Here's an easy one. 😀

As is so often the case, I feel that I should be able to duplicate & edit one of the existing actions to do what I need (in this case the roman numerals one) but alas, I can't see how to do it by looking at the action.

Simply put, I've added a "00" into each of the titles & I want to replace these with integers padded, in this instance, to two digits.

Ordinarily, I'd just copy the track numbers in, but this time it spans across two discs, as you can see from the track numbering in the screenshot, so it would start again from 01 for disc two. I'd have to change the two album titles to be the same, renumber the tracks, copy them across & then change the album titles back afterwards which, as solutions go, seems like a bit of a blunt instrument.

In this instance I've added zeroes to be replaced but I'm wondering whether a better solution might be to actually tweak the roman numerals action to add integers after a pattern which, in this case, would be "Friedman-comma-space"

I've written an action which should handle any of these cases. It will replace the pattern (00s) you put in or append the track numbers after a pattern. It will use the existing track numbers or will calculate them per disc. You can also specify the track padding to take place.

The action can be run standalone or from the Multi Field Editor or from the Title field's function button. The action currently only works on Title.

The configuration panel is always displayed ... previous settings are retained. There is per row help and help for the action.

Download:

https://2manyrobots.com/actions/Insert-Track-Numbers-in-Title.zip

Okay, the track numbering action is awesome but there is one problem...

As I mentioned in my previous reply (I think) the numbering should not be allied to the CD track numbering. The numbering is sequential from 01 to the end of the piece, regardless of how many discs it goes across or if it is one of several pieces on the disc. It should just number the selected track from 01 upwards. 🙂

As you can see on the first screenshot below, the numbers currently reset to 01 on the second disc.

The second screenshot is from the Bach333 booklet & you can see how the CD track numbering (the first set of numbers on the left) continues through the two cantatas, whereas each of the cantatas start from 01 (the second set of numbers), regardless of where they fall on the disc.

So basically I just need it to number the tracks from 01 upwards regardless of the given track numbers.

Sorry I didn't explain that properly in the first place.

Well, I don't actually need to renumber the tracks (in the tracks column). I need to add a number into the title that represents the movement number of the piece itself. So if the piece of music has, say, 50 movements, and 25 of them are on Disc 1 & 25 are on Disc 2, the track numbers will go 01-25 for each disc, but the movement numbers in the titles will go from 01-50 across both discs.

In the screenshot above:
The 00 in the title of Disc 140, Track 38 will be 38.
The 00 in the Title of Disc 141, Track 01 will be 39, etc.

It's the same as the roman numerals one you wrote for me, I think, except with integers. It just adds a number into the title of the tracks that are selected, starting from 01.

Essentially, it has nothing to do with the track or disc numbering at all, just the number of titles selected.

I don't think it's any more complicated than that. (He says!)

The one you sent earlier had a great set of options (especially being able to replace or follow a pattern. That gives me an enormous amount of flexibility). It's just that, as you say, it's getting its source info from the track & disc numbers which are basically irrelevant.

Does that make more sense?

I think I might be a bit rubbish at explaining things. 😆