Batch insertion of metadata - modified file name as Title
Moderator: Martin Hairer
Batch insertion of metadata - modified file name as Title
Having recently acquired a huge collection of old radio broadcasts, and wishing to edit them all with metadata, I've upgraded from Lite to Pro so as to use the Batch processing facility.
I can understand how to insert each file name into the Metadata Title field, but I'd be even happier if I could delete the first 3 characters (actually the number of the recording) when doing so. For example, I'd like the file "11 Under Fire.mp3" to have "Under Fire" in it's Title field.
I'm probably looking in all the wrong places, but can't seem to find out how to do this. Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Dave.
I can understand how to insert each file name into the Metadata Title field, but I'd be even happier if I could delete the first 3 characters (actually the number of the recording) when doing so. For example, I'd like the file "11 Under Fire.mp3" to have "Under Fire" in it's Title field.
I'm probably looking in all the wrong places, but can't seem to find out how to do this. Any guidance would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Dave.
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Batch insertion of metadata - modified file name as Title
Hi Dave, the current version doesn't provide a mechanism to do this. However, the version at
http://www.hairersoft.com/Downloads/AmadeusPro.zip
does have one. Check the "Filter Files" checkbox in the batch processor and enter
[0-9]* (.*)
into the corresponding text field. This is a regular expression matching the pattern "arbitrary number of digits, followed by a space, followed by arbitrary characters" and storing the "arbitrary" characters into a register. Then, enter
\1
into the metadata title field, which accesses the value stored in the first register.
Regards,
Martin
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http://www.hairersoft.com/Downloads/AmadeusPro.zip
does have one. Check the "Filter Files" checkbox in the batch processor and enter
[0-9]* (.*)
into the corresponding text field. This is a regular expression matching the pattern "arbitrary number of digits, followed by a space, followed by arbitrary characters" and storing the "arbitrary" characters into a register. Then, enter
\1
into the metadata title field, which accesses the value stored in the first register.
Regards,
Martin
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HairerSoft
http://www.hairersoft.com/
Thanks a lot for your response Martin, and thanks for the updated version of 'Pro.
I still haven't figured it out though I obviously need to adjust the expression in some way but I'm not smart enough to figure out how.
The file I'm testing it on is called: 11 Under fire.mp3
and it's folder is: Dad's Army orig
If I copy the expression into the Filter Files text field and put \1 into the metadata title field, my file ends up with a metadata title of: Army orig/11 Under Fire
All I want in the title is: Under Fire
Cheers, Dave.
I still haven't figured it out though I obviously need to adjust the expression in some way but I'm not smart enough to figure out how.
The file I'm testing it on is called: 11 Under fire.mp3
and it's folder is: Dad's Army orig
If I copy the expression into the Filter Files text field and put \1 into the metadata title field, my file ends up with a metadata title of: Army orig/11 Under Fire
All I want in the title is: Under Fire
Cheers, Dave.
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Looks like there was a stupid bug there, sorry. I just updated the version at that link, hopefully it does the trick now. Best,
Martin
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Not trying to be over critical, but I've found another bug in the above facility. When processing a bunch of files, the naming mechanism sometimes gets ahead of the rest of the procedure and uses the name of the next file in the queue.
I can live with it. I just drop the files in one by one so they don't trip over each other, so it's no big deal. I just thought you'd like to know
Cheers, Dave.
I can live with it. I just drop the files in one by one so they don't trip over each other, so it's no big deal. I just thought you'd like to know
Cheers, Dave.
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Thanks a lot! This was a bug that would be triggered when processing multiple files simultaneously. I've updated the version at the same link, let's hope that this was the last glitch Best,
Martin
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Martin
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A pleasure Martin.
I'm afraid I have yet another question to pester you with though: Many of my files have stuff in some metadata fields that I'd rather delete, such as irrelevant Artist description or a random Track number.
In most cases, when batch processing, I can replace the unwanted text with a space, but this doesn't work where there is text in the Comments field.
Is there a proper method of emptying the Comments field during Batch processing?
Thanks again, Dave.
I'm afraid I have yet another question to pester you with though: Many of my files have stuff in some metadata fields that I'd rather delete, such as irrelevant Artist description or a random Track number.
In most cases, when batch processing, I can replace the unwanted text with a space, but this doesn't work where there is text in the Comments field.
Is there a proper method of emptying the Comments field during Batch processing?
Thanks again, Dave.