Book on Tape - importing multiple CDs

by **kconover** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:07 pm

My previous post works only if you have less than 10 CDs. For more than 10 CDs, here is a slight modification:

Simply rip the CDs, and for the first CD, in the Rip CD dialog box, click the Configure button, and edit the labeling pattern to be something like this:
Main Directory: C:\PD\Teaching Company\Literature-Fantasy\
Subdirectories: (leave blank)
Filename: 1<Track#:2>

(I create a new subdirectory for each course, and enter it in the Main Director editbox as above)
Each time I stick a new CD in the drive, I manually increment the first number in the Filename editbox, for example, for the second CD, it would look like this:

Filename: 02<Track#:2>

and for the third CD it would look like this:

Filename: 03<Track#:2>

Then your tracks are
0101.mp3
0102.pm3
...
0112.mp3
0201.mp3
0202.mp3
...
0212.mp3
0301.mp3
...
1201.mp3
1202.mp3

and so forth

by **Lowlander** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:00 pm

Tools > Auto-Organize Files

<Disc#:2><Track#:2>

by **kconover** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:59 pm

Actually, I just did a 12-CD series just now.

I had to number starting with 01 instead of 1.

I was able to fix my bad numbers, changing 1 to 01 and the like, via the Advanced Rename menu in Directory Opus, my file manager and Windows Explorer replacement (highly recommended).

There are many multi-rename tools out there, too, some of which are free. But none are as easy as doing it in Directory Opus.

by **kconover** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:48 am

My favorite solution, when ripping multiple CDs of a series of Teaching Company lectures:

Simply rip the CDs, and for the first CD, in the Rip CD dialog box, click the Configure button, and edit the labeling pattern to be something like this:
Main Directory: C:\PD\Teaching Company\Literature-Fantasy\
Subdirectories: (leave blank)
Filename: 1<Track#:2>

(I create a new subdirectory for each course, and enter it in the Main Director editbox as above)
Each time I stick a new CD in the drive, I manually increment the first number in the Filename editbox, for example, for the second CD, it would look like this:

Filename: 2<Track#:2>

and for the third CD it would look like this:

Filename: 3<Track#:2>

Then your tracks are
101.mp3
102.pm3
...
112.mp3
201.mp3
202.mp3
...
212.mp3
301.mp3
...
and so forth

by **johndollison** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:56 pm

OK, I figured it out... here's the answer:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... 207#147207

by **Guest** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:10 am

I find this "MP3 Book Helper"good for renaming tags from audiobooks, http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/index.php
if you need help ,pm me
Lin

WaveRider wrote:Hi,

I'm new to MM since I just bought it. I couldn't figure out a way to import all the CDs for a book on tape with the correct track number. Each CD has a track that starts at 1. So I have too many 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, etc. What is the most efficient way to import all the CDs with each CD starts the number in a file name where left off from the previous CD. For instance, let's say there are three CDs for a single book on tape.

CD 1 - tracks 1, 2, 3 -> rip to 1.mp3, 2.mp3, and 3.mp3
CD 2 - tracks 1, 2, 3 -> rip to 4.mp3, 5.mp3, and 6.mp3
CD 3 - tracks 1, 2, 3 -> rip to 7.mp3, 8.mp3, and 9.mp3

If there's a way, then that would be very helpful!

John

by **Lowlander** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:09 pm

If the filename contains the title you can use Auto-Tag from Filename. In case you don't have the title in the filename you could use Auto-Tag from Amazon, but that can't lookup audiobooks on Amazon (just looks up popular music). I don't know if the WebSourceTagger script from Steegy can look up audiobook information.

by **WaveRider** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:28 pm

Oh man! I just did the rip for all of them. I got the file names... But the track title are still "Track XX". I would hate to do this by hand. Any ideas? I have one more book to do.

John

by **trixmoto** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:15 am

There's a good script here that will do the trick. Use the version at the bottom though as it's the best!

http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3794

by **WaveRider** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:28 pm

I finally got it!!! Thanks everyone!

by **Lowlander** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:24 pm

Right click on a track and select properties. Modify the track# field. Do this for each track on the disc.

Alternatively you can just double click on the track field in the tracklisting to edit the field directly (slow double click).

I believe this also can be done by a script.

by **WaveRider** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:52 pm

I know it sounds simple but HOW? Where is it in the menu? What commands????

John

by **Scooter** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:49 pm

Or just renumber then. If CD 1 had 10 tracks, start CD 2 with 11.

Thats what I do with multiple CD sets. It goes real fast if you use keyboard shortcuts to move to the next track. Alt arrow.

by **WaveRider** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:23 pm

So I set the number manually for each track? I was hoping for something automatic.

I don't think I understand this...

John

by **Lowlander** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:58 am

Sort the songs on track number and send them to played. They will be in order if you follow Trixmoto's idea.

The first number indicates the disc, so 101 is track 1 on disc 1, 202 is track 2 on disc 2. As album you would use the same value (so no disc# in album field) and than you can see all tracks on the album (from all discs).

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