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am I the only filename nazi???

ok, in light of the DC HUB and eDonkey ive come to realize that most people just leave their files in the unkept, and unmanageable state.... Is it only me that renames EVERY file like [artist - song #(if applicable) - title.mp3]???? Not that I actually physically do it to every file, i have a prog called MP3 tag studio that can mass rename files.. hell, even when the first letter isnt caps it annoys me.

the finny thing is that i am a messy, unorganized person. the mp3 filename thing is the only problem i have. its so organized that I delete all the ID3 tags cuz they are messed up too sometimes..???

am I wierd or are there any other people like me?

cheers
-Marc

Well...

...actually...

...that's EXACTLY what I am like...

Freaky

(yay, I am not a junior any more )

Me 2.

except my trance addict singles, i leave those ones.

im a lazy messy bastard, but i rename all my mp3's like so

Artist - Tune Name (Name mix/remix)

all with nice caps n everything

I am the same damn way, except i pass this analness on to the id3 tags as well, i make every one of them perfect.

Johnny

I keep mine very organized... Artist Name- Title.mp3 and rewrite the ID3 tags also (Artist, Title, Year and Genre). I even create sub-folders in my MP3 folder when I burn them to CD and put all the newly burned things into the sub-folder w/ the date they were burned as the folder name.

mah i rename when it suits me. sometimes i'll get this crazy urge to do it... otherwise i don't care. damn you marijauna.. you hve destroyed my ambition.

For livesets, i put the tracklisting of the liveset in the comments section of the ID3 tag. This way when i'm listening to a liveset, and hear a great song, i can just right click it and see what song it is.

Hey thanks...

Cool....thanks for that plug on the MP3 Tag Studio...
Here's the link for the rest of yea...I've been looking for something like this...
http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/

I'll be usin' this...

Youre not alone. I do that manually! Even worse, I go into the id3 tag, turn off the id3, and enter the title, artist, album, year, track #, and music type for each song in the id3v2! Whew! Actually it takes me 1 second, and it makes my collection more organized

I have over 100 gig all named by
[artist]- Track/Music Video/Set (Mix)
Using id3master to do all this ofcourse

yep, not only renaming songs and ID3 tags, but how about cleaning every song from those VERY annoying vinyl pops and noise?
if something can't be cleaned up, i have to redownload and i'm on 56K

Organisation...

Every time I download a file from ANY file-sharing service, the filenames are in an unacceptable format in my book. First, I HATE lowercases where there should be uppers. Next, UNDERSCORES! Who likes them? Next here's my format for singles: Artist - Title (Remix)
For live sets this is the format: Artist - Live at (event) on (date in YYYY-MM-DD format). So, here's an example of a real filename: Rank 1 - Live at Trance Energy on 2000-09-30
I use Year/Month/Day format for ALL short dates because it's good for organising (In China, Korea, and Japan they use it as their standard format so, I'm not alone). For oral expression I use Day/Month/Year format. So, I say: Today is the 30th of January, 2002. For ALL times I use 24 hour system (07:30 PM = 19:30). I hate it when Americans say "so you use "MILITARY TIME", eh?". That format isn't used ONLY for the military. In some countries, it's used on timetables, agendas, and in some places, everywhere time records are needed. Who would like to ask me questions on these formats? PM me or e-mail me. My ICQ # is 145283256 so, you can find me on there too...

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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 I even create sub-folders in my MP3 folder when I burn them to CD and put all the newly burned things into the sub-folder w/ the date they were burned as the folder name.

i used to organise them by artists the changed it to sub genres but it annoyed me coz id have to look through a load of folders of remember which one i put it in so now i just have em as one big kaboodle

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Originally posted by Laun19 I am the same damn way, except i pass this analness on to the id3 tags as well, i make every one of them perfect. Johnny

mee too.. i just thought i had obsessive compulsive disorder

I'm very strict when it comes to organizing my collection. The problem is that I don't bother with it until I've downloaded 3-4 gigs of the shit. Then I have to use hours organizing A pain in the arse..

Peace

hey smellsexcellent, thanx for reccomending mp3 tag studio. It's exactly what i needed, great program.

I have a question about mp3 tag studio. How do I space out the words of the song perfectly and remove the underscore? For example, I have song names and artist like this:

Britney_Spears- I'm a slave for you!

how do I make them look like this:

Britney Spears - I'm a slave for you!

Just out of intrest? Whats the best thing to do if your are using a fiel sharing program?

Leave the filename and tags as they are?

