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    program to create artist trees with music files

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Fittersman, May 17, 2008.

  1. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    right now i have somewhere around 600 mp3's in one folder titled "Music" is there any program that would create new folders (with their names being the names of the artists), then throw all the songs by them in that folder?

    so, right now my music folder looks like:

    artist1 - song.mp3
    artist2 - othersong.mp3
    artist2 - another song.mp3

    i want it to look like:

    artist1 (this is a folder)
    |______>song.mp3
    artist2 (this is a folder)
    |______>othersong.mp3
    |______>another song.mp3

    any program for linux that can do that?
     
    Fittersman, May 17, 2008
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  2. Icewalker

    Icewalker Notebook Consultant

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    This could be done with EasyTag, for example. Its scanner lets you rename files and directories based on MP3/OGG tag information. If your songs are tagged, this is the easiest option -- even though I do find EasyTag's GUI confusing.

    Or, if you're comfortable with shell scripting, you could write a bash script to take care of this pretty easily.
     
    Icewalker, May 17, 2008
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  3. srunni

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    Yeah, the easiest way to do this would be to write a shell script.
     
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    yeah i looked through easytag and couldnt find it, so ill look again.

    and as to the shell script, i dont know how to do that..
     
    Fittersman, May 17, 2008
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    o, i figured it out... it doesnt actually do stuff at the time you do it, it saves the settings temporarily then you gotta save em :p
     
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    Yep. But that's not the worst thing about EasyTag ;)
     
    Icewalker, May 18, 2008
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