Auto-Tag using folder name?

[elmerbumpkin]

hello,

Is there a way to have Media Monkey Gold auto tag files based on folder name?

I have music divided into 7 broad catagories directories, then a folder for each artist with in these 7 folders.

Inside each artist folder there is a folder for each album.

So, it would update the Artist field of each file to reflect the artist folder it was in. And it would be cool if it could update the album field based on the album folder name.

Thanks.

[Teknojnky]

Sure, use auto-tag from filename mask:

<genre>\<artist>\<album>\etc etc

you can also use <skip> to ignore particular sections

the help file should have alot more detail on file masks

[elmerbumpkin]

maybe I'm missing something here.

I am selecting a bunch of files from the 'Files to Edit' node.

The FilePATH shows:

[VAULT01]\Country, Bluegrass & Twang\Artist\Album\etc...


When I try and autotag from filename, it won't work since all the files are not named consistently.

I want to apply tags based on the file PATH, not the fileNAME, is that doable?

Thanks for the help.

[nohitter151]

maybe I'm missing something here.

I am selecting a bunch of files from the 'Files to Edit' node.

The FilePATH shows:

[VAULT01]\Country, Bluegrass & Twang\Artist\Album\etc...


When I try and autotag from filename, it won't work since all the files are not named consistently.

I want to apply tags based on the file PATH, not the fileNAME, is that doable?

Thanks for the help.

You have to select an appropriate mask to incorporate the data into the tags.

For example:
[VAULT01]\Country, Bluegrass & Twang\Artist\Album\etc...
could be
<skip>\<Genre>\<Artist>\<Album>\etc...

[elmerbumpkin]

thanks for the reply.

I did pretty much what you typed, but it was still referring to the filename it seemed. The previews that showed up as I typed that mask in never reflected the folder structure, just the info gleened from the filename.

[Lowlander]

Then give us a complete filepath (including filename) to see what mask you need. Also make sure you used \ not /.

[elmerbumpkin]

like this:

[VAULT_01]\_Pop & Rock\Latin Playboys\Latin Playboys - 03.28.1999 - SF, CA\02 - Ten Believers.mp3


which represents: [currently unattached external drive]\Genre\Artist\Album\filename

[Lowlander]

<skip>\<Genre>\<Artist>\<Album>\<skip>

should do the trick for that particular file. Just remember that whenever the folder structure is different it won't work.

[brooklynspo]

Wow, this is a very cool tip. Only wish I had known this before. Thanks!

[Teknojnky]

<skip>\<Genre>\<Artist>\<Album>\<skip>

should do the trick for that particular file. Just remember that whenever the folder structure is different it won't work.

you shouldn't even need the last skip

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<skip>\<Genre>\<Artist>\<Album>\

should work

[Cruiser]

Wow, this is a very cool tip. Only wish I had known this before. Thanks!

Yes. Its not everything that is obvious for a new user. The MM is getting better as you go along, and learn more of its capabilities.
Remember, when you are using masks, experiment with using symbols and spaces between tags to get the result you want.
For instance, in the above mentioned example you should use the \<Track#> - <Title> to get the track number and title.
if you don't use the " - " you will not get the result you want.