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Posted by ali92 on May-10-2008 16:33:

De-sceneing folder & file names

I have a bunch of folder named like this:
DJ_Shah_Meets_Jan_Johnston-Beautiful-Vinyl-2006-POW

and files named like this:
03-dj_shah_meets_jan_johnston-beautiful__high_noon_at_salinas_mix-vinyl-pow.mp3

Is there any way I can automatically convert these to a format like Artist - Date - Album (Extra Info) [Media Type]\## - Title (Mix Info).mp3 ??

The tags are all truncated ID3v1 tags, so I can't just rename the files from the tags. Also, the Album fields in the tags are often non-existant or have pointless info like the release group name. If anyone can help me out with this, thanks very much. BTW, as different scene groups have different conventions, it may not be possible to use a file renamer to parse all folder names the same way. Now, I may be able to revise this easily if that scene release group name was removed from the folder & file names.

Thanks very much...

Posted by Magnus on May-10-2008 21:35:

Look for a utility called G6 Renamer I believe. Its been a while but if I remember right, it was created by a fellow TA and in my experience, was one of the best batch renaming tools I have ever come across.

Posted by miamitranceman on May-10-2008 23:21:

And download legally for chrissakes.

Posted by ali92 on May-12-2008 07:14:

quote:
Originally posted by miamitranceman
And download legally for chrissakes.
Oh please. What if your own CD ripper screwed up the file/folder names this bad (I have seen some crazy default settings before) and you already did like 100 discs?

Posted by skell on May-15-2008 20:57:

quote:
Originally posted by miamitranceman
And download legally for chrissakes.

+1

This is probably the last place you would want to ask how to 'de-scene' your downloaded mp3s. You should have just been more generic with your renaming example, rather than paste an obvious pirated release.

Posted by skell on Jun-02-2008 20:09:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
have u ever seen the files on beatport? it doesnt even have artist.

65465198_Shake_yer_butt_remix.mp3

Yes, but the filename he pasted was clearly pirated.

Posted by Gen3r4l1ty on Jun-03-2008 23:11:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
have u ever seen the files on beatport? it doesnt even have artist.

65465198_Shake_yer_butt_remix.mp3

Yea, but the ID3 tags are clean. Plus, can't you define how it autonames your file in your profile settings?