Change Title to <Track #> - <Album>

[smokiibear]

Is there a way to change the Title of a file to the <Track #> - <Album>

Thanks,

[Lowlander]

Are you referring to the Title tag or the Filename?

[smokiibear]

Title tag

[Lowlander]

There is no feature to merge 2 tags into 1 tag. However there is Auto=Tag from Filename that maybe could do the job if the filename is formatted correctly.

[smokiibear]

Thank you. What is a correct way to name a file.

[Lowlander]

There is no 'correct way'. ie. whatever works for you is the correct way. I do recommend to have basic tag info in the folder/filename, like Artist, Track# (and Disc#), Title and Album.

In the case of using Auto-Tag from Filename it would only be useful if you have <Track #> - <Album> in that format in the filename.

[smokiibear]

Cool. That's How i have it set up.

Incidentally, I found that renaming filenames using MM is extremely slow. Is that typical? Not sure if there are reasons for it. I found powername in Powertoys much better for my use.

[Lowlander]

How does it compare and where (what media) are the files stored?

[smokiibear]

Forgive me. I'm not sure I understand the question.

Using powername of powertoys allowed me to rename the a folder in 1 second. In MM, it can take 20 minutes to rename files in a folder.

Files are on a local hardrive.

[Lowlander]

How many files? Could a difference be, that you're renaming a folder in PowerAmp vs. moving files in MediaMonkey. The latter would take longer.

[TheEmpathicEar]

Purely curious as to why you want both <track #> and <track name> both in the Title Tag?

[smokiibear]

When looking at larger lists, to be able to different the tracks of same numbers between albums. Not totally needed, though.

[Lowlander]

You can enable the Album column (if it isn't) and move the Album column if you want it closer to Title or Track#.

I personally would avoid messing with tags intended purpose.

[smokiibear]

Thanks. Appreciate the input. I only pick up library organization every few years...I'll go with your suggestion.