TINT-based filing migration

On Windows systems mp3tag can help you to migrate to TINT-based filing, i.e. filing based on TIN, side# and track#.

Three useful commands are

• Convert | Tag -> Filename
• Convert | Filename -> Tag
• Convert | Filename -> Filename (The third command can maybe replece the two step uses of the other two commands - not tested).

• A) If you have the tracknumber in the tag fields you can rename the file to "tracknumber.fileextension".
  • Convert | Tag -> Filename
  • format string: %track%, or if you want to remove leading zeros: "$num(%track%,1)"
• B) If you don't have the tracknumber in the tags but the filename starts with the number then you can put it in the tracknumber tag.
  • Convert | Filename -> Tag
  • Format string something like "%track% - %dummy%" or "%track%_%dummy%" or "%track%_-_%dummy%".
  • go to A)

Example

• 05_-_la_punalada.flac
  • Convert | Filename -> Tag, format string %track%_-_%dummy%
  • now the track number field contains "05"
  • Convert | Tag -> Filename, format string $num(%track%,1)
  • now the file is named 5.flac

Todo:

• introduce the side folder (very often will be only one folder named "1")
  • %_directory% should be the side number. %_parent_directory% the TIN.
  • if all tracks are on side 1 use: Convert | Tag -> Filename , format string: %_directory%\1\%track%
    • if before conversion %_directory% = albumname folder name, after conversion %_directory% = Side#, %_parent_directory% = albumname folder name
• TIN conversions....
  • sometext_[<TIN|EAN|UPC>]/
  • <TIN|EAN|UPC>_sometext/