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torxPostMarch 29, 2023, 18:37
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I am not having luck for this kind of renaming script:

As it is now:
ALBUM ARTIST: 'Big Bill Broonzy'
ALBUM: 'Chronological Classics (1951-52)'

I would like a script to rename the ALBUM to: 'The R&B Chronological Classics: Big Bill Broonzy [1951-1952]'

For the date at the end I am doing three simple replacements '(' to '[', ')' to ']', and '-' to '-19'. But adding the ALBUM ARTIST to the first part is stumping me.

Thanks!

2MR2PostMarch 30, 2023, 06:53
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I'm trying to understand if this is a specific case or you want something general? Where is 'The R&B' part coming from? Let me know and I'll send you the action.

torxPostMarch 30, 2023, 14:13
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It's a specific case - I'm re-tagging the collection and want to switch to this naming convention. The 'R&B' is not coming from a field, it's just a string that I would like to include in the replacement of ' Chronological Classics'. There are many albums under different artist in this series with different dates at the end, but they don't have the artist name in the album - i.e:

Chronological Classics: (1951-54)
Chronological Classics: (1950-53)
Chronological Classics: (1951-52)
Chronological Classics: (1952-53)
Chronological Classics: (1951-52)

And i would like to change them automatically to these using the ALBUM ARTIST tag while keeping the date range at the end:
The R&B Chronological Classics: Johnny Ace [1951-1954]
The R&B Chronological Classics: Joe Morris [1950-1953]
The R&B Chronological Classics: Howlin' Wolf [1951-1952]
The R&B Chronological Classics: Howlin' Wolf [1952-1953]
The R&B Chronological Classics: Fats Domino [1951-1952]

2MR2PostMarch 30, 2023, 16:51
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Download: https://2manyrobots.com/actions/torx--Album-Rename.zip

Drag the zip file to the main window's file list area.

Load and select the files.

Do an Actions>User Defined>torx: Album Rename

The action only modifies the Album field. It does not automatically save the files. If I've messed up you can do a File>Revert to undo the changes.

Let me know if I got it right.

torxPostMarch 31, 2023, 05:11
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That works a charm! Thank you so much!!

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