tagging from folder/file name (1 Viewer)

[mbu10]

when i am trying to name mp3's using file name
i have not managed to get it to find any for me
is it some thing i am doing
thanks

 

[hwahrmann]

There's no automatic guessing. you need to specify the parameters.
Gimme some examples of Filename / Folder names you have and i'll tell you the parms for that.

 

[mbu10]

well i started it and had a folder called "Roisin Murphy - overpowered"
with each file called "01 - roisin murphy - Track 1.mp3" to "13 - roisin murphy - Track 13.mp3"
it knows the album is called correctly and the artist is correct
but it never finds anything when i do a internet search
it finds the artist and album correctly in that pop up box when i click search nothing happens though
but seems to do this with everything
not just with this artist

 

[hwahrmann]

ok, in this case, you're not tagging from Folder / File. You want to Identify files or Tag from Internet.

Tagging from file means, you have something like that:
Roisin Murphy - overpowered\01 - roising murphy - Overpowered.mp3

using "Tag from Filename" you would specify following pattern:
<A> - <B>\<K> - <A> - <T>

which would fill out the tags accordingly

Now in your case, you have Track1, track2, etc. as title, so the above makes no sense.

You have 2 choices:

1. Identify Files - Whereby we use a fingerprint of the first 2 minutes and try to identify the file via MusicBrainz. (couldn't try that, as i don't have the original files)
2. Tag from Internet - As you don't have ARzist Albums in your tags, a popup comes, where you enter Artist: Roisin Murphy and Album: Overpowered.
Now you get a result of 2 albums, select the one with 13 tracks and you've got your result. Just tick all the 13 racks in your right list box and you're done.

If you have already wrong artist / album information in your tags, which seems to be the case for you, then use Multiple Tag Edit to fill in common artist / album fpr all tracks and start again with point 2.