Is there a way to batch rename the filename?

[Teknojnky]

No I don't know how to write VBScript/Regular expressions. What I need is something like:

C:\Users\Steve\Music\Chicago - The Best Of Chicago 40th Anniversary Edition [Disc 1] - 10 - (I've Been) Searchin' So Long.mp3

Is this what you meant?

Whats wrong with something like this auto-org mask:

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<album artist> - <album>$if(<disk#>, [Disc <disk#>]) - <track#:2> - <title>

There are also several examples @ http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.p ... s_Examples

[steviegt]

You're brilliant. You made my day. Thanks!

[okram]

Hi, I have another question.

For a long time I'm searching for the solution to organize my folders in a way like ..\Album name (bitrate)\Track name.

I know with RegExp you can assign weighted average Bitrate of the album to the folder and this cannot be done with Auto-Organize. However after renaming ReqExp will not delete emptied folders, which makes it not really usable for me.

Therefore I was thinking of the following workaround - is it possible to make a preset or a script which would put average (and maybe min, max) bitrate into one of the custom fields? If yes, auto-organize can do the rest.

Thanks.

[ZvezdanD]

However after renaming ReqExp will not delete emptied folders, which makes it not really usable for me.

Have you tried to turn on the "Delete emptied folders when moving files as a result of the Path modification" option?

is it possible to make a preset or a script which would put average (and maybe min, max) bitrate into one of the custom fields?

You already have two similar presets, "Assign the weighted average album's rating to the Custom 3 field" and mentioned "Assign the weighted average Bitrate of the album to the last folder of the Path", so you only need to combine them:
Find what:

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^.*

Into: Custom 1
Regular expression 1: checked
Replace with:

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Int(SQLQuery("SELECT Sum(Bitrate * SongLength) / Sum(SongLength) FROM Songs WHERE IDAlbum = " & oSongData.Album.ID & " GROUP BY IDAlbum") / 1000)

VBScript expression: checked

If you want Min, you should replace Sum(Bitrate * SongLength) / Sum(SongLength) with Min(Bitrate).

[steviegt]

I want to save the script option that was created for me? How do I make this a saved option so I don't have to copy & paste every time I want to use it? I clicked on "New" and filled in all the blanks but "Save" never lit up and became availabe (an active button).

[ZvezdanD]

You should enter some name to the preset, e.g. "Assign the weighted average Bitrate of the album to the Custom 1 field" for the previous example.

[steviegt]

That was it. I was only entering the description and not a preset name. Common sense.

[Guest]

Have you tried to turn on the "Delete emptied folders when moving files as a result of the Path modification" option?

Yes, but I cannot do this in Auto organize - that's why I tried RegExp - afer renaming in RegExp I get duplicated folders.

Find what:

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^.*

Into: Custom 1
Regular expression 1: checked
Replace with:

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Int(SQLQuery("SELECT Sum(Bitrate * SongLength) / Sum(SongLength) FROM Songs WHERE IDAlbum = " & oSongData.Album.ID & " GROUP BY IDAlbum") / 1000)

VBScript expression: checked

Thanks. This works. Now I can do something like this (Custom 1 = min, Custom 2 = max, Custom 3 = average):

.\<Album Artist>\<Album> [$if(<Custom 1><><Custom 2>,VBR <Custom 1>-<Custom 2>,<Custom 3>)]\<Track#:2> - <Title>

Such auto organize will also delete emptied folders. Of course I still wish there would be more elegant solution.

[Teknojnky]

The simplest solution is to simply ignore bitrate and use only <type>.

The problem, as you may have figured out, is that organizing works at the individual file level, not on an album or group level. In order to support putting an average bitrate, the average has to be calculated some how and stored in each individual file tag somewhere.

I settled for this mask:

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$left(\Media\$upper(<Type>)\$if(<Album Artist>,$if(<Album Artist>=various,_<Album Artist>,$if(<Album Artist>=techno,_<Album Artist>,$if(<Album Artist>=soundtrack,_<Album Artist>,<Album Artist@1>\<Album Artist>))),<Artist@1>\<Artist>)\$if(<Album>,$if(<Year>,<Year> - )<Album> [$upper(<Type>)])\$if(<Track#>,<Track#:2> - )<Artist> - <Title>,240)

This segregates my library in to the main file types and also indicates in the album folder name what file type.

like so:

J:\Media\FLAC\T\Tool\1996 - Ænima [FLAC]\01 - Tool - Stinkfist.flac

[ZvezdanD]

Have you tried to turn on the "Delete emptied folders when moving files as a result of the Path modification" option?

Yes, but I cannot do this in Auto organize - that's why I tried RegExp - afer renaming in RegExp I get duplicated folders.

I think that you didn't understand. The RegExp script has mentioned option, it is in the Tools / Options dialog box, on the RegExp Find and Replace tab. If you check that option emptied folders after moving files would be removed.

[Teknojnky]

I added a feature request for the <vbr> mask to auto-organize masks.

http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=5490

This would allow auto-org masks to easily rename to show vbr or cbr+bitrate.

Of course this does not help with average album vbr bitrate, but you could just leave the bitrate off vbr and only put on cbr, like

\artist\album [mp3 vbr]\tracks
\artist\album [mp3 192k cbr]\tracks

or
\artist\album [mp3 192k]\tracks

[ZvezdanD]

In order to support putting an average bitrate, the average has to be calculated some how and stored in each individual file tag somewhere.

It has not to be stored in each file. With my script and mentioned preset the average is stored only in the file path.

By the way, my script already supports VBR field and many other which is not available with Auto-Organize.

[Teknojnky]

True an elegant solution, I was referring to available auto-organize masks tho.

[Guest]

I think that you didn't understand. The RegExp script has mentioned option, it is in the Tools / Options dialog box, on the RegExp Find and Replace tab. If you check that option emptied folders after moving files would be removed.

Oh, thanks! What a great and active support!

May I ask another question related to your other answer? How would I incorporate VBR field in your preset, like
if VBR then show ["VBR" bitrate] else only [bitrate]?

[ZvezdanD]

This is something similar with this topic: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 32#p152232. You should modify "Assign the weighted average Bitrate of the album to the last folder of the Path" preset and the Replace with string, but keep in mind that this expression contains two SQLQuery functions and would be much slower:

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"$1\$2 [" & IIf(SQLQuery("SELECT Max(VBR) FROM Songs WHERE IDAlbum = " & oSongData.Album.ID & " GROUP BY IDAlbum"), "VBR ", "") & Int(SQLQuery("SELECT Avg(Bitrate) FROM Songs WHERE IDAlbum = " & oSongData.Album.ID & " GROUP BY IDAlbum") / 1000) & " kbps]\$3.$4"