OR

Change either the tags or filename

I ask this as id imagen some programs wouldnt pick up the differences etc?

Jon

i organise all my mp3z & ther tags perfectly.. i can't stand it unorganised ;(

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Originally posted by Trancewave hey smellsexcellent, thanx for reccomending mp3 tag studio. It's exactly what i needed, great program. I have a question about mp3 tag studio. How do I space out the words of the song perfectly and remove the underscore? For example, I have song names and artist like this: Britney_Spears- I'm a slave for you! how do I make them look like this: Britney Spears - I'm a slave for you!

Im not on my "downstairs computer" (the good one with all my apps) so i cant tell you for sure, but i know theres a "custom" option in the mass rename files tab where you can define custome rules such as "change all _ to ." I think though that there is a convert underscore option and even a %20 one (a different way of writing a space.) Either way, its a pretty simple program and im sure that youll figure it out eventually if not by now.

A quick question, I would like to remove all the tags on my livesets and albums, but in tag studio it goes VERY slow and eventually quits.. is there a good prog out there that can remove tags FAST fomr bigger files??? Thanks if you know.

Wow, im glad to hear that i dont have a problem. I wasnt surebecause i am the messiest, most unorganized person around and it just seemed odd that for this one thing i was insane about order.

BTW, Jon, Like i said, i rename all files and take out ID3 tags.. As far as AG goes, i have no idea how they catalogue stuff cuz whenever I share some of my productions theyre all messed up, the titles are not there or something in the () part where the remix should be is in the title... I dont know. but for DC its way beter to rename just for the sake of others who are browsking your files. eDonkey dosnt use either, they make some osrt of tag out of the waveform and then share it from that.... hope that helped some.

Cheers all
-Marc

Another question, is there any "good" naming method for live sets and what the best way to show the date, because UK and the USA have dates wrote out different:
UK way dd/mm/yyyy
USA way mm/dd/yyyy

Jon

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Originally posted by jonsimmonds Another question, is there any "good" naming method for live sets and what the best way to show the date, because UK and the USA have dates wrote out different: UK way dd/mm/yyyy USA way mm/dd/yyyy Jon

As I said before, the best way to do it is YEAR/MONTH/DAY. I NEVER use MM/DD/YYYY. I have no idea where did USA get that format from because DD/MM/YYYY makes the most sense (2nd OF February, 2002). In Japan, China, Korea, and ISO's standard, they do it like this: 2002 (YEAR SYMBOL) 02 (MONTH SYMBOL) 02 (DAY SYMBOL) and then the day of the week, in "()". Since I can't type those characters properly, I just use slashes for the symbols (2002/02/02 (Saturday)).

i got it now, thanx

Sounds like alot of us TAs are OCD about naming files a certain way. I doesnt explain it though... if most of use are anal about how we name files why are most files that I download needing to be renamed. I find it really time consuming...sometimes I get lazy, and dont bother to rename the file when I download it,.... and after a month, i have 200-300 files to rename, it takes me hours...

Also, does anyone know how I can convert a list of songs/files from Microsoft Explorer to a word processor or spreadsheet? I know that through Winamp you can make and HTML copy of your songs, but the songlist it makes is taken from the ID3 tags, and most of my songs have been archived on MP3 discs so I cant modify the tags anymore... any suggestions please PM me.... Thanks.

IM A GENIUSSSSS

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Originally posted by Sarcoman Sounds like alot of us TAs are OCD about naming files a certain way. I doesnt explain it though... if most of use are anal about how we name files why are most files that I download needing to be renamed. I find it really time consuming...sometimes I get lazy, and dont bother to rename the file when I download it,.... and after a month, i have 200-300 files to rename, it takes me hours... Also, does anyone know how I can convert a list of songs/files from Microsoft Explorer to a word processor or spreadsheet? I know that through Winamp you can make and HTML copy of your songs, but the songlist it makes is taken from the ID3 tags, and most of my songs have been archived on MP3 discs so I cant modify the tags anymore... any suggestions please PM me.... Thanks.

ok open up winamp ... go into preferences and under the 'options' tab... u'll see the "read titles on" options ... select the "play" option... c where i'm going???

in case u didnt get it... winamp will now display the titles of only the file currently playing hehe

now all u have to do is bung a file with a valid tag from the cd and bung in the rest... they'll still have the .mp3 at their end (thats one setback)... but it's worth it i guess... and then u can create ur playlist...

THANK U...THANK U... thats 3 yrs of fooling around with the software...

cheers!!

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