Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

[Caesar]

Hi,

How can I change that dbPoweramp doesn't change the folder's name from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"?
The flac folder is named "Allman Brothers". After the conversion dbPoweramp renamed the folder to "Allman Brothers, The" (and it does so with The Cure, The Who, The Corrs etc). Why and how can I change that please?
Thank you kindly.

Cheers
Caesar

[Dat Ei]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Seems like you use Album Artist Sort in your naming string and that those tags contain the name followed by comma and the.



Dat Ei

[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Hallo Dat Ei (das vom Huhn?),

I better attached a screenshot for better understanding.
There you see the folder is named "Allman Brothers" but dbPoweramp automatically shows it as "Allman Brothers, The".
What the heck??? I'm buffed why...

Cheers
Caesar

[garym]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Post your naming string here. I also suspect you use sort tag info in the naming string.

[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Post your naming string here. I also suspect you use sort tag info in the naming string.

Thank you for your reply. Where can I see the naming string?

[garym]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Thank you for your reply. Where can I see the naming string?

CD Ripper screen, bottom left. On "Naming" row, click "SET" to the right side. This will take you to a popup screen that has your naming string at the top. Mine has:

[MAXLENGTH]240,[IFCOMP]Compilations\[album][IFMULTI]\Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title] - [artist][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI]\Disc [disc][]\[track] - [title][][]

[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Thanks again.
I'm using the Batch Converter. But here is the string of the converter:
[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][]\[album]\[track] - [artist] - [title]

Cheers
Caesar

[garym]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Then perhaps the files you are converting already had ARTIST or ALBUM ARTIST set to use what would normally be the "ARTIST SORT" value (i.e., Allman
Brothers Band, The vs "The Allman Brothers Band").

Take a look at some of the files you are converting and see if the ARTIST tag has the (name, The) content. Did you rip these original files? If so, it is the naming string you used when ripping that would be relevant here. In any case, dbpa is just doing what it is told, and using your content of whatever is in the existing ARTIST and ALBUM ARTIST tag fields.

[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

I'm sorry, I don't understand the structure of the dbPoweramp program (and I could not find any manual to read through).
What does the CD-Ripper settings has to do with the Batch Converter?

I ripped all my CDs (around 2500) to flac and store them in various places since quite a few CDs got f**ked up and are not playing anymore. Tropical climate was not considered when creating the CDs...

I used MP3Tag to organize, properly Tag and add the proper album image to all my CDs correctly (which took me around 4 weeks).

So what do I need to do now to convert the flac files to MP3 format for my car and to m4a format for my cell phone please?

Thank you kindly! :-)

Cheers
Caesar

[garym]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Sorry,I'm asking a much more simple question. dbpa is only using the names of the ARTIST and ALBUM ARTIST fields that already exist in your files that you are converting. I'm asking you to look at one of those FLAC files that you think is producing an incorrect artist name and see what it say. Easy to do in mp3tag that you use. Just right click on the file, then choose extended tags. See what the ARTIST or ALBUM ARTIST names say. Do they say, for example, "Allman Brothers Band, The"? If so, that's why dbpa batch converter is picking up this info.
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[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Ok, here is a screenshot.
Thanks again.

Cheers
Caesar :-)

[garym]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Ok, here is a screenshot.
Thanks again.

Cheers
Caesar :-)

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I can't see any of your screen shots as they all say waiting approval.

[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

Here are the screenshots since this forum does not allow me to show images.

http://www.seatemple.com/dbpa.jpg

and

http://www.seatemple.com/dbpa1.jpg

[Caesar]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

I just posted links and now it shows:
Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting.

What is going on here?!

[mville]

Re: Changing names from "The ABC" to "ABC, The"

In file explorer navigate to this file:
F:\MusicFlac\Allman Brothers Band, The\Brothers and Sisters\01 Allman Brothers Band - Wasted Words.flac

Right-click on the file, select Edit ID-Tag from the context menu and the dBpoweramp: Edit ID-Tag window should open. Please post a screenshot showing ALL the contents of this window.