Path Name

[daveb30]

I am looking for some help with Tags. I what my file structure to start with a directory that is named for the artist.
The current Artist Tag is fine except when it is an individual name.
I want LastnameFirstname, with no spaces and no comma.
In fact I never want a space in the Directory name.
What I am wanting is:
JohnsonEric not Eric Johnson
RollingStones (RollingStonesThe) is OK
I thought that a custom Tag would make the most sense but I could use some help. I read the thread "Naming Scheme Tutorial" but I am still at a loss.
Any help that anyone has would be appreciated.
Thanks

[mville]

Re: Path Name

This page suggests that '[REPLACE],@,[tag]album artist sort[][]' would replace commas with @ but it doesn't seem to work.

This should work:
[REPLACE]<comma_>,@,[tag]album artist sort[][]

[daveb30]

Re: Path Name

Thanks everyone for your help, but I am in need of some additional help.

I checked album artist sort (it was not originally) and now when I look at the metadata I see album artist sort, and it is want I want (well, the first step towards that, it has spaces but I see comments on how to remove those).

I had the default Dynamic Naming, so I replaced
album artist,[album artist]
with
album artist sort,[album artist sort]

This yields a root directory of [album artist sort] not the value of this tag but "[album artist sort]"
What am I missing?
Here is what I have

[MAXLENGTH]80,[IFVALUE]album artist sort,[album artist sort],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][][]\[MAXLENGTH]80,[album][]\[MAXLENGTH]80,[track] [artist] - [title][]

[daveb30]

Re: Path Name

With the following I still get the value that is in "album artist" not the "album artist sort"
MAXLENGTH]80,[IFVALUE]album artist sort,[tag]album artist sort[],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][][]\[MAXLENGTH]80,[album][]\[MAXLENGTH]80,[track] [artist] - [title][]

I may have been wrong when I said that I see the value for "album artist sort". I definitely see it when I look at a specific track, however I do not know how to look at that for the entire CD.

[daveb30]

Re: Path Name

Well I discovered that it I go to the Tags tab and enter a NEW Tag and call it Album Artist Sort that it works. However I don't think it is very practical for me to have to do this for all CD that I want to RIP. I would think that there should be a way to switch "first last" to "last first". I will keep trying

[daveb30]

Re: Path Name

One last question on dynamic naming (I should admit I am not a programmer) I am close to what I want. I am not sure why it is functioning the way it is. I have done a lot of copy and paste and a lot or modifications. So I am close and may live with it.

I have been trying to remove the comma (ie. "Rolling Stones, The" becomes "Rolling Stones The"). I have it working for the root directory but not the artist portion of the track name. I have the following (I have played with the ",,," after the replace comma... but can not figure out what they are doing)

[REPLACE]<comma_>,,,[IFVALUE]album artist sort,[tag]album artist sort[],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][][]\[MAXLENGTH]80,[album][]\[MAXLENGTH]80,[][track]-[IFCOMP][artist]-[][title]

Any help would be appreciated..thanks

[daveb30]

Re: Path Name

Thank you simbun, the suggestion you made is providing the desired outcome!!