What is Reddit's opinion of Tag&Rename?

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I can't live without tag & rename. You can fix metadata in bulk, and you can also rename all the files using metadata. This is useful if you like to have your mp3s named and organised in a consistent way.

The program can fill metadata fields either from the file name or it can use online database searches as well to fill it in.

Tag and Rename. I first started using this fantastic utility over 10 years ago when I started the arduous task of properly tagging my music collection. I use it less frequently now but for a huge job, nothing beats it IMO when it comes to quickly getting the job done. Once you learn the keyboard shortcuts it is VERY fast. http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

Tag&Rename is the industrial strength tagging editor, great for mass tagging and cataloguing large music collections, simple to use and will give you access to all fields that the ID3v2 standard provides. I've been using it for years, and it's one of the few programs I paid for voluntarily.

This is asked frequently and usually caused by your tracks' filenames not including their numbers before their titles. Renaming to something like "01 - My First Track.mp3" is usually the best solution. mp3tag or Tag&Rename are good tools for the job.

I use Tag & Rename for this. My file structure is:

\%artist%\%year% %album%\%track% %title%.flac

if it's a compilation, the artist names are 'Various Artists' and the title is:

\Various Artists\%album%\%track% %title% (%album artist%).flac

I use Tag & Rename along with TotalCommander to organise all the music on my pc before I put it on my phone, so my tags are nice & organised. But I don't add compilation albums because I hate the mess it makes of my library. I've actually implemented a half working database to sort it out, but all the queries take too long, and it's not pleasant waiting for the lists to load forever, so it's nowhere near production-ready.

you can use something like Foobar's File Operations to rename the files based on ID3 tag data. I'm sure there are other programs that can do this as well. think this one would work http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

don't give up or delete you music, you absolutely can rename the files with metadata information.

and i agree, fuck apple and that ridiculous ZGASTX.MP3 nonsense.

Embed the artwork into each file individually. This program will do it, but its a pretty manual process.

http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

Most of the Official Nine Inch Nails downloads have individual artwork per song if you want an example of what it will look like on your player.

https://store.nin.com/products/ghosts-digital-download

You may also need to tell Plex to use local Metadata.

I've used Tag & Rename - it is a 30-day trial, but I've never needed it more than a day or two, so it gets uninstalled pretty quickly.

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mp3tag is decent, and one of the tools I use. I used Mediamonkey in the past and also found it solid. My primary tool is Tag & Rename, but it doesn't support logic in the tagging process like Mp3tag.

But since 99% of all tagging I do doesn't require special decision-making, I prefer T&R because of its "Actions", which are sort of naming templates. Plus, at least in my world, T&R predated Mp3tag by several years.

I've used Tag & Rename for this. It's not free, but it is worth the price. I've saved lots of time with it over the years.

It is not a library management tool, but it is a great tag manipulator.

Great program called Tag & Rename. I've used it for years to correct everything and add cover art. It's not free, but you obviously know how to find free things on the interwebs.

I've used MP3 tagging software to batch rename MP3 files to better match the Meta data. Once downloaded with this chrome plugin, couldn't you just batch rename all the files to use the metadata as the name of the file with something like this:

http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm

But after rereading, it seems no matter what you download, it names it "stream" and you have to manually rename it right away in order to download the next song...is that the gist of the problem?

mp3tag or Tag&Rename.

I'd dump all your single tracks into a misc folder and rename all the files simply Artist - Song.mp3

Everything else I'd place in artist folders under their respective album titles.

To be honest, in your spot, I'd start mass deleting anything slightly messy and cough reacquire it.

You can use Tag & Rename, which I love, but it pulls from other sources besides Discogs (like Freedb, Amazon, etc.).

Or if you want a free way, you can use Foobar's plugin, called foo_discogs. I'm sure there are others if you Google.

Or you can just search on discogs and input it manually. Depends how many files you need to update.