How Do I..........??

[stevefergy]

I have various music cd's contained within a folder on my pc. When I open, for example, the folder for Madonna's Greatest Hits, all it shows is the title of the track. Is there a way of inserting the word 'Madonna -' in front of all the tracks WITHOUT having to type 'Madonna -' in front of ALL the tracks?
BEFORE
Vogue
La Isla Bonita
Like A Prayer
Dear Jessie

AFTER
Madonna - Vogue
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna - Dear Jessie


Hope the above makes sense!
Many thanks
Steve

 

[TCG]

• Download the attached file, save it somewhere handy.

• Copy it into the folder containing the music files you want to rename.

• Double click the ren.vbs file and it will ask you to specify a prefix. Enter what you want, press OK, and it will rename everything that is inside the same folder with the prefix you specified.

• Either delete the vbs file now that you're done with it or move it to another folder and continue renaming.

FILE ATTACHMENT: View attachment ren.vbs

Dim fso, Path, Folder, Prefix, File

set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Path = ".\"

Set Folder = fso.GetFolder(Path)

Prefix = InputBox("Input the filename prefix", "Mass Rename Script")

If Prefix = "" Then WScript.Quit

For Each File In folder.Files

    If fso.GetExtensionName(File.Path) <> "vbs" Then
      File.Name = Prefix & File.Name
    End If
    
Next

wscript.quit

​

 

[DustSailor]

copy "Madonna - " and paste it into every track before the track name. Hey, it saves typing it out....

 

[allend66]

Lopesoft's File Menu Tools ahs an advanced renamer where you can insert and delete text strings. It's free and has other useful properties.

 

[Gornot]

Hi, steve. You should really consider organizing your music collection properly, if you want to continue backing up your audio CDs. Almost any tag editing program (should) have an option to read the file tags and rename the actual files according to your preferences, so you can save time renaming them yourselves or using a script like the one posted above (though I find this handy for certain pictures imported from a camera, so thanks for that, TCG )

 

[TCG]

Glad I could help Gornot

 

[xarden]

copy "Madonna - " and paste it into every track before the track name. Hey, it saves typing it out....

Thats my method.
I usually put the track number next, just to keep it all in order when loading onto a device.

Looking at TCG's script, it could also work, if all your media is filenamed in the same format.
Wouldnt be hard to modify it to replace underscores with spaces too, while youre at it.

But remember, :cough: piracy is a crime, so make sure the content you have is legal blah blah blah boatstuff.

 

[Gornot]

But remember, :cough: piracy is a crime, so make sure the content you have is legal blah blah blah boatstuff.

Unless you live in a "third-world" country where a €15 audio CD is 1/10 of a monthly pay, yet you have a colossal collection to maintain

 

[hybridfan]

You could use Foobar 2000 it has a really good rename feature, very in depth.

 

[BugMeister]

copy "Madonna - " and paste it into every track before the track name. Hey, it saves typing it out....

gotta be some kinda zen -most excellent..!! :roflmao: