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Author Topic: Convert folder with one subfolder based upon "artist name -- album title" scheme  (Read 5,317 times)

Qusabab

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Guys, I have a bunch of folders for music albums in the form of \ArtistName -- AlbumTitle\ and want to re-orient each of these into a folder/subfolder scheme like: \ArtistName\AlbumTitle\.

What is the best way to do this? I have hundreds of these to do and doing it manually is TEDIOUS.

Thank you.

Curt

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go to benware.org, and install Id3ToFolder. I use version 2.21; the new version 3_BETA works fine but is a bit confusing to me. Do the settings (you can copy mine), try first with a single folder, check. When okay, do it with the entire directory  while you're walking the dog!

http://www.benware.de/programs.php?sub=id3tofolder&lang=english

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Totally simple & easy!  :up:
« Last Edit: May 21, 2010, 01:56 PM by Curt »

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You can also try out my own Tags 2 Folders application:  http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/tags-2-folders.php

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