata" in the naming screen and post that.

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                          • garym
                            dBpoweramp Guru

                            • Nov 2007
                            • 5902

                            #14
                            Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                            seems like the "\flac" at end of file name should be ".flac" (the file extension for file type). Do these oddly named FLAC files play in your player????

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                            • husker
                              dBpoweramp Enthusiast

                              • Dec 2013
                              • 62

                              #15
                              Re: Dynamic Naming Problems in 17.3

                              Originally posted by garym
                              seems like the "\flac" at end of file name should be ".flac" (the file extension for file type). Do these oddly named FLAC files play in your player????
                              No, it doesn't. I'm convinced DBPoweramp isn't doing something correctly. It is creating a folder for each song, and dumping a file named "flac" in the folder. See here:

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                              I think the mask is correct - it shows correctly in the example. But, as you can see from the filename column in the previous post (as well as the pictures above), it isn't actually processing it correctly.

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