Your Naming Scheme

[LtData]

This thread is for everyone to post their naming scheme and then how it works (aka "decoded" and in plain text). I'll go first:
[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[][album][IFMULTI] - Disc [disc][]\[track] - [artist] - [title]

Compilation CDs end up:
album\track - artist - title
Normal CDs end up:
artist\album\track - artist - title

Need some help? Try the tutorial first: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=13928

Whoops, forgot the log path, which actually lacked [IFCOMP] and such, thanks EliC:
[rippedtopath]\[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][] - [][album].txt
Non-compilation: artist - album.txt
Compilation: album.txt

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFCOMP][IFVALUE]Various Artists[]Various Artists\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [artist] - [title][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[artist] - [album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [title][]



For the log:

[rippedtopath][IFCOMP][album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[].txt[][IF!COMP][artist] - [album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[].txt[]

[LtData]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFVALUE]Various Artists[]Various Artists\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [artist] - [title][]
This looks odd, as the [IFVALUE] statement doesn't have an "if true" or "if false" option. Also, the statement is skipped, as "various artists" isn't a tag name and is therefore always false.

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

here is a good thread:

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=11568

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFVALUE]Various Artists[]Various Artists\[album]

should create a folder called "Various Artists" with a folder inside that with the album name - correct?

Just try putting it in the dBpoweramp system. It works!

[LtData]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

Yes, it does put Various Artists, but my point is that "[IFVALUE]Various Artists[]" is the same as an if-statement with nothing to do if the condition is true or false. Normally, it is [IFVALUE]condition,if-true,if-false[].

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

I understand what you are saying. Frankly I don't remember exactly why I wrote it like that, but it does work.

[Paul.C]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

Mine is currently:

[IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[IF!COMP][artist][][IFCOMP]Various Artists[][]\[album]\[artist] - [album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[] - [track] - [title]

Paul

[kupje]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

[IFCOMP]VA[][IF!COMP][artist][] - [album] ([year])\[IFMULTI][disc][][track] - [title]

Log: [rippedtopath]\[IFMULTI][disc][]00 - [album].log

Album: Some artist - Some album (1997)\09 - Some track.wv
Compilation, disc 1: VA - Some compilation (2001)\104 - Another track.wv

[msb]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

OK,

I have a fairly complex formula that works for me:

[IFCOMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[IFEQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,Various - [genre][][IF!EQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,[album artist][],Various - [genre][][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][][]\[album] ([IFMULTI][disc_total] []CD[IFMULTI] Set[])\[IFMULTI]Disc [SETLEN]2,48,,[disc][]\[][track] [title]

Generally, here's how I have my collection stored on my hard drive:

Artist
...Album One (CD)
......01 Track One
......02 Track Two

If I've got a Multi-Disc set, it goes like this:

Artist
...Album One (2 CD Set)
......Disc 01
.........01 Track One
.........02 Track Two
......Disc 02
.........01 Track One
.........02 Track Two

For Compilations with multiple artists, I like to file them by genre:

Various Artists - Blues
...Album One (CD)
......01 Track One
......02 Track Two
...Album Two (CD)
......01 Track One
......02 Track Two

However, if there is a Compilation album, but there is an "album artist" tag (sometimes albums will feature a single artist but have multiple performers... for example, The Band on the album The Last Waltz) then I will file it under that artist's folder.

You may also notice that I add the (CD) value to the Album name. That's because I have a lot of music from non-commercial CD sources (i.e. bootlegs, etc..), so I like to differentiate the collection that way, too.

Finally, I'd like to be able to strip off the word "The" in the artist name, so that the folders are more alphabetical-friendly (i.e. The Rolling Stones -> Rolling Stones), but I haven't been able to acomplish that. I've posted that quesiton here, so I'll look for some help over in that thread.

[msb]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

I wanted to break down my formula above to help show what I did to get the results I wanted.

First, I want to get the Artist information and make a folder for that:

Is it a Compilation album? If so, I want to either file it in the "album artist" folder (if a value exist), other wise I want to file it under a folder called: Various Artists - genre.

[IFCOMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[IFEQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,Various - [genre][][IF!EQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,[album artist][],Various - [genre][][]

- I first check if it's a compilation album ([IFCOMP])
- I then check to see if there is a value in the "album artist" field ([IFVALUE])
- If there is a value there, I then check to see if the value under "album artist" is equal to "Various Artists" ([IFEQUALS]). If it is, then use "Various - [genre]".
- If the album artist value is not "Various Artists" ([IF!EQUALS]), then I use whatever value is in "album artist"
- Finally, if there is no value at all in the album artist field, then just use: Various - [genre].

If it is not a Compilation Album, I want to file it under the "album artist", if it exists. If it doesn't then fall back to the "artist" value.

[IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][][]

- If it's not a compilation album ([IF!COMP])
- Then check to see if there is a value in the "album artist" tag ([IFVALUE])
- If there is, then use it... otherwise use the artist tag.

[jtbse]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

Mine's much simpler than most I think (maybe just a simpler mind?? :smile2

[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][] - [album]\[track] - [artist] - [title]

Compilation example:

\Various Artists - We All Love Ella\01 - Natalie Cole - A-Tisket, A-Tasket.flac

Non-compilation:

\Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle\01 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Susie Q.m4a

I tend to keep the file system as simple as possible and depend on tags and player/server software to reflect things like genre, years, composer, and album artist.

[derty2]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

I am trying to utilize that fantastic thorough script by msb (++Great Job)
I've slightly modded it to suit me,
I use all lowercase
I file Various Artists folders as var - genre
and I file album names starting with (Year)
Using this code...

[LOWER][IFCOMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[IFEQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,Var - [genre][][IF!EQUALS]album artist,Various Artists,[album artist][],Var - [genre][][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][][]\([YEAR]) [album] ([IFMULTI][disc_total] []CD[IFMULTI] Set[])\[IFMULTI]Disc [SETLEN]2,48,,[disc][]\[][track]. [title][][]

......ALSO.......

I have discovered from another thread [http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=16226&highlight=naming]
that msb has figured out a way of doing this to folder names...
EXAMPLE --> the beatles is changed to beatles, the
Using this code...

[IFEQUALS]artist,The [DEL]1,4,[artist][],[TRIM][DEL]1,4,[artist][], The[][]

Can somebody help me merge the two sets of codes ?
I have spent many hours trying, but I failed. :(
Thanks.

[Falcon4]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

Man, I have no idea how to use all that "IF" stuff. It might come in handy though...

I do, simply, in plain English:
Artist - Album\Artist - TrackNo - Title

That method works a lot better than any defaults I've seen in any program (especially that "artist\album\TrackNo Title" crap from iTunes!), because if I want to move some tracks into a general "music" folder, like on an MP3 player, they stay organized by artist instead of lumping together in a huge disorganized disaster by track number first. It also makes browsing for an album easily since I can see both album name and artist name at a glance in the flat folder listing. :D

Now, my VA albums have a different scheme:
VA - Album\TrackNo - Artist - Title

This is where I have to just suck it up and let it go TrackNo-first. Otherwise, I'd end up with the album being sorted by the various artists first, then by the track number, a messy situation.

It'd sure be nice to be able to come up with a script for that

[EliC]

Re: Your Naming Scheme

I was having problems with filenames that were to long, so I have changed by scheme a bit

[IFCOMP]Various Artists\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[track] - [title][][IF!COMP][IFVALUE]album artist,[album artist],[artist][]\[album][IFMULTI] (Disc [disc])[]\[track] - [title][]

Nothing fancy.