Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

[nlkleve]

I am trying to use metadata in file naming using the provided functions. Much of my metadata has semicolons in it and, while naming files, I want to look up, and change those semicolons, in the string. How do you get the coding to recognize a semicolon? I know that <comma_> works for comma, but I tried <semicolon_> to no avail.

[Spoon]

Re: Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

Can you give a specific example, before and after?

[nlkleve]

Re: Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

When I use "[SPLIT]letter or string,string,position[]" and type in '[SPLIT]/,[artist],2][], the function splits on any "/" and gives me the second instance. If I type "[SPLIT];,[artist], 2[]", nothing happens even though there is a ";" in the tag.

Using "[REPLACE]search,replacement,string[]" again, if I look to find and replace a "/", it works. If I try it with a ";" it doesn't.

[Spoon]

Re: Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

'; ' is just virtual until it is written, so use:

[SPLIT]; ,[MULTITAG]artist[], 2[]

[nlkleve]

Re: Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

Thank you for this help. I will try this.

I don't fully understand your explanation, and I would really like to get more adept at this sort of programing. Is there some place that I can read up on it?

[simbun]

Re: Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

I don't fully understand your explanation, and I would really like to get more adept at this sort of programing.

Tagging applications like dBpoweramp and foobar2000 use semi-colons to visually separate the elements of multi-value tags, but the semi-colons aren't stored in the underlying tags e.g. what looks like 'Artist1; Artist2' in the UI, when written to a FLAC file are actually stored as individual fields:
ARTIST Artist1
ARTIST Artist2

[MULTITAG]artist[] combines the values together into a single string separated by a semi-colon ('Artist1' & ';' & 'Artist2'), that you can then separate with [SPLIT].


Of course it could be that you really do have semi-colons in your Artist tag, but that's not the correct way of storing them, and it isn't something dBpoweramp would do.

[nlkleve]

Re: Naming Files in Ripper - Using Functions with Metadata with Semicolons

Thanks so much! This really does clear up my confusion, and it gives me enough info to let me know where to go to learn more about tagging. Everyone's help is appreciated.

Norm