I'm struggling to find a way to alter it with an 'IF' statement so various artist releases are named like this -
%album% - $num(%discnumber%,2).$num(%tracknumber%,2) - %artist% - %title%

Additionally, if a release only has one disc then sometimes the disc number is given as '00' and sometimes '01', is there a way to ensure it is always '01' in these circumstances?

Thanks!

You need something like this (this is mine and omits a few things like 'artist, the' and the soundtrack stuff album sorting stuff there and I added [EP] {single} for those releases (because I have albums and singles/EP with the same name) which you can add)

$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%) - %album%
$if(%date%,[$left(%date%,4)] )
$if($eq(%releasetype%,ep),[EP])
$if($eq(%releasetype%,single),[Single])
/
$if($gt(%totaldiscs%,1),%discnumber%-,)$num(%tracknumber%,2)
$if(%compilation%, %artist%) - %title%

File Naming Format:

$set(issoundtrack,$if($eq(%releasetype%,soundtrack),1,0))
$set(artist,$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%))
$set(artist,$if($eq($left(%artist%,4),The ),$rreplace(%artist%,^The ,)\, The,%artist%))
$set(title,$replace(%title%,...,…))
$set(album,$replace(%album%,...,…))
$set(date,$left(%date%,4))
$set(albumdate,$if(%date%,%date%-%album%,%album%))
$set(tracknumber,$if(%tracknumber%,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),0,%tracknumber%),0))
$set(tracknumber,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%tracknumber%,$if($eq($len(%tracknumber%),3),$num(%tracknumber%,3),$num(%tracknumber%,2))))
$set(tracktitle,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%title%,%tracknumber%-%title%))
$if($eq(%issoundtrack%,1),OST/%album%/%tracknumber%-%artist%-%title%,%artist%/%albumdate%/%tracktitle%)

Multiple Artist file naming format:

$set(issoundtrack,$if($eq(%releasetype%,soundtrack),1,0))
$set(title,$replace(%title%,...,…))
$set(album,$replace(%album%,...,…))
$set(tracknumber,$if(%tracknumber%,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),0,%tracknumber%),0))
$set(tracknumber,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%tracknumber%,$if($eq($len(%tracknumber%),3),$num(%tracknumber%,3),$num(%tracknumber%,2))))
$set(trackartisttitle,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%artist%-%title%,%tracknumber%-%artist%-%title%))
$if($eq(%issoundtrack%,1),OST/%album%/%tracknumber%-%artist%-%title%,VA/%album%/%trackartisttitle%)

Preview Results

/media/drive/picard/Beatles, The/1965-Help!/07-Ticket to Ride.mp3

/media/drive/picard/VA/Explosive Doowops, Volume 4/05-The Fantasys-Why? Oh Why?.mp3

*This code is really easy to change

so i tried this, i entered them both in the same 'name files like this' window, just with a blank line between, is that right?!

its not working out in the preview, getting folders within folders of same name and its just looks a mess.
cant copy the preview text for some reason.

is this out dated now?
thanks all!

File Naming Format:

$set(issoundtrack,$if($eq(%releasetype%,soundtrack),1,0))
$set(artist,$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%))
$set(artist,$if($eq($left(%artist%,4),The ),$rreplace(%artist%,^The ,)\, The,%artist%))
$set(title,$replace(%title%,...,…))
$set(album,$replace(%album%,...,…))
$set(date,$left(%date%,4))
$set(albumdate,$if(%date%,%date%-%album%,%album%))
$set(tracknumber,$if(%tracknumber%,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),0,%tracknumber%),0))
$set(tracknumber,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%tracknumber%,$if($eq($len(%tracknumber%),3),$num(%tracknumber%,3),$num(%tracknumber%,2))))
$set(tracktitle,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%title%,%tracknumber%-%title%))
$if($eq(%issoundtrack%,1),OST/%album%/%tracknumber%-%artist%-%title%,%artist%/%albumdate%/%tracktitle%)

Multiple Artist file naming format:

$set(issoundtrack,$if($eq(%releasetype%,soundtrack),1,0))
$set(title,$replace(%title%,...,…))
$set(album,$replace(%album%,...,…))
$set(tracknumber,$if(%tracknumber%,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),0,%tracknumber%),0))
$set(tracknumber,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%tracknumber%,$if($eq($len(%tracknumber%),3),$num(%tracknumber%,3),$num(%tracknumber%,2))))
$set(trackartisttitle,$if($eq(%tracknumber%,0),%artist%-%title%,%tracknumber%-%artist%-%title%))
$if($eq(%issoundtrack%,1),OST/%album%/%tracknumber%-%artist%-%title%,VA/%album%/%trackartisttitle%)

Preview Results

/media/drive/picard/Beatles, The/1965-Help!/07-Ticket to Ride.mp3

/media/drive/picard/VA/Explosive Doowops, Volume 4/05-The Fantasys-Why? Oh Why?.mp3

*This code is really easy to change

Hi all,

Above is exactly what I want to do, I just wanted to check that it will still work with the latest release of Picard as I notices some posts mentioning some changes in the way thing work?

The only other thing I wanted to check how does the above handle multiple CD albums? Ideally I'd like them to all go in the same album folder but with the track numbers 101, 102...201,202 etc

Many thanks in advance

A better way to remove "The " or move it to the end would be to use MB's sort names

Thx, sin, but where do I find that option??

Hiya!!
...what can I do to make this work?

I would recommend starting a new topic for this, so that people can respond to your specific problem, which is not really about “cool file naming parameter strings”.

I am new to this software.

I have my old hard drive with over 12,000 mp3 files.  All of the filenames are nonsensical random letters and numbers.  And therefore unidentifiable.

I'd like to run Picard overnight and allow it to scan, label, and rename *ALL* of the mp3 files on my hard drive, in one shot.

Ideally something like this.

[artist] - [album] - [track number] - [song title]

...what can I do to make this work?

~ Michael

This is mainly so I can traverse directories via the command line, since it is easier without spaces.

$rreplace(
$rreplace(
$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%)/%album%/
$if($gt(%totaldiscs%,1),%discnumber%-,)$num(%tracknumber%,2)
$if(%compilation%, %artist% -,) %title%
,[ +\,-],_)
,_+,_)

Picard Example output:
/The_Beatles/Help!/07_Ticket_to_Ride.mp3
/Various_Artists/Explosive_Doowops_Volume_4/2_05_The_Fanatasys_Why__Oh_Why_.mp3

*** edit: I've messed with it a bit. There are still double underscores and a trailing underscore that I simply cannot figure out.

Am including this metadata, so it comes up in google search. I had a hard time finding this information, until I finally just read this post and got to page 3...  :-)

"musicbrainz picard replace commas"

Please create a new thread.

One choice is to replace %albumartist% with %albumartistsort%. This will make all artists conform to http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Style/Artist/Sort_Name - it'd also mean individual artists become Lastname, Firstname though - so depends what you want.

If you specifically only want to change those starting with "The ", replace %albumartist% with

$if($eq($left(%albumartist%,4),The ),$rreplace(%albumartist%,^The ,)\, The,%albumartist%)

You could do the same with %artist% if you wanted also.

OK, tried it, but it only replaced it in the song title of the FLAC file itself.  So I probably put it in the wrong place.  But looking at it now I think it may be better to just have the top level of the file tree replaced, eg;

ROLLING STONES, THE/The Rolling Stones - 1963 - Abcd/

Thoughts?