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Bigsby
03-11-2010, 14:20
Currently all my MP3s are in folders by artist, then another folder inside that for each album.

This is a bit of a pain in the arse when I want to drag and drop albums about, it also creates loads of albums for artists on compilations that I may only have one track by.

Can anybody recommend free software that will rearrange all the MP3s by album?
Mr Majestik
03-11-2010, 14:23
Media Monkey.
Bigsby
03-11-2010, 14:37
Media Monkey.

I thought Media Monkey would do it but I can't get it to do what I want. Any tips greatfully received. :)
driver8
03-11-2010, 16:37
But is you have a good front end on top of your MP3 database, does it even matter where the files are located ? Could you not create 'virtual' playlists from within MM to do what you want ?
sexy244486
03-11-2010, 17:06
Try this

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/godfather.html

Its called the Godfather
Bigsby
05-11-2010, 11:02
Try this

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/godfather.html

Its called the Godfather

Nice one, I'll give it a try.


But is you have a good front end on top of your MP3 database, does it even matter where the files are located ? Could you not create 'virtual' playlists from within MM to do what you want ?

I ditched the bloatware that is iTunes in favour of Sharepod, I'd like to just have a collection of albums that I can drag and drop onto the iPod.
driver8
05-11-2010, 13:19
^ - yep, I see where you're coming from, and dislike iTunes too. MM can also manage your mp3 player.
Bigsby
05-11-2010, 15:31
Aye, don't really need it to, happy with Sharepod, just want to be able to say "Right, I fancy putting Brothers in Arms on my iPod" and then just drag the Brothers in Arms folder across, without having to go into Dire Straits first. For compilations my current set up is impossible.
toffee
05-11-2010, 16:23
mp3 tag: http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

convert "tag - filename"

then a naming standard like:

..\%artist% - %album%\$num(%track%,2) - %title%

which will move the artist\album\track into artist - album\track

media monkey will do this too, i am sure.

this is assuming your tags are all ok.
toffee
05-11-2010, 16:25
oh - for your compilations you may want to stick with \%album%\ etc and drop the artist bit.
gjkendall
07-11-2010, 21:03
My mediamonkey seems to of stopped working....I want my music to move into a three tier folder system.

1) Artist
2) Album
3) Tracks

For some reason the mp3's are just copied into the main folder individually.


Any pointers for a technophobe on how to fix it please!

It was working fine this morning...it has now decided to stop working as it should do, I have not changed anything...very annoying!
Bigsby
22-02-2011, 15:56
mp3 tag: http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

convert "tag - filename"

then a naming standard like:

..\%artist% - %album%\$num(%track%,2) - %title%

which will move the artist\album\track into artist - album\track

media monkey will do this too, i am sure.

this is assuming your tags are all ok.

OK, I finally (!) got round to downloading this software, but it doesn't seem to do what I want it to do.

Doing what you suggested changed the filename on the mp3 itself, but didn't put it into folders by album, which is what I'm after. :(
toffee
25-02-2011, 21:13
OK, I finally (!) got round to downloading this software, but it doesn't seem to do what I want it to do.

Doing what you suggested changed the filename on the mp3 itself, but didn't put it into folders by album, which is what I'm after. :(

you are doing it wrong then. use the naming standard I quoted, this will work. don't pick the default, you need to define it with back slashes for folders (\) etc in there.

i just tried it now. e.g.

..\%artist%\%album%\$num(%track%,2) - %title%

will output:

Nick Drake\Five Leaves Left\01 - Time Has Told Me.mp3

and so on.
Stevie G
26-02-2011, 10:01
I have my iTunes to add new files to the music folder but not rename them, so when I add an album folder it copies them over to the artist's folder in a new folder for that album. However, for compilations, I actually put the album folder into my compilations folder within the itunes library and then add that folder in itunes. Because it's already located in the itunes library it just adds the songs to itunes but leaves the folder in tact, with all the songs from that album on it.

I was the same as you, hated having a dozen or so folders with one or two songs in because iTunes created one for each artist!

I should point out that I also tidy up the ID tags on my mp3's before I put them into itunes. I find it's easier to do it that way. I currently use http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
kaneda
26-02-2011, 12:06
DBpoweramp to rip, mp3tag to clean up.

As for moving music around, in the same vein as mp3tag you could use foobar.
Right click > Move

Set the top directory you'll use "E:\Music"
Then for filename "\%artist%\%album%\$num(%track%,2) - %title%"

Or however you want to rename your files.

It even gives you a preview if needed
Bigsby
27-02-2011, 20:57
OK, didn't realise the slashes were so significant.

Thanks for all the replies. :